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1. If A =
582 −252
,B =
262 −152
then the value of −
1 20
is: (c) 536 (d) 1256
462 −372 562 −152 B A
(a) 2 (b) 1 11. What is the value of a3 + b3 + c 3 if (a + b + c) = 0 ?
(c) 0 (d) −1 (a) a² + b² + c² − 3abc (b) 0
1 1 (c) 3abc (d) a² + b² + c² − ab – bc − ca
2. If 𝑥 + = 4, then find the value of + 𝑥2 ?
𝑥 𝑥2 1 1
(a) 5 (b) 15 12. If x + = 7, then the value of 𝑥 6 + is:
x 𝑥6
(c) 7 (d) 14 (a) 113682 (b) 103682
(c) 103882 (d) 103862
3. Simplify the expression?
1 1
(1 + 𝑥)(1 + 𝑥 2 )(1 + 𝑥 2 )(1 + 𝑥 4 )(1 + 𝑥 8 )(1 − 𝑥) 13. If x > 0, and x 4 + = 254, what is the value of x 5 + ?
x4 𝑥5
(a) 1 − 𝑥 16 (b) 1 − 𝑥 40
(a) 717√2 (b) 723√2
(c) 1 − 𝑥 32
(d) 1 − 𝑥 42
(c) 720√2 (d) 726√2

√10+√25+√108+√154+√225 14. If a = 17,b=13, then find the value of the expression

(a³−b³−3a² b + 3ab²).
4.
√16+19.25×4 2 (a) −64 (b) −27000
7 1
(a) (b) (c) 27000 (d) 64
18 9
2 5
(c) (d) 15. Simplify the following expression.
9 18
(3𝑥 + 5)2 + (3𝑥 − 5)2
5. If 2x + 3y = 17 & 2x+2 − 3y+1 = 5, then− (a) 500x (b) 450x
(a) x = 1, y = 3 (b) x = 3, y = 3 (c) 9x 2 + 50 (d) 2(9x 2 + 25)
(c) x = 3, y = 2 (d) x = 1, y = 2
16. Simplify the given expression.
0.7×0.7×0.7+0.3×0.3×0.3
6. The value of is ? y + 2x − [(y − (y − x + y) − (x + y) + y] − 2y.
0.7×0.7−0.7×0.3+0.3×0.3
(a) 2 (b) 1 (a) −y (b) −2x
(c) 3 (d) −1 (c) Y (d) 2x
1 1 1
7. If 7𝑏 − = 7, then what is the value of 16b2 + ? 17. If (x² + 2) = 7, and 0 < x < 1, find the value of x² −
4𝑏 49b2 x
80 104 1
(a) (b) .
49 7 x2

(c)
120
(d)
7 (a) 3√5 (b) 4√3
7 2
(c) −4√3 (d) −3√5
8. What is the value of (3𝑥 3 + 5𝑥²𝑦 + 12𝑥𝑦² + 7𝑦³) ,
1 1
when x=−4 and y=−1? 18. If a + = 7, then a5 + is equal to:
a a5
(a) −329 (b) −359 (a) 15127 (b) 13127
(c) −361 (d) −327 (c) 14527 (d) 11512
9. If (a + b + c) = 16, and (a² + b² + c²) = 90 , find the 19. Simplify,
x4 −2x2 +1

value of (ab + bc + ca). 𝑥²−2𝑥+1

(a) 𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 1 (b) 𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 2
(a) 84 (b) 83
(c) 𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 1 (d) 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 1
(c) 82 (d) 81
10. What is the value of 64x³ + 38x²y + 20xy² + y³, when x =
3 and y=−4?
(a) 1236 (b) 488
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20. If (x − ) = √6, and x > 1, what is the value of (x 8 − 8 )
1 (c) −1926 (d) 1926
x x
? 26. The cube of the difference between two given natural
(a) 1024√15 (b) 992√15 numbers is 1728, while the product of these two given
(c) 998√15 (d) 1012√15 numbers is 108. Find the sum of the cubes of these two
given numbers.
21. What is the value of the given expression? (a) 6048 (b) 5616
(a + b + c)2 − a2 − b2 − c 2 (c) 6024 (d) 5832
(a) 2abc (b) 2(ab + bc + ca)
(c) 2(a + b + c) (d) 2ab + bc + 2ca 27. Simplify the given expression.
(326+222)2 −(326−222)2
x X−5Y 7
22. What is the value of If = . (326×222)
y X+5Y 13
23 24
(a) 1 (b) 4
(a) (b) (c) 3 (d) 2
7 9
50 100
(c) (d) 28. If (a + b + c) = 19, and (a² + b²+c²) =155, find the value of
3 7

1 1 (a − b)²+(b − c)² + (c − a)².

23. If (x + ) = 10, what is the value of (𝑥 4 + )? (a) 104 (b) 108
x 𝑥4
(a) 9604 (b) 9602 (c) 100 (d) 98
(c) 9600 (d) 9606
29. If a² + b²+c² = ab + bc + ac, then the value of
24. Simplify the expression. 11a4 +13b4 +17c4
is:
3.352 −1.252 17a2 b2 +9b2 c2 +15c2 a2
=? (a) 1 (b) 2
3.35+1.25
(a) 3.10 (b) 4.60 (c) 11 (d) 4
(c) 4.10 (d) 2.1
30. If a + b + c=6 and a² + b² + c² = 14, then what is the value
25. What is the value of (27x 3 − 58x 2 y + 31xy 2 − 8y 3 ) , of (a − b)² + (b − c)² + (c − a)² ?
when x = −5 and y = −7 ? (a) −8 (b) 8
(a) 1924 (b) −1924 (c) 10 (d) 6

ANSWER KEY
1. b 2. d 3. a 4. c 5. c 6. b 7. c 8. d 9. b 10. d
11. c 12. b 13. a 14. d 15. d 16. d 17. d 18. a 19. c 20. b
21. b 22. c 23. b 24. d 25. a 26. a 27. b 28. a 29. a 30. d

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