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Grade 10 Assignment 2025 - QP

This document is a Grade 10 assignment on fractions and exponents, dated February 27, 2025, with a total of 50 marks and a duration of 1 hour. It includes five questions covering simplification of algebraic fractions, addition and subtraction of algebraic fractions, simplification of exponential expressions, and solving exponential equations. Instructions emphasize that all questions must be answered on the provided paper without the use of textbooks or group work.

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Grade 10 Assignment 2025 - QP

This document is a Grade 10 assignment on fractions and exponents, dated February 27, 2025, with a total of 50 marks and a duration of 1 hour. It includes five questions covering simplification of algebraic fractions, addition and subtraction of algebraic fractions, simplification of exponential expressions, and solving exponential equations. Instructions emphasize that all questions must be answered on the provided paper without the use of textbooks or group work.

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TASK 1: ASSIGNMENT

TOPIC: FRACTIONS AND EXPONENTS


DATE: 27 FEBRUARY 2025
TERM 1 2025

GRADE 10

Marks: 50 Duration: 1 hour

Name of Learner: _________________________________________________


Lwandle Dludla

Grade: _________________________________________________
Grade 10
School Name: _________________________________________________

LEARNER’S
MARK

This question paper consists of 5 questions and 8 pages including the cover page
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INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION

Read the following instructions carefully before answering the questions.

1. Answer all questions

2. Answers to be done on this question paper

3. Write neatly and legibly

4. Calculators may be used

5. No textbooks, notes, exercise books or resources may be used

6. No group work is allowed

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QUESTION 1 [12 MARKS]

Simplification of algebraic fractions/Rational expressions using factorisation.

Simplify the following expressions fully.

1.1 x 2 − 12 x + 27
4 x 2 − 12 x (3)

1.2 x2 −1 2x + 4

( x + 2) + x( x + 2) x − 1 (4)

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1.3 x−2 x −4
2


x + 4x − 5 x + 5x
2 2
(5)

QUESTION 2 [13 MARKS]

Addition and subtraction of algebraic fractions.

Simplify the following algebraic fractions fully

2.1 5 1
−
x − x − 12 x + 3
2
(4)

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2.2 x x2
+ 2 2
x+ y y −x (4)

2.3 x +1 3
−
x − 1 x −1
3
(5)

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QUESTION 3 [11 MARKS]

Exponents

Simplify the following exponential expressions

3.1 ab 4c5 (a −4b3 )2


 −1 11
a −7 c b (4)

3.2 18n.8n−1
9n.42 n−3 (4)

3.3 2 x + 15.2 x
2 x+2 (3)

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QUESTION 4 [5 MARKS]

Solving exponential equations with the same base.

Solve for x in the following equations


4.1 7 2 x+5 = 1 (3)

4.2 23 x+5 = 2 x+1 (2)

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QUESTION 5 [9 MARKS]

Solving exponential equations with unlike bases

Solve the following exponential equations

5.1 2( 13 ) x = 54 (3)

5.2 4 x+3 = 0,5 (3)

5.3 27 x −2 = 812 x +1 (3)

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