Chapter 3 Use of Formulae

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is an algebraic fraction?

d d
A. d B. a+c C. D. a
ac 2

1 3
2. Simplify   .
x x
4 2 2 4
A.  B.  C. D.
x x x x

1 3
3. Simplify  .
8y 8y
1 1 1 1
A.  B.  C. D.
2y 8y 8y 2y

7 4
4. Simplify  .
r s sr
3 3 11 11
A. B. C. D.
sr rs rs sr

3p q
5. Simplify  .
q  3p 3p  q

A. 1 B. 1 C. q  3p D. 3p  q

1 r 3
6. Simplify   .
3r  2 2  3r 3r  2
r4 r4 r4 r4
A. B. C. D.
3r  2 3r  2 3r  2 3r  2

2 1
7. Simplify  .
3k 6k
1 1 2 5
A. B. C. D.
6k 9k 3k 2 6k

1 3
8. Simplify  .
2c 8c
1 5 1 5
A. B. C.  D. 
8c 8c 8c 8c

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5 3
9. Simplify  .
3(5  k ) 2(5  k )
2 3 1 1
A. B. C. D. 
5k 2(5  k ) 6(5  k ) 6(5  k )

10. Factorize a  ab.

A. ab B. a(1  b) C. b(1  a) D. b(a  b)

11. Factorize 3a  3b.

A. 3(a + b) B. 3(a  b) C. 3(a + b) D. 3(a  b)

12. Factorize 4x + 6xz + 7yx.

A. x(7y + 6z  4) B. x(7y  6z + 4) C. x(7y + 6z + 4) D. x(7y  6z  4)

13. Factorize s  5st  sp.

A. s(1  5t  p) B. s(1 + 5t  p) C. s(1  5t + p) D. s(1 + 5t + p)

14. Use a formula to represent the following sentence.

The area of a parallelogram equals to the product of its base and its height.
A. A  b + h, where A is the area, b is the base and h is the height.
B. A  bh, where A is the area, b is the base and h is the height.
C. A  bh 2 , where A is the area, b is the base and h is the height.
D. A  b 2 h, where A is the area, b is the base and h is the height.

15. Which of the following formulae uses x as the subject?

A. x + z  y B. xy  z + 7 C. x  7z + 1 D. 7x + by  1

16. Given 5x  3  4 y , find the value of x when y  3 .

1 1
A. B. C. 3 D. 4
4 3

x
17. Given  k  1 , find the value of y when k  7 and x  2.
y
1 1
A. B. C. 4 D. 16
4 16

8
18. Given k   y , find the value of z when k  2 and y  6.
z
1
A. 2 B. C. 2 D. 4
4

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19. Given (n  5) 2 + m  k, find the value of m when k  6 and n  1.

A. 30 B. 0 C. 12 D. 42

20. Given x 2 + y 2  z 2 , find the value of x when z  9 and y  45 .

A. 6 or 6 B. 36 or 36 C. 6 or  6 D. 3 5 or  3 5

x  5a
21. Make a the subject of the formula  1.
4b
4b  x x  4b x  5a 5a  x
A. a B. a C. a D. a
5 5 4 4

22. Make b the subject of the formula c  b  a(c + b).

c a(1  c) c(a  1) c(1  a)
A. b B. b C. b D. b
a c a 1 a 1
1 1
23. Make a the subject of the formula   2 .
a b
b b b b
A. a B. a C. a D. a
1 2b 1 2b 1 2b 1 2b

4 1
24. Make b the subject of the formula k   .
ab c
4c 4c 4c c
A. b B. b C. b D. b
a(kc  1) a(kc  1) a(1  kc) a(4  kc)

2  1t
25. Make t the subject of the formula x  .
2  1t
2x 1 x 1 x 1 x
A. t B. t C. t D. t
1 x 2x 1 x 2(1  x)

2a 2b
26. If  5( x  y ) , find the value of .
b 3
20a 3a 4a 2a
A. B. C. D.
3( x  y ) 5( x  y ) 15( x  y ) 15( x  y )

Level 1
1. Simplify the following.
3 2 1 2
(a)  (b) 
x x 3x 3x
2. Simplify the following.
3 4 1 4
(a)  (b)  
7x 7x 3x 3x

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2 2x
3.Simplify  .
x 1 x 1

2 6
4.Simplify  .
3x  2 2  3x

5.Factorize the following expressions.

