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The document is a GCSE mathematics exam paper focused on compound and inverse functions. It includes a series of questions requiring students to evaluate functions, solve equations, and find inverse functions. Each question is allocated a specific number of marks, guiding the time students should spend on them.

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7 Functions

The document is a GCSE mathematics exam paper focused on compound and inverse functions. It includes a series of questions requiring students to evaluate functions, solve equations, and find inverse functions. Each question is allocated a specific number of marks, guiding the time students should spend on them.

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Name: ___________________________

GCSE (1 – 9)

Compound and Inverse Functions

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 Given that f(x) = x – 4 find:

(a) f(5)

(b) f(3) (1)

(1)
(Total for Question 1 is 2 marks)

2 Given that g(x) = 2x2 – 10 find:

(a) g(2)

(1)
(b) g(-2)

(c) Solve: g(x) = 8 (1)

(3)
(Total for Question 2 is 5 marks)
3 Given that f(x) = 3x – 5 find:

(a) f(3)

(b) f(-2) (1)

(c) Solve f(x) = 1 (1)

(2)
(Total for Question 3 is 4 marks)

4 Given that f(x) = x2 – 3 find:

(a) f(10)

(1)
(b) f(-1)

(c) Solve: f -1(x) = 8 (1)

(2)
(Total for Question 4 is 4 marks)
5 Given that f(x) = 2x – 4 and g(x) = 3x + 5

(a) Find gf(3)

(b) Work out an expression for f -1(x) (2)

(c) Solve f(x) = g(x) (2)

(2)
(Total for Question 5 is 6 marks)
6 Given that f(x) = 3x + 1 and g(x) = x2

(a) Find fg(x)

(b) Work out an expression for gf(x) (2)

(c) Solve fg(x) = gf(x) (2)

(3)
(Total for Question 6 is 7 marks)
7 Given that f(x) = x2 – 17 and g(x) = x + 3

(a) Work out an expression for g -1(x)

(2)
(b) Work out an expression for f -1(x)

(c) Solve f -1(x) = g -1(x) (2)

(4)
(Total for Question 7 is 8 marks)
8 The function f is defined such that
f(x) = x2 – 1

(a) Find an expression for f(x – 2)

(2)
(b) Hence solve: f(x – 2) = 0

(2)
(Total for Question 8 is 4 marks)
9 The function f is defined such that
f(x) = 4x – 1

(a) Find f -1(x)

The function g is defined such that (2)


2
g(x) = kx where k is a constant

(b) Given that fg(2) = 12


Work out the value of k.

(2)
(Total for Question 9 is 4 marks)

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