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1 The line intersects the graph of at the points A and B.

Find the coordinates of A and the coordinates of B.

You must show all your working.

A ( .................... , .................... )

B ( .................... , .................... ) [4]

[Total: 4]

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NOT TO
Speed (m/s) SCALE

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0 16 24
Time (s)

The diagram shows the speed–time graph for 24 seconds of a car journey.

Calculate
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(a) the deceleration of the car in the final 8 seconds,

................................................... m/s2 [1]

(b) the total distance travelled during the 24 seconds.

................................................... m [2]

[Total: 3]

3 Simplify fully .

................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]

4 Factorise completely.

................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]
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5 w is proportional to the square root of y.

y is inversely proportional to x.
When x = 4, y = 16 and w = 8.

Find w in terms of x.

w = ................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]

(a) Find the value of p and the value of q.

p = ...................................................

q = ................................................... [2]

(b) Solve.

x = .............................. or x = .............................. [2]

[Total: 4]
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7 Factorise completely.

................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]

Find the value of x when .

x = ................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]

9 Factorise completely.

................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]
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10 Solve.

................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]

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Find the value of m.

m = ................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]

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(a)

Find the value of k.

k = ................................................... [2]

(b) Find gh(x).

................................................... [1]

(c) Find .
Give your answer in its simplest form.

................................................... [4]

[Total: 7]
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13 F is inversely proportional to the square of d.

Explain what happens to F when d is halved.

.................................................................................................................................................................... [1]

[Total: 1]

14 (a) Show that can be written as .

[2]
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14 (b) Calculate the x–values of the turning points of .

Show all your working and give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.

x = ......................................... , x = ......................................... [7]

(c) The equation has one solution only when and when ,
where a and b are integers.

Find the maximum value of a and the minimum value of b.

a = ...................................................

b = ................................................... [3]

[Total: 12]
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15 (a) Solve the simultaneous equations.

p = ...................................................

q = ................................................... [2]

15 (b) Hence, for and , solve the simultaneous equations.

u = .................... or u = ....................

v = .................... or v = .................... [4]

[Total: 6]
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16 Simplify.

................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]

17 Write as a single fraction in its simplest form.

................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]

18 Simplify.

................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]
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19 Simplify.

................................................... [4]

[Total: 4]

20 Solve.

x = .............................. or x = .............................. [5]

[Total: 5]
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21 Simplify.

................................................... [5]

[Total: 5]

22 Darpan runs a distance of 12 km and then cycles a distance of 26 km.

His running speed is x km/h and his cycling speed is 10 km/h faster than his running speed.
He takes a total time of 2 hours 48 minutes.

(a) An expression for the time, in hours, Darpan takes to run the 12 km is .

Write an equation, in terms of x, for the total time he takes in hours.

................................................... [3]

(b) Show that this equation simplifies to .

[4]
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(c) Use the quadratic formula to solve .

You must show all your working.

x = .............................. or x = .............................. [4]

(d) Calculate the number of minutes Darpan takes to run the 12 km.

................................................... min [2]

[Total: 13]

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(a) Find g(6).

................................................... [1]

(b) Find fg(4).

................................................... [2]

(c) Find fh(x).

................................................... [1]
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(d) Find .

Give your answer as a single fraction, in terms of x, in its simplest form.

................................................... [3]

(e) Find the value of x when .

................................................... [2]
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(f) Find the values of p that satisfy .

................................................... [2]

[Total: 11]

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(a) Find h(4).

................................................... [1]

(b) Find fg(1).

................................................... [2]
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(c) Find gf(x) in the form .

................................................... [3]

(d) Find x when f(x) = g(7).

x = ................................................... [2]

(e) Find f−1(x).

f−1(x) = ................................................... [2]

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(f)
Find .
Give your answer as a single fraction, in terms of x, in its simplest form.

................................................... [3]

(g) Find x when h−1(x) = 2.

x = ................................................... [1]

[Total: 14]

25 Write as a single fraction in its simplest form.

................................................... [3]
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[Total: 3]

26 Simplify , giving your answer as a single fraction.

................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]

27 Write as a single fraction in its simplest form.

................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]

28 Angelo has a bag containing 3 white counters and x black counters.

He takes two counters at random from the bag, without replacement.

(a) Complete the following statement.

The probability that Angelo takes two black counters is

[2]
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(b) The probability that Angelo takes two black counters is .

(i) Show that .

[4]

(ii) Solve by factorisation.

x = .............................. or x = .............................. [3]

(iii) Write down the number of black counters in the bag.

................................................... [1]

[Total: 10]
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29 Simplify.

................................................... [4]

[Total: 4]

30 Write as a single fraction in its simplest form.

................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]
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31

By drawing a suitable tangent, estimate the gradient of the curve at the point P.

................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]

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The diagram shows the graph of y = f(x) where , .
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(a) Use the graph to find

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(i) f(1),

................................................... [1]

(ii) ff(−2).

