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Kwok Tak Seng Catholic Secondary School

F.3 Mathematics
Quiz 1 – Integral Indices and Surds

Simplify the following expressions and use positive indices in the answer. [17 marks]
1. 9a6b2 ÷ 10a3b8 2. (3a2b3)4 × (ab5c7)3

3. (a–3b4)–2 ÷ (ab–3)4 4. (5p2q–3)–1(3p–3q)0

u −6 v 3 a 4 −3
5. 6. (3a −3 b 2 ) − 4 × ( )
(2u − 4 v 2 ) − 2 9b − 2

Simplify and rationalize the following expressions. [17 marks]

7. 75 + 45 + 48 − 243 8. 4 96 × 12

9. ( 6 − 3 )( 6 + 2 ) 10. ( 8 − 2)2

10 1
11. 12.
3 5 3 3+4 2
5
13.
3−2 7

−3 −7
14. (a) Simplify 4ab(−2a) + 10a2 ( b) + ( a)
5 3
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(b) If a = 3 and b = − , find the value of the expression in (a) [6 marks]
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