Algebra and Graphs 1 Hardest

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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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Speed (m/s) SCALE

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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]

8 The nth term of a sequence is .

The first term is −3 and the second term is 2.

Find the value of a and the value of b.

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

b = ................................................... [5]

[Total: 5]
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Find the value of x when .

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

[Total: 2]

10 Factorise completely.

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

[Total: 2]

11 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]
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(c) Find .
Give your answer in its simplest form.

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

[Total: 7]

14 y is inversely proportional to the cube of .


y = 9.45 when x = 3.

Find y when x = 4.

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

[Total: 3]
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15 Simplify.

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

[Total: 3]

16 Factorise completely.

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

[Total: 2]

17 Find the nth term of this sequence.

8, 17, 32, 53, 80, ...

................................................... [2]
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[Total: 2]

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Find .

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

[Total: 2]

19 y is directly proportional to the cube root of (x + 1).


When x = 7, y = 1.

Find the value of y when x = 124.

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

[Total: 3]

20 F is inversely proportional to the square of d.

Explain what happens to F when d is halved.

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

[Total: 1]
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SCALE

(y + 1) cm y cm

The volume of the larger cube is 5 cm3 greater than the volume of the smaller cube.

(a) Show that .

[4]

(b) Find the volume of the smaller cube.


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

................................................... cm3 [4]

[Total: 8]
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–1 0 1 2 3 4 5 x
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–2

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22 The diagram shows the graph of y = f(x) for


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(a) Find f(2).

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

(b) Solve the equation f(x) = 0 for

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

(c) has three solutions for where k is an integer.

Find the smallest possible value of k.

k = ................................................... [1]

(d) On the grid, draw a line y = mx so that f(x) = mx has exactly one solution for . [2]

[Total: 7]

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(a) Find the value of .

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

(b) Find x when .

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

[Total: 3]
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24 When , .

Find the value of p and the value of q.

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

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

[Total: 2]

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(a) Find the value of when x = 5.

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

(b) Find the coordinates of the point on the graph of where the gradient is 0.

( .................... , .................... ) [2]

[Total: 5]
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(x – 1) cm
x cm NOT TO
SCALE

(2x + 1) cm
x cm

The area of the rectangle is 29 cm2 greater than the area of the square.
The difference between the perimeters of the two shapes is k cm.

Find the value of k.


You must show all your working.

k = ................................................... [6]

[Total: 6]

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(a) Find

(i) ,

................................................... [1]
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(ii) .

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

(b) Find .

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

(c) Find x when .

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

(d) Write as a single fraction.

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

[Total: 8]
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Find the value of y.

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

[Total: 2]

29 (a) Solve the simultaneous equations.

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

q = ................................................... [2]
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(b) Hence, for and , solve the simultaneous equations.

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

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

[Total: 6]

30 (a) Show that can be written as .

[2]
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(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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31 Sketch the graph of , indicating the coordinates of the points where the graph
crosses the x-axis and the y-axis.

[4]

[Total: 4]

32 Make m the subject of the formula.

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

[Total: 3]
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33 Find all the positive integers which satisfy the inequality.

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

[Total: 2]

34 Solve.

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

[Total: 5]
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35 Expand and simplify.

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

[Total: 3]

36 Make x the subject of the formula.

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

[Total: 4]

37 Write as a single fraction in its simplest form.

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

[Total: 3]
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38 Solve.

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

[Total: 3]

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The region marked R is defined by three inequalities.

(a) Find these three inequalities.

...................................................

...................................................

................................................... [3]
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(b) Write down the largest value of in the region R for integers x and y.

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

[Total: 5]

40 The graphs of and intersect at the points P and Q.

Find the coordinates of P and the coordinates of Q.


Show all your working.

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

Q ( .................... , .................... ) [6]

[Total: 6]

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