Sketching Graphs | A-Level Maths

Sketching straight line graphs

  1. find the y-intercept
  2. find the x-intercept
  3. draw a straight line through two points

Sketching circles

  1. find the centre
  2. find the radius
  3. label a few points around the circle
  4. sketch the circle

Sketching quadratics

Question 1

Question 2

Question 3

Question 4

Question 5

Question 6

Sketching cubic graphs

  • ax3+bx2+cx+d
  • N-shaped

Question 7

Question 8

Question 9

Question 10

Question 11

Sketching quartic graphs

  • ax4+bx3+cx2+dx+e
  • W-shaped

Sketching reciprocal graphs

  • y = k/x
  • y = -k/x
  • y = k/x2
  • y = -k/x2

Sketching exponential graphs

Sketching logarithmic graphs

Sketching trigonometric graphs