IGCSE Cambridge (CIE) Maths 3 hours 42 questions

Non-Calculator Questions

Functions
Introduction to Functions / Domain & Range / Composite Functions / Inverse
Functions

Medium (12 questions) /58 Scan here to return to the course

Very Hard (15 questions) /47

Total Marks /167

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Medium Questions
1 (a) f (x ) = 3 – 2x g(x ) = 2x + 3

i) Find f ( – 3) .

[1]

ii) Find gf( – 3) .

[1]

(2 marks)

(b) Find f −1 (x ) .

f −1 (x ) = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2 marks)

2 g(x ) = 2x + 7 h(x ) = 3x − 8

i) Find gh(x ) in its simplest form.

[2]

ii) Find g−1 (x ) .

g−1 (x ) ................................................ [2]

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 (4 marks)

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3 (a) f (x ) = x 2 + 1 g(x ) = 1 − 2x h(x ) = , x ≠0 j(x ) = 5x
x

Find the value of

i) f (3) ,

[1]

ii) gf(3) .

[1]

(2 marks)

(b) Find g −1 (x ) .

g−1 (x ) = ................................................

(2 marks)

(c) Find x when h(x ) = 2.

x= ................................................

(1 mark)

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4 (a) f (x ) = 2x + 1 g(x ) = x 2 + 4

Solve the equation f (x ) = g(1) .

x= ..............................................

(2 marks)

(b) Find f −1 (x ) .

f −1 (x ) = ..............................................

(2 marks)

(c) Find gf(x ) in its simplest form.

(3 marks)

5 f ( x ) = 3x − 5 .

Find f −1 (x ) .

f −1 (x ) = ....................................................

(2 marks)

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6 (a) f (x ) = 2x − 3 g(x ) = 9 − x 2 h(x ) = 3x

Find

i) f (4) ,

[1]

ii) hg(3) ,

[2]

iii) g(2x ) in its simplest form,

[1]

iv) fg(x ) , in its simplest form.

[2]

(6 marks)

(b) Find f −1 (x ) .

f −1 (x ) = ...................................................

(2 marks)

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 f (x ) = 7x − 2 g(x ) = x 2 + 1 h(x ) = 3x
7 (a)

Find gh(2) .

(2 marks)

(b) Find f −1 (x ) .

f −1 (x ) = ....................................................

(2 marks)

8 f ( x ) = 7 + 3x .

Find f −1 (x ) .

f −1 (x ) = ................................................

(2 marks)

9 f (x ) = x 3 g(x ) = 5x + 2

i) Find gf(x ) .

[1]

ii) Find g−1 (x ) .

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

(3 marks)

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10 (a) f (x ) = 3x + 4 g(x ) = 2x − 1 h(x ) = 3x

⎛1 ⎞⎟
Find g ⎜⎜ ⎟.
⎝2 ⎠

(1 mark)

(b) Find fh( − 1) .

(2 marks)

(c) Find g−1 (x ) .

g−1 (x ) = .................................................

(2 marks)

(d) Find ff(x ) in its simplest form.

(2 marks)

11 f (x ) = 2x − 3 g(x ) = x 2 + 1

i) Find gg(2) .

[2]

ii) Find g(x + 2) , giving your answer in its simplest form.

[2]

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iii) Find x when f (x ) = 7 .

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

iv) Find f −1 (x ) .

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

(8 marks)

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 f (x ) = 3x − 2
12 (a) 10
g(x ) =
x +2

Express the inverse function f −1 in the form f −1 (x ) = . . .

(2 marks)

(b) Find gf(x )

(2 marks)

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Hard Questions
1 (a) g(x ) = 2x + 3 h(x ) = 2x

Find x when gg(x ) = 7.

x = ......................

(3 marks)

(b) Find x when h−1 (x ) = 5 .

x =.............................

(2 marks)

2 f (x ) = 3x 2 + a where a is an integer. f (−2) = 19

Find the value of a .

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

(2 marks)

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3 (a) f (x ) = 4 − 3x g(x ) = x 2 + x h(x ) = 3x

Find fh(2) .

(2 marks)

(b) Find f −1 (x ) .

f −1 (x ) = .................................................

(2 marks)

(c) Simplify.

i) f (1 − 2x )

[2]

ii) gf(x ) − 9g(x )

[4]

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 (6 marks)

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4 (a) f ( x ) = 4x + 3 g(x ) = 5x − 4

fg(x ) = 20x + p

Find the value of p .

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

(2 marks)

5x − 1
(b) h(x ) =
3

Find h−1 (x ) .

h−1 (x ) = ..................................................

