Function Machines
1 Below is a function machine.
Input + 15 −8 Output
1(a) What is the output if the input is 5?
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1(b) What is the input if the output is 29?
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2 Considering the new function machine below.
Input ×8 ÷4 Output
2(a) What is the output if the input is 9?
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2(b) What is the input if the output is 14?
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3 Below is a function machine.
Input ÷7 +9 Output
3(a) What is the output if the input is 56?
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3(b) What is the input if the output is 10?
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4 Below are some empty function machines.
4(a) The number 48 is input into the machine.
The output is 18.
Fill in the missing operation.
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Input ÷4 +𝑎 Output
4(b) The number 18 is input into the machine.
The output is 26.
Fill in the missing operation.
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Input ÷𝑏 × 13 Output
4(c) The number 3 is input into the machine.
The output is 80.
Fill in the missing operation.
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Input ×𝑐 −10 Output
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5(a) Complete the number machine so that 𝑎 = 2𝑏 − 6
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𝑏 𝑎
2+𝑏
5(b) Complete the number machine so that 𝑎=
3
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𝑏 𝑎𝑎
5(c) Look at the function machine shown below.
𝑏 −2 ×7 𝑎
Write down the output a, in terms of b.
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6(a) Below are some empty function machines.
Give an example of two operations that with an input of 5 would give an output of 12.
You must use two different operation signs.
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6(b) Give an example of two operations that with an input of 27 would give an output of 13.
You must use two different operation signs.
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7 Below is a function machine.
Input ×6 − 15 Output
7(a) The number 𝑥 is put through the machine.
The result is 3𝑥.
What is 𝑥?
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7(b) The number 𝑥 is put through the same machine.
The result is 5𝑥.
What is 𝑥?
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