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Mr Astbury's 2025 Maths Predictions

This document is a challenging mathematics paper created by Mr. Astbury, covering various topics frequently encountered in H and HR papers. It includes 30 questions worth a total of 150 marks, with a disclaimer that there is no guarantee these topics will appear on Paper 1. Additional resources, including video solutions and other paper versions, are available through a revision session on May 11.

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Mr Astbury's 2025 Maths Predictions

This document is a challenging mathematics paper created by Mr. Astbury, covering various topics frequently encountered in H and HR papers. It includes 30 questions worth a total of 150 marks, with a disclaimer that there is no guarantee these topics will appear on Paper 1. Additional resources, including video solutions and other paper versions, are available through a revision session on May 11.

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THIS PAPER WAS CREATED BY ME, MR ASTBURY,

I DESIGNED THIS PAPER TO BE CHALLENGING. IT COVERS THE TOPICS THAT,


PER MARK, I BELIEVE COME UP THE MOST ACROSS H AND HR PAPERS.
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#1 Prime Factors

1 Find the highest common factor between 336 and 120.


Show clear working.

......................................
(Total 3 marks)
#3 Probability

2 A bias 4-sided die has probabilities as shown in the table.

The probability of the die landing on 1 is twice as likely as landing on 4.

The die is rolled 200 times.


Work out an estimate for the number of times the die will land on an even number.

......................................
(Total 3 marks)
#7 Averages
3 Rahim sat 8 examinations.

Here are his marks for 5 of these examinations:

65 68 72 75 82

For his results in all 8 examinations:

• the mode of his marks is 72,


• the median of his marks is 71,
• the range of his marks is 18.

Find the marks for each of the other 3 examinations.

......................................

......................................

......................................
(Total 3 marks)
#10 Standard Form
4 The table below shows information about three (fictional) large lakes. Each lake’s
surface area and volume are given in standard form.

(a) Work out the total surface area of these three lakes. Give your answer in standard form.

...............................................
(2)

(b) The volume of Lake Borealis is k times the volume of Lake Aurora.
Work out the value of k. Give your answer correct to 2 significant figures.

k =.........................................
(2)

(c) A city uses 9.50 × 107 m³ of water per day.

If the city’s only water super was from Lake Celestia.


Work out how many days it would take for the city to completely empty Lake Celestia.
Give your answer in standard form, correct to 3 significant figures.

......................................... days
(2)
(Total 6 marks)
#11 Percentages
5 Gladys runs a furniture shop.
She buys a table for $465 and sells it for $520.

(a) Calculate the percentage profit she makes from selling this table. Give your answer
correct to 3 significant figures.

.........................................%
(2)

Gladys has a sale in her shop and reduces all prices by 12%. The sale price of an armchair was
$550.

(b) Work out the price of the armchair before the sale.

$.........................................
(2)

Gladys purchases a second-hand sofa for $900. There is an additional shipping fee of $75
that she must also pay.

She plans to sell the sofa so that she makes at least 15% profit.

(c) Find the minimum selling price she should charge for the sofa to ensure a profit of 15%.

$.........................................
(3)
(Total 7 marks)
#12 Compound Interest
6 Tomas invests £5000 in a savings account for 4 years. The account pays
compound interest as follows:

• 4% for the first year,


• 3% for each of the subsequent years.

(a) Work out the value of Tomas’s investment at the end of 4 years to the nearest pound.

£.........................................
(3)

Tomas wanted to have at least £6000 in the account at the end of the 4 years.

(b) Work out the least amount of pounds Tomas should have invested to achieve his goal.

£.........................................
(3)
(Total 6 marks)
#14 Expanding Brackets
7 Expand and simplify 2𝑥(3𝑥 − 1)(4 − 2𝑥)
Show your working clearly.

.........................................
(Total 3 marks)
#20 Indices
8 You are given that

Find an expression for n in terms of x and y.


Showing your working clearly.

n = .........................................
(Total 3 marks)
#25 Pythagoras
9 The diagram shows an isoseles trapezium ABCD.

Given that
𝐷𝐶 = 2𝐴𝐵 ℎ = 5𝑐𝑚 area of 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 = 60𝑐𝑚2

Find the perimeter of 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷.


Show your working clearly and give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

......................................... 𝑐𝑚
(Total 4 marks)
#26 Trigonometry
10 The diagram shows triangle ABC.

