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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

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

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

    x 1 x2 1

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

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

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

    ...........................................................
    (2)

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

    ...........................................................
    (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

    ...........................................................
    (Total for question = 3 marks)
    Q9.

    2 x 2  5x  3
    Simplify fully
    x2  9

    ...........................................................
    (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.

    ...........................................................
    (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

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

    ...........................................................
    (Total for question = 5 marks)
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