MATHEMATICS 1 (AM015) – UPS Questions

TOPIC 1 : NUMBER SYSTEM

UPS QUESTIONS

2
1. Simplify in terms of a b  c d . [UPS 2003/2004]
2 5 3

2. Solve 2log 4 x  3log x 4  7 [UPS 2003/2004]

3  24
3. Simplify in the form a + b c . [UPS 2004/2005]
2 6

4. Solve x  22  x  6  8 [UPS 2005/2006]

5. Solve the equation 22  x1  3 2 x   1 [UPS 2006/2007]

6. (a) Simplify 1  2  1  2
1 2 1 2

log 2 2
(b) Solve log 2 x  3  4. [UPS 2006/2007]
log 2 x

1 3
7. (a) Simplify in the form of a  b c where a, b, c .
2 3

(b) Solve the equation 3log10 x3  2log10 x  2log10 x 2  8 . [UPS 2007/2008]

3
8. Solve 2log x 3  log3 x  . [UPS 2008/2009]
2

9. Solve 94 x1  27 . [UPS 2009/2010]

10. Given that log 2 x  log x 8  log 2 2k  k log x 4  0. If y  log 2 x, show that

y 2  ky  2k  3  0. Find the value of x when k  6. [UPS 2009/2010]

6
11. Solve 5x  5x1  [UPS 2010/2011]
5
 MATHEMATICS 1 (AM015) – UPS Questions

12. Find the possible values of x if log 2 x  3log x 2  4 . [UPS 2010/2011]

13. Given
A  x : 2  x  2 , x  R
B  x  1 or x  1 , x  R
C  x : 3  x  3 , x  R
Represent A, B and C on a number line. Hence, find
(a) A  B,
(b) A  B,
(c) A  C . [UPS 2011/2012]

14. Solve log3 x  4log x 3  3. [UPS 2011/2012]

15. Simplify the following expressions

(a)

x 2 x 1 y 2 
3

.
y 2

2 5
(b) . [UPS 2012/2013]
2 5 2

16.    
Find the values of x that satisfy the equation 2 9 x  7 3 x  3 [UPS 2012/2013]

17. Find the possible values of x in the following equations.

(a) log  x 2  3  log 2  log( x  9)
(b) 22 x 1  2x 3  6  0 . [UPS 2013/2014]

18. (a) If y  2  3 , find the value of y  y 1

(b) Solve 2  4 x   5  2 x   3 [UPS 2014/2015]

19. Solve 4x  2x1  3 [UPS 2015/2016]

 MATHEMATICS 1 (AM015) – UPS Questions

ANSWERS (UPS)

4 2
1. 5 3
17 17
2. x  2 or x  64
1
3. 3 6
2
4. x3
5. x  2
6. (a) 6 (b) x 8 or x2
7. (a) 53 3 (b) x = 100
1
8. x or x  3.
81
1
9.
8
1
10. or 0.125
8
11. x0
12. x  8, x  2
13. (a) A  B  x : 2  x  1 or 1  x  2, x  R
(b) A  B  x : x  R
(c) A  C  x : 2  x  2 , x  R
1
14. x3 , x
81

y8 10  10
15. (a) x 1 y 8 or (b)
x 9

16. x  0.631 , x  1

17. (a) x  1.585, x0

18. (a) 4 (b) x  1

19. x0