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LINEAR EQUATION / LINEAR INEQUALITIES / INDICES / ALGEBRAIC FORMULAE /

ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS

1. Solve each of the following linear equations.

(a) x + 10 = 4 PMR 2007
5x  4
(b) x (3 marks)
3

2. Factorise completely each of the following expressions

(a) 2y + 6 PMR 2007
(b) 12 – 3x2 (3 marks)

3. Expand each of the following expressions

(a) q (2 + p) PMR 2007
(b) (3m – n) 2 (3 marks)

5 2  3w
4. Express  as a single fraction in its simplest form. PMR 2007
3n 6n
(3 marks)

5. Solve each of the following inequalities :

(a) w – 6 < 2 PMR 2007
(b) 8  4v  9  2v (3 marks)

6. Given r 2  7  p , express r in terms of p. PMR 2007

(2 marks)
3 1
7. a) Find the value of 5 2  5 2
b) Simplify  hg 4  x h 2
3
PMR 2007
(3 marks)

8. Simplify (2p-q) 2 + q(4p-q) (2 marks)

PMR 2005

9. Factorise completely each of the following expressions.

(a) 4e – 12ef
(b) 3x 2  48 (3 marks)
PMR 2005

1 m+2
10. Express - as a single fraction in its simplest form (3 marks)
2m 6m 2
PMR 2005

 3x  1
2
11. Simplify  (7 x  4) (2 marks)
PMR 2004

1
  2mk 2 4
x  k 2  ÷ m5 k 9
3
12. Simplify (3 marks)
PMR 2004
13. Factorise completely.
(a) 9 xy  3 x 2
(b) p 2  6( p  1)  (8  p ) (3 marks)
PMR 2004
 1 
1 p 
3  2
14. Express   as a single fraction in its simplest form (3 marks)
2m  mp 
 
 
PMR 2004

15. Solve each of the following questions:

(a) 2n = 3n – 4
3  7k
(b) 2k  (3 marks)
5
PMR 2005

16. Simplify (2mk 2 ) 4 x (k 2 ) 3  m5 k 9 . (3 marks)

PMR 2004

17. Solve each of the following equations:

(a) k  14  k
3
(b) f  (6  4 f )  31 (3 marks)
2
PMR 2004
18. Solve each of the following equations:
(a) h  16  h
2
(b) 3(2k  3)  (6  3k )  33 (3 marks)
3

19. Factorise completely.

(a) 4 xy  12 x 2
(b)  y ( x  y )  6 x 2 (3 marks)

2( p  1) 4  m
20. Express  as a single fraction in its simplest form (3 marks)
mp 2m

21. a) Solve the inequality 2m  1  11 .

p
b) List all the integer values of p which satisfy both the inequalities 26  4 p  2 and p  2 
2
(4 marks)

7
22. Given that  2 , express m in terms of n. (3 marks)
5m  n

23. Given that 3 x 1  9 2 , calculate the value of x. (2 marks)

2
24. Simplify ( 2 x 1 y 3 ) 3  xy  x 2 y 3 (2 marks)
25. Simplify h( h  2k )  ( k  h) 2
(2 marks)

26. Simplify ( m  n) 2  n( 2m  n) (2 marks)

x
27. a) Solve the inequality 23
5
18  x
b) List all the integer values of x which satisfy both the inequalities  3 and 3( x  6)  2(6  x)
5
(4 marks)

28. Given that 27  2 m  8 , calculate the value of m. (2 marks)

7x  y
29. Given that  2 , express x in terms of y. (3 marks)
3

30. Simplify xy 3  (2 xy 4 ) 2  2 x 5 y 4 (3 marks)

31. Solve each of the following equations:

(a) 4m – 9 = 3m + 5
2
(b) w  5  7  (6 w  9) (3 marks)
3

12  x 3 y  x
32. Express  as a single fraction in its simplest form (3 marks)
4x xy

33. Factorise completely.

(a) 18 x 2  2
(b) m( 2n  1)  8n  4 (3 marks)

34. Solve each of the following equations:

(a) n  4  2n
3x  2
(b) 5 (3 marks)
x4

5h  2
35. Given that  h  k , express h in terms of k. (3 marks)
3

36. Simplify x ( x  2 y )  ( x  y ) 2 (2 marks)

37. Factorise completely.

(a) 3m  12mn
(b) 5h 2  4( h 2  1) (3 marks)

38. Solve the inequality 12  x  3 x  8 (2 marks)

3 1
9 2  (2 2 ) 2
39. Evaluate (3 marks)
1
9 2

3
 4 5n  3
40. Express  as a single fraction in its simplest form (3 marks)
3n 6n 2

41. Given that 53 x  2  (5 x )(56 ) , calculate the value of x. (2 marks)

42. Simplify (p + q)2 - p(p + 2q). (2 marks)

43. Factorise completely.

(a) p 2  3 p  3q  pq
(b) x ( x  2)  8 (3 marks)

3x
44. Given that  2  5 x , express y in terms of k. (3 marks)
y

5 h4
45. Express  as a single fraction in its simplest form (3 marks)
6h 2h 2

46. Solve each of the following equations:

(a) 3 x  ( x  4)  12
3m  5
(b) m  (3 marks)
8
1 1 1
3  (3  5 )
4 4 3 3
47. Evaluate (3 marks)
2
27 3
n
1
48. Given    64  2 n , calculate the value of n. (3 marks)
4

