Questions

Q1.

A curve has equation y = f(x).

The point lies on the curve.

Given that

• f′′(x) =
• f′(x) = 5 at P
find

(a) the equation of the tangent to the curve at P, writing your answer in the form y = mx + c, where m and
c are constants to be found,
(2)
(b) f(x).
(8)

(Total for question = 10 marks)

(Q11 WMA11/01, Oct 2019)

Q2.

Figure 4

Figure 4 shows part of the curve with equation y = 2x2 + 5

The point P(2,13) lies on the curve.

(a) Find the gradient of the tangent to the curve at P.

(2)
The point Q with x coordinate 2 + h also lies on the curve.

(b) Find, in terms of h, the gradient of the line PQ. Give your answer in simplest form.
(3)
(c) Explain briefly the relationship between the answer to (b) and the answer to (a).
(1)

(Total for question = 6 marks)

(Q07 WMA11/01, Oct 2019)

Q3.

Figure 1 shows part of the curve with equation y = x2 + 3x – 2

The point P(3,16) lies on the curve.

(a) Find the gradient of the tangent to the curve at P.

(2)
The point Q with x coordinate 3 + h also lies on the curve.

(b) Find, in terms of h, the gradient of the line PQ. Write your answer in simplest form.
(3)
(c) Explain briefly the relationship between the answer to (b) and the answer to (a).
(1)
 (Total for question = 6 marks)

(Q03 WMA11/01, Jan 2020)

Q4.

The curve C has equation y = f(x), x > 0

Given that

 f′(x) = + 3, where A is a constant

 f′′(x) = 0 when x = 4

(a) find the value of A.

(4)
Given also that

 f(x) = , when x = 12

(b) find f(x), giving each term in simplest form.

(5)

(Total for question = 9 marks)

(Q07 WMA11/01, June 2022)

Q5.
Figure 5 shows a sketch of the curve C with equation

where k is a constant.

(a) Find
(2)

The line l, shown in Figure 5, is the normal to C at the point A with x coordinate

Given that l is also a tangent to C at the point B,

(b) show that the x coordinate of the point B is a solution of the equation

12x2 + 4x − 33 = 0
(4)
(c) Hence find the x coordinate of B, justifying your answer.
(2)
Given that the y intercept of l is −1

(d) find the value of k.

(4)

(Total for question = 12 marks)

(Q10 WMA11/01, June 2022)

Q6.

Given that y = 4x3 − x ≠ 0, find in their simplest form

(a)
(3)

(b)
(3)

(Total for question = 6 marks)

(Q01 WMA11/01, Specimen papers )

Q7.

The curve C has equation

y = (x − 2)(x − 4)2

(a) Show that

(4)
The line l1 is the tangent to C at the point where x = 6

(b) Find the equation of l1, giving your answer in the form y = mx + c, where m and c are constants to be
found.
(4)
The line l2 is the tangent to C at the point where x = α

Given that l1 and l2 are parallel and distinct,

(c) find the value of α

(3)

(Total for question = 11 marks)

(Q08 WMA11/01, Oct 2020)

Q8.

The curve C has equation

(a) Find , giving your answer in simplest form.

(4)
The point P (4, 3) lies on C.

(b) Find the equation of the normal to C at the point P. Write your answer in the form ax + by + c = 0,
where a, b and c are
integers to be found.
(4)

(Total for question = 8 marks)

 (Q01 WMA11/01, June 2021)

Q9.

A curve with equation y = f(x) passes through the point (4, 25)

Given that

find f(x), simplifying each term.

(Total for question = 5 marks)

(Q07 WMA11/01, Specimen papers )

Q10.

Find, in simplest form,

(4)

(Total for question = 4 marks)

(Q01 WMA11/01, Jan 2020)

Q11.

Find

giving your answer in simplest form.

(Total for question = 4 marks)

(Q01 WMA11/01, June 2022)

Q12.
(Solutions based entirely on graphical or numerical methods are not acceptable.)

