IGCSE CIE Maths 59 mins 13 questions

Calculator Questions

Functions
Functions Toolkit / Composite & Inverse Functions

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Medium Questions
1 f ( x ) = 3x – 5

The domain of f (x ) is { – 3,0,2} .

Find the range of f (x ) .

{ ........................................... } [2]

(2 marks)

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2 (a) f (x ) = 7x − 4 g(x ) = , x ≠ 3 h(x ) = x 2
x −3
Find g(6) .

(1 mark)

(b) Find fg(4) .

(2 marks)

(c) Find fh(x ) .

(1 mark)

10
3 f (x ) = 7 − 2x g(x ) = , x ≠0 h(x ) = 27x
x

Find
i) f ( − 3) ,

[1]
ii) hg(30) ,

[2]
iii) f −1 (x ) .

f −1 (x ) = ................................................... [2]

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 (5 marks)

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4 (a) f (x ) = , x ≠ −2 g(x ) = 8x − 5
x +2
⎛1 ⎞⎟
Work out g ⎜⎜ ⎟.
⎝4 ⎠

(1 mark)

(b) Work out ff(2) .

(2 marks)

(c) Find gg(x ) , giving your answer in its simplest form.

(2 marks)

(d) Find g−1 (x ) .

g−1 (x ) = ..................................................

(2 marks)

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5 (a) f and g are functions such that

2
f (x ) = and g(x ) = 4x 3
x2

Find f ( − 5)

(1 mark)

(b) Find fg(1) .

(2 marks)

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Hard Questions
1
1 (a) g(x ) = 1 − 2x h(x ) = , x ≠0 j(x ) = 5x
x

Find hh(x ) , giving your answer in its simplest form.

(1 mark)

(b) Find j(5) .

(1 mark)

(c) j(x ) = hg( − 12)

Find the value of x .

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

(2 marks)

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2 (a) f (x ) = 3x + 2 g(x ) = x 2 + 1 h(x ) = 4x
Find h(4) .

(1 mark)

(b) Find fg(1) .

(2 marks)

(c) Find gf(x ) in the form ax 2 + bx + c .

(3 marks)

(d) Find x when f (x ) = g(7) .

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

(2 marks)

(e) Find f −1 (x ) .

f −1 (x ) = ................................................

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 (2 marks)

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3 (a) f ( x ) = 4x − 1 g(x ) = x 2 h(x ) = 3−x
Find in its simplest form
i) f (x − 3) ,

[1]
ii) g(5x ) .

[1]

(2 marks)

(b) Find f −1 (x ) .

f −1 (x ) = .................................................

(2 marks)

(c) Find the value of hh(1) , correct to 4 significant figures.

(3 marks)

4 g(x ) = 8x − 5 h(x ) = x 2 + 6
i) Show that hg(x ) = 19 simplifies to 16x 2 − 20x + 3 = 0 .

[3]
ii) Use the quadratic formula to solve 16x 2 − 20x + 3 = 0 .
Show all your working and give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.

x = ......................... or x = ......................... [4]

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 (7 marks)

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Very Hard Questions
1 h(x ) = 4x .

Find x when h−1 (x ) = 2.

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

(1 mark)

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2 (a) f ( x ) = 4x − 1 g(x ) = x 2 h(x ) = 3−x

Show that g(3x − 2) − h( − 3) can be written as 9x 2 − 12x − 23 .

(2 marks)

(b) Find x when f (61) = h(x ) .

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

(2 marks)

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3 (a) h(x ) = 2x
Solve the equation h −1 (x ) = 0 . 5 .

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

(1 mark)

1
(b) = 2kx
h(x )

Write down the value of k .

k= ..............................................

(1 mark)

4 h(x ) = x x , x > 0
i) Calculate h(0 . 3) .
Give your answer correct to 2 decimal places.

[2]
ii) Find x when h(x ) = 256 .

x = ............................................... [1]

(3 marks)

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