Name: ____________________________( ) Class: _____________

Date: ____________ Chapter 5 Diagnostic Test 2

1. (a) The population of Singapore in 2020 was predicted to be 7 million.

Express this figure in standard form.

Answer: _____________________ [1]

(b) The population of China in 2050 was predicted to be 5 billion.

Express this figure in standard form.

Answer: _____________________ [1]

2. The number 3005.07 can be written as 3 × 10 3 + 5 × 10 x + 7 × 10 y .

Given that x and y are integers, find the values of x and y.

Answer: x = ________and y = ________

[2]

3. Express 1 nanometre in millimetres,

Give your answer in standard form.

 Answer: _____________________ [2]

4. By completing the square, x 2 + 4 x − 8 can be expressed in the form ( x + a ) 2 − b .

(a) Find

(i) a,

(ii) b.

(b) Hence, or otherwise, solve x 2 + 4 x − 8 = 0 .

Answer: a = ________and b = ________

[2]

Answer: x = ________or x = ________ [3]

5. Factorise

(a) 7 a − 21b ,

(b) x 2 + 4x − 5 .

(c) x 2 − 49 ,

Answer: (a) _____________________ [1] Answer: (b) _____________________ [1]

Answer: (c) _____________________ [1]
Name: ____________________________( ) Class: _____________
Date: ____________ Chapter 5 Diagnostic Test 3
1. Simplify

x7
(a) ,
x2
−3
x
(b)   ,
2 

1 4 1 4
(c) x − x ,
2 3

3( x ) , x > 0 ,
0
(d)

(e) (x )
3 2
.

Answer: (a) _____________________ [1] Answer: (b) _____________________ [1]

Answer: (c) _____________________ [1] Answer: (d) _____________________ [1]

Answer: (e) _____________________ [1]

2. Find a, b,c and d when

(a) 2 a ÷ 2 2 = 16 ,

(b) 25 b = 5 ,

(c) 10 c = 0.01

t ×t 2
(d) =td
t

Answer: (a) a = __________________ [1] Answer: (b) b = __________________ [1]

Answer: (c) c = __________________ [1] Answer: (d) d = __________________ [1]

3. Solve

(a) x( x +1) = 0 ,

(b) ( x − 2 )( x + 3) = 0 ,

(c) ( x + 3)( x + 4) = 20 .

Answer: (a) x = _______or x = _______

[2]

Answer: (b) x = _______or x = _______

[2]

Answer: (c) x = _______or x = _______

[3]

4. Solve the equation x 2 − 4 x − 3 = 0 , giving your answers correct to 2 decimal places.

Answer: x = ________or x = ________ [5]