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HIGHER: ALGEBRAIC FRACTIONS – This is a selection of the types of question that you need to be able to solve.

Q1.
x 1 x  3
Simplify 
2 3

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(Total for Question is 3 marks)
Q2.
4 3
Simplify fully 
2 x x

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(Total for question = 3 marks)
Q3.
Write as a single fraction in its simplest form
2x 7x  3

x 1 x2 1

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(Total for Question is 4 marks)
Q4.
3 2
Write  as a single fraction in its simplest form.
b ab

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(Total for Question is 3 marks)
Q5.
x 2  2 x  15
Simplify fully
x 2  4 x  21

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(Total for Question is 3 marks)
Q6.
3 x
(a) Simplify fully
3x  5 x  12
2

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(2)

(b) Write as a single fraction in its simplest form.

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(3)
(Total for question = 5 marks)
Q7.
2 x 2  3x  5 ax  b
Show that can be written in the form where a, b, c and d are integers.
x2  6x  5 cx  d

(Total for question is 3 marks)

Q8.
1 1 ax  b
Show that  simplifies to where a, b, c and d are integers
6x2  7x  5 4x2  1 cx  d

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(Total for question = 3 marks)
Q9.

2 x 2  5x  3
Simplify fully
x2  9

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(Total for question = 3 marks)
Q10.
 x 2  5x  6 
4  x  3 
Write
 x  2 

as a single fraction in its simplest form. You must show your working.

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(Total for question is 4 marks)
Q11.
3x  6 x5
Show that  simplifies to ax where a is an integer.
x 2  3x  10 x 3  25 x

(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q12.
x2 x6 ax  b
2  can be written as a single fraction in the form
x3 x3 x2  9
where a and b are integers. Work out the value of a and the value of b.

a = ...........................................................

b = ...........................................................

(Total for question = 4 marks)


Q13.

a a ab

Show that
b  1 b  12 can be written as
b  12

(Total for question = 2 marks)


Q14.
Prove that, for all positive values of n,

n  22  n  12 
1
2n  3n
2
n

(Total for question = 4 marks)


Q15.

4x  1 x  4
Solve  3
5 2

x=......................
(Total for Question is 3 marks)

Q16.

3x  2 2 x  5 1  x
Solve  
4 3 6

x = ...........................................................
(Total for question = 4 marks)
Q17.
x2 x2
Solve  3
3x 2x

x = ...........................................................
(Total for question is 3 marks)

Q18. NON-CALCULATOR

2 x
Solve  1 Give your solutions as surds.
x  1 2x  3

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(Total for question = 4 marks)
Q19.
Given that 2x – 1 : x – 4 = 16x + 1 : 2x – 1
find the possible values of x.

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(Total for question = 5 marks)
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