Number bases 1

1Express 23
10
as a number in base 2.
A 10000
2

B 10011
2

C 10111
2

D 11111
2


2 What is the value of 6, in base ten, in
the number 6 145
5
?
A 5
B 125
C 750
D 6 000

3 Which of the following is true?
A 10
2
+1
2
= 110
2

B 111
2
10
2
= 10
2

C 100
2
+ 11
2
= 110
2

D 100
2
1
2
= 11
2


4 What is the value of 2
4
+ 2 + 2
5
, as a
number in base two?
A 110010
2

B 101010
2

C 110000
2

D 101100
2


5 Express 5 2
2
+ 2 2
3
+ 2
5
as a
number in base two.
A 1000000
2

B 1000100
2

C 1001000
2

D 1100000
2


6 What is the place value of the digit 0
in the number 1043
5
?
A 0
B 5
C 25
D 100

7 Express 6
2
+ 7
2
as a number in base
eight.
A 44
8

B 61
8

C 85
8

D 125
8


8 Express 4
4
+ 8 as a number in base
five.
A 264
5

B 2020
5

C 2011
5

D 2024
5


9 2(8
3
) + 8
2
+ 16 =
A 1024
8

B 1104
8

C 2120
8

D 2220
8









10 11111
2
+ 111010
2
=
A 1000110
B 1011001
C 1111001
D 1111110

11 Express 3
2
+ 3
3
+ 3
5
+ 1 as a number
in base 8.
A 280
8

B 430
8

C 450
8

D 5321
8


12 110101
2
1011
2
=
A 111011
2

B 100000
2

C 110000
2

D 101010
2


13 Given 1001
m
= 513
10
, what is the
value of m?
A 2 C 8
B 5 D 16

14 Express 111000101
2
as a number in
base 8.
A 700
8

B 705
8

C 750
8

D 800
8


15 Given 11000
2
+ k
2
= 101010
2
, what
is the value of k?
A 10000
2

B 10010
2

C 10100
2

D 10001
2


16 Given that 2 5
3
+ 5
2
+ 3(5) = k
5
,
find the value of k.
A 290
5

B 2100
5

C 2130
5

D 2150
5


17 Given 4q4
8
is a 3-digit number in
base 8, find the value of q if 4q4
8
=
100111100
2
.
A 4
B 5
C 6
D 7

18 Given 64
8
= 2
f
+ 2
g
+ 2
h
, find the
value of f + g + h.
A 4
B 5
C 9
D 11








19 Given y
2
= 100
5
+ 111
2
, find the
value of y.
A 10001
2

B 10010
2

C 11001
2

D 100000
2


20 Given 10111
2
< k < 11001
2
, find the
value of k as a number in base 8.
A 27
8

B 30
8

C 31
8

D 32
8






































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MATRICES 1

3 (a) Given H is matrix
( )
3 8
1 4
and the inverse matrix
of H
is k
4 8
3 p



. Find the values of k and of p.
(b) Using matrices, find the value of x and of y which
satisfy the following matrix equation.
H
( )
x
y
=
3
1



[6 marks]

4 (a) The inverse matrix of
( )
5 3
4 2
is
1
p
3
4 5
q


.
Find the value of p and of q.
(b) Using matrices, solve the following simultaneous
equations:
5x + 3y = 41
4x + 2y = 30
[6 marks]

5 (a) M
2 3
3 5



=
( )
1 0
0 1
where M is a 2 2 matrix.
Find the matrix M.
(b) Using matrices, solve the following simultaneous
equations:

2x 3y = 3
3x + 5y = 3 [6 marks]

6 (a) Find the matrix L such that
1 4
2 5
3 6




( )
1 2 3
4 5 6
= L.
(b) It is given M =
( )
7 9
18 a
and N =
( )
5
2 7
b
. If 5M
6N =
( )
11 15
43 48
, find the value of a and of b.
[6 marks]

7(a) Given matrix P =
2
3
4 5
3 3
x

and matrix Q =
5 2
4 y



,
find the value of x and of y if PQ =
( )
1 0
0 1
.
(b) Using matrices, calculate the value of a and of b
that satisfy the following matrix equation:
5 2
4 1



( )
a
b
=
95
67




[6 marks]

8 (a)
3
1
2
4 m

is the inverse matrix of
( )
8 2
11 3
. Find the

value of m.
(b) Write the following simultaneous linear equations
as matrix equation:
8x + 2y = 2
11x + 3y = 2

Hence, using matrix method, calculate the value of x
and of y.
[6 marks]

9 (a) The inverse matrix of
2 1
3 4



is
1
d
1
3 2
e


.
Find the value of d and of e.
(b) Using matrices, calculate the value of x and of y
that satisfy both of the following equations:
2x y = 11
3x 4y = 9 [6 marks]

10 (a) Matrix V =
3 5
1 2



and matrix W = h
2 5
1 a




such that VW =
( )
1 0
0 1
. Find the value of a
and of h.

(b) Using matrices, find the value of x and of y that
satisfy the following simultaneous equations:
3x 5y = 17
x + 2y = 53 [6 marks]

11 (a) Given A =
( )
1
4 7
m
and B =
( )
4 9
5 n
, find the value
of m and of n if AB =
3 19
51 29



.
(b) Using matrices, solve the equation A
( )
p
q
=
( )
10
16
.
[6 marks]

12 (a) P is a 2 2 matrix and P
( )
1 2
3 4
=
( )
1 0
0 1
. Find
the matrix P.
(b) Hence, solve the following simultaneous linear
equations using matrices:
x + 2y = 14
3x + 4y = 16 [6 marks]