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Solving Quadratic Inequalities

 Solve each quadratic inequality.

1) 𝑥 2 − 1 < 0 17) 𝑥 2 − 36 ≤ 0

2) − 𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 + 6 > 0 18) 𝑥 2 − 13𝑥 + 36 ≥ 0

3) 𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 − 6 < 0 19) 𝑥 2 + 15𝑥 + 36 ≤ 0

4) 𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 − 5 > 0 20) 4𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 − 9 > 𝑥 2

5) 𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 − 3 ≥ 0 21) 5𝑥 2 − 15𝑥 + 10 < 0

6) 𝑥 2 > 5𝑥 + 6 22) 3𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 ≥ 4𝑥 2 + 6

7) −𝑥 2 − 12𝑥 − 11 ≤ 0 23) 4𝑥 2 − 12 > 3𝑥 2 + 𝑥

8) 𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 − 8 ≥ 0 24) 𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 ≥ 𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 + 12

9) 𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 − 6 ≥ 0 25) 2𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 − 8 > 𝑥 2

10) 𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 + 10 < 0 26) 4𝑥 2 + 20𝑥 − 11 < 0

11) 𝑥 2 + 9𝑥 + 20 > 0 27) −9𝑥 2 + 29𝑥 − 6 ≥ 0

12) 𝑥 2 − 8𝑥 + 16 > 0 28) −8𝑥 2 + 6𝑥 − 1 ≤ 0

13) 𝑥 2 − 8𝑥 + 12 ≤ 0 29) 12𝑥 2 + 10𝑥 − 12 > 0

14) 𝑥 2 − 11𝑥 + 30 ≤ 0 30) 18𝑥 2 + 23𝑥 + 5 ≤ 0

15) 𝑥 2 − 12𝑥 + 27 ≥ 0 31) 17𝑥 2 + 15𝑥 − 2 ≥ 0

16) 𝑥 2 − 16𝑥 + 64 ≥ 0 32) 3𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 ≤ 5𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 − 6

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Answers
Solve quadratic inequalities
1) −1 < 𝑥 < 1 19) −12 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ −3
2) −6 < 𝑥 < 1 20) 𝑥 < −1 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 > 3
3) −1 < 𝑥 < 6 21) 1 < 𝑥 < 2
4) 𝑥 < – 5 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 > 1 22) −3 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ −2
5) 𝑥 ≤ −1 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 ≥ 3 23) 𝑥 < −3 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 > 4
6) 𝑥 < −1 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 > 6 24) 𝑥 ≥ 3
7) 𝑥 ≤ −11 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 ≥ −1 25) 𝑥 < −4 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 > 2
8) 𝑥 ≤ −2 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 ≥ 4 11 1
26) − <𝑥<
9) 𝑥 ≤ −1 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 ≥ 6 2 2
2
10) −5 < 𝑥 < −2 27) ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 3
9
11) 𝑥 < −5 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 > −4 1 1
28) 𝑥 ≤ 4 or 𝑥 ≥ 2
12) 𝑥 < 4 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 > 4
2
13) 2 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 6 29) 𝑥 < −1.5 or 𝑥 > 3
14) 5 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 6 5
30) −1 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ − 18
15) 𝑥 ≤ 3𝑜𝑟 𝑥 ≥ 9
2
16) 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 31) 𝑥 ≤ −1 or 𝑥 ≥ 17
17) −6 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 6 32) 𝑥 ≤ −1 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 ≥ 3
18) 𝑥 ≤ 4 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 ≥ 9

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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
1. Given that f (x)=x−4 find:
a) f (5)

................ (1)
b) f (3)

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

2. Given that g ( x)=2 x 2−10 find:

a) g (2)

................ (1)
b) g (−2)

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

................ (3)
3. Given that f (x)=3 x−5 find:
a) f (3)

................ (1)
b) f (−2)

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

................ (2)
4. Given that f ( x)= x 2−3 find:
a) f (10)

................ (1)
b) f (−1)

................ (1)
−1
c) Find : f (x )

................ (2)
5. Given that f (x)=2 x−4 and g ( x)=3 x +5

a) Find: gf (3)

................ (2)

−1
b) Work out an expression for: f ( x)

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

................ (2)
 2
6. Given that f (x)=3x+1 and g ( x)= x
a) Write down an expression for: fg (x )

................ (2)

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

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

................ (3)
 2
7. Given that f (x )=x −17and g ( x)= x +3
−1
a) Work out an expression for: g (x )

................ (2)

−1
b) Work out an expression for: f ( x)

................ (2)

c) Solve: f −1( x)= g−1 (x )

................ (4)
8. A function f is defined such that
2
f (x )=x −1
a) Find and expression for : f ( x−2)

................ (2)

b) Hence solve: f (x−2)=0

................ (2)
9. A function f is defined such that
f (x )=4x−1
−1
a) Find: f (x )

................ (2)

The function g is such that

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

Given that fg (2)=12

b) Work out the value of k

................ (2)
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IGCSE

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

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• Keep an eye on the time.
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• Check your answers if you have time at the end

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 January 2019 Paper 1H Question 19

1 g is the function with domain x ≥ –3 such that g(x) = x2 + 6x

(a) Write down the range of g–1

(1)
(b) Express the inverse function g–1 in the form g–1 : x →... 

g–1 : x →
(4)
(Total for Question 1 is 5 marks)
 June 2019 Paper 2H Question 24

2 The function f is such that f(x) = 3x – 2

(a) Find f(5)

(1)
The function g is such that g(x) = 2x2 – 20x + 9 where x ≥ 5

(b) Express the inverse function g–1 in the form g–1(x) = ...

g–1(x) =
(4)
(Total for Question 2 is 5 marks)
 May 2018 Paper 1H Question 14

3 The function f is such that

3x – 2
f(x) = 4
(a) Find f(-7)

(1)
(b) Express the inverse function f–1 in the form f–1(x) = …

f–1(x) =
(2)
The function g is such that

g(x) = √19 – x

(c) Find fg(3)

(2)
(d) Which values cannot be included in any domain of g?

