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Substitution into formulae worksheet — GCSE Foundation
Fifteen questions on "substitution into formulae" — DfE statement A2. Print it, or print three versions so neighbours cannot copy by letter; the key gives the letter for each version.
Substitution into formulae worksheet — GCSE Foundation
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- 1.Work out the value of 5m² + 3m when m = −2.4
- 2.Work out the value of 2x² when x = −3
- 3.A formula is F = 4s. A pupil says that when s = 5 the value of F is 9, because they added 4 and 5 instead of multiplying. Work out the correct value of F when s = 5.
- 4.Work out the value of 4p² − 3 when p = 2.5
- 5.Grace says that 2(x + 1) and 2x + 2 always have the same value. Work out the value of both expressions when x = 3.
- 6.Work out the value of m² + 3m when m = −2
- 7.Work out the value of 3a − 2b when a = 5 and b = 4
- 8.Work out the value of 3n − 2 when n = 1
- 9.Work out the value of 5a + 2 when a = 3
- 10.The braking distance of a car, in metres, is estimated using the formula d = 0.4v² + 6, where v is the speed in mph. A car travelling at 35 mph brakes. Work out the estimated braking distance.
- 11.Work out the value of 3x² − 4x when x = −2.
- 12.Oliver has m stickers and gives 5 of them away. The number he has left is L = m − 5. Work out L when m = 8.
- 13.A recipe gives the cooking time, in minutes, for a chicken as T = 40m + 20, where m is the mass in kg. A chicken has a mass of 1.8 kg. Work out the cooking time in hours and minutes.
- 14.The volume of a cuboid is given by the formula V = lwh. Work out V, in cm³, when l = 2, w = 3 and h = 6.
- 15.Work out the value of 5y + 9 when y = 0
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