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OCR MEI C1 Q1
1 Expand \(( 2 x + 5 ) ( x - 1 ) ( x + 3 )\), simplifying your answer.
OCR MEI C1 Q2
2 Find the discriminant of \(3 x ^ { 2 } + 5 x + 2\). Hence state the number of distinct real roots of the equation \(3 x ^ { 2 } + 5 x + 2 = 0\).
OCR MEI C1 Q3
3 Make \(x\) the subject of the formula \(y = \frac { 1 - 2 x } { x + 3 }\).
OCR MEI C1 Q4
4 Factorise \(n ^ { 3 } + 3 n ^ { 2 } + 2 n\). Hence prove that, when \(n\) is a positive integer, \(n ^ { 3 } + 3 n ^ { 2 } + 2 n\) is always divisible by 6 .
OCR MEI C1 Q5
5 Express \(5 x ^ { 2 } + 20 x + 6\) in the form \(a ( x + b ) ^ { 2 } + c\).
OCR MEI C1 Q6
6 Rearrange the formula \(c = \sqrt { \frac { a + b } { 2 } }\) to make \(a\) the subject.
\(7 \quad\) Make \(a\) the subject of the formula \(s = u t + \frac { 1 } { 2 } a t ^ { 2 }\).
OCR MEI C1 Q8
8 Prove that, when \(n\) is an integer, \(n ^ { 3 } - n\) is always even.
OCR MEI C1 Q9
9
  1. Express \(x ^ { 2 } + 6 x + 5\) in the form \(( x + a ) ^ { 2 } + b\).
  2. Write down the coordinates of the minimum point on the graph of \(y = x ^ { 2 } + 6 x + 5\).
OCR MEI C1 Q10
10 Find the real roots of the equation \(x ^ { 4 } - 5 x ^ { 2 } - 36 = 0\) by considering it as a quadratic equation in \(x ^ { 2 }\).
OCR MEI C1 Q11
11 Solve the equation \(\frac { 3 x + 1 } { 2 x } = 4\).
OCR MEI C1 Q12
12 Find the range of values of \(k\) for which the equation \(2 x ^ { 2 } + k x + 18 = 0\) does not have real roots.
OCR MEI C1 Q13
13 Rearrange \(y + 5 = x ( y + 2 )\) to make \(y\) the subject of the formula.
OCR MEI C1 2006 January Q2
2 \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{7a4a7ff2-d196-4645-96f1-9c994caab0a2-2_526_524_541_767} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Fig. 2}
\end{figure} Fig. 2 shows graphs \(A\) and \(B\).
  1. State the transformation which maps graph \(A\) onto graph \(B\).
  2. The equation of graph \(A\) is \(y = \mathrm { f } ( x )\). Which one of the following is the equation of graph \(B\) ? $$\begin{array} { l l l l } y = \mathrm { f } ( x ) + 2 & y = \mathrm { f } ( x ) - 2 & y = \mathrm { f } ( x + 2 ) & y = \mathrm { f } ( x - 2 )
    y = 2 \mathrm { f } ( x ) & y = \mathrm { f } ( x + 3 ) & y = \mathrm { f } ( x - 3 ) & y = 3 \mathrm { f } ( x ) \end{array}$$
OCR MEI C1 2006 January Q3
3 Find the binomial expansion of \(( 2 + x ) ^ { 4 }\), writing each term as simply as possible.
OCR MEI C1 2006 January Q4
4 Solve the inequality \(\frac { 3 ( 2 x + 1 ) } { 4 } > - 6\).
OCR MEI C1 2006 January Q5
5 Make \(C\) the subject of the formula \(P = \frac { C } { C + 4 }\).
OCR MEI C1 2006 January Q6
6 When \(x ^ { 3 } + 3 x + k\) is divided by \(x - 1\), the remainder is 6 . Find the value of \(k\). \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{7a4a7ff2-d196-4645-96f1-9c994caab0a2-3_577_1013_351_662} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Fig. 7}
\end{figure} The line AB has equation \(y = 4 x - 5\) and passes through the point \(\mathrm { B } ( 2,3 )\), as shown in Fig. 7. The line BC is perpendicular to AB and cuts the \(x\)-axis at C . Find the equation of the line BC and the \(x\)-coordinate of C .
OCR MEI C1 2006 January Q8
8
  1. Simplify \(5 \sqrt { 8 } + 4 \sqrt { 50 }\). Express your answer in the form \(a \sqrt { b }\), where \(a\) and \(b\) are integers and \(b\) is as small as possible.
  2. Express \(\frac { \sqrt { 3 } } { 6 - \sqrt { 3 } }\) in the form \(p + q \sqrt { 3 }\), where \(p\) and \(q\) are rational.
OCR MEI C1 2006 January Q9
9
  1. Find the range of values of \(k\) for which the equation \(x ^ { 2 } + 5 x + k = 0\) has one or more real roots.
  2. Solve the equation \(4 x ^ { 2 } + 20 x + 25 = 0\).
OCR MEI C1 2006 January Q10
10 A circle has equation \(x ^ { 2 } + y ^ { 2 } = 45\).
  1. State the centre and radius of this circle.
  2. The circle intersects the line with equation \(x + y = 3\) at two points, A and B. Find algebraically the coordinates of A and B . Show that the distance AB is \(\sqrt { 162 }\).
OCR MEI C1 2006 January Q11
11
  1. Write \(x ^ { 2 } - 7 x + 6\) in the form \(( x - a ) ^ { 2 } + b\).
  2. State the coordinates of the minimum point on the graph of \(y = x ^ { 2 } - 7 x + 6\).
  3. Find the coordinates of the points where the graph of \(y = x ^ { 2 } - 7 x + 6\) crosses the axes and sketch the graph.
  4. Show that the graphs of \(y = x ^ { 2 } - 7 x + 6\) and \(y = x ^ { 2 } - 3 x + 4\) intersect only once. Find the \(x\)-coordinate of the point of intersection.
OCR MEI C1 2006 January Q12
12
  1. Sketch the graph of \(y = x ( x - 3 ) ^ { 2 }\).
  2. Show that the equation \(x ( x - 3 ) ^ { 2 } = 2\) can be expressed as \(x ^ { 3 } - 6 x ^ { 2 } + 9 x - 2 = 0\).
  3. Show that \(x = 2\) is one root of this equation and find the other two roots, expressing your answers in surd form. Show the location of these roots on your sketch graph in part (i).
OCR MEI C1 2008 January Q1
1 Make \(v\) the subject of the formula \(E = \frac { 1 } { 2 } m v ^ { 2 }\).
OCR MEI C1 2008 January Q2
2 Factorise and hence simplify \(\frac { 3 x ^ { 2 } - 7 x + 4 } { x ^ { 2 } - 1 }\).
OCR MEI C1 2008 January Q3
3
  1. Write down the value of \(\left( \frac { 1 } { 4 } \right) ^ { 0 }\).
  2. Find the value of \(16 ^ { - \frac { 3 } { 2 } }\).