(2)
(Total for Question 3 is 7 marks)
 Sample Paper 2H Question 17

4 The function f is such that

3
f(x) = x – 2

(a) Find f(1)

(1)

(b) State which value of x must be excluded from any domain of f

(1)
The function g is such that g(x) = x + 4

(c) Calculate fg(2)

(2)
(Total for Question 4 is 4 marks)
C1 SEQUENCES AND SERIES Worksheet B

1 For each of the following arithmetic series, write down the common difference and find the value
of the 40th term.
a 4 + 10 + 16 + 22 + … b 30 + 27 + 24 + 21 + … c 8.9 + 11.2 + 13.5 + 15.8 + …

2 For each of the following arithmetic series, find an expression for the nth term in the form a + bn.
a 7 + 9 + 11 + 13 + … b 1
6
+ 1 12 + 2 56 + 4 16 + … c 17 + 9 + 1 + (−7) + …

3 Find the sum of the first 30 terms of each of the following arithmetic series.
a 8 + 12 + 16 + 20 + … b 60 + 53 + 46 + 39 + … c 7 14 + 8 34 + 10 14 + 11 34 + …

4 Given the first term, a, the last term, l, and the number of terms, n, find the sum of each of the
following arithmetic series.
a a = 60, l = 136, n = 20 b a = 100, l = 84.5, n = 32 c a = 28, l = −20, n = 17

5 Given the first term, a, the common difference, d, and the number of terms, n, find the sum of
each of the following arithmetic series.
a a = 2, d = 9, n = 48 b a = 100, d = −5, n = 36 c a = 19, d = 13, n = 55

6 Given the first term, a, the common difference, d, and the last term, l, find the sum of each of the
following arithmetic series.
a a = 8, d = 3, l = 65 b a = 3.4, d = 1.2, l = 23.8 c a = 22, d = −8, l = −226

7 The first and third terms of an arithmetic series are 21 and 27 respectively.
a Find the common difference of the series.
b Find the sum of the first 40 terms of the series.

8 The nth term of an arithmetic series is given by 7n + 16.

Find the first term of the series and the sum of the first 35 terms of the series.

9 The second and fifth terms of an arithmetic series are 13 and 46 respectively.
a Write down two equations relating the first term, a, and the common difference, d, of the
series.
b Find the values of a and d.
c Find the 40th term of the series.

10 The third and eighth terms of an arithmetic series are 72 and 37 respectively.
a Find the first term and common difference of the series.
b Find the sum of the first 25 terms of the series.

11 The fifth term of an arithmetic series is 23 and the sum of the first 10 terms of the series is 240.
a Find the first term and common difference of the series.
b Find the sum of the first 60 terms of the series.

1
12 a Prove that the sum of the first n natural numbers is given by 2
n(n + 1).
b Find the sum of the natural numbers from 30 to 100 inclusive.

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C1 SEQUENCES AND SERIES Worksheet B continued

13 Write down all the terms in each of the following series summations.
5 9 10 18
a ∑ (2r + 3) b ∑ (18 − 3r ) c ∑ (4r − 1) d ∑ (10 − 12 r )
r =1 r =1 r =4 r =11

14 Evaluate

( )
20 45 30 50
a ∑ (3r + 1) b ∑ (90 − 2r ) c ∑ (4r + 7) d ∑ r+2
4
r =1 r =1 r =3 r =10

n
15 Given that ∑ (4r − 6) = 720, find the value of n.
r =1

16 Find the sum of

a all even numbers between 2 and 160 inclusive,
b all positive integers less than 200 that are divisible by 3,
c all integers divisible by 6 between 30 and 300 inclusive.

17 An arithmetic series has common difference −11 and tenth term 101.
a Find the first term of the series.
b Find the sum of the first 30 terms of the series.

18 The first and fifth terms of an arithmetic series are 17 and 27 respectively.
a Find the common difference of the series.
Given that the rth term of the series is 132,
b find the value of r,
c find the sum of the first r terms of the series.

19 The sum of the first six terms of an arithmetic series is 213 and the sum of the first ten terms of
the series is 295.
a Find the first term and common difference of the series.
b Find the number of positive terms in the series.
c Hence find the maximum value of Sn , the sum of the first n terms of the series.

20 The sum, Sn , of the first n terms of an arithmetic series is given by Sn = 2n2 + 5n.
a Evaluate S8.
b Find the eighth term of the series.
c Find an expression for the nth term of the series.

21 The first three terms of an arithmetic series are (k + 2), (2k + 3) and (4k − 2) respectively.
a Find the value of the constant k.
b Find the sum of the first 25 terms of the series.

22 The fifth, sixth and seventh terms of an arithmetic series are (5 − t), 2t and (6t − 3) respectively.
a Find the value of the constant t.
b Find the sum of the first 18 terms of the series.

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