Given

(a) solve the equation f′ (x) = 0

(4)
(b) solve the equation f′′ (x) = 5
(3)

(Total for question = 7 marks)

(Q06 WMA11/01, Jan 2019)

Q13.

A curve has equation

(a) Find, in simplest form,

(3)

The point P lies on the curve and has x coordinate

(b) Find an equation of the normal to the curve at P, writing your answer in the form ax + by + c = 0,
where a, b and c are integers to be found.
(5)

(Total for question = 8 marks)

(Q01 WMA11/01, Jan 2021)

Q14.

The curve with equation y = f (x), x > 0, passes through the point P(4, −2).

Given that

(a) find the equation of the tangent to the curve at P, writing your answer in the form y = mx +
c, where m and c are integers to be found.
 (4)
(b) Find f (x).
(5)

(Total for question = 9 marks)

(Q12 WMA11/01, Jan 2019)

Q15.

A curve has equation y = f(x), x > 0

Given that

(a) find the value of a.

(3)
(b) Hence find f(x).
(4)

(Total for question = 7 marks)

(Q10 WMA11/01, Oct 2021)

Q16.

In this question you must show all stages of your working.

Solutions relying on calculator technology are not acceptable.

A curve has equation

y = 3x5 + 4x3 – x + 5

The points P and Q lie on the curve.

The gradient of the curve at both point P and point Q is 2

Find the x coordinates of P and Q.

(5)

(Total for question = 5 marks)

 (Q02 WMA11/01, Oct 2021)

Q17.

The equation

where c is a constant, has no real roots.

Find the range of possible values of c.

(Total for question = 7 marks)

(Q09 WMA11/01, Jan 2019)

Q18.

A curve has equation y = f(x), where

f(x) = (x − 4)(2x + 1)2

The curve touches the x-axis at the point P and crosses the x-axis at the point Q.

(a) State the coordinates of the point P.

(1)
(b) Find f′(x).
(4)

(c) Hence show that the equation of the tangent to the curve at the point where can be expressed
in the form y = k, where k is a constant to be found.
(3)
The curve with equation y = f(x + a), where a is a constant, passes through the origin O.

(d) State the possible values of a.

(2)

(Total for question = 10 marks)

(Q10 WMA11/01, June 2019)

Q19.

A curve with equation y = f(x) passes through the point (9, 10).

Given that
find f(x), fully simplifying each term.

(Total for question = 6 marks)

(Q09 WMA11/01, Oct 2020)

Q20.

The share value of two companies, company A and company B, has been monitored over a 15-year
period.

The share value PA of company A, in millions of pounds, is modelled by the equation

PA = 53 – 0.4(t – 8)2 t≥0

where t is the number of years after monitoring began.

The share value PBof company B, in millions of pounds, is modelled by the equation

PB = –1.6t + 44.2 t≥0

where t is the number of years after monitoring began.

Figure 2 shows a graph of both models.

Use the equations of one or both models to answer parts (a) to (d).

(a) Find the difference between the share value of company A and the share value of company B at the
point monitoring
began.
(2)
(b) State the maximum share value of companyA during the 15-year period.
 (1)
(c) Find, using algebra and showing your working, the times during this 15-year period when the share
value of
company A was greater than the share value of company B.
(4)
(d) Explain why the model for company A should not be used to predict its share value when t = 20
(1)

(Total for question = 8 marks)

(Q05 WMA11/01, June 2021)

Q21.

Find

giving the answer in its simplest form.

(5)

(Total for question = 5 marks)

(Q04 WMA11/01, June 2019)

Q22.

Find

writing each term in simplest form.

(Total for question = 6 marks)

(Q04 WMA11/01, June 2021)

Q23.

Find
simplifying your answer.

(Total for question = 4 marks)

(Q01 WMA11/01, Jan 2019)

Q24.

Find

giving each term in simplest form.

(5)

(Total for question = 5 marks)

(Q01 WMA11/01, Oct 2021)

Q25.

