# Exam-Style Questions.

## Problems adapted from questions set for previous Mathematics exams.

### 1.

GCSE Higher

At depths below 900 metres, the temperature of the water in the sea is given by the formula:

$$T=\frac{4500}{x}$$

Where $$x$$ is the depth in metres and the temperature of the water is T °C.

(a) A fish swims downwards from a depth of 1000 metres to a depth of 1500 metres. How many degrees colder is the sea water at 1500m than 1000m?

(b) Roughly sketch the shape of a graph that shows that T is inversely proportional to $$x$$.

### 2.

GCSE Higher

The images below show a graphic display calculator screen with different functions displayed as graphs.

a) Which function is trigonometric?

b) Which function is inversely proportional to $$x$$?

c) Which function is exponential?

d) Which function is proportional to $$x^3$$?

### 3.

GCSE Higher

Match the equation with the letter of its graph

EquationGraph
$$y=3-\frac{10}{x}$$
$$y=2^x$$
$$y=\sin x$$
$$y=x^2+7x$$
$$y=x^2-8$$
$$y=2-x$$

### 4.

GCSE Higher

The following table shows corresponding values for two variables $$x$$ and $$y$$.

 x 1 2 3 4 y 5 $$1 \frac14$$ $$\frac{5}{9}$$ $$\frac{5}{16}$$

(a) If $$y$$ is inversely proportional to the square of $$x$$ find an equation for $$y$$ in terms of $$x$$.

(b) Find the positive value for $$x$$ when $$y = 20$$.

### 5.

GCSE Higher

(a) Sketch a graph on the axes below left that shows that $$y$$ is directly proportional to $$x$$.

(b) Sketch the graph of $$y = -x^3$$ on the axes above right.

(c) It is possible to draw many rectangles that have area $$48 cm^2$$.

Draw a graph to show the relationship between length and width for rectangles with area $$48 cm^2$$ and sides less than $$50cm$$.

### 6.

GCSE Higher

At a constant temperature, the volume of a gas $$V$$ is inversely proportional to its pressure $$p$$. By what percentage will the pressure of a gas change if its volume increases by 15% ?

### 7.

IB Analysis and Approaches

The function $$f$$ is defined by:

$$f(x) = \frac{4x+2}{x+1}, \quad \text{ where } x \in \mathbb{R}, x \neq -1$$

(a) Write down the equation of the vertical asymptote of the graph of $$f$$.

(b) Write down the equation of the horizontal asymptote of the graph of $$f$$.

(c) Find the coordinates of the $$x$$-axis and $$y$$-axis intercepts.

(d) Sketch the graph of $$f$$.

### 8.

IB Standard

Let $$f(x)=5x^2-20x+k$$. The equation $$f(x)=0$$ has two equal roots.

(a) Write down the value of the discriminant.

(b) Hence, show that $$k=20$$.

The graph of $$f$$ has its vertex on the x-axis.

(c) Write down the solution of $$f(x)=0$$.

(d) Find the coordinates of the vertex of the graph of $$f$$.

The function can be written in the form $$f(x)=a(x-h)^2+j$$.

(e) Find the value of $$a$$.

(f) Find the value of $$h$$.

(g) Find the value of $$j$$.

(h) The graph of a function $$g$$ is obtained from the graph of $$f$$ by a reflection in the x-axis, followed by a translation by the vector $$\begin{pmatrix} 0 \\ 3 \\ \end{pmatrix}$$. Find $$g$$, giving your answer in the form $$g(x)=Ax^2+Bx+C$$.

### 9.

A-Level

The diagram on the right shows a sketch of part of the graph:

$$y = f(x) \quad \text{where} \quad f(x) = 3 | 5-2x | + 4$$

(a) State the range of $$f$$.

(b) Solve the equation $$f(x) = \frac{x}{3} + 20$$.

(c) Given that the equation $$f(x) = k$$, where $$k$$ is a constant, has two distinct roots, state the set of possible values for k.

### 10.

IB Standard

Let $$f(x) = \frac{9x-3}{bx+9}$$ for $$x \neq -\frac9b, b \neq 0$$.

(a) The line $$x = 3$$ is a vertical asymptote to the graph of $$f$$. Find the value of b.

(b) Write down the equation of the horizontal asymptote to the graph of $$f$$.

(c) The line $$y = c$$ , where $$c\in \mathbb R$$ intersects the graph of $$\begin{vmatrix}f(x) \end{vmatrix}$$ at exactly one point. Find the possible values of $$c$$.

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