Sample Readiness Test

1) Find all the real roots of the equation: 4x4 + 15x2 4 = 0.

2) Solve: |2x + 1| = x + 3.
3) Simplify:

x3 3x2 + 2x
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x4 8x

4) Find the equation of the form y = mx + b of the line through the points (2, 3) and the
midpoint of the line segment joining (1, 4) and (3, 2).
5) Calculate the coordinates of the point(s) where the line through the point (1, 2) with
slope 1/2 intersects the circle with centre the origin and radius 5.
6) Find all values of k so that 4kx2 + 3x + k = 0 has two distinct real roots.
7) Solve: 47x = 323x1 .
8) Solve: log4 (x + 4) 2 log4 (x + 1) =

1
for x > 0.
2

9) Solve: e3x2 = 4.
10) Express x in terms of the other variables in the diagram below:

HY
HH

H
HH x
H
HH

H
H
r H

H j
HH

11) Given triangle ABC with B = 120 and AB = 5 and BC = 12, find the length of
AC.


12) Find the perimeter of the region bounded by the lines y = 3x and the circle
(x 5)2 + y 2 = 25 shown by the solid line below:
y
6

y=

3x

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(x 5)2 + y 2 = 25

- x

y = 3x

13) Sketch the curve y = 2x2 4x + 3 and label the vertex and intercepts.
14) Find all values of x such that cos2 x cos x = sin2 x, where 0 x 2.
15) A wire 36 cm in length is cut into two parts, one of which has length x. The piece of
length x is formed into a circle, and the other piece is formed into a square. Find a
function that expresses the total area A(x) enclosed by the circle and the square.

ANSWERS
1) x =

1
2

2) x = 2,
3)

x2

4
3

x1
+ 2x + 4

4) y = 3
5) (3, 4) and (5, 0)
3
3
6) < k < , k 6= 0
4
4
7) x = 5
8) x =

1
2

9) x =

2 + ln 4
3

10) x =
11)

rt
h2

r2

229

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13)

r r

(1,1) - x

2 4
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3 3

x 2 x 2
+
15) A(x) = 9
where 0 < x < 36
4
4

14) x = 0,