................................................... [2]

(b) On the grid, draw a suitable straight line to solve the equation
for .

x = .............................. or x = .............................. [4]

(c) By drawing a suitable tangent, find an estimate of the gradient of the curve at x = −2.

................................................... [3]

(d) (i) Complete the table for y = g(x) where for .

x −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3

y 2 1 0.5 0.125

[3]

(ii) On the grid, draw the graph of y = g(x). [3]

(iii) Use your graph to find the positive solution to the equation f(x) = g(x).

x = ................................................... [1]

[Total: 17]

33 The table shows some values of .

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x −0.75 −0.5 −0.25 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 2.75

y −2.9 −1.4 −0.5 −0.1 −1 −1.9 −0.6

(a) Complete the table. [3]

(b) On the grid, draw the graph of for . [4]

(c) Use your graph to complete the inequalities in x for which y > −1.

.............................. < x < .............................. and x > .............................. [3]

(d) The equation can be solved by drawing a straight line on the grid.

(i) Write down the equation of this line.

................................................... [2]

(ii) On the grid, draw this line and use it to solve the equation .

x = ................................................... [3]

(e) By drawing a suitable tangent, find an estimate for the gradient of the graph of at
x = −0.25 .

................................................... [3]

[Total: 18]

34 The table shows some values of .

x −3 −2.5 −2 −1.5 −1 0 1 1.5 2 2.5 3

y −19 −9.1 0.1 1 −1 −3 −2.1 1 7.1

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(a) Complete the table of values. [2]

(b) Draw the graph of for .

[4]

(c) A straight line through (0, –17) is a tangent to the graph of .

(i) On the grid, draw this tangent. [1]

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(ii) Find the co-ordinates of the point where the tangent meets your graph.

( .................... , .................... ) [1]

(iii) Find the equation of the tangent.

Give your answer in the form y = mx + c.

y = ................................................... [3]

(d) By drawing a suitable straight line on the grid, solve the equation .

x = .................... or x = .................... or x = .................... [4]

[Total: 15]
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The diagram shows the graph of a function.

By drawing a suitable tangent, find an estimate for the gradient of the function at the point P.

................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]

36 (a) Complete this table of values for y = 2x.

x 0 1 2 3

y 0.125 0.5 2 4 8

[2]
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36 (b) On the grid, draw the graph of y = 2x for −3 ≤ x ≤ 3.

y
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x
–4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3
–1
[4]

(c) Use your graph to solve 2x = 5.

Answer(c) x = ................................................... [1]

(d) Find the equation of the line joining the points (1, 2) and (3, 8).

Answer(d) ................................................... [3]

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(e) By drawing a suitable line on your graph, solve .

Answer(e) x = .............................. or x = .............................. [2]

[Total: 12]

37 (a) Complete the table of values for , .

x −3 −2 −1 −0.5 −0.3 0.3 0.5 1 2 3

y −9.1 −2.8 −0.8 −5.6 −5.5 −2.0 8.9

[3]
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37 (b) On the grid, draw the graph of for and .

[5]
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(c) (i) By drawing a suitable tangent, find an estimate of the gradient of the curve at x = −2.

................................................... [3]

(ii) Write down the equation of the tangent to the curve at x = −2.
Give your answer in the form y = mx + c.

y = ................................................... [2]

(d) Use your graph to solve the equations.

(i)

x = ................................................... [1]

(ii)

x = .............................. or x = .............................. or x = .............................. [3]

[Total: 17]

38 The graph of for is drawn on the grid.

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(a) Write down the equation of the line of symmetry of the graph.

................................................... [1]
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(b) On the grid opposite, draw the tangent to the curve at the point where x = 0.5 .
Find the gradient of this tangent.

................................................... [3]

(c) The table shows some values for .

x −1.5 −1 −0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5

y −3.9 5.6 8 11.9

(i) Complete the table. [3]

(ii) On the grid, draw the graph of for . [4]

(d) Show that the values of x where the two curves intersect are the solutions to the
equation .

[1]

(e) By drawing a suitable straight line, solve the equation for .

x = ................................................... [3]

[Total: 15]

39 , .
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(a) Complete the table for f(x).

x 0.5 1 2 3 4 5 6

f(x) −7.9 −3.8 0.9 5.5 8.3

[2]

(b) The graph of y = f(x) for is drawn on the grid.

On the same grid, draw the graph of y = f(x) for . [3]

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(c) By drawing a suitable tangent, estimate the gradient of the graph of y = f(x) at the point (–4, 5).

................................................... [3]

(d) , .

Complete the table for g(x).

x −4 −3 −2 −1 1 2 3 4

g(x) −2.3 −4.5 −9 9 4.5 2.3

[1]

(e) On the same grid, draw the graph of y = g(x) for and . [4]

(f) (i) Use your graphs to find the value of x when f(x) = g(x).

x = ................................................... [1]

(ii) Write down an inequality to show the positive values of x for which f(x) > g(x).

................................................... [1]

(g) The exact answer to part (f)(i) is .

Use algebra to find the value of k.

k = ................................................... [2]

[Total: 17]