IGCSE CIE Maths 55 mins 13 questions

Non-Calculator Questions

Simultaneous
Equations
Simultaneous Equations

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Very Hard (6 questions) /30

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Medium Questions
1 Solve the simultaneous equations.

2x + y = 7
3x − y = 8

x= .................................................

y= .................................................

(2 marks)

2 Solve the simultaneous equations.

You must show all your working.

3x − 8y = 22
x + 4y = 4

x = ................................................

y = ................................................

(3 marks)

3 Solve the simultaneous equations.

You must show all your working.

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 5x + 8y = 4
1
x + 3y = 7
2

x = ............................................
y = .............................................

(3 marks)

4 Solve the simultaneous equations.

You must show all your working.

1
2x + y = 13
2
3x + 2y = 17

x = ............................................
y = ............................................

(3 marks)

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Hard Questions
1 Solve the simultaneous equations.
You must show all your working.

y = 5x 2 + 4x − 19
y = 4x + 1

x = ................... y = ...................

x = ................... y = ...................

(5 marks)

2 Solve the simultaneous equations.

You must show all your working.

6x + 5y = 27
5x − 3y = 44

x = ..................................................
y = ..................................................

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 (4 marks)

3 Solve algebraically the simultaneous equations

x 2 + y 2 = 25

y − 2x = 5

(5 marks)

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Very Hard Questions

1
The diagram shows a curve with equation y = 2x 2 − 2x − 7 .
The straight line with equation y = 3x + 5 intersects the curve at the points A and B.

Find the coordinates of the points A and B.

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

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

(5 marks)

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2 These are the first four diagrams of a sequence.
The diagrams are made from white dots and black dots.

T is the total number of dots used to make all of the first n diagrams.

T = an 3 + bn 2

Find the value of a and the value of b .

You must show all your working.

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

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

(5 marks)

3 There are only r red counters and g green counters in a bag.

A counter is taken at random from the bag.

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The probability that the counter is green is
7

The counter is put back in the bag.

2 more red counters and 3 more green counters are put in the bag.
A counter is taken at random from the bag.

6
The probability that the counter is green is
13

Find the number of red counters and the number of green counters that were in the bag
originally.

(5 marks)

4 x:y = 7:4

x + y = 88

Work out the value of x–y

(3 marks)

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5 The prices of two phones are in the ratio x : y.

When the prices are both increased by £20, the ratio becomes 5 : 2.
When the prices are both reduced by £5, the ratio becomes 5 : 1.

Express the ratio x : y in its lowest terms.

(6 marks)

6 Solve these simultaneous equations algebraically.

y = 2x 2 − 7x + 4

y = 4x − 1

x = ..................... y = .....................
x = ..................... y = .....................

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 (6 marks)

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