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Original post by Gunjo
You purposely put probably one of the hardest FM questions in order to taunt people about their abilities on an online forum. Pretty pathetic lmao


WOAH there

no no ~!
he's not taunting anyone

being able to work out even harder questions will make the actual exam questions seem easier
ty , i get it now.
Original post by ihatehannah
but I do not understand , u rooted the (2^10) to get 2^5, but would you not have to root the 2 as well.


no that's not how this works

(22)2=24 \left(2^2\right)^2= 2^4

22=22[br][br][br]22222^2=2^2[br][br][br]2^2 \not = \sqrt {2^2}
Original post by ScrewTheExams
Lol why does he charge for solutions, all of those questions are past paper questions and you can find them on the internet :/
There's also a lot of videos of people going through exam papers, including june 2009 and 2010, which some of the questions are from.


Not sure but they're worked solutions and yes you can find them for free too.
Reply 125
someone give me a rly hard question im bored
Original post by okey
someone give me a rly hard question im bored


Solve the simultaneous equations
x2+2y2=1 \displaystyle x^2+2y^2=1
x+y=1 \displaystyle x+y=1 .
Shade the area that satisfies the following inequalities
x2+y2<1 x^2+y^2<1 and x+y>1 x+y>1 .
(Might be an easy question, I don't know).
Original post by strikeh
heres something


these look helpful, thank you!
Original post by chrlhyms
thank you so much!!!


This predicted paper is really easy


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Original post by ihatehannah
lol ok well it's a starter, then in that case, try dis http://prntscr.com/b6fzjk, gonna replace my first link with this one actually.


Initially it looked difficult but I put my head into it and it was pretty easy! Not sure if it is correct though but my final answer I suppose proves it.

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Original post by thefatone
no that's not how this works

(22)2=24 \left(2^2\right)^2= 2^4

22=22[br][br][br]22222^2=2^2[br][br][br]2^2 \not = \sqrt {2^2}

could you say the the square root of 210 is the same as 210x1/2 which is 25
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Original post by BTAnonymous
Initially it looked difficult but I put my head into it and it was pretty easy! Not sure if it is correct though but my final answer I suppose proves it.

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ikr idk why so many people are saying it's so hard
Original post by there'snoneed
could you say the the square root of 210 is the same as 210x1/2 which is 25


yes that works too
Original post by okey
ikr idk why so many people are saying it's so hard


I guess this is what separates A* candidates from A and B candidates. Everyone who's attempted the question knows the basic knowledge but doesn't know how to use it.
Original post by ihatehannah
ahhh 1600, thought it said 1000, very hard to read , pic was blurry for me sry.


how do you even do this question
Original post by thefatone
ok
so

(23x22)2=210\left(\dfrac{2^{-3x}}{2^{-2}}\right)^2=2^{10}

23x22=25 \dfrac{2^{-3x}}{2^{-2}}=2^5

23x=23 2^{-3x}=2^3

123x=23\dfrac{1}{2^{3x}}=2^3

123=23x\dfrac{1}{2^3}=2^{3x}

123=(2x)3\dfrac{1}{2^3}=\left(2^x\right)^3

let 2x 2^x = y

18=y3\dfrac{1}{8}=y^3

12=y\dfrac{1}{2}=y

2x=122^x=\dfrac{1}{2}

x=-1


I still don't understand how you got from:

(23x22)2=210\left(\dfrac{2^{-3x}}{2^{-2}}\right)^2=2^{10}

to

23x22=25 \dfrac{2^{-3x}}{2^{-2}}=2^5

Like the other guy said, why don't you square root 10 but instead divide it by 2?
Original post by BTAnonymous
I still don't understand how you got from:

(23x22)2=210\left(\dfrac{2^{-3x}}{2^{-2}}\right)^2=2^{10}

to

23x22=25 \dfrac{2^{-3x}}{2^{-2}}=2^5

Like the other guy said, why don't you square root 10 but instead divide it by 2?


2n=2n/2 \sqrt{2^n}=2^{n/2} .
More generally, abc=abc \displaystyle \sqrt[c]{a^b} = a^{\frac{b}{c}} .
Just law of indices.
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Original post by BTAnonymous
I still don't understand how you got from:

(23x22)2=210\left(\dfrac{2^{-3x}}{2^{-2}}\right)^2=2^{10}

to

23x22=25 \dfrac{2^{-3x}}{2^{-2}}=2^5

Like the other guy said, why don't you square root 10 but instead divide it by 2?

i'm not quite sure what you want to say? can you explain it to me in some sort of calculation?

to get from step 1 to step 2 you square root both sides
Here's a question.
Find the value of x x such that

(23)x1=(94)x+2 \displaystyle \left (\frac{2}{3} \right )^{x-1} = \left ( \frac{9}{4} \right )^{x+2} .
Original post by thefatone
i'm not quite sure what you want to say? can you explain it to me in some sort of calculation?

to get from step 1 to step 2 you square root both sides


Ahh I see... just a misunderstanding.

For some stupid reason I thought you rooted the power of 10 instead of the whole calculation.

So 2^10 = 1024

and square root 1024 to get 32 which is 2^5

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