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3 12, 2018

Number Patterns

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Number Patterns Go to the Forum to see more questions or ask your own Worked examples Show that the number pattern 1, 4, 9, 16 ... can be expressed as n², for n = 1, 2, 3 ... and hence find the 100th term. n = 1 n2 = [...]

3 12, 2018

Fraction & Negative Indices

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Fraction & Negative Indices Go to the Forum to see more questions or ask your own Formulas used in Fraction & Negative Indices $x^{-1}=\frac{1}{x}$ $x^{-2}=\frac{1}{x^2}$ a negative index means a fraction   $x^{\frac12}=\sqrt{x}$ $x^{\frac13}=\sqrt[3]{x}$ a fractional index means a root Worked examples Evaluate 49½ [...]

3 12, 2018

Indices

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Indices Go to the Forum to see more questions or ask your own Formulas used in Indices $x^{a}\times x^{b}=x^{a+b}$ $x^{a}\div x^b=x^{a-b}$ $(x^{a})^b=x^{a\times b}$ $(x^{0})=1$ Worked examples Simplify x2 × x4. x2 × x4 = x2 + 4 = x6 since we are multiplying, the indices (the little powers) [...]

3 12, 2018

Expanding Brackets

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Expanding Brackets Go to the Forum to see more questions or ask your own Worked examples Simplify 2(x - 1) - 3(x - 3) we must be especially careful when expanding with a negative sign = 2x - 1 - 3x + 9 2(x - 1) = 2 × × + [...]

25 06, 2018

Formulae & Equations

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Formulae & Equations Go to the Formulae & Equations Forum to see more questions or ask your own Topics Covered in Formulae & Equations Substitution Expanding Brackets Indices Fraction & Negative Indices Changing The Subject Equations Equations with Indices Distance, Speed, Time [...]

30 03, 2018

Completing the Square

Completing the Square Half and square worked examples Complete the square for x2 + 6x. = x2 + 6x  + 9 - 9 consider the coefficient of the x term: 6 find half of 6 = 3 and then square it 32 = 9 and add 9 to the [...]

22 03, 2017

Proving Inequalities

Proving Inequalities worked examples Prove $\left( {a + b} \right)\left( {\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b}} \right) \ge 4$ for a > 0 and b > 0. Consider (√a – √b)2 ≥ 0 since all square numbers are positive, it is a true statement to say that any perfect square will be larger than [...]

4 12, 2016

Expanding Perfect Squares

Expanding Perfect Squares (a + b)2 = a2 + 2ab + b2     (a – b)2 = a2 – 2ab + b2 worked examples  Expand: (x + 1)2.  = x2 + 2 × x × 1 + 12  “square the first + double the product + square the second” = [...]

4 12, 2016

Difference Of Two Squares

Equations With Indices worked examples Given ${2^{{2^x}}}=1024$  = 1024, solve for x, correct to 3 decimal places. ${2^{{2^x}}}=2^{10}$ rewrite 1024 as 2 to the power of something - guess and check until you find 210 = 1024 2x = 10 since they are now both to the base of [...]