IGCSE CIE Maths 1 hour 20 questions

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Solving & Graphing

Inequalities
Graphical Inequalities

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Medium Questions

1 The diagram shows a rectangle with a line of symmetry at x = 2.

Two vertices of the rectangle are at ( − 1, 1) and ( − 1, 4) .

The shaded region is defined by the inequalities a ≤ x≤ b and c≤ y≤ d .

Find the values of a , b , c and d .

a= ................................................

b= ................................................

c= ................................................

d= ................................................

(2 marks)

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2 Solve the inequality.

x
− 13 > 12 + 3x
2

(2 marks)

3 Solve the inequality.

3n − 5 > 17 + 8n

(2 marks)

4 Solve the inequality.

3x + 12 < 5x − 3

(2 marks)

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5 By shading the unwanted regions of the grid, draw and label the region R which
satisfies the following three inequalities.
y ≤2 x <3 y ≤x +4

(5 marks)

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6

By shading the unwanted regions of the grid, find and label the region R that satisfies
the following four inequalities.

x ≤3 x ≥2 y ≤ 2x + 1 y ≥4−x

(3 marks)

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Hard Questions

1 (a) On the grid, draw the lines y = x and x + y = 7.

(3 marks)

(b) Region R satisfies the three inequalities y ⩾ 0 , y ⩽ x and x + y ⩾ 7 .

On the grid, label the region R.

(1 mark)

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2 By drawing suitable lines and shading unwanted regions, find the region, R , where

x ≥2, y ≥x and 2x + y ≤ 8 .

(5 marks)

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3 Write down the three inequalities that define the region R.

(4 marks)

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4 By shading the unwanted regions of the grid, find and label the region R that satisfies
the following inequalities

y ≤5 2x + y ≥ 6 y ≥x +1

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 (4 marks)

5 By shading the unwanted regions on the grid, draw and label the region R that satisfies
the following inequalities.

−2 < x ≤ 3 y ≤x +3

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 (4 marks)

6
1
y≤− x + 6 y ≥ 3x − 4 x + y ≥ 5
2
By shading the unwanted regions of the grid, find and label the region R that satisfies
the three inequalities.

(2 marks)

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There are four inequalities that define the region R.
One of these is y ≤ x + 1 .

Find the other three inequalities.

(4 marks)

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8
Find the two inequalities that define the region on the grid that is not shaded.

(3 marks)

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9 (a) Find the point (x , y ) , with integer co-ordinates, inside the region R such that
3x + 5y = 35.

( .............. , .............. )

(2 marks)

(b) Find the three inequalities that define the region R.

(4 marks)

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Very Hard Questions
1 (a) Raheem makes baskets and mats.
Each week he makes x baskets and y mats.

He makes fewer than 10 mats.

The number of mats he makes is greater than or equal to the number of baskets he
makes.
One of the inequalities that shows this information is y < 10.

Write down the other inequality.

(1 mark)

1 1
(b) Raheem takes 2 hours to make a basket and 1 hours to make a mat.
4 2
Each week he works for a maximum of 22.5 hours.

Show that 3x + 2y ≤ 30.

(2 marks)

(c) On the grid, draw three straight lines and shade the unwanted regions to show these
inequalities.

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 (5 marks)

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2 (a) A car hire company has x small cars and y large cars.
The company has at least 6 cars in total.
The number of large cars is less than or equal to the number of small cars.
The largest number of small cars is 8.
Write down three inequalities, in terms of x and/or y , to show this information.

(3 marks)

(b) A small car can carry 4 people and a large car can carry 6 people.
One day, the largest number of people to be carried is 60.

Show that 2x + 3y ≤ 30.

(1 mark)

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(c) By shading the unwanted regions on the grid, show and label the region R that satisfies
all four inequalities.

(6 marks)

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3 (a) Klaus buys x silver balloons and y gold balloons for a party.

He buys

more gold balloons than silver balloons

at least 15 silver balloons
less than 50 gold balloons
a total of no more than 70 balloons.
Write down four inequalities, in terms of x and/or y , to show this information.

.................................................
.................................................
.................................................
.................................................

(4 marks)

(b) On the grid, show the information from part (a) by drawing four straight lines and
shading the unwanted regions.

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 (5 marks)

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4 (a) Given that x and y are integers such that

3<x <7
4<y <9
and x + y = 13

find all the possible values of x .

(2 marks)

(b) On the grid below show, by shading, the region defined by the inequalities

y ⩾ −1 y ⩽4−x y ⩽ 3x − 1

Mark this region with the letter R.

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 (4 marks)

5 On the grid, shade the region that satisfies all these inequalities.

x+y <4 y > x −1 y < 3x

Label the region R.

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 (4 marks)

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