49. Simplify each expression in its simplest form

(a) 3 x  y  ( x  y )
(b) n(n  2m)  ( m  n) 2 (3 marks)

4 x8  20 x10
50. Simplify (2 marks)
16 x 6

4(h  k ) 16  h
51. Express  as a single fraction in its simplest form (3 marks)
hk 4h

52. Factorise completely.

(a) 9 x  x 3
(b) h 2  4( h  2)  ( 2  7 h) (3 marks)

53. Solve each of the following equations:

(a) 13  4( n  2)  2n
3k  17
(b)  k 1 (3 marks)
5

54. Given that 2 2 x 1  25  2 x , calculate the value of x. (2 marks)

4
55. Solve the inequality 2  3 x  5( x  1) (2 marks)
5r
56. Given that 3 p   4 , express p in terms of r. (3 marks)
2

57. Simplify ( p  q ) 2  ( p 2  q 2 ) (2 marks)

58. (a) Solve the inequality 5k  8  3k

k
(b) List all the integer values of k which satisfy both the inequalities 2  k  1 and 45
4
(4 marks)

59. Simplify ( 2 x 4 n 1 )3  x 10 n3  2 x (3 marks)

60. Given that 28  4 x  4 , calculate the value of x. (2 marks)

n(3  m)
61. Given that m  , express n in terms of m. (3 marks)
n 1

62. Solve each of the following equations:

(a) 2m  6  m
5x  6 x  2
(b)  2 (3 marks)
4 3

63. (a) Solve the inequality 2 x  5  11

x
(b) List all the integer values of x which satisfy both the inequalities 5( x  6)  20 and 12   10
2
(3 marks)
1
64. Simplify (3hk 3 ) 4  ( hk )  h8 k 12
3 3 (3 marks)

5 1
65. Given that 2   2 n , calculate the value of n. (2 marks)
8

t2  3
66. Given that  h  1 , express t in terms of h. (3 marks)
4

m n 3 m
67. Express  as a single fraction in its simplest form (3 marks)
5mn 15m

68. Simplify each expression in its simplest form

(a) 3 p  2( p  1)
(b) m( m  2)  ( m  1) 2 (3 marks)

69. Factorise completely.

(a) 8m 2 n  2mn
(b) 2 x ( x  2)  ( x  2) 2 (3 marks)

5
70. Simplify ( m  4)(m  3)  m( m  2) (2 marks)

3
1
71. Given that ( ) x  ( 256) 4 , calculate the value of x. (3 marks)
4

6 4r
72. Express  as a single fraction in its simplest form (3 marks)
8r 4r 2

q (3  2 p )
73. Given that p  , express q in terms of p. (3 marks)
q 3

74. Solve each of the following equations:

(a) 5h  4  8  h
2x
(b)  6  2x (3 marks)
3

75. Simplify (1  m) 2  m(m  1) (2 marks)

76. Factorise completely.

(a) 4h 2 k  hk
(b) (h - 2)(h + 8) -12h (3 marks)

1 2m  1
77. Express  as a single fraction in its simplest form (3 marks)
4m 8m 2

k
78. Given that  n 2  4k . Express n in term of k. (3 marks)
5

79. Solve each of the following equations:

2m
(a)  m3
3
(b) k  2( k  5)  4k (3 marks)

80. Evaluate 27  (32 ) 4

3
(3 marks)
812

p 3r 2
81. Simplify ( )  2 p 2r (2 marks)
2
x
82. Given that k  x  h satisfy both the inequalities 3   2 and 5  2 x  3. Find the value of k and h,
3
where k and h are integers.
(2 marks)

83. Simplify (e  k ) 2  2e( k  3e) (2 marks)

84. (a) Solve the inequality 2k  1  7

6
 (b) List all the integer values of x which satisfy both the inequalities 2k  3  3 and 2  k  0
(4 marks)

1
85. Given that 27  3 
x
, calculate the value of x (2 marks)
9

1
m2 p9
86. Simplify ( 4m 1n 2 ) 2  (3 marks)
p3

5(m  2)
87. Given that  3 , express m in term of k (2 marks)
k

88. Solve each of the following equations:

(a) 4k  (3  k )  1
(b) 10  3( 2  w)  9 w  2 (3 marks)

89. Factorise completely.

(a) 3h 2 k  9hk 2
(b) 15 + m(m + 8) (3 marks)

1 9e
90. Express  as a single fraction in its simplest form (3 marks)
3e 6e 2

91. Simplify m(m  1)  (1  m) 2 ) (2 marks)

92. Factorise completely.

(a) 4 p 2  6 p
(b) 2h – 2k + hk – k2 (3 marks)

1 5  2m
93. Express  as a single fraction in its simplest form (3 marks)
5m 15m 2

p2 r
94. Given that  , express p in term of q and r (2 marks)
q 3

95. Solve each of the following equations:

n8
(a) n 
3
(b) 3m  4  3( m  2) (3 marks)

96. Simplify (2b  1) 2  (3  b) (2 marks)

2
97. (a) Solve the inequality x  3  2 and x  3  7.
3
y 4
(b) List all the positive integers of y which satisfy the inequality 4   y  1 and 2  k  0
5 5
(4 marks)

7
98. Simplify (5e 2 f ) 3  ef  (ef 2 ) 2 (3 marks)

99. Given that 9 x 1  3 , find the value of x. (2 marks)

100. Given 3h 2  4k  1  2 , express k in terms of h. (3 marks)