(a) 3m  12n (b) ab  2ac

6.Factorize the following expressions.

(a) 3x 2  9 x (b) 8 x 2  12x

7.Factorize the following expressions.

(a) 4 x 2  12xy (b)  9n  7m 2 n

8.Factorize the following expressions.

(a) ab  bc  bd (b) 7 x  14x 2  49x 3

9.Given T  K  273, find the value of T when K  320.

22 2
10. Given A  (r ) , find the value of A when r  14.
7

1
11. Given S  n(n  1) , find the value of S when n  6.
2

12. Given S  r r 2  h 2 , find the value of S when   3, r  6 and h  8.

9
13. Given that F  C  32 .
5
(a) Find the value of F when C  15. (b) Find the value of C when F  104.

14. Given that a  b  c  180 .

(a) Find the value of c when a  35 and b  72.
(b) Find the value of a when b  105 and c  9.

15. Make x the subject of the formula ax  b  c  0 .

16. Make x the subject of the formula d  e  fx  cx .

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17. Make a the subject of the formula v  u  at .

18. Make x the subject of the formula ax  c  dx  b .

1
19. Make m the subject of the formula PV  Nmc 2 .
3

20. (a) Make m the subject of the formula E  mc2 .

(b) Find the value of m if E  36 and c  3.


21. (a) Make A the subject of the formula R  K .
A
(b) Find the value of A if R  100, K  60 and   20 .

1
22. (a) Make m the subject of the formula p  mv2 .
3
(b) Find the value of m if p  100 and v  5.

Level 2
1 1
23. Simplify  .
2 x 3x
4x 1
24. Simplify  .
9 y 3y
1 2
25. Simplify  .
3(r  1) 6(1  r )
y 3
26. Simplify  .
3(4 y  9) 4(4 y  9)
27. Factorize the following expressions.
(a) 6 f 3  3 fg  9 f (b) 2 xy 2  2 xy  4 x 2 y
1 y
28. Given x  , find the value of y when x  4.
1 y
4 y4
29. Given  .
x y 8
(a) Find the value of y when x  16. (b) Find the value of x when y  10.
r
30. (a) Make r the subject of the formula p  A(1  ).
100
(b) Find the value of r if p  180 and A  200.

1
31. (a) Make h the subject of the formula V  r 2 h .
3
22
(b) If V  198, r  3 and   , find the value of h.
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1 2
32. (a) Make u the subject of the formula h  ut  at .
2
(b) If a  10, t  2 and h  40, find the value of u.

33. For a triangle with sides a, b and c, the area A is A  s (s  a) (s  b) (s  c) , where

1
s (a  b  c) . If a  7 , b  8 and c  9 , find
2
(a) the value of s.
(b) the value of A. (Correct your answer to 2 decimal places.)

34. The geometric mean M of two numbers, a and b, is given by the formula M  ab .
(a) Make a the subject of the formula.
(b) Find the value of a if M = 9 and b = 3.

Level 3
1
35. Given that the sum S of the natural numbers from 1 to n is S  n( n  1) .
2
(a) If S1  1  2  3    70 , find the value of S1 .
(b) If S2  1  2  3    100 , find the value of S 2 .
(c) If S3  71 72  73    100, express S 3 in terms of S1 and S 2 . Then find the value of
S3 .
(d) If S4  2  4  6    140 , express S 4 in terms of S1 . Then find the value of S 4 .

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