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Junior Cycle Graphics: Parabola

How often Parabola comes up on the Graphics papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Parabola, Common Level(7 marks)

Quick ones on Parabola.

(a)The point where a parabola turns and crosses its own axis is called the?
  1. Focus
  2. Vertex
  3. Apex
(b)Which of these uses the shape of a parabola?
  1. A running track's bend
  2. A bicycle wheel
  3. A satellite dish
(c)Parabola by the rectangle method: lines from the vertex go to the equal divisions on?
  1. The sides parallel to the axis
  2. The axis of the parabola
  3. The side containing the vertex
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(a) Vertex

(b) A satellite dish

(c) The sides parallel to the axis

Your turn: Common Level questions on Parabola.

Common Level

Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Q4d
2025Q5b
2024Q3c
2023Q3b
2022Q5c

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

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