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Quadratic Equations
Question Paper 6
Level IGCSE
Subject Maths (0580)
Exam Board Cambridge International Examinations (CIE)
Paper Type Extended
Topic Algebra and Graphs
Sub-Topic Solving Equations – Quadratic Equations
Booklet Question Paper 6

Time Allowed: 63 minutes

Score: /52

Percentage: /100

Grade Boundaries:

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1 Solve the equation 2x2 + 3x – 6 = 0.
Show all your working and give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.

Answer x = or x = [4]
2 (a) Solve 9 I 3n + 6 Y 21 for integer values of n.

Answer(a) [3]

(b) Factorise completely.

2
(i) 2x + 10xy

Answer(b)(i) [2]
2 2
(ii) 3a O 12b

Answer(b)(ii) [3]

(c)

NOT TO
SCALE
x cm

(x + 17) cm
2
The area of this triangle is 84 cm .
2
(i) Show that x + 17x O 168 = 0.

Answer (c)(i)

[2]
2
(ii) Factorise x + 17x O 168.

Answer(c)(ii) [2]
2
(iii) Solve x + 17x O 168 = 0.

Answer(c)(iii) x = or x = [1]
(d) Solve
15 − x
= 3 − 2x.
2

Answer(d) x = [3]

2
(e) Solve 2x O 5x O 6 = 0.

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

Answer(e) x = or x = [4]
3

NOT TO
SCALE

x cm

2x cm

(x + 5) cm

The diagram shows a square of side (x + 5) cm and a rectangle which measures 2x cm by x cm.
2
The area of the square is 1 cm more than the area of the rectangle.

2
(a) Show that x – 10x – 24 = 0 .

Answer(a)

[3]
(b) Find the value of x.

Answer(b) x = [3]

(c) Calculate the acute angle between the diagonals of the rectangle.

Answer(c) [3]
4 Solve the equation.

x2 – 8x + 6 = 0

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

Answer x = or x = [4]
5 (a)
A
NOT TO
SCALE
17 cm
x cm

B (x + 7) cm C

In the right-angled triangle ABC, AB = x cm, BC = (x + 7) cm and AC = 17 cm.

2
(i) Show that x + 7x – 120 = 0.

Answer(a)(i)

[3]
2
(ii) Factorise x + 7x – 120.

Answer(a)(ii) [2]
2
(iii) Write down the solutions of x + 7x – 120 = 0.

Answer(a)(iii) x = or x = [1]

(iv) Write down the length of BC.

Answer(a)(iv) BC = cm [1
(b)
NOT TO
SCALE

3x cm
(2x + 3) cm

(2x – 1) cm (2x + 3) cm

The rectangle and the square shown in the diagram above have the same area.
2
(i) Show that 2x – 15x – 9 = 0.

Answer(b)(i)

[3]
2
(ii) Solve the equation 2x – 15x – 9 = 0.
Show all your working and give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.

Answer(b)(ii) x = or x = [4]

(iii) Calculate the perimeter of the square.

Answer(b)(iii) cm [1