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Simultaneous Equations
Question Paper

Course CIE IGCSE Maths (Extended)

Section Algebra & Sequences
Topic Simultaneous Equations
Question Set Calculator Questions

Time Allowed 80
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Medium Questions
Question 1
Solve the simultaneous equations.
You must show all your working.

1
x − 3y = 9
2
5x + y = 28
[3 marks]

Question 2
Solve the simultaneous equations 2x + 7y = 17
5x + 3y = – 1
Show clear algebraic working.
x = ..................................
y = ..................................
[4 marks]

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Question 3
Solve the simultaneous equations
5a + 2c = 10
2a – 4c = 7
Show clear algebraic working.

a = .......................................................
c = .......................................................
[3 marks]

Question 4
Solve the simultaneous equations
7x – 2y = 34
3x + 5y = − 3
Show clear algebraic working.
x = .............................................
y = .............................................
[4 marks]

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Hard Questions
Question 1
Solve the simultaneous equations.
You must show all your working.
x = 7 − 3y
x 2 − y 2 = 39

x = .................... y = ....................
x = .................... y = ....................
[6 marks]

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Question 2
Solve the simultaneous equations.
You must show all your working.
2x + 3y = − 12
5x + 2y = 14

x = ................................................
y = ................................................
[4 marks]

Question 3
2 2
Solve the simultaneous equations x + y = 9
x +y =2

Give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.

[6 marks]

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Question 4
Solve the equations
x 2 + y 2 = 36
x = 2y + 6
[5 marks]

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Very Hard Questions

Question 1
The straight line y = 2x + 1 intersects the curve y = x 2 + 3x – 4 at the points A and B.
Find the coordinates of A and B.
Give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.
A ( .................... , .................... )
B ( .................... , .................... )
[6 marks]

Question 2
The straight line y = 3x + 2 intersects the curve y = 2x 2 + 7x − 11 at two points.

Find the coordinates of these two points.

Give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.
(....................... , .......................)
(....................... , .......................)
[6 marks]

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Question 3
1
The graphs of y = (x − 1) 2 and y = x + 1 intersect at A and B.
2

Find the length of AB.

AB = ................................................
[7 marks]

Question 4
Solve the simultaneous equations.
You must show all your working.
y =4−x
x 2 + 2y 2 = 67

x = .................... , y = ....................
x = .................... , y = ....................
[6 marks]

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Question 5
Marco is making patterns with grey and white circular mats.

The patterns form a sequence.

Marco makes a table to show some information about the patterns.

Pattern number 1 2 3 4
Number of grey mats 6 9 12 15
Total number of mats 6 10 15 21
Marco needs a total of 6 mats to make the first pattern.
He needs a total of 16 mats to make the first two patterns.
1
He needs a total of n 3 + an 2 + bn mats to make the first n patterns.
6

Find the value of a and the value of b .

a = .........................................
b = .........................................
[6 marks]

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