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Functions Check List

This document provides a checklist of topics related to functions including: forms of linear equations, parallel and perpendicular lines, concepts of functions and their graphs, key features of graphs, linear, quadratic, exponential, variation and sinusoidal models, transformations of graphs, composite and inverse functions, natural logarithmic and logistic models, and piecewise functions. It discusses applying these concepts to subjects like science, economics, business, and geography.

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Functions Check List

This document provides a checklist of topics related to functions including: forms of linear equations, parallel and perpendicular lines, concepts of functions and their graphs, key features of graphs, linear, quadratic, exponential, variation and sinusoidal models, transformations of graphs, composite and inverse functions, natural logarithmic and logistic models, and piecewise functions. It discusses applying these concepts to subjects like science, economics, business, and geography.

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Checklist for functions

 Different forms of the equation of a straight line


 Gradient; intercepts
 Parallel lines
 Perpendicular lines
 (Mountain roads, access ramps gradients, exchange rates, price, income
elasticity, demand and supply curves, graphical analysis in experimental
work)

o Concept of function, domain, range and graph.


o Function notation
o Mathematical model
o Inverse function
o (Temperature, currency conversion, cost functions and projectile
motions)

 Graph of a function and its equation


 Sketching of graph and use of graphical calculator
 (Sketching and interpreting graphs in sciences, economics, and
geography)

o Determine key features of the graph


o (Identifying key features of graph in sciences, geography, economics;
production possibilities curve model, market equilibrium)

 Linear models
 Quadratic models (axis of symmetry, vertex, zeroes and roots, intercepts with
axes)
 Exponential and decay model
 Direct/inverse variation
 Cubic models
 Sinusoidal models
 Linear models: Conversion graphs, for example Fahrenheit to Celsius, currency.
Cost of hiring an item at a daily rate with a fixed deposit.
 Quadratic models: Cost functions, satellite dishes, bridges, projectile motion.
 Exponential models: Population growth, radioactive decay, cooling of a liquid,
spread of a virus, compound interest, depreciation and amortization.
 Direct/inverse variation: Boyle’s law and Charles’s law of gases, laws of supply
and demand.
 Cubic models: The volume of a box with a fixed surface area, the amount of
wasted space in a can of tennis balls, power produced by a wind turbine and
wind speed.
 Sinusoidal models: Periodic phenomena that give rise to sinusoidal models, for
example tides, weather patterns, motion of Ferris and bicycle wheels, annual
temperatures.
 Links to other subjects: Population growth, spread of a virus (biology);
radioactive decay and half-life, X-ray attenuation, cooling of a liquid,
kinematics, simple harmonic motion, projectile motion, inverse square law
(physics); compound interest, depreciation (business management); the
circular flow of income model (economics); the equilibrium law and rates of
reaction (chemistry); opportunities to model as part of experimental work
(science)

o Modelling skills
o Develop and fit the model
o Find parameters of the model
o Test and reflect upon the model
o Use the model
o (Science experimental work)

 Composite function
 Inverse function
o Transformations of graphs
o Translations
o Stretch
o Composite transformations
o (shifting of supply and deman curve, electromagnetic induction)

 Natural logarithmic models


 Sinusodial models
 Logistic models
 Piecewise models
 Other contexts: Sinusoidal models: Waxing and waning of the moon,
rainfall patterns, temperature, movement of bridges and buildings, pH
scale, Richter scale, sound intensity, brightness of stars. Piecewise
models: Income taxes and taxi fares, friction, mobile phone plans, depth
of pool as function of distance from the deep end (piecewise linear),
postage rates for letters, stock prices, parachuting before and after the
chute opens, Hooke’s law, shapes of buildings, horizontal distance from
a wall to a curved object.

 Links to other subjects: Half-life (chemistry and physics); AC circuits and


waves (physics); the Gini coefficient and the Lorenz curve, and
progressive, regressive and proportional taxes, the J-curve (economics)

o Usage of log
o Interpretations of log-log and semi-log graphs
o Other contexts: Growth of bacteria or traffic to websites/social media;
exponential graphs that show alarming absolute figures, but reasonable
rates of growth.
o Links to other subjects: pH semi-log curves and finding activation energy
from experimental data (chemistry); exponential decay (physics);
experimental work (sciences).

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