plumiThe simplex algorithm: OCR A‑Level Further Maths questions
OCR A-Level Further Maths past-paper questions on 4.3 The simplex algorithm, 2018–2025, with mark schemes and examiner’s reports where available. Add MadAsMaths questions to your practice, or browse them separately by topic and difficulty.
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All 6 questions on The simplex algorithm, as a list
- June 2025, Discrete Mathematics, Q6 (13 marks): A furniture company makes three types of wardrobes. Each Type A wardrobe requires 4 hours of machine time, 6 hours of craftsman time and 2 hours of finishing ti
- June 2024, Discrete Mathematics, Q2 (9 marks): A linear programming problem is Maximise P 2 x y z = - + subject to 3 x 4 y z 30 - - G x y 6 - G x 3 y 2 z 2 - + H - and x 0 , y 0 , z 0 H H H (a) Complete the
- June 2023, Discrete Mathematics, Q3 (12 marks): An initial simplex tableau is given below. P x y z s t RHS 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 - - 0 5 4 1 1 0 20 - 0 2 0 0 1 6 1 - (a) Carry out two iterations of the simplex algori
- June 2022, Discrete Mathematics, Q6 (15 marks): A linear programming problem is Maximise P 2 x y = - subject to 3 x y 4 z 24 + - G 5x 3 z 60 - G x 2 y 3 z 12 - + + G and x 0 , y 0 , z 0 H H H (a) (i) Represen
- November 2020, Discrete Mathematics, Q3 (12 marks): An initial simplex tableau is shown below. P x y z s t RHS 1 1 0 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 1 1 0 18 0 2 3 0 1 20 -1 (a) Write down the objective for the problem that is re
- June 2019, Discrete Mathematics, Q3 (9 marks): A problem is represented as the initial simplex tableau below. P x y z s t RHS 1 -2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 60 0 2 3 4 0 1 60 (a) Write the problem as a linear pr
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