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Quadratic Equations (Cambridge (CIE) IGCSE International Maths: Extended): Exam Questions

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Solve space 6 x squared minus 7 x plus 2 equals 0.
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x equals .................. or x equals ..................

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Use the quadratic formula to solve 9 x squared minus 12 x minus 23 equals 0.
Give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.

x equals ............................ or x equals ............................

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Solve the equation 3 x squared minus 2 x minus 10 equals 0.
Show all your working and give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.   

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

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Use the quadratic formula to solve the equation  3 x squared plus 7 x minus 11 equals 0.
You must show all your working and give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.  

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

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Solve the equation  3 x squared minus 2 x minus 2 equals 0.
Show all your working and give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.  

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

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Solve the equation 6 m squared plus 25 m plus 16 equals 0.
Show all your working and give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.

m equals ..................... or m equals..................... 

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Solve the equation 2 x squared plus 7 x minus 3 equals 0.

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

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

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Nina runs 5 km at y km/h and then walks 7 km at open parentheses y minus 7 close parentheses km/h.
She takes a total of 2 hours.

Show that 2 y squared minus 26 y plus 35 equals 0.

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1b
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Solve 2 y squared minus 26 y plus 35 equals 0.

y equals space.................. or y equals ..................

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1c1 mark

Find Nina's walking speed

........................................ km/h

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Solve by factorisation.

3 x squared minus 11 x plus 6 equals 0

x equals ........................... or x equals...........................

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The nth term of a sequence is space 4 n squared plus n plus 3.
Find the value of n when the nth term is 498.  

n equals.................................................. 

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Solve by factorisation  10 m squared minus 31 m minus 14 equals 0. 

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

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Find all the solutions to the equation.

open parentheses x squared minus 4 x plus 4 close parentheses to the power of open parentheses x squared minus 9 x plus 20 close parentheses end exponent equals 1

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2a
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Solve 2 x squared plus 9 x minus 7 equals 0

You must show all your working and give your solutions correct to 3 significant figures.

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2b
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Use your answer to part (a) to solve        2 over y squared plus 9 over y minus 7 equals 0
Give your solutions correct to 3 significant figures.

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The diagram shows a trapezium.

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All the measurements are in centimetres.

The area of the trapezium is 351 cm2.

Show that  2 x squared plus x minus 351 equals 0

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Work out the value of x.

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