Solve a quadratic equation by completing the square. The roots are not pretty!

Find the stationary point $(p,q)$ of the function: $f(x,y)=ax^2+bxy+cy^2+dx+gy$. Calculate $f(p,q)$.

Given $f(x)=(x+b)^n$. Find the gradient and equation of the chord between $(a,f(a))$ and $(a+h,f(a+h))$ for randomised values of $a$, $b$ and $h$.

Finding values which satisfy an inequality.

Find the nth term of a Geometric progression

Find the sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic progression

Find the nth term of an Arithmetic progression

Putting a pair of linear equations into matrix notation and then solving by finding the inverse of the coefficient matrix. 

Find a regression equation.

Now includes a graph of the regression line and another interactive graph gives users the opportunity to move the regression line around. Could be used for allowing users to experiment with what they think the line should be and see how this compares with the calculated line.

Simple Question to find the mean of five numbers

Two ordered data sets, each with 10 numbers. Find the sample standard deviation for each and for their sum.

The student is asked to factorise a quadratic $x^2 + ax + b$. A custom marking script uses pattern matching to ensure that the student's answer is of the form $(x+a)(x+b)$, $(x+a)^2$, or $x(x+a)$.

To find the script, look in the Scripts tab of part a.

Solving linear equations to find the value of x.

Sample of size $24$ is given in a table. Find sample mean, sample standard deviation, sample median and the interquartile range.

Use integration to find the volume of revolution of a function to estimate the volume of a mountain.

Given a graph of some function $f(x)$ (a cubic), the student is asked to write the coordinates of the maximum and minimum points. The student then finds the maximum and minimum points of a second cubic function without using a graph, by finding the derivative, solving the quadratic equation that results from setting the derivative equal to zero, and finally testing the value of the second derivative.

Given two numbers, find the gcd, then use Bézout's algorithm to find $s$ and $t$ such that $as+bt=\operatorname{gcd}(a,b)$.

Finally, find all solutions of an equation $\mod b$.

Write down the Newton-Raphson formula for finding a numerical solution to the equation $e^{mx}+bx-a=0$. If $x_0=1$ find $x_1$.

Included in the Advice of this question are:

6 iterations of the method.

Graph of the NR process using jsxgraph. Also user interaction allowing change of starting value and its effect on the process.

A question to practise the following skills in the context of Earth Sciences:

• graph-reading skills
• using a graph to find the equation of a line
• used adpative marking

Find the solution of $\displaystyle \frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{1+y^2}{a+bx}$ which satisfies $y(1)=c$

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Given a discrete random variable $X$ find the expectation of $1/X$ and $e^X$.

The random variable $X$ has a PDF which involves a parameter $c$. Find the value of $c$. Find the distribution function $F_X(x)$ and $P(a \lt X \lt b)$.

Also find the expectation $\displaystyle \operatorname{E}[X]=\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}xf_X(x)\;dx$.

Given a probability mass function $P(X=i)$ with outcomes $i \in \{0,1,2,\ldots 8\}$, find the expectation $E$ and $P(X \gt E)$.

Given the PDF for $Y \sim \operatorname{Exp}(\lambda)$ find the CDF, $P(a \le Y \le b)$ and $\operatorname{E}[Y],\;\operatorname{Var}(Y)$

Given the pdf  $f(x)=\frac{a-bx}{c},\;r \leq x \leq s,\;f(x)=0$ else, find $P(X \gt p)$, $P(X \gt q | X \gt t)$.

$X \sim \operatorname{Binomial}(n,p)$. Find $P(X=a)$, $P(X \leq b)$, $E[X],\;\operatorname{Var}(X)$.

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Application of the Poisson distribution given expected number of events per interval.

Finding probabilities using the Poisson distribution.

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Using differentiation to find the tangent and normal to a line at a given point

Tests the ability to find the gradient and intercept of a straight line graph.

Find a regression equation given 12 months data on temperature and sales of a drink.