IGCSE CIE Maths 59 mins 32 questions

Non-Calculator Questions

Algebraic Roots &

Indices
Algebraic Roots & Indices

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Hard (9 questions) /14

Very Hard (5 questions) /13

Total Marks /59

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Easy Questions
1 (a) Simplify t 21 ÷ t 7 .

(1 mark)

(b) Simplify (u 5 ) 5 .

(1 mark)

2 Simplify (x 8 ) 3 .

(1 mark)

3 t x × t 2 = t 10

Find the value of x .

x = ................................................

(1 mark)

4 Simplify fully (3e)0

(1 mark)

w2
5 Simplify .
w3

(1 mark)

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Medium Questions
1 Simplify.

3
(3x 2y 4)

(2 marks)

2 Simplify.

2x 2 × 5x 5

(2 marks)

3 Simplify (4xy 2) 3 .

(2 marks)

4 Simplify 8t 8 ÷ 4t 4 .

(2 marks)

5 Simplify ( 5x 4 ) 3 .

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 (2 marks)

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6 Simplify (27x ) 3 .
6

(2 marks)

7 Simplify 2x 3 × 3x 2 .

(2 marks)

8 3−2 × 3x = 81

Find the value of x .

x = ...................................................

(2 marks)

9 Simplify.
i) a3 × a6

[1]
ii) (5xy 2) 3

[2]

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 (3 marks)

⎛⎜ 4 ⎞⎟ −2
10 Simplify ⎜ ⎟ .
⎝x ⎠

(1 mark)

11 Simplify a 3b 7 ÷ a 6b 2 .

(2 marks)

12 Simplify 5 a 3 c 2 × 2 a 2 c 7 .

(2 marks)

13 Simplify (3w 3) 3 .

(2 marks)

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Hard Questions
1 25 = 125k

Find the value of k .

k = ................................................

(1 mark)

2
2 Simplify ( 27x ) 3
9 .

(2 marks)

3 Find the value of (64x 4) 0 . 5 × 4x −2 .

(3 marks)

4 23 = 4p
Find the value of p .

p = ............................................

(1 mark)

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5 Find the value of n when 5n = .
125

n = ....................................................

(1 mark)

1
⎛ 64 ⎞⎟ − 3
6 Simplify ⎜⎜ 3 ⎟ .
⎝m ⎠

(2 marks)

1
7 2p =
84

Find the value of p .

p = ............................................

(2 marks)

⎛⎜ 1 ⎞⎟4
8 Given that ⎜⎜ 3 ⎟⎟ = x m
⎝ x ⎠

find the value of m

m = .................................................

(1 mark)

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 ⎛⎜ 9t 4w 9 ⎞⎟ −2
9 Simplify fully ⎜ ⎟
⎝ 18t 6w 10 ⎠

(1 mark)

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Very Hard Questions
k
1 2 ÷2 2
12 = 32

Find the value of k .

k= .................................................

(2 marks)

1
⎛⎜ 27x 12 ⎞⎟ − 3
2 Simplify ⎜ ⎟ .
⎝ 64y 3 ⎠

(3 marks)

1
3 3−q × = 81
27

Find the value of q .

q = ..............................................

(2 marks)

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⎛ 64x 6 ⎞⎟ − 2
4 Simplify fully ⎜⎜ ⎟
⎝ 25y 2 ⎠

(2 marks)

5 Given that 4k + 3 = 16 × 2k

find the value of k .

Show your working clearly.

k = ..................................................

(4 marks)

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