OLEVEL PURE MATHEMATICS

MOCK TEST-1
TOTAL MARKS: 100
TIME: 2HOURS
ALL QUESTIONS ARE OF EQUAL CREDITS
SECTION A

1. X
2
+2x 8=(X+1)
2
+k
(a) Find the value of constant
(b) Deduce the minimum value of X
2
+2x 8
2. Find the set of values of the constant p for which the X
2
+px 2p =3x 6 has real roots.
3. Given that and are the roots of the equation X
2
+5x 4 =0, form an equation with integer
coefficients whose roots are
2
and
2
.
4. The equation X
2
+2x 8 = 0 has roots and . Without solving the equation,
(a) Find the value of
2
+
2
.
(b) Hence show that
2
+
2
=6
2
9

(c) Hence or otherwise , form a quadratic equation with integer coefficients which has roots (
2

+
1
u
) and (
2
+
1
[
)
5. Given that the equation X
2
- 2x 3 =p ,where p is a constant, has a repeated root, find the
value of p.
6. Given that p is a positive integer , find the smallest value of p for which the equation X
2
+px +
3=0 has real roots.
7. Find out the minimum value of 5X
2
+7x 3 and the value of x at which it occurs.
8. Given that x
1
and x
2
satisfy the equation (lnx)
2
- 2lnx 5 =0
(a) Show that lnx
1
+lnx
2
=2
(b) Deduce the value of x
1
x
2
.
9. f(x) =5X
2
- 15x +7. The equation f(x)= 0 has roots and .
(a) Without solving the equation , write down the value of + and the value of .
(b) The axis of symmetry of the curve with equatin y=f(x) has equation x=k. use your answer to
part (a) to find the value of k.
(c) Hence find the minimum value of f(x).
10. The equation X
2
- 5x- 3 =0 has roots and . Calculate
(a)
2
+
2
(b)( -)
2
(c)
3
+
3
(d)
3
-
3
(e) Find the value of
3
.









SECTION B

1. Solve the equation iog
3
(5x+12) +log
3
x =2.
2. Solve the equation: 4xlog
3
x 3log
3
x +16xlog
9
10 12log
9
10 =0
3. Evaluate log
3
7 +log
3
9 log
3
21.
4. Solve the simultaneous equations 3log
2
x +4log
3
y =10 , log
2
x log
3
y =1
5. Find the exact value of (a) log
7
(
1
5
) +log
7
(
5
49
) (b)(125)
2
3
(
1
8
)
-1
3

6. Find the exact solution of the equation
32
c
x
- c
x
=4.
7. Solve 8
2x-1
=16
x
.
8. Solve the equation log
5
3 +log
5
6 +log
5
9 +log
5
12 +log
5
15 =1 +log
5
x +log
5
x
2

9. Solve the simultaneous equations 8log
9
x - 9log
27
y =8 , log
3
x +8log
81
y =13
10. The temperature, C, of a hot drink t minutes( t0) after it has been made is given by
= 20 + 40e
-0.05t

(a) Find ,in C, the temperature of the drink at the instant at which it is made.
(b) Calculate,C to 3 significant figures, the temperature of the drink 10 minutes after
it was made.
(c) Calculate, to the nearest whole number, the value of t when the temperature of
the drink is 40C