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Exam Style Questions
Number Machines
Function Machines
Equipment needed: Calculator, pen
Guidance
1. Read each question carefully before you begin answering it.
2. Check your answers seem right.
3. Always show your workings
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1. Below is a number machine.
(a) Work out the output when the input is 6
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(b) Work out the input when the output is 35
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(2)
2. Here is a number machine.
(a) Work out the output when the input is 13
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(b) Work out the input when the output is 5
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3. Below is a number machine.
Work out the input when the output is 400
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4. Here is a number machine.
(a) Work out the output when the input is −2
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(b) Work out the input when the output is −25
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5. Here is a number machine.
(a) Work out the output when the input is 36
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(b) Work out the input when the output is 0
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(c) Work out the output when the input is 23
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(d) Work out the input when the output is −1.5
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6. Here is a number machine.
(a) Work out the output when the input is 0.5
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(b) Work out the output when the input is 1.7
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(c) Work out the input when the output is 7
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(d) Work out the input when the output is 0
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7. Below is a number machine.
Anna says that if she knows the output, she can work out the input by
dividing by 3 and then adding 7.
Explain why Anna is wrong.
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8. Here is a number machine.
(a) Work out the output when the input is 8
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Here is a different number machine
When the input is 8, the output is 75
(b) Complete the number machine.
(1)
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9. Complete the following number machines.
(a)
(1)
(b)
(1)
(c)
(1)
(d)
(1)
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10. Meredith uses the rule below to convert degrees Celsius to degrees Fahrenheit.
(a) Use the rule to convert 30°C into degrees Fahrenheit
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(2)
(b) Use the rule to convert 59°F into degrees Celsius
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11. Pablo uses this number machine to convert kilometres into miles.
He knows that 16 kilometre is approximately 10 miles.
Complete the number machine.
(2)
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12. Here is a number machine.
The input is x.
Write an expression for the output, in terms of x.
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13. Here is a function machine.
When the input is x, the output is y.
Write the output y in terms of x.
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14. Here is a function machine with input, x, and output, y.
x
Complete the function machine so that y= +2
3
(2)
15. Here is a number machine.
The input is the same as the output.
Work out the input.
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16. Here is a number machine.
When the input is x, the output is x.
Work out the value of x.
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17. Below is a number machine.
The input is the same as the output.
Work out the input
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18. Below is a number machine.
The output is twice the input.
Work out the input
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19. Here is a function machine.
The output is 120% of the input.
Work out the output
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20. Here are two number machines.
Machine A
Machine B
Haseeb inputs the same number, x, into both number machines, A and B.
Both outputs are the same.
Find the value of the input, x.
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21. Here is a number machine.
Conor knows that if the input is 5, the output is 14
He also knows that if the input is 10, the output is 21
Complete the number machine.
(4)
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22. Below is a number machine.
(a) The input is x.
Write an expression for the output, in terms of x.
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(1)
(b) Work out the range of input values for which the input is greater than the
output.
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23. Here are two number machines.
Machine A
Machine B
Both machines have the same input.
The ratio of the output of A to the output of B = 9 : 2
Work out the value of the input.
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