(3 marks)

5 f ( x ) = 7x − 4

Find the value of x when f (x + 2) = − 11 .

x = ................................................

(2 marks)

6 f (x ) = 3x − 5 g (x ) = 2 x

Find fg (3) .

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 (2 marks)

10
7 g(x ) = , x ≠0 .
x

Solve.

g(2x + 1) = 4

x = ..................................................

(3 marks)

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8 (a) f (x ) = 2x − 3 g(x ) = 9 − x 2

Find x when 5f (x ) = 3 .

x = ...................................................

(2 marks)

(b) Solve the equation gf(x ) = − 16.

x = .................... or x = ....................

(4 marks)

9 f ( x ) = 2x + 3

Find f (1 − x ) in its simplest form.

(2 marks)

10 f (x ) = 7 + 3x g(x ) = x 4

Find the value of x when f (x ) = g(2) .

x = ................................................

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 (2 marks)

11 h(x ) = ax 2 + 1

Find the value of a when h( − 2) = 21.

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

(2 marks)

12 f ( x ) = 3x + 4 .

Find ( f (x ) ) 2 in the form ax 2 + bx + c .

(2 marks)

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13 (a) f (x ) = 5 − 2x g(x ) = x 2 + 8

Calculate ff( − 3)

(2 marks)

(b) Find

i) g(2x ) ,

[1]

ii) f −1 (x ) .

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

(3 marks)

10
14 f (x ) = 8 − 3x g(x ) = , x ≠ −1 h(x ) = 2x
x +1

Find

⎛8 ⎞⎟
i) hf ⎜⎜ ⎟,
⎝3 ⎠

[2]

ii) gh( − 2) ,

[2]

iii) g −1 (x ) ,

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 g−1 (x ) = ................................................ [3]

iv) f −1 f (5) .

[1]

(8 marks)

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15 (a) f (x ) = 7 − x g(x ) = 4x + 2 h(x ) = 15 − x 2

Find ff(2) .

(2 marks)

(b) Find gf(x ) in its simplest form.

(2 marks)

(c) Find h(2x ) in its simplest form.

(2 marks)

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Very Hard Questions
1 g(x ) = 1 − 2x

Find the value of

Find g(x )g(x ) − gg(x ) , giving your answer in the form ax 2 + bx + c .

(4 marks)

2 j(x ) = 5x .

Find x when j −1 (x ) = 2.

x= ................................................

(1 mark)

3 h(x ) = 3x .

1
Find the value of k for which = 9kx
h(x )

k= ................................................

(2 marks)

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4 f ( x ) = 3x + 2 g(x ) = x 2 + 1

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

(3 marks)

5 h(x ) = x 2

Find the values of p that satisfy h(p ) = p .

(2 marks)

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6 (a) f (x ) = 7 − 2x g(x ) = , x ≠0 h(x ) = 27x
x

Simplify, giving your answer as a single fraction.

1
+ g(x )
f (x )

(3 marks)

(b) Find h−1 (19 683) .

(1 mark)

7 h(x ) = 3x .

Find x when h −1 (x ) = − 2 .

x = ...................................................

(1 mark)

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 f (x ) = 7x − 2 g(x ) = x 2 + 1 h(x ) = 3x
8 (a)

gg(x ) = ax 4 + bx 2 + c Find the values of a , b , and c .

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

(3 marks)

(b) Find x when hf(x ) = 81 .

x = ....................................................

(3 marks)

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9 The diagram shows the graph of y = f (x ) where f (x ) = x 2 − − 2, x ≠ 0 .
x

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 Use the graph to find

i) f (1) .

[1]

ii) ff( − 2) .

[2]

(3 marks)

10 h(x ) = 3x .

If h(3x ) = k x , find the value of k .

k = ................................................

(2 marks)

11 g(x ) = 2x − 1 h(x ) = 3x

Find x when h −1 (x ) = g (2) .

x = .................................................

(2 marks)

12 The functions f and g are such that

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 f (x ) = 5x + 3 g(x ) = ax + b where a and b are constants.

g(3) = 20 and f −1 (33) = g(1)

Find the value of a and the value of b .

(5 marks)

1
13 f (x ) = x g(x ) = x − x 2
2

Solve f – 1 (x ) = gf(x )

(4 marks)

2x
14 f (x ) = −1
5

Work out the value of f – 1 (3) + f ( – 0 . 5)

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 (5 marks)

15 f (x ) = 5 − x and g(x ) = 3x + 7

Simplify f (2x ) + g(x – 1)

(3 marks)

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