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Functions and Graphs - Short Problems



This is part of our collection of Short Problems.

You may also be interested in our longer problems on Functions and Graphs Age 11-14 and Age 14-16.

Printable worksheets containing selections of these problems are available here.

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Spiral Snail

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
1 out of 3

A snail slithers around on a coordinate grid. At what position does he finish?

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Bucket of Water

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
1 out of 3

Lisa's bucket weighs 21 kg when full of water. After she pours out half the water it weighs 12 kg. What is the weight of the empty bucket?

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Circumference and Diameter

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
1 out of 3

Which of these graphs could be the graph showing the circumference of a circle in terms of its diameter?

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Paper Weight

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
1 out of 3

How could you use this graph to work out the weight of a single sheet of paper?

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Straight Line Spin

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
1 out of 3

Can you draw the graph of $y=x$ after it has been rotated $90$ degrees clockwise about $(1,1)$?

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Lattice Points on a Line

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
2 out of 3

How many lattice points are there in the first quadrant that lie on the line 3x + 4y = 59 ?

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Graph Area

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
2 out of 3

Can you find the area between this graph and the x-axis, between x=3 and x=7?

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Point in Between

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
2 out of 3

Find the point on the line segment AB that is twice as far from B as it is from A.

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Linear Area

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
2 out of 3

Find the area of the triangle enclosed by these lines.

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Graphical Triangle

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
2 out of 3

What is the area of the triangle formed by these three lines?

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Negatively Triangular

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
2 out of 3

How many intersections do you expect from four straight lines ? Which three lines enclose a triangle with negative co-ordinates for every point ?

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Quadratic Rotation

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
3 out of 3

The curve $y=x^2-6x+11$ is rotated through $180^\circ$ about the origin. What is the equation of the new curve?

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Sketchorama

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
3 out of 3

Sketch the graph of the curve $y^2 = x(2-x)$

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Inside a Parabola

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
3 out of 3

A triangle of area 64 square units is drawn inside the parabola $y=k^2-x^2$. Find the value of $k$.

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Triangular Slope

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
3 out of 3

Can you find the gradients of the lines that form a triangle?

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Graph Triangles

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
3 out of 3

Use the information about the triangles on this graph to find the coordinates of the point where they touch.

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Closer to Home

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
3 out of 3

Which of these lines comes closer to the origin?