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GCSE (1 – 9)

Quadratic Graphs

Instructions

• Use black ink or ball-point pen.

• Answer all questions.
• Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
• Diagrams are NOT accurately drawn, unless otherwise indicated.
• You must show all your working out.

Information

• The marks for each question are shown in brackets

– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.

Advice

• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.

• Keep an eye on the time.
• Try to answer every question.
• Check your answers if you have time at the end

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1 Here is the graph of y = x2 – 2x – 3

y
8

-6 -4 -2 O 2 4 6 x

-2

-4

-6

(a) Write down the turning point of the graph y = x2 – 2x – 3

(……..…….…. , ………......….)
(1)
(b) Use the graph to find the roots of the equation x2 – 2x – 3 = 0

….............….......................…..........…
(2)
(Total for question 1 is 3 marks)
2 Here is the graph of y = 2x + 6 – x2

y
8

-6 -4 -2 O 2 4 6 x

-2

-4

-6

(a) Write down the turning point of the graph y = 2x + 6 – x2

(……..…….…. , ………......….)
(1)
(b) Use the graph to find the roots of the equation x2 = 2x + 6

….............….......................…..........…
(2)
(Total for question 2 is 3 marks)
3 Here is the graph of y = x2 + 2x – 5

y
8

-6 -4 -2 O 2 4 6 x

-2

-4

-6

(a) Write down the turning point of the graph y = x2 + 2x – 5

(……..…….…. , ………......….)
(1)
(b) Use the graph to find the roots of the equation x2 + 2x – 5 = 2

….............….......................…..........…
(2)
(Total for question 3 is 3 marks)
4 Complete the table of values for y = x2 + x – 6

x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
y -6 0

y (2)
7

-3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 x
-1

-2

-3

-4

-5

-6

-7

(a) On the grid draw the graph of y = x2 + x – 6 for values of x from –3 to 3 (2)

(b) Use the graph to find estimates of the solutions to the equation x2 + x – 6 = –2

….............….......................…..........…
(2)
(Total for question 4 is 6 marks)
5 Complete the table of values for y = x2 – 3x – 1

x -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4
y

y (2)
10

-2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 x
-1

-2

-3

-4

(a) On the grid draw the graph of y = x2 – 3x – 1 for values of x from –2 to 4 (2)

(b) Use the graph to find an estimate of the turning point of the graph y = x2 – 3x – 1

….............….......................…..........…
(2)
(Total for question 5 is 6 marks)
6 Complete the table of values for y = x2 – 2x – 5

x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
y

(2)

15

10

-3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 x

-5

-10

(a) On the grid draw the graph of y = x2 – 2x – 5 for values of x from –3 to 3 (2)

(b) Use the graph to find an estimate of a solution to the equation x2 = 2x + 5

….............….......................…..........…
(1)
(Total for question 6 is 5 marks)
7 Complete the table of values for y = 7x – x2

x -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
y

(2)

15

10

-1 O 1 2 3 4 5 x

-5

-10

(a) On the grid draw the graph of y = 7x – x2 for values of x from –1 to 5 (2)

(b) Use the graph to find an estimate of the turning point of the graph y = 7x – x2

….............….......................…..........…
2 (2)
(c) Find the solutions to the equation 7x – x = 0

….............….......................…..........…
(2)
(Total for question 7 is 8 marks)