What you need to know
Check yourself against these “I can” statements.
- I can sketch cubic, quartic and reciprocal graphs, showing where they cross the axes and any asymptotes
- I can use the points where graphs meet to solve equations
- I can translate and stretch a graph and describe the effect on its equation
- I can apply transformations to graphs of functions I have not seen before
Practise this topic
4 resourcesGraphs and Transformations: Spot the Mistake
A student’s working with a mistake a real student would make (or, about 1 in 8 times, no mistake at all): tap the line you think is wrong, or No mistake, then reveal it, the corrected working and why. One level for each part of…
🧮 ToolGraph Plotter
A graphing calculator: type y = f(x), x = g(y), implicit relations such as x² + y² = 25, inequalities (shaded, dashed for < and solid for ≤), parametric and polar curves, points and tables, functions f(x) = … with f′(x), and…
📋 Unit reviewGraphs and Transformations: Exam Questions
Exam-style questions on the whole Graphs and Transformations chapter, researched from real papers, with mark schemes in the examination’s notation (M, A, B, dM, ft, cso and the AO codes): cubic, quartic and reciprocal graphs…
⬢ BlockbustersGraphs and Transformations: Spot the Mistake Blockbusters
Blockbusters with the questions from the Graphs and Transformations: Spot the Mistake worksheet: choose its levels for the ordinary hexagons and for the harder ★ ones. Show the answer and the worked solution, or play against the…
Topics in this unit
- 4.1 Cubic graphs · 1 resource
- 4.5 Translating graphs · 2 resources
- 4.6 Stretching graphs · 2 resources
- 4.7 Transforming functions · 3 resources
These are the pages for Graphs and transformations in the A Level Maths scheme of work, following Pearson Edexcel A Level Mathematics (9MA0). Open this topic in Mr Wells Maths to see it alongside the rest of the course.