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turkey-yks 2023 Q3 Solving Exponential or Index Equations
For integers $x$ and $y$
$$2^{3x-1} - 8^{x-1} = 3^{y+3} \cdot 4^{x+1}$$
Given this equality.
Accordingly, what is the product $\mathbf{x} \cdot \mathbf{y}$?
A) $-10$ B) $-6$ C) $-2$ D) 4 E) 8
turkey-yks 2023 Q4 Number-Theoretic Reasoning with Indices
Let $A$ and $B$ be natural numbers. A square with side length $A\sqrt{B}$ units has an area of 720 square units.
Accordingly, which of the following cannot be the sum $A + B$?
A) 26 B) 49 C) 83 D) 127 E) 182
turkey-yks 2024 Q4 Identifying Rational vs Irrational Numbers
A note that Elif read in her mathematics book states that $\sqrt{a} + \sqrt{b} = \sqrt{c}$ for some values. Because water dripped on her book, Elif could not read the number $b$ in the example.
Accordingly, which of the following cannot be the number $b$?
A) $\sqrt{5}$
B) $\sqrt{20}$
C) $\sqrt{45}$
D) $\sqrt{60}$
E) $\sqrt{80}$
turkey-yks 2025 Q1 Numerical Arithmetic with Fractions and Decimals
A tablet screen; when "large icons" is selected in the display settings is divided into 3 rows and 4 columns into identical compartments, and when "small icons" is selected, it is divided into 5 rows and 6 columns into identical compartments as shown in Figure 2. In both cases, at most one application icon is placed in each compartment.
When "large icons" is selected in the display settings, it is observed that the icons of all applications on the tablet are located in $\frac{2}{3}$ of the compartments on the screen.
If the display settings are changed to "small icons", in what fraction of the compartments on the screen will the icons of all applications on the tablet be located?
A) $\frac{1}{5}$ B) $\frac{1}{6}$ C) $\frac{3}{10}$ D) $\frac{4}{15}$ E) $\frac{7}{30}$
turkey-yks 2025 Q2 Evaluating Expressions Using Index Laws
While teaching the topic of exponents, Teacher Kerem stated that the expression $a^{b^{c}}$ cannot be written without parentheses in this way, because the expressions $a^{\left(b^{c}\right)}$ and $\left(a^{b}\right)^{c}$ can have different values, and explained this situation with an example.
Accordingly, which of the following could be the example given by Teacher Kerem?
A) $a = 1, b = 2, c = 3$ B) $a = 2, \quad b = 1, \quad c = 3$ C) $a = 2, \quad b = 2, \quad c = 2$ D) $a = 3, \quad b = 0, \quad c = 3$ E) $a = 3, \quad b = 2, \quad c = 1$
turkey-yks 2025 Q3 Simplifying Surd Expressions
In a page of a mathematics textbook shown partially below, the result of the 1st operation is 12 more than the result of the 2nd operation.
$a = 2 \quad b = $
For the real numbers $a$ and $b$ given above, find the result of the following operations.
1. operation: $a\sqrt{b} + \sqrt{b} = $ 2. operation: $a\sqrt{b} - \sqrt{b} = $ 3. operation: $a\sqrt{b} \times \sqrt{b} = $ 4. operation: $a\sqrt{b} \div \sqrt{b} = $
Accordingly, the result of the 3rd operation is equal to how many times the result of the 4th operation?
A) 9 B) 16 C) 24 D) 30 E) 36
turkey-yks 2025 Q4 Numerical Arithmetic with Fractions and Decimals
A mathematics teacher asked students to find the decimal representation of the number $\frac{13}{20}$. Sude, who found this representation correctly, accidentally swapped the tenths and hundredths digits when writing the number she found on the board.
Accordingly, the number Sude wrote on the board is equal to which of the following?
A) $\frac{5}{8}$ B) $\frac{9}{20}$ C) $\frac{14}{25}$ D) $\frac{23}{40}$ E) $\frac{27}{50}$