Complex Basics
Algebra & Conjugates
Modulus & Argument
Polar Form & De Moivre
Roots & Loci
100

Evaluate i2.

What is -1?

100

Simplify (3+2i)+(5-7i).

What is 8-5i?

100

Find |3+4i|.

What is 5?

100

Write (1+i) in polar form.

What is √2[cos(pi/4)+isin(pi/4)]?

100

Describe the locus |z|=4.

What is a circle centred at the origin with radius 4. 

200

Simplify i15.

What is -i?

200

Expand (2+3i)(4-i).

What is 11+10i?

200

Find the modulus of (-5+12i).

What is 13?

200

Convert What is 2[cos(pi/3)+isin(pi/3)] to Cartesian form.

What is 1+√3i?

200

Describe |z-(2+3i)|=5.

What is a circle centred at (2,3) with radius 5?

300

If z=-4+7i, state Re(z) and Im(z).

What is Re(z)=-4, Im(z)=7?

300

State the conjugate of (-5+8i).

What is -5-8i?

300

Find the principal argument of 1+i.

What is pi/4?

300

If z=2[cos(pi/6)+isin(pi/6)], find z3.

What is 8i.

300

Describe the locus |z-(1+2i)|=|z-(5+2i)|.

What is the perpendicular bisector of the line joining (1,2) and (5,2), i.e. x=3?

400

Find x and y if (2x-3)+(y+4)i=7-2i. 

What is x=5, y=-6?

400

Express in the form (a+bi):

(3+4i)/(1-2i). 

What is -1+2i?

400

Find the principal argument of -1-√3i.

What is -2pi/3?

400

Use De Moivre’s theorem to simplify [cos(Θ)+isin(Θ)]5.

What is cos(5Θ)+isin(5Θ)?

400

Describe the locus arg(z-2)=pi/4.

What is a ray starting at (2,0), making an angle of pi/4 with the positive real axis, with (2,0) excluded?

500

Find the square roots of 5+12i.

What is +-(3+2i)?

500

Solve: z2-6z+13=0

What is z=3(+-)2i

500

Given z=-5+12i, find |z| and the principal argument of z.

What is |z|=13, arg(z)=pi+tan-1(12/5)?

500

Use De Moivre’s theorem to express cos4Θ in terms of cosΘ.

What is cos4Θ=8cos4Θ-8cos2Θ+1?

500

Describe geometrically the locus of (z) satisfying |z-(2+i)|=2|z-(5+i)|. 

This is a circle. (x-6)2+(y-1)2=4. Therefore, the locus is a circle with centre (6,1) and radius 2.