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Proof ILC Work

This document contains 10 math proof questions with varying point values. It provides hints for completing each proof, such as using exhaustion, finding a counterexample, or showing an expression is a multiple of a certain number. The questions involve topics like proving expressions are always positive, proving statements are sometimes or never true, and proving properties of sums and squares of numbers.

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Proof ILC Work

This document contains 10 math proof questions with varying point values. It provides hints for completing each proof, such as using exhaustion, finding a counterexample, or showing an expression is a multiple of a certain number. The questions involve topics like proving expressions are always positive, proving statements are sometimes or never true, and proving properties of sums and squares of numbers.

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Maximus Moir
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1 Prove that x2 – 4x + 7 is positive for all values of x

(Total for question 1 is 3 marks)

2 Disprove the statement: n2 – n + 3 is a prime number for all values of n

(Total for question 2 is 2 marks)

3 Prove that the sum of two consecutive odd numbers is a multiple of 4

(Total for question 3 is 3 marks)

4 Prove that (x + y)2By


≠ x2 + y2

(Total for question 4 is 3 marks)

5 (a) Prove that n2 + n + 11 is prime for all integers between 1 and 5. (3)

(b) Prove that n2 + n + 11 is not prime for all values of n (2)

(Total for question 5 is 6 marks)

6 Prove by exhaustion that the sum of two even positive integers less than 10 is also even.

(Total for question 6 is 3 marks)

7 “If I multiply a number by 2 and add 5 the result is always greater than the original number.”

State, giving a reason, whether the above statement is always true, sometimes true or never true.

(Total for question 7 is 2 marks)

8 Prove that (2n + 3)2 – (2n – 3)2 is a multiple of 6 for all values of n

(Total for question 8 is 4 marks)

9 Prove that the sum of the squares of two consecutive odd integers is always 2 more than a
multiple of 8.

(Total for question 9 is 4 marks)

10 Prove that n2 + 7n + 15 > n + 3 is true for all values of n

(Total for question 10 is 4 marks)


HINTS
1 Prove that x2 – 4x + 7 is positive for all values of x
Complete the square
(Total for question 1 is 3 marks)

2 Disprove the statement: n2 – n + 3 is a prime number for all values of n

Look for a counterexample (Total for question 2 is 2 marks)

3 Prove that the sum of two consecutive odd numbers is a multiple of 4 Let n be an

integer Then 2 1,2 3 are consecutive odd integers


(Total for question 3 is 3 marks)

4 Prove that (x + y)2 q


≠ x2 + y2

(Total for question 4 is 3 marks)

5 (a) Prove that n2 + n + 11 is prime for all integers between 1 and 5. Prove by (3)

(b) Prove that n2 + n + 11 is not prime for all values of n exhaustion (2)

Look for a counterexample


(Total for question 5 is 6 marks)

6 Prove by exhaustion that the sum of two even positive integers less than 10 is also even.
2 4 6 8

Complete the table (Total for question 6 is 3 marks)

7 “If I multiply a number by 2 and add 5 the result is always greater than the original number.”

State, giving a reason, whether the above statement is always true, sometimes true or never true.

No hint for this sorry (Total for question 7 is 2 marks)

8 Prove that (2n + 3)2 – (2n – 3)2 is a multiple of 6 for all values of n

You need to show 4 35 H 3 EE6EL


(Total for question 8 isto_
4 marks)

9 Prove that the sum of the squares of two consecutive odd integers is always 2 more than a
multiple of 8.

End upshowing it is 8 2 (Total for question 9 is 4 marks)

10 Prove that n2 + 7n + 15 > n + 3 is true for all values of n

(Total for question 10 is 4 marks)

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