The 5 Hardest Indices Exam Questions | Grade 7-9 Series | GCSE Maths Tutor

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[@Daphne-t8j]

there's actually an easier way to calculate b in the last question. if you know that 9= 3^2, and square root of 3 =3^1/2, that means 3^2 x 3^1/2, then you can just add the powers to get 3^2.5

[@AB-ku8du]

You’re right! This method is much simpler and makes much more sense ( at least to me), thought process wise.

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[@nads0907]

i did that too i couldn't do all the other ones by myself but i somehow did the last question onmy own

[@jameschester7839]

I always got these wrong on tests but I finally get them!!! These are still really difficult though 😬 Thank you again for another brilliant video

[@TheGCSEMathsTutor]

James Chester Great news! These are certainly very difficult questions though! Keep up the great work 😁🙏🏼

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Thank you so much for all the effort you’re putting into these fantastic and really helpful videos. Because of you I was able to go from a 6 in November to a 9 in the February mocks. Thank you!!!

[@TheGCSEMathsTutor]

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The really low and calm piano in the background actually helps a lot

[@christinabeech6518]

You made a meal of that last question. I converted 9 to (3 to the power of 2) then x (3 to the power of 1/2) , so add indices to get 2+ 1/2, therefore b = 5/2. Thanks for your clear instructions on the rules to enable me to do that 😀

[@ayesha6834]

Looking at these questions hurts my head

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[@TheGCSEMathsTutor]

My pleasure! Just glad it’s helpful 😁🙏🏼

[@askhfbfns67589]

17:45 for anyone who doesn't understand his method of finding out b, i know an easier way. since we know that sqrt(3) is the same as 3^1/2 and 9 si the same as 3^2, we can write it as 3^b= 3^2 * 3^1/2 now its much eaasier since we can just cut out the two 3's and add the powers and we get 2+1/2 which equals 5/2 so the answer would be b=5/2 well I hope this helped. have a good day

[@anyonymous9145]

how does 2 + 1/2 = 5/2 or have u just done 2 denominator times by the 2 and then added 1?

[@MadhubalaArts]

Last question can be done more simpler using formula 3 power a * 3 power b * 3 power c = 3 power a+b+c 3 power a * 3 power b * 3 power c = 1/9 * 9*sqrt(3) * 1/sqrt(3) => 3 power a+b+c = 1 => 3 power a+b+c = 3 power 0 => a+b+c=0

[@SpiralDiving]

There is a quicker solution to question at 19 minutes. Note that 3^(a+b+c) is the result of the multiplication of the three given terms. When you multiply the 3 terms they all cancel so 3^(a+b+c) =1. Hence a+b+c = 0 (because 3^0 = 1)

[@TheGCSEMathsTutor]

Very well spotted and you’re absolutely right, I wonder how complex this would be however if they didn’t sum to 1. The method I’ve applied here would ensure marks were collected on an exam paper no matter the numbers in question but you’re method is definitely a viable alternative! Also, very well explained via a KZbin comment so I take my hat off to you 😁👏🏼👏🏼

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[@aims__8785]

There's a much easier way to find what b is on the last question. Separate the 9 and sqrt(3) and make them both 3 to the power of something. So 3^1/2 = sqrt(3) and 3^3 = 9. They are both multiplying together so (3^1/2 x 3^2). Then add the powers and you get 3^5/2 so b =5/2.

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[@andreabenjamin4964]

Many thanks. With the last question, I thought it was just testing your knowledge of indices rules, i.e 3a x 3b x 3c = 3a+b+c. So you multiply the 3 together and as the 9s and root 3 cancel, it works out as 1. And if 3 a+b+c = 1, then a + b - c must = 0 because any number to the power of 0 =1

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[@TheGCSEMathsTutor]

Khan channel I would focus on past papers, identify topics you don’t know yet and then target these with the videos, and when you do watch a video, make a revision card, keep your notes in order with titles, keep them filed, make a revision pack from them! There is so much you can do using a video beyond just watching them that will benefit you to no end! I may try and make a video on this soon 😁🙏🏼

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[@TheGCSEMathsTutor]

Khan channel Absolutely! I will always do my best to help 😁🙏🏼

[@Masowe.]

the last question is very funny.....after all that working and get 0

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i remember getting the question at 14:05 on a practice paper, it hurt my head so much lmao, i thought it was meant to be an easy one, but realised its actually quite annoying for others as well.

