QUESTION 1Indices and Exponents
For an integer \(n\), each of the following equations has at least one solution except which one?
QUESTION 2Exponential Equations with Integers
\(a\) and \(b\) are given as distinct integers. If \(a^b = b^a\), how many ordered pairs \((a, b)\) are possible?
QUESTION 3Exponential Equations with Nonnegative Integers
\(x\) and \(y\) are nonnegative integers satisfying \(2^x + 2^y = x^2 + y^2\). What is the greatest possible value of \(|x - y|\)?
QUESTION 4Unit Digit and Cyclicity
find the units digit of \(2^{(1!+2!+3!+\cdots+10!)} + 3^{(1!+2!+3!+\cdots+10!)} + 4^{(1!+2!+3!+\cdots+10!)} + 5^{(1!+2!+3!+\cdots+10!)} + \cdots + 9^{(1!+2!+3!+\cdots+10!)}\).
QUESTION 5Exponential Equations
if \((5.55)^x = (0.555)^y = 1000\), then what is the value of \(\frac{1}{x}-\frac{1}{y}\)?
QUESTION 6Series and Algebraic Simplification
If \((10)^9 + 2(11)^1(10)^8 + 3(11)^2(10)^7 + \cdots + 10(11)^9 = k(10)^9\), then \(k\) is equal to
QUESTION 7Exponential Equations
if \(2^{2x+4}-17\times 2^{x+1}=-4\), then what is the sum of all possible values of \(x\)?
QUESTION 8Negative Exponents and Inequalities
Let \(n\) and \(x\) be negative numbers. Also, \(n\) is an odd integer.
Which of the following statements could be true?
I. \(x^n < \frac{1}{x^n} < nx\) II. \(\frac{1}{x^n} < nx < x^n\) III. \(\frac{1}{x^n} < x^n < nx\)
Which of the following statements could be true?
I. \(x^n < \frac{1}{x^n} < nx\) II. \(\frac{1}{x^n} < nx < x^n\) III. \(\frac{1}{x^n} < x^n < nx\)
QUESTION 9Counting Integers and Divisibility
\(Q\) represents the number of even integers \(x\) such that \(2^{20}
Which of the following must be true?
I. \(Q\) is even. II. \(Q\) is divisible by \(31\). III. \(Q\) is divisible by \(32\).
Which of the following must be true?
I. \(Q\) is even. II. \(Q\) is divisible by \(31\). III. \(Q\) is divisible by \(32\).
QUESTION 10Divisibility and Unit Digit
If \(n\) is a positive integer less than \(10\), \(k\) is a positive integer greater than \(10\), and \(n^{k+4}+n^{k+3}+n^{k+2}+n^{k+1}\) is divisible by \(10\), then \(n\) could be equal to which of the following?
I. \(3\) II. \(7\) III. \(8\)
I. \(3\) II. \(7\) III. \(8\)
QUESTION 11Unit Digit and Minimum Product
Let \(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j\) be distinct positive integers. What is the units digit of the lowest possible value of \(a^b \times c^d \times e^f \times g^h \times i^j\)?
QUESTION 12Exponents
find the number of integer values of \(x\) such that \(0 \le 2^x \le 200\), and \(2^x+2\) is divisible by either \(3\) or \(4\).
QUESTION 13Exponents & Cyclicity of powers
what is the remainder when \(32^{32^{32}}\) is divided by \(9\)?
QUESTION 14Integer Powers and Possible Values
\(x\) and \(y\) are integers such that \(x^y=256\). How many different values of \(y^x\) are possible?
QUESTION 15Exponents in products
find the number of trailing zeros in the product \((1^1)\times(5^5)\times(10^{10})\times(15^{15})\times(20^{20})\times(25^{25})\times\cdots\times(50^{50})\).
QUESTION 16Exponential Equations
if \(2^{2x+4}-17\times 2^{x+1}=-4\), then which of the following is true?
QUESTION 17Exponential Equations with Series
If \(3^{3+6+9+\cdots+3x}=(0.\overline{037})^{-66}\), then what is the value of \(x\)?
QUESTION 18Exponential Equations with Series
If \(4^{6+12+18+24+\cdots+6x}=(0.0625)^{-84}\), then what is the value of \(x\)?
QUESTION 19Exponential Equation
if \(x=1^1\times 2^2\times 3^3\times 4^4\times \cdots \times 98^{98}\times 99^{99}\times 100^{100}\), how many trailing zeros does \(x\) have?
QUESTION 20LCM and Exponents
If \(P=2^{x^2+10x+72}\) and \(Q=2^{x^2+16x+54}\), where \(x\) is a positive integer, and the least common multiple of \(P\) and \(Q\) is \(P\), then what is the number of values that \(x\) can take?
QUESTION 21Exponents
let \(N=10^{40}+2^{40}\). If \(2^k\) divides \(N\), but \(2^{k+1}\) does not divide \(N\), where \(k\) is a positive integer, then what is the value of \(k-2\)?
QUESTION 22Exponential Inequalities
if \(0.7^{2x^2-3x+4}<0.343\), then which of the following must be true?
QUESTION 23Decimal Powers and Approximation
what is the nearest value of \(\frac{(0.888888)^{27}\times(0.333333)^6}{(0.592592)^{20}\times 0.444444}\)?
QUESTION 24Greatest Integer and Approximation
what is the greatest integer less than or equal to \(\frac{3^{100}+2^{100}}{3^{96}+2^{96}}\)?
QUESTION 25Surds and Cubic Identities
If \(x=3+3^{\frac{1}{3}}+3^{\frac{5}{3}}\), then find the value of \(x^3-9x^2\).