LOGARITHM
1. Express in logarithmic form:
1⁄ 1
a) 16 = 24 b) 10 = 100 2 c) = 2−2 d) (0.5)2 = 0.25
4
e) c = 𝑎𝑏
2. Express each of the following in exponential form:
1
a) log 5 125 = 3 b) log 4 = −2 c) log10 1000 = 3
16
d) log 0 1 = 0 e) log 9 6561 = 4 f) log 𝑎 𝑚 = 𝑥
3. Find the values of:
a) log 5 25 b) log 8 128 c) log 0.5 256
d) log10 0.01 e) log √2 16 f) log 2√3 324
3
g) log 7 √7 h) log 3 (log 2 512)
4. Solve for x:
5
a) log16 𝑥 = b) log 𝑥 81 = 4 c) log 25 𝑥 = 0
4
d) log 𝑥 0.008 = 3 e) log 0.4 𝑥 = 4 f) log 0.4 0.0256 = 𝑥
5. Determine log 𝑥 2401 when 𝑥 3 = 7.
6. Find the value of each of the following:
√64
a) log 3 729 b) log 2 c) log 0.1 0.0001
√8
3 25√625
d) log 3 27√729 e) log10 √100 f) log 5 3
√125
7. Express as a single number:
1
a) log 2x + 2log x b) log 9 – 3log 4 +3log 2
2
8. Prove that:
a. log 75 = log 3 + 2log 5
4 33 22
b. log + log − log = 0
7 18 21
1 1
c. 3 log 4 + 2 log 5 − log 64 − log 16 = 2
3 2
1
d. log 25 − 2 log 3 + log 18 = 1
2
16 25 81
e. log 2 + 16 log + 12 log + 7 log =1
15 24 80
9.Prove that:
𝑎2 𝑏2 𝑐2
a. log + log + log =0
𝑏𝑐 𝑐𝑎 𝑎𝑏
1 1
b. + =1
log𝑎 𝑎𝑏 log𝑏 𝑎𝑏
1 1 1
c. + + =2
log𝑥𝑦 𝑥𝑦𝑧 log𝑦𝑧 𝑥𝑦𝑧 log𝑧𝑥 𝑥𝑦𝑧
d. log 𝑏 𝑎 × log 𝑐 𝑏 × log 𝑎 𝑐 = 1
e. log 𝑏 𝑎 × log 𝑐 𝑏 × log 𝑑 𝑐 = log 𝑑 𝑎
10. Prove that 𝑥 log 𝑦−log 𝑧 . 𝑦 log 𝑧−log 𝑥 . 𝑧 log 𝑥−log 𝑦 = 1
11. If 𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 = 7𝑎𝑏,then prove that
a) 2 log(𝑎 − 𝑏) = log 5 + log 𝑎 + log 𝑏
1 1
b) log (𝑎 + 𝑏) = (log 𝑎 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑏)
3 2
1 1
12. If log (𝑥 + 𝑦) = (log 𝑥 + log 𝑦), then show that x = y.
2 2
1 1 𝑥 𝑦
13. If log (𝑥 + 𝑦) = (log 𝑥 + log 𝑦), then show that + = 7
3 2 𝑦 𝑥
log 𝑎 log 𝑏 log 𝑐
14. If = = , prove that
𝑦−𝑧 𝑧−𝑥 𝑥−𝑦
a) 𝑎 𝑥 𝑏 𝑦 𝑐 𝑧 = 1 b) 𝑎 𝑦+𝑧 𝑏 𝑧+𝑥 𝑐 𝑥+𝑦 = 1
1 1 1
15. If 𝑎 𝑥 = 𝑏 𝑦 = 𝑐 𝑧 = 𝑑 𝑤 , then show that log 𝑎 𝑏𝑐𝑑 = 𝑥 ( + + )
𝑦 𝑧 𝑤
2𝑥𝑧
16. If 𝑎 𝑥 = 𝑏 𝑦 = 𝑐 𝑧 = 𝑑 𝑤 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏 2 = 𝑎𝑐 then show that 𝑦 = .
𝑥+𝑧
log √27+log 8−log √1000
17. Evaluate:
log 1.2
18. Write the characteristics of each of the logarithm:
a. 3125.4 b. 549.27 c. 54.285 d. 2.53958
e. 0.12345 f. 0.012358 g. 0.002335 h. 0.0002134
i. 25.845 j. 0.00977 k. 2.5386 l. 0.8567
19. If log 2 = 0.3010 and log 3 = 0.4771, find the value of each of the following:
a. log 360 b. log (0.405)1/2
20. Given log 2 = 0.3010, find the number of digits in 264 .
21. Use logarithm tables to find the value of:
a. log 475.87 b. log 0.003 c. log 3.423 d. log 12.4
e. log 56.3 f. log 6.5 g. log 0.005 h. log 0.078
i. log 3.142 j. log 0.00001427
22. Find the anti-logarithm of each of the following:
a. 2.7533 b. 3.7533 c. 0.7533 d. 1̅. 7533
e. -1.2467 f. -0.62 g. -4.9212 h. 4.4114
g. -0.7214 h. 2̅. 301 i. 0.8450 j. 3̅. 8692
