PAST YEAR QUESTIONS ON MATRICES 2 3 0 1 2 5

2
4 7 3 m 2 1
3 1 1 0
1. 2 [2005] A 1 B 3
4 6 1 4 C 4 D 6
4 2 4 3
A B
4
10 4 7
2 3
C
5 2
D
5

3
8
1
3 0
5 2 9
7. [2008]

4 1 4
3 0
2. Given k 5 24 5 , calculate the value of k .
k 1


A 3 B 8
C -1 D -12
10 5

5 2 2 0 3 1 A 3 B 3
3. 3 [2006] 0 0
7 1 2 3 2 5

2 12
1 13 4
2 3
14
A B
15 13 16 4


8 4 7 3

3 0 12 0
C D
15 13 10 0 C D

Given 3 2
4 p
7 , then p 4 4 4 1
4.

A 1
p
B 2

1 7
C D 8. 6 5 2 1 4 7 3 1 3 2
2 9
A 4 8 15
3 4 5 B 4 0 1

5.
1 2 2
[2007]
C 2 8 1
7 35 D 2 0 15
A B
9 2
4 2 2 3
15 20 15 8 9. 3 [2009]
C D 7 6 1 0
2 4 5 4
2 11 2 11
A B
6. Find the value of m in the following matrix equation : 10 6 10 3
 2 5 2 5 2 x 5 y 17
C D [7 marks]
10 6 8 6 x 3y 8

3
10. Given 2 w 4 16 , calculate the value of w. 1 2
2 1 3 4
2. a) It is given that is the inverse matrix of . Find the
A 1 B 2 n 1 2
C 3 D 4 2
value
2 4 3 1 4 2 of n. [2006]
11. 3 [2010]
4 1 3 3 2 3 b) Write the following simultaneous linear equations as matrix equation :
3u 4v 5
5 5 10 3 1 6
A B u 2v 2
9 5 6 1 3 0 Hence, using matrices, calculate the value of u and of v. [6 marks]

5 13 10
C D 1 4 2 n 2
15 1 12 3. a) Given , find the value of m and n. [2007]
m 5 3 5 4
3 21 6
b) Using matrices, find the value of x and of y that satisfy the following
21 3 18
simultaneous linear equations :
4 2 x 1
x 1 2 [7 marks]
12. 3 5 3 y 2
2 4 y
Find the values of x and y.
2 3 1 7 3
A x 1, y 10 4. The inverse matrix of is . [2008]
4 7 k m 2
B x 1, y 2
x 3, y 6 a) Find the value of m and of k .
C
b) Write the following simultaneous linear equations as matrix equation :
D x 5, y 14
2 x 3 y 1
4x 7 y 5
PAPER 2 Hence, using matrices, calculate the value of x and of y. [6 marks]
2 5 3 h 2 3
1. It is given that matrix P and matrix Q k such that 5. It is given that matrix A . [2009]
1 3 1 2 4 5
1 0 a) Find the inverse matrix of A.
PQ . [2005] b) Write the following simultaneous linear equations as matrix equation :
0 1
2x 3y 7
a) Find the value of k and of h. 4 x 5 y 13
b) Using matrices, find the value of x and of y that satisfy the following
Hence, using matrices, calculate the value of x and of y. [6 marks]
simultaneous linear equations :
 4 1 5 1
6. The inverse matrix of is k . [2010]
2 5 2 m
a) Find the value of m and of k .
b) Write the following simultaneous linear equations as matrix equation :
4x y 7
2 x 5 y 2
Hence, using matrices, calculate the value of x and of y. [7 marks]