[@doyouknowdawae2625]

and all i needed was the methods you taught in the video, which was like 2 minutes of my time. Thank you very much sir!

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Thank you so much for the video please keep uploading you make my study life so much easier please upload more i really appreciate it like it makes so much easier for me to understand then learning from my teacher

[@TheGCSEMathsTutor]

Amazing to hear! I will do my best for you and thank you for the kind words, it’s great to hear that the channel is working out so well for you! 😁🙏🏼

[@BRECKDOG]

The second last one was way harder than the last. Working in powers of root3 made it way more complicated than necessary. Still great video as always

[@TheGCSEMathsTutor]

Glad to hear you found the last one ok! Always like to hear different methods did you do it in a different way? 😁🙏🏼

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All ques were easy thank u

[@TheGCSEMathsTutor]

Well done! 😁💪🏼

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[@TheGCSEMathsTutor]

So glad it helped! 😁🙏🏼

[@bubblegum.4934]

for the question on 10:36 can you 3-n = 1/3n which equals 0.2 and 0.2 is 2/10 which is 1/5 so then u flip 1/5 to get 5 which gets of the negative?

[@woknow9356]

Omg I would struggle so much with these questions in my mocks u made it soo easy thanks so much !

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i cant seem to find any practice worksheets online for this. can you make some or let me know if there are any? found this video very useful!!!!!!

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I'm starting to find these easy thank you very much

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I regret not doing anything in the past years because it’s my exam year now and I can’t pull myself back up in lesson cos of corona and now where I live they are doing teacher assessed grades and all my teachers think I’m dumb. No hope, honestly. :p

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hahaa what exams.. other than the boat load of topic tests they're giving us instead now... what exams??😁😂😂

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@@khadija2625 I just did a set of mock exams and doing another set in 2 weeks

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[@darylrodrigues-mythicpro6883]

I did it this way before I saw your answer - does it still work? 3^2x=1/81 3^2x=1/3^4 3^2x=3^-4 (cancel out 3's) 2x=-4 x=-2

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So glad to hear I could help 😁🙏🏼

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the math is mathing a bit too much

[@irvinghebossytnot6188]

I got all 5 right!!!! Anyway thanks for the somewhat challenging questions, this is a definite exam booster prep for my next week End Of Years

[@zoeniful]

Do you have any practice questions similar to these so we can practice further our understanding?

[@AmanSingh-ed9sq]

I did all of them easily but the last was interesting. BTW, what are you using to write?

[@TheGCSEMathsTutor]

Glad to hear it! I use an Apple Pencil or another stylus depending on which device I’m using 😁🙏🏼

[@calcpost3641]

Sir just wondering for the last question and for calculating b what are the indications that show we need to keep multiplying the root 3's because I dont understand how you would realise to use that in an exam

[@beng5111]

These videos are excellent ....on this one you may find an easier way to think about it to be.....write the product of the rhs of each equation to be equal to 3 to power x...simplify to give 1 equals 3 to power x.....or, alternatively, write each term as base 3 and solve the equation of the powers by adding

[@sinistergaming1418]

Just think it this way 9=3^2 And √3=3^1/2 the base is same so when u multiply the base u add the powers hence 3^2+1/2=3^5/2

[@MoldingMatty]

For the last question I just did 3^2 x 3^1/2, which is just 2 + 0.5

[@me-cq4pp]

for the last one, just treat the 9root3 as two separate terms so 9 times root three

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Holyyy these are hard 😅😅 but practise makes perfect

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All right only last one a liitle tine mjsyake

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Thanks for making these mate, they help me so much considering I have a mock on Monday and another at some point in the week. Do you recommend any ways to remember certain things/ any revision strategies?

