Functions, inverse and composite functions: OCR GCSE Maths questions
Every OCR GCSE Maths exam question on A7 Functions, inverse and composite functions, 2017–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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- June 2025, Paper 4, Q11 (5 marks): Function A and function B are shown below. Function A: Input - 5 # a Output Function B: Input + b # 3 Output When the input for both machines is 11, the output
- November 2024, Paper 6, Q11 (7 marks): (a) Here is a function. Input + 3 × 2 Output Complete the diagram below to show the inverse of the function. Input Output (b) Here is another function. Input ×
- June 2024, Paper 4, Q13 (6 marks): Function A and function B are shown below. Function A: Input + 2 # 3 Output Function B: Input Output # 5 - 3 (a) The output of function B is x. Write an algebra
- November 2023, Paper 6, Q7 (5 marks): Here are two functions. Function A: input × k + 21 output Function B: input – 1.5 × k output 5 is input into Function A. 5 is also input into Function B. The ou
- June 2023, Paper 4, Q12 (6 marks): Here are two functions. Function A: Input Output + 5 # 3 Function B: Input Output # 2 - 1 (a) Write an algebraic expression for the output of function A when th
- November 2022, Paper 6, Q13 (5 marks): (a) Here is a function. Input × t – 2 Output When the input is 6, the output is 18. Find the value of t. (a) t = (b) Here is another function. When the input is
- November 2020, Paper 6, Q11 (8 marks): Here are two functions. Function A: Input × 3 + 15 Output Function B: Input + 11 × 2 Output (a) (i) Jo chooses a number, x. She inputs x into each function. The
- November 2019, Paper 4, Q9 (7 marks): Here is function A. Function A : input output − 4 × 3 (a) A number, k, is input into function A. The output is also k. Find the value of k. (a) k = (b) The outp
- June 2019, Paper 5, Q12 (7 marks): Here are two functions. y x × 3 – 2 Function A x + 7 × 2 y Function B (a) Find an algebraic expression for the output of the inverse of function A when the inpu
- November 2018, Paper 4, Q11 (4 marks): Here are two functions. Function A : input × 2 + 4 output Function B : input – 1 × 3 output Composite function C is shown below. Function Function Function C :
- June 2018, Paper 6, Q17 (5 marks): Here is a function. Function A: Input Output + 14 × 5 (a) The output of function A is x. Write an algebraic expression, in terms of x, for the input of function
- June 2017, Paper 6, Q14 (8 marks): Here is a function. y x × 2 Function A: + 3 (a) Complete the table of values for function A. x y -5 11 Here is another function. y x + 4 Function B: ÷ 5 (b) Fin
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