IGCSE CIE Maths 1 hour 20 questions

Paper 2 & Paper 4

2.5 Quadratic
Equations
2.5.1 Completing the Square / 2.5.2 Solving Quadratic Equations / 2.5.3 Quadratic
Equation Methods

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Hard (8 questions) /25

Very Hard (6 questions) /30

Total Marks /79

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Medium Questions
1 Use the quadratic formula to solve 9x 2 − 12x − 23 = 0 .
Give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.

x= ............................ or x = ............................

(4 marks)

2 Solve the equation 3x 2 − 2x − 10 = 0 .

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

x = ..................... or x = .....................

(4 marks)

3 Use the quadratic formula to solve the equation 3x 2 + 7x − 11 = 0 .

You must show all your working and give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.

x = .................... or x = ....................

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 (4 marks)

4 Solve the equation 3x 2 − 2x − 2 = 0 .

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

x = ........................... or x = ...........................

(4 marks)

5 Solve the equation 6 m 2 + 25m + 16 = 0 .

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

m= ..................... or m = .....................

(4 marks)

6 Solve the equation 2x 2 + 7x − 3 = 0 .

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

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 x = ..................... or x = .....................

(4 marks)

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Hard Questions
1 Write x 2 + 10x + 14 in the form (x + a ) 2 + b .

(2 marks)

2 i) Write x 2 + 8x − 9 in the form (x + k ) 2 + h .

[2]
ii) Use your answer to part (i) to solve the equation x 2 + 8x − 9 = 0 .

x = ................... or x = ................... [2]

(4 marks)

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3 (a) Write x 2 − 18x − 27 in the form (x + k ) 2 + h .

(2 marks)

(b) Use your answer to part (a) to solve the equation x 2 − 18x − 27 = 0 .

x = .................... or x = ....................

(2 marks)

4 x 2 + 4x − 9 = (x + a ) 2 + b
Find the value of a and the value of b .

a = ............................................
b = ............................................

(3 marks)

5 Solve by factorisation 10r 2 − 23r + 9 = 0 .

r = ................... or r = ...................

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 (3 marks)

6 Solve 10m 2 + 9m − 162 = 0 .

m = .................... or m = ....................

(3 marks)

7 x 2 − 12x + a = (x + b ) 2

Find the value of a and the value of b .

a = ...............................................
b = ...............................................

(3 marks)

8 The n th term of a sequence is 4n 2 + n + 3 .

Find the value of n when the n th term is 498.

n = ..................................................

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 (3 marks)

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Very Hard Questions
−7 + 61 −7 − 61
1 The solutions of the equation x 2 + bx + c = 0 are and .
2 2

Find the value of b and the value of c .

b= ................................................
c= ................................................

(3 marks)

2
The difference between the areas of the two rectangles is 62 cm2.
i) Show that x 2 + 2x − 63 = 0 .

[3]
ii) Factorise x 2 + 2x − 63 .

[2]
iii) Solve the equation x 2 + 2x − 63 = 0 to find the difference between the perimeters
of the two rectangles.

.............................................. cm [2]

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 (7 marks)

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3 (a) Solve 2x 2 + 9x − 7 = 0

Give your solutions correct to 3 significant figures.

(3 marks)

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(b) Solve + −7=0
y2 y
Give your solutions correct to 3 significant figures.

(2 marks)

4 Given that

2x − 1 : x − 4 = 16x + 1 : 2x − 1

find the possible values of x.

(5 marks)

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5 (a) The diagram shows a trapezium.

All the measurements are in centimetres.

The area of the trapezium is 351 cm2.

Show that 2x 2 + x − 351 = 0

(2 marks)

(b) Work out the value of x.

(3 marks)

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 The lengths of the sides are in centimetres.
6 The area of triangle T is equal to the area of triangle T .
1 2

Work out the value of x, giving your answer in the form a + b where a and b are
integers.

(5 marks)

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