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Edexcel A-Level Mathematics Pure mathematics overview quiz quiz

12questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. What is the derivative of y=x5y = x^5?

  2. What is x2dx\int x^2\,dx?

  3. Which method of proof finds a single example where a statement fails?

  4. Using the chain rule, what is the derivative of y=sin(3x)y = \sin(3x)?

  5. What is the value of loga(xk)\log_a(x^k) by the laws of logarithms?

  6. For a sector of radius rr and angle θ\theta in radians, what is the arc length?

  7. Solving sinx=12\sin x = \frac{1}{2} for 0x2π0 \le x \le 2\pi, what are the solutions?

  8. What is the magnitude of the vector 3i+4j3\mathbf{i} + 4\mathbf{j}?

  9. The Newton-Raphson method can fail when which quantity is zero or near zero?

  10. How do you classify a stationary point where the second derivative is positive?

  11. Which proof technique assumes the statement is false and derives an impossibility?

  12. Expressed in partial fractions, what is 1(x1)(x+2)\frac{1}{(x-1)(x+2)}?