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Active recall for sciences and any humanity. What i mean by this is take a look at your specification and then make the requirements into questions for you flashcards (i recommend anki its WAYY better then quizlet and it uses active recall!) for example students must know the definition of active transport. using bbc bitesize or a revision book (both are great tbh) make an answer to that question and revise that deck of flashcards for 7 days after that search up topic questions (gcse biology movement in cells or gcse physics energy past paper questions) and some lovely people on the internet would have already compiled it for you! For maths i would recommend doing questions from a topic like algebra from corbett maths or maths genie and then the questions you got wrong or werent able to get at all just search it up on youtube like fractional indices gcse maths and you will get lots of vids doing examples and giving you questions to do at the end. Hopes this helps xx

[@swldnsstory9843]

Idk why, but I found the last one quite easy

[@TheGCSEMathsTutor]

Always a nice moment when you get the hardest one right? 😁👍🏼👍🏼

[@cali5635]

kinda off topic but what ipad do you use because i want a similar one with good value for note taking also thanks for ending my procrastination as soon as i saw this vid i grabbed my textbook and started practicing

[@TheGCSEMathsTutor]

Amazing news! Glad this video gave you that last kick you needed 👏🏼 I use both an iPad Air and an iPad Pro, I’d say the air is perfectly fine for note taking but I teach all my lessons in the classroom via an iPad Pro and it’s far superior to the air for intensive use, hope that helps 😁🙏🏼

[@cali5635]

@@TheGCSEMathsTutor yeah if I get a lot of 9s in gcss inshallah parents will get me ipad pro as I heard its helpful for medical school and a levels And it just looks so satisfying that I can literally go through a past paper without printing (correct me if I'm wrong)

[@TheGCSEMathsTutor]

@@cali5635 it’s so useful for that! You can’t beat it.. now you just need to get those 9’s 😁🤞🏼🤞🏼

[@yan5093]

woah, i get through this video and realized indices is really that hard omg

[@TheGCSEMathsTutor]

Hope you’ve managed to figure it all out 😁🙏🏽

[@marya7057]

Can you please help me solve this question step by step. 9( to the power of minus one half)= 27(to the power of one fourth) divided by 3(to the power of x+1)

[@muneebs1123]

9^-1/2 is equal to 3^-1. 27^1/4 is equal to 3^3/4. Because 27^1/4 is being divided on the right side, we multiply it on both sides. 9^-1/2 x 27^1/4 = 3^x+1 However we know what 9 and 27 is to the base of 3 so we rewrite it as, 3^-1 x 3^3/4 = 3^x+1 Its multiplication so the powers add to x+1, -1 + 3/4 = x+1 -1/4 = x+1 x = -5/4

[@incogxcc]

I do wish you put the amount of marks each question would be worth. I there any chance you Could put their marks in the description ??

[@TheGCSEMathsTutor]

It’s unlikely I’ll have time and unless they are from an exact paper any marks would only be estimates of which they will all be 2-3 marks! I don’t tend to teach using marks in a classroom so it’s not something I’d probably plan to incorporate into a video 😁🙏🏼

[@skykingtenz1232]

Great video

[@TheGCSEMathsTutor]

Thank you! These were tough… how did you find them? 😁

[@skykingtenz1232]

@@TheGCSEMathsTutor yeah they were difficult so I hope they don't come on my test. But I will watch again and understand it better each time. Thanks!

[@TheGCSEMathsTutor]

@@skykingtenz1232 great idea! And then you’ll be hoping it does come up on the test… hopefully! 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@xxUniqueflowersxx]

dose anyone know where to find practice questions about this topic?

[@minxz9915]

hello, I have been trying to find out this question 9260=5nx7x11 find the value of n Any Help

[@irc7504]

thats really easy..

[@J.246]

u do 9260/77=120.26 and then 120.26/5=n = 24.05 i think...

[@aqacquires4243]

you multiply 5n x 7 x 11 = 385n. Then you divide 385n/385 = 1n and on the other side 9260385 = 24.05 THEREFORE n = 24.05. hope this helped

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[@nikta3679]

does 13:33 come up in a calc paper or non calc?