In triangle ABC

𝐴𝐵 = 𝐵𝐶 angle 𝐵𝐴𝐶 = 43° 𝐴𝐶 = 11 𝑐𝑚

Find the area of the triangle ABC.


Give your answer to 3 significant figures.

......................................... 𝑐𝑚2
(Total 4 marks)
#27 Area and Perimeter
11 The diagram shows two circles inside a rectangle.

Work out the area of the shaded region.


Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

......................................... 𝑐𝑚2
(Total 4 marks)
#29 Cumulative Frequency
12 The table gives information about the average speed of 200 go-kart drivers.

(a) Complete the cumulative frequency table.


(1)

(b) On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency graph from the table.

(2)
(c) Use your cumulative frequency graph to find an estimate for the
median.

......................................... km/h
(2)

(d) To qualify for the Mr Astbury speedway riders need to average at least 87 km/h.
Use your graph to estimate the percentage of drivers who qualified.

......................................... %
(3)
(Total 8 marks)
#31 Sketching Graphs
2
13 (a) Complete the table of values for 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 − 𝑥 ,
giving answers to 1 decimal place where appropriate.

(2)
2 2
(b) On the grid, draw the graph of 𝑦 = 𝑥 − 𝑥 for 0.5 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 5.

(2)

(a) By drawing a suitable straight line on the grid, find an estimate, to one decimal place,
of the solution to the equation.
𝑥2 1
−𝑥 =
2 𝑥
.........................................
(3)
(Total 7 marks)
#34 Probability
14 Emma and Noah play a tennis match.
The probability that Emma wins the first set is 0.6
• If Emma wins a set, the probability that she wins the next set is 0.7
• If Noah wins a set, the probability that he wins the next set is 0.4

The first player to win two sets in total wins the match.

(a) Complete the tree diagram

Set 1 Set 2 Set 3

Emma
wins
Emma
wins
Emma
wins

Noah
wins Noah
wins

Emma
wins

Emma
wins
Noah
wins

Noah
wins

Noah
wins

(3)

(b) Calculate the probability that Emma wins the match.

.........................................
(3)
(c) If Emma loses the first set, what is the probability that she loses the match.

.........................................
(3)
(Total 9 marks)
#35 Bounds
15 𝑣 = 𝑢 + 𝑎𝑡

𝑣 = 26.7 correct to 1 decimal place


𝑢 = 14.78 correct to 2 decimal places
𝑎 = 4.0 correct to 2 significant decimal places

Work out the upper bound of the value of 𝑡.


Show your working clearly.
Give your answer to 3 significant figures.

.........................................
(Total 3 marks)
#36 Circle Theorems
16

39°

99°

T, S, R, Q lie on the cirlce.


The line PTU is a tangent to the circle.
The line PQR is a straight line.

Find the angle TPQ.


Give a reason for each step of your working.

.........................................°
(Total 4 marks)
#42 Quadratic Simultaneous Equations
17 The line 2𝑦 − 𝑥 = 1 and the curve 3𝑦 2 + 𝑥 = 𝑥 2 − 14 − 5𝑦
intersect at A and B.
Find the gradient of the line segment AB.
Show clear algberaic working.

.........................................
(Total 6 marks)
#44 Direct Proportion
18 The power density, P (in 𝑊𝑚−2 ), of microwaves emitted by an antenna is
inversely proportional to the square of the distance, d (in metres), from the antenna.

When 𝑑 = 5, the power density is 𝑃 = 36.

(a) Express 𝑃 in terms of 𝑑.

.........................................
(2)

(b) Find the vlaue of 𝑑 when 𝑃 = 16 𝑊𝑚−2 .

.........................................
(2)
(Total 4 marks)
#45 Histograms
19 The histogram shows the daily screen time of all the year 11 students at Astbury Academy.

42 students had an daily screen time between 2.5 and 3.5 hours.

Two students from year 11 are picked at random.


Find the probability that they both have a daily screen time greater than 4.25 hours.

.........................................
(Total 5 marks)
#47 Algebraic Fractions
20 Solve

2𝑥 2 + 𝑥 − 1 2 3𝑥 − 1
+ =
𝑥2 − 𝑥 𝑥 𝑥−1
Show clear algebraic workings.

x = .........................................
(Total 4 marks)
#48 Graph Transformations
21 𝑓(𝑥) = 2𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 − 13

(c) Express 𝑓(𝑥) in the form 𝑎(𝑥 − 𝑏)2 − 𝑐.

...............................................
