IGCSE Cambridge (CIE) Further Maths 1 hour 13 questions

Revision Worksheet

Functions
Language of Functions / Inverse Functions / Composite Functions
Medium Questions
1 (a)

8π
The diagram shows the graph of f x
( ) = a cos bx + c for 0 ≤ x ≤ 3
radians. Explain

why f is a function.

(1 mark)

(b) Write down the range of f .

(1 mark)

1
2 gx
( ) =3+ x for x ≥ 1 .
(i) Find an expression for g −1 x
( ) .

[2]

(ii) Write down the range of g −1 .

[1]

(iii) Find the domain of g −1 .

[2]

(5 marks)
 3
3 (a) It is given that f x
( ) = 5 ln 2x + 3
( ) for x > −
2
.

Write down the range of f .

(1 mark)

(b) Find f −1 and state its domain.

(3 marks)

(c) On the axes below, sketch the graph of y =fx ( ) and the graph of y = f −1 x
( ) . Label
each curve and state the intercepts on the coordinate axes.

(5 marks)
4 f x
( ) = 4 ln 2x − 1
( )

(i) Write down the largest possible domain for the function f .

[1]

(ii) Find f −1 ( x ) and its domain.

[3]

(4 marks)

2
5 hx
( = 2 ln 3x − 1 for x ≥ 3 .
) ( )

The graph of y = h x intersects the line y = x at two distinct points. On the axes
( )
below, sketch the graph of y =hx
( ) and hence sketch the graph of y = h−1 x
( ) .

(4 marks)
Hard Questions
b
1 It is given that hx ( ) =a+ x2
, where a and b are non-zero constants.

(i) Explain why –2 ⩽ x ⩽ 2 is not a suitable domain for h x .

( )

(ii) Given that h 1

( ) = 4 and h' 1 = 16 , find the values of a and b .
( )

(3 marks)
2 (a) f:x ↦ 2x + 3 2 for x
( ) >0
Find the range of f .

(1 mark)

(b) Explain why f has an inverse.

(1 mark)

(c) Find f −1 .

(3 marks)

(d) State the domain of f −1 .

(1 mark)

(e) Given that g : x ↦ ln x + 4

( ) for x > 0 , find the exact solution of fg x = 49.
( )

(3 marks)

3 gx ( )= x + 5 for x ∈ℝ
3
hx( ) = 2x − 3 for x ≥ 2
Solve gh x
( ) = 7.

(3 marks)
4 (a) The functions f and g are defined as follows.

f x
( ) = x 2 + 4x for x ∈ R
gx
( ) = 1 + e2x for x ∈ R
Find the range of f .

(2 marks)

(b) Write down the range of g .

(1 mark)

(c) Find the exact solution of the equation fg (x ) = 21, giving your answer as a single
logarithm

(4 marks)
5 (a) f x
( ) = x 2 + 2x − 3 for x ≥ − 1
Given that the minimum value of x 2 + 2x − 3 occurs when x = − 1 , explain why f x ( )

has an inverse.

(1 mark)

(b) On the axes below, sketch the graph of y =fx( ) and the graph of y = f −1 x
( ) . Label
each graph and state the intercepts on the coordinate axes.
(4 marks)
Very Hard Questions
1 f x = 3e2x + 1 for x ∈ℝ
= x + 1 for x ∈ℝ
( )

gx
( )

(i) Write down the range of f and the range of g .

(ii) Find g2 0 .
( )

(iii) Hence find fg2 0 .

( )

(iv) On the axes below, sketch the graphs of y =fx ( ) and y = f –1 x

( ) . State the
intercepts with the coordinate axes and the equations of any asymptotes.
(9 marks)
2 (a) The function f is defined by f x ( ) = ln 2x + 1
( ) for x ≥ 0.
Sketch the graph of y =fx ( ) and hence sketch the graph of y = f −1 x
( ) on the axes
below.

(3 marks)

(b) The function g is defined by g ( x ) = x − 4 2 + 1 for x ≤ 4 .

( )

(i) Find an expression for g −1 ( x ) and state its domain and range.
 [4]

(ii) Find and simplify an expression for fg x

( ) .

[2]

(iii) Explain why the function gf does not exist.

[1]

(7 marks)
3 (a) f x = 3 + ex for x ∈ ℝ
= 9x − 5 for x ∈ ℝ
( )

gx
( )

Find the range of f and of g .

(2 marks)

(b) Find the exact solution of f −1 x ( ) = g' x ( ) .

(3 marks)

(c) Find the solution of g2 (x ) = 112 .

(2 marks)