What you need to know
Check yourself against these “I can” statements.
- I can draw curves from a table of values
- I can recognise and sketch quadratic, cubic, reciprocal and exponential graphs
- I can find the roots, line of symmetry and turning point of a quadratic by completing the square
- I can explain what the roots of an equation mean on a graph
- I can sketch curves showing where they cross the axes, turning points and asymptotes
Practise this topic
3 resourcesFill the Gaps: Maths Vocabulary
A sentence explaining one of the unit’s key words, with gaps. Pick the right word for each gap from the words scattered round it: the right ones and plenty of wrong ones. A deck for every unit.
🧮 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…
🔗 MatchingGraph Sketching: Matching
Twelve equations: match each to its graph, which shows only where it meets the axes. Easy: quadratics in factorised form. Normal: quadratics to factorise, each also matched to its turning point, with look-alike graphs and turning…
These are the pages for Graphs - Quadratic, cubic, reciprocal and exponential in the GCSE + AQA Further Maths scheme of work, following Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9–1) Higher (1MA1), plus AQA Level 2 Further Mathematics (8365). Open this topic in Mr Wells Maths to see it alongside the rest of the course.