REAL Past GCSE 9-1 Exam Questions

Topic: Quadratic Formula

Grade: 7

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Q1. (Specimen Paper 3H)

Solve x2 − 5x + 3 = 0
Give your solutions correct to 3 significant figures.

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(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q2. (June 2016 3H)

Solve x2 –17x –56 = 0

Give your solutions correct to 2 decimal places.

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(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q3. (November 2017 2H)

Solve (x – 2)2 = 3
Give your solutions correct to 3 significant figures.

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(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q4. (November 2014 2H)

Solve 2x2 + 4x − 5 = 0
Give your solutions correct to 2 decimal places.

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 (Total for question = 3 marks)
Q5. (June 2016 2H)

Solve 3x2 + 6x – 2 = 0
Give your solutions correct to 2 decimal places.

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(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q6. (November 2014 2H)

Solve 3x2 − 5x − 1 = 0
Give your solutions correct to 3 significant figures.

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(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q7. (June 2017 2H)

Solve 2x2 + 3x – 7 = 0
Give your solutions correct to 2 decimal places.

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(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q8. (November 2015 2H)

Alison is using the quadratic formula to solve a quadratic equation.

She substitutes values into the formula and correctly gets

Work out the quadratic equation that Alison is solving.

Give your answer in the form ax2 + bx + c = 0, where a, b and c are integers.

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(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q9. (Specimen Paper 2H)

Here is a right-angled triangle.

All measurements are in centimetres.

The area of the triangle is 2.5 cm2.
Find the perimeter of the triangle.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
You must show all of your working.

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(Total for question is 6 marks)

Q10. (November 2013 2H)
The diagram shows a trapezium.

All the measurements are in centimetres.

The area of the trapezium is 351 cm2.

(a) Show that 2x2 + x − 351 = 0

(2)

(b) Work out the value of x.

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(3)

(Total for Question is 5 marks)

REAL Past GCSE 9-1 Exam Questions

Topic: Completing the Square

Grade: 8

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Q1. (Specimen Paper 2H)

(x − 8)(x + 4) = (x − a)2 + b for all values of x.

Find the value of a and the value of b.

a = ...........................................................
b = ...........................................................

(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q2. (Specimen Paper 2H)

By completing the square, find the coordinates of the turning point of the curve with equation
y = x2 + 10x + 18
You must show all your working.

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

(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q3. (June 2019 1H)

Given that x2 – 6x + 1 = (x – a)2 – b for all values of x,

(i) find the value of a and the value of b.

a = ...........................................................
b = ...........................................................
(2)
(ii) Hence write down the coordinates of the turning point on the graph of y = x2 – 6x + 1

( ................ , ................ )
(1)

(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q4. (June 2013 1H)

The expression x2 – 8x + 21 can be written in the form (x – a)2 + b for all values of x.
(a) Find the value of a and the value of b.

a=......................
b=......................

(3)
The equation of a curve is y = f(x) where f(x) = x2 – 8x + 21
The diagram shows part of a sketch of the graph of y = f(x).

The minimum point of the curve is M.

(b) Write down the coordinates of M.

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(1)
(Total for Question is 4 marks)
Q5. (June 2015 1H)

The expression x2 − 8x + 6 can be written in the form (x − p)2 + q for all values of x.
(a) Find the value of p and the value of q.

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

q = ...........................................................
(3)

The graph of y = x2 − 8x + 6 has a minimum point.

(b) Write down the coordinates of this point.

(............................. , .............................)
(1)

(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q6. (Specimen Paper 1H)

Solve x2 – 6x – 8 = 0
Write your answer in the form a √b where a and b are integers.

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(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q7. (Specimen Paper 3H)

(a) Write 2x2 + 16x + 35 in the form a(x + b)2 + c where a, b, and c are integers.

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(3)
(b) Hence, or otherwise, write down the coordinates of the turning point of the graph
of y = 2x2 + 16x + 35

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(1)

(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q8. (November 2018 1H)

Here is a sketch of a curve.

The equation of the curve is y = x2 + ax + b where a and b are integers.

The points (0, −5) and (5, 0) lie on the curve.
Find the coordinates of the turning point of the curve.

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

(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q9. (Specimen Paper 1H)

Here is a sketch of a vertical cross section through the centre of a bowl.

The cross section is the shaded region between the curve and the x-axis.

The curve has equation where x and y are both measured in centimetres.
Find the depth of the bowl.

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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q10. (Specimen Paper 1H)

A particle P is moving in a straight line.

O is a fixed point on the straight line.
The distance, s metres, of P from O at time t seconds is given by

Use algebra to find the greatest distance of P from O when 0 ≤ t ≤ 16

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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q11. (March 2013 2H)

Here are two triangles T1 and T2.

The lengths of the sides are in centimetres.

The area of triangle T1 is equal to the area of triangle T2.

Work out the value of x, giving your answer in the form where a and b are integers.

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(Total for Question is 5 marks)