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When u relies this man can teach better then ur teacher

[@fransinaiileka2295]

I need more explanation on this

[@wafIeee]

when ur video ends its so saddening :( no more challenging questions

[@TheGCSEMathsTutor]

Ahhh glad to hear you enjoy them! Lots more in the series though 😁🤞🏼🤞🏼

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Very useful sir great job!! I’m nearly at 1000 subscribers!!

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[@jeonswift2969]

is there an easier method to find c in the last question? i'm still a bit confused

[@foddoySS]

Is there anywhere to practice these questions online?

[@calevy100]

Do you do any other subjects apart from maths?

[@anjaliacharya9672]

hi, what year do you aim these videos at? i'm year 9 and i was wondering if these are the sort of questions that i should be aiming to be at already?

[@TheGCSEMathsTutor]

Year 9 onwards! I mean.. a lot of year 9 students may not see questions this tough, but I'd teach these for the first time to year 9 and revisit them again in year 11!

[@anjaliacharya9672]

@@TheGCSEMathsTutor Thank you!

[@user-1x-f8u]

Hi how do you know if it’s a negative or not could you please explain?

[@TheGCSEMathsTutor]

Could you explain further? Possibly time stamp the moment you are referring to 😁🙏🏼

[@peacefulrelief519]

can any1 please tell me which paper did the last one come in. like which year thank you

[@thaliadimopoulou1435]

at 9:15 it says 2 to the powr of blah multiply 2 to power of blah but its rearranged itno addition? i thpught that if you were to rearrange it itd be division

[@georgia979]

for the first question, could I use the log button on my calculator and still get full marks?

[@riaasx]

How would you do that x

[@Faranazeem83]

.2=2/10then next step which equals to 5 so we cross multiply in this equation so we get 3^n=5😅

[@harry4901]

would these be on a non-calc? - thanks

[@TheGCSEMathsTutor]

It could be on either 😁🙏🏼

[@beingnormal1899]

I’m confused by the second one. With your workings out you got 300 but double checking this on a calculator it says the answer is 360,000

[@turbiyo4026]

Nice video

[@TheGCSEMathsTutor]

Turbiyo Thank you 😁🙏🏼

[@diegomandragora4327]

That zero though

[@chaska8144]

16:54 what the hell are you doing, there is a much easier way, 9√3 = 3^2 x 3^1/2 = 3^5/2 from adding powers

[@shehreenrana3913]

how many marks is the last one?

[@dr.starkmaximoff7797]

👌

[@ibrahimmahsood1778]

are GCSE cancelled or just delayed ?

[@TheGCSEMathsTutor]

At the moment it’s very uncertain and I don’t want to speculate, I will update on the channel when we have concrete information 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@aperson9782]

I will never understand that

[@exxm.preaches]

I didn't understand why it is 3 to the power of - 4 2:41

[@yessiritzava447]

This is super difficult 😓

[@a_active9904]

why isnt b= 9/2, why 5/2- HELP

[@MoldingMatty]

He did it by seeing how many times you need to multiply it in order to get sqrt(-3) * 9. But you can also just do 3^1/2 * 3^2 and get 2.5,

[@JingjingNar]

10:25

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[@TheGCSEMathsTutor]

aaron janjuha 😁🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@startrexoo2828]

lol i have to learn this in grade 6

[@nanaa428]

i already did my gcses but reviewing these for a levels. these suck

[@jackmister1258]

Bruh

[@imtinaanalnahdi1556]

try to be more clear in your speaking and explanation. Not everyone is capable of understanding a British accent

[@TheGCSEMathsTutor]

Sorry that you are struggling to understand my accent. This is the first comment that has ever mentioned this out of tens of thousands of comments so I’m quite shocked as my clarity of speaking is one of my primary goals on the channel, but my only advice to fix this would be to turn on the captions so that you have subtitles, I hope this helps! 😁🙏🏼

[@Adam-q6h]

The 2nd is disgusting.

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[@mobina616]

I'm living in an Asian country and it's both funny and heartbreaking that he's calling those easy questions nasty 🥲🥲🥲 feels like our maths is over complicated...