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Quadratic formula
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Write in black pen. Draw graphs and diagrams in pencil.
Write each answer in the space under its question.
Show your working: a correct method can earn marks even when the answer is wrong.
Questions marked need a calculator.
About this exam
Marks for each part are in brackets, like (3).
Diagrams are NOT accurately drawn, unless otherwise indicated.
Read each question through once before you start writing.
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Quadratic formula exam questions for GCSE maths, with worked solutions
Practise the quadratic formula with exam questions written the way GCSE Higher papers test them: solving quadratics that do not factorise, giving the solutions to decimal places or significant figures, rearranging an equation into the form that equals zero first, solving a squared bracket, and setting up and solving a quadratic from a problem about a journey. Every question comes with a worked solution and an answer, and Remix gives you a fresh version with new numbers whenever you want another go.
9 questions: 9 Higher. Every question has a worked solution and an answer. Type your answers in and the page marks them as you go.
What the questions cover
Solving a quadratic equation with the formula, including when a is not 1
Giving the solutions to 2 decimal places, 3 significant figures or as decimals
Rearranging an equation so it equals zero before using the formula
Solving a squared bracket equal to a number by taking the square root of both sides
Forming a quadratic from a journey problem and rejecting the solution that cannot be right
Deciding whether a claim about quadratics that do not factorise is true, and solving exactly
How to use this page
Remix gives you a new version of the question in front of you, with new numbers.
New sitting refreshes every question at once.
Solution shows the full working, and Answer shows just the answer.
All questions lists the whole collection, and Scroll puts every question on one page.
Original MathedUp questions, written to practise the skills GCSE papers test. These are not past exam papers, and MathedUp is not affiliated with any exam board.
