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 scheme of work, following Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9–1) Mathematics, Higher tier (1MA1). Open this topic in Mr Wells Maths to see it alongside the rest of the course.