Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics Core and Extended CD-ROM

Answers to Extended revision exercises: Algebra

Worksheet 18: Curved graphs

1 (a)
x –6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
y –33 –22 –13 –6 –1 2 3 2 –1 –6 –13 –22 –33

(b)
x –6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
y 50 37 26 17 10 5 2 1 2 5 10 17 26

(c)
x –6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
y 4 1 0 1 4 9 16 25 36 49 64 81 100

2 (a) x = 1, x = 3 (b) x = 0, x = 4 (c) x = 4.2, x = –0.2

3 x = 1, y = 3.5

Original material © Cambridge University Press 2015 1

 Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics Core and Extended CD-ROM

4
x –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 4 5
y –0.4 –0.5 –0.67 –1 –2 2 1 0.67 0.5 0.4

x –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 4 5
y 0.2 0.25 0.33 0.5 1 –1 –0.5 –0.33 –0.25 –0.2

Original material © Cambridge University Press 2015 2

 Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics Core and Extended CD-ROM

x –1 –0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 4

y 1 0.875 0 –0.875 –1 0.375 4 10.625 21 56

x –1 –0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5

y 4 4.25 2 0.25 2 3.58 5.5 7.85

Original material © Cambridge University Press 2015 3

 Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics Core and Extended CD-ROM

5 (a) gradient = – 4.4 (b) gradient = 13.9 (3sf)

6 (a)(i) 4 (ii) –6 (b) x = 3.8, x = –1.8

7 (a) and (c)

(b) x = 1 and x = –1.54 (answers within the range of –1.5 to – 1.6 are acceptable)

(d) (1.7, 4.4) and (–1.2, –1.4)

(e) At the points of intersection, the two equations are equal, so:
2x2 + x – 3 = 2x + 1
If you rearrange this equation, you get 2x2 – x – 4 = 0.

Original material © Cambridge University Press 2015 4

 Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics Core and Extended CD-ROM

8 (a) and (b)

(c) 1.41

Original material © Cambridge University Press 2015 5

 Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics Core and Extended CD-ROM

9 (a) and (b)

(c) x = 1
(d) It is the tangent to the curve at the point (1,1).
(e) 2

Original material © Cambridge University Press 2015 6