Find

giving each term in simplest form.

(Total for question = 4 marks)

(Q01 WMA11/01, Jan 2022)

Q26.

(i) Find

giving your answer in simplest form.

(5)
(ii) A curve C has equation y = f(x).
Given

 f'(x) = x2 + ax + b where a and b are constants

 the y intercept of C is –8
 the point P(3, –2) lies on C
 the gradient of C at P is 2
find, in simplest form, f(x).
(6)

(Total for question = 11 marks)

(Q09 WMA11/01, Jan 2021)

Q27.

A sketch of part of the curve C with equation

is shown in Figure 3.

Point A lies on C and has x coordinate equal to 2

(a) Show that the equation of the normal to C at A is y = −2x + 7.

(6)
The normal to C at A meets C again at the point B, as shown in Figure 3.

(b) Use algebra to find the coordinates of B.

(5)
 (Total for question = 11 marks)

(Q09 WMA11/01, Specimen papers )

Q28.

A curve has equation y = f(x), where

The point P(4, –50) lies on the curve.

f′(x) = –4 at P,

(a) find the equation of the normal at P, writing your answer in the form y = mx + c, where m and c are
constants,
(3)
(b) find f(x).
(8)

(Total for question = 11 marks)

(Q11 WMA11/01, Jan 2020)

Q29.

The curve C with equation y = f(x), x > 0, passes through the point P(4, 1).

Given that

(a) find the equation of the normal to C at P. Write your answer in the form ax + by + c = 0, where a, b
and c are integers to be found.
(4)
(b) Find f(x).
(5)

(Total for question = 9 marks)

(Q08 WMA11/01, June 2019)

Q30.

The curve C has equation y = f(x), x > 0

Given that

 C passes through the point P (8, 2)

 f ʹ(x) =

(a) find the equation of the tangent to C at P. Write your answer in the form y = mx + c, where m and c
are constants to
be found.
(3)
(b) Find, in simplest form, f(x).
(5)

(Total for question = 8 marks)

(Q06 WMA11/01, June 2021)

Mark Scheme
Q1.
 (Q11 WMA11/01, Oct 2019)

Q2.
 (Q07 WMA11/01, Oct 2019)

Q3.
 (Q03 WMA11/01, Jan 2020)

Q4.
 (Q07 WMA11/01, June 2022)

Q5.
 (Q10 WMA11/01, June 2022)

Q6.
 (Q01 WMA11/01, Specimen papers )

Q7.
 (Q08 WMA11/01, Oct 2020)

Q8.
 (Q01 WMA11/01, June 2021)

Q9.
 (Q07 WMA11/01, Specimen papers )

Q10.
 (Q01 WMA11/01, Jan 2020)

Q11.
 (Q01 WMA11/01, June 2022)

Q12.
 (Q06 WMA11/01, Jan 2019)

Q13.
 (Q01 WMA11/01, Jan 2021)

Q14.
 (Q12 WMA11/01, Jan 2019)

Q15.
 (Q10 WMA11/01, Oct 2021)

Q16.
 (Q02 WMA11/01, Oct 2021)

Q17.
 (Q09 WMA11/01, Jan 2019)

Q18.
 (Q10 WMA11/01, June 2019)

Q19.
 (Q09 WMA11/01, Oct 2020)

Q20.
 (Q05 WMA11/01, June 2021)

Q21.
 (Q04 WMA11/01, June 2019)

Q22.
 (Q04 WMA11/01, June 2021)

Q23.
 (Q01 WMA11/01, Jan 2019)

Q24.
 (Q01 WMA11/01, Oct 2021)

Q25.
 (Q01 WMA11/01, Jan 2022)

Q26.
 (Q09 WMA11/01, Jan 2021)

Q27.
 (Q09 WMA11/01, Specimen papers )

Q28.
 (Q11 WMA11/01, Jan 2020)

Q29.
 (Q08 WMA11/01, June 2019)

Q30.
(Q06 WMA11/01, June 2021)