Edexcel maths hight tier 1MAO/2H

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P40647A
©2012 Pearson Education Ltd.
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Edexcel GCSE
Mathematics A
Paper 2 (Calculator)
*P40647A0124*
Higher Tier
Wednesday 13 June 2012 – Morning
Time: 1 hour 45 minutes 1MA0/2H
You must have: Ruler graduated in centimetres and millimetres,
protractor, pair of compasses, pen, HB pencil, eraser, calculator.
Tracing paper may be used.
Instructions
t Use black ink or ball-point pen. t Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
centre number and candidate number. t Answer all questions. t Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need. t Calculators may be used. t If your calculator does not have a button, take the value of to be
3.142 unless the question instructs otherwise.
Information
t The total mark for this paper is 100 t The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question. t Questions labelled with an asterisk (*) are ones where the quality of your
written communication will be assessed.
Advice
t Read each question carefully before you start to answer it. t Keep an eye on the time. t Try to answer every question. t Check your answers if you have time at the end.

GCSE Mathematics 1MA0
Formulae: Higher Tier
You must not write on this formulae page.
Anything you write on this formulae page will gain NO credit.
Volume of prism = area of cross section × length Area of trapezium = 1
length
= =
cross
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2
(a + b)h
Volume of sphere = 4
3
3 Volume of cone = 1
3
2h
Surface area of sphere = 42 Curved surface area of cone =
In any triangle ABC The Quadratic Equation
The solutions of ax2 + bx + c = 0
where 0, are given by
b b ac
x
a
=
− ± ( 2 − 4 )
2
Sine Rule a
A
b
B
c
sin sin sinC
Cosine Rule a2 = b2 + c2 – 2bc cos A
Area of triangle = 1
2
ab sin C
section
b
a
h
r
l
r
h
C
b a
A c B

Answer ALL questions.
Write your answers in the spaces provided.
You must write down all stages in your working.
Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
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1
ABC and DEF are parallel lines.
BEG is a straight line.
Angle GEF = 47.
Work out the size of the angle marked x.
Give reasons for your answer.
..............................................

(Total for Question 1 is 3 marks)
A
B
C
D E 47
F
G
x

×
−
2 (a) Use your calculator to work out 38 5 14 2
. .
. .
18 4 5 9
Write down all the figures on your calculator display.
You must give your answer as a decimal.
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(2)
(b) Write your answer to part (a) correct to 1 significant figure.
..............................................
(1)

3 Pradeep wants to find out how much time people spend playing sport.
He uses this question on a questionnaire.
How much time do you spend playing sport?
0 – 1 hours 1 – 2 hours 3 – 4 hours
(a) Write down two things wrong with this question.
1 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
2 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
(2)
(b) Design a better question for Pradeep’s questionnaire to find out how much time
people spend playing sport.
(2)

4 On the grid, draw the graph of y = 3x – 2 for values of x from –1 to 3
y
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x
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
–1 O 1 2 3
–1
–2
–3
–4
–5
–6

5 Mr Weaver’s garden is in the shape of a rectangle.
In the garden
there is a patio in the shape of a rectangle
and two ponds in the shape of circles with diameter 3.8 m.
The rest of the garden is grass.
Mr Weaver is going to spread fertiliser over all the grass.
One box of fertiliser will cover 25 m2 of grass.
How many boxes of fertiliser does Mr Weaver need?
You must show your working.
17 m
9.5 m
2.8 m
3.8 m
pond
patio grass
Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
3.8 m
pond
*

6 Potatoes cost £9 for a 12.5 kg bag at a farm shop.
The same type of potatoes cost £1.83 for a 2.5 kg bag at a supermarket.
Where are the potatoes the better value, at the farm shop or at the supermarket?
You must show your working.
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*

7 The scatter graph shows some information about 8 cars.
For each car it shows the engine size, in litres, and the distance, in kilometres, the car
travels on one litre of petrol.
0 1 2 3 4 5
(a) What type of correlation does the scatter graph show?
..............................................................................................
(1)
A different car of the same type has an engine size of 2.5 litres.
(b) Estimate the distance travelled on one litre of petrol by this car.
.............................................. kilometres
(2)
16
14
12
10
8
6
Distance
(kilometres)
Engine size (litres)

O 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
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8
(a) Rotate triangle A 90 clockwise, centre O.
(2)
(b) Enlarge triangle B by scale factor 3, centre (1, 2).
(3)
y
x
A
4
2
–4 –2 O 2 4
–2
–4
y
x
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
–2
–2
B

