CIE IGCSE ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS

(0606)

TOPICAL PRACTICE QUESTIONS

TOPIC 6:
SIMULTANEOUS
EQUATIONS

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Paper 2
Variants 1, 2 and 3
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1 (a) Solve the simultaneous equations

10 x + 2y = 5,
10 3x + 4y = 50 ,

giving x and y in exact simplified form. [4]

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Source: 0606/21/O/N/17 - Question No. 4 Page 2 of 13

2 Solve the following simultaneous equations for x and y, giving each answer in its simplest surd form.

3x + y = 4

x - 2y = 5 3 [5]

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Source: 0606/21/O/N/19 - Question No. 4 Page 3 of 13

3 Do not use a calculator in this question.

Solve the following simultaneous equations, giving your answers for both x and y in the form a + b 2 ,
where a and b are integers.

2x + y = 5

3x - 2 y = 7 [5]

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Source: 0606/21/O/N/20 - Question No. 2 Page 4 of 13

2
4 Find the coordinates of the points of intersection of the curve x 2 + xy = 9 and the line y = x - 2 .
3
[5]

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Source: 0606/22/M/J/16 - Question No. 8

5 3
5 Find the coordinates of the points of intersection of the curve 4 + + = 0 and the line
y x
y = 15x + 10 . [6]

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Source: 0606/22/M/J/18 - Question No. 4

2
x2 y
6 Find the coordinates of the points where the line 2y - 3x = 6 intersects the curve + = 5. [5]
4 9

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Source: 0606/22/O/N/17 - Question No. 4

7 Solve the simultaneous equations

log 2 ^x + 4h = 2 log 2 y ,

log 2 ^7y - xh = 4 .
[5]

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Source: 0606/22/O/N/18 - Question No. 5

8 Solve the simultaneous equations

8 p+1
= 2 11 ,
4q

3 2p + 5
1 = 9 3q . [5]
27 3

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Source: 0606/22/O/N/20 - Question No. 4

9 Solve the simultaneous equations.

log3 (x + y) = 2
2 log3 (x + 1) = log3 (y + 2) [6]

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Source: 0606/23/O/N/17 - Question No. 4

10 Solve the simultaneous equations

log 3 ^x + 1h = 1 + log3 y ,

log 3 ^x - yh = 2 . [5]

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Source: 0606/23/O/N/18 - Question No. 6

11 Solve the simultaneous equations

log 2 (x + 2y) = 3,

log 2 3x - log 2 y = 1.
[5]

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Source: 0606/23/O/N/20 - Question No. 2

12 Solve the simultaneous equations.

x 2 + 3xy = 4
2x + 5y = 4 [5]

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Source: 0606/23/O/N/20 - Question No. 5

13 Solve the following simultaneous equations.

3 x # 9 y - 1 = 243

1
2 2x + 1
8 # 2 y- 2 = [5]
4 2

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