9 Linda is going on holiday to the Czech Republic.
She needs to change some money into koruna.
She can only change her money into 100 koruna notes.
Linda only wants to change up to £200 into koruna.
She wants as many 100 koruna notes as possible.
The exchange rate is £1 = 25.82 koruna.
How many 100 koruna notes should she get?
..............................................
10 m is an integer such that –2 m 3
(a) Write down all the possible values of m.
.............................................................................................
(2)
(b) Solve 7x – 9 3x + 4
..............................................
(2)
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11 The equation
x3 – 6x = 72
has a solution between 4 and 5
Use a trial and improvement method to find this solution.
Give your answer correct to one decimal place.
You must show all your working.
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x = ..............................................

12 The probability that a biased dice will land on a five is 0.3
Megan is going to roll the dice 400 times.
Work out an estimate for the number of times the dice will land on a five.
..............................................
13 Bob asked each of 40 friends how many minutes they took to get to work.
The table shows some information about his results.
Time taken (m minutes) Frequency
0 m 10 3
10 m 20 8
20 m 30 11
30 m 40 9
40 m 50 9
Work out an estimate for the mean time taken.
.............................................. minutes
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14 (a) Expand and simplify (p + 9)(p – 4)
w − = 4w + 2
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..............................................
(2)
(b) Solve
5 8
3
w = ..............................................
(3)
(c) Factorise x2 – 49
.....................................................................
(1)
(d) Simplify (9 8 3 )
1
x y 2
..............................................
(2)

15 Henry is thinking about having a water meter.
These are the two ways he can pay for the water he uses.
Water Meter
A charge of £28.20 per year
plus
91.22p for every cubic metre of water used
1 cubic metre = 1000 litres
A charge of £107 per year
Henry uses an average of 180 litres of water each day.
Henry wants to pay as little as possible for the water he uses.
Should Henry have a water meter?
No Water Meter
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*

L
9.6 cm 6.4 cm
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16
LMN is a right-angled triangle.
MN = 9.6 cm.
LM = 6.4 cm.
Calculate the size of the angle marked x.
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
..............................................................

17 Liam invests £6200 for 3 years in a savings account.
He gets 2.5% per annum compound interest.
How much money will Liam have in his savings account at the end of 3 years?
£ ..............................................................
N
x
M

18 The diagram shows a quadrilateral ABCD.
B
AB = 16 cm.
AD = 12 cm.
Angle BCD = 40
Angle ADB = angle CBD = 90
Calculate the length of CD.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
.............................................. cm
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A
C
40
16 cm
12 cm D

19 p 2 = x −
y
xy
x = 8.5 × 109
y = 4 × 108
Find the value of p.
Give your answer in standard form correct to 2 significant figures.
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..............................................
20 Make t the subject of the formula 2(d – t) = 4t + 7
t = ..............................................

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21 Prove that
(2n + 3)2 – (2n – 3)2 is a multiple of 8
for all positive integer values of n.
22 Solve 3x2 – 4x – 2 = 0
Give your solutions correct to 3 significant figures.
.................................................................................

23 (a) Max wants to take a random sample of students from his year group.
(i) Explain what is meant by a random sample.
..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
(ii) Describe a method Max could use to take his random sample.
..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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(2)
(b) The table below shows the numbers of students in 5 year groups at a school.
Year Number of students
9 239
10 257
11 248
12 190
13 206
Lisa takes a stratified sample of 100 students by year group.
Work out the number of students from Year 9 she has in her sample.
..............................................
(2)

Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
B
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24
ABC is a triangle.
AB = 8.7 cm.
Angle ABC = 49.
Angle ACB = 64.
Calculate the area of triangle ABC.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
..............................................cm2
A
C
49
64
8.7 cm

25 Carolyn has 20 biscuits in a tin.
She has
12 plain biscuits
5 chocolate biscuits
3 ginger biscuits
Carolyn takes at random two biscuits from the tin.
Work out the probability that the two biscuits were not the same type.
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Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
B
P
O A
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26
OAB is a triangle.
OA
= a
OB
= b
(a) Find AB
in terms of a and b.
..............................................
(1)
P is the point on AB such that AP : PB = 3 : 1
(b) Find OP
in terms of a and b.
Give your answer in its simplest form.
..............................................
(3)
TOTAL FOR PAPER IS 100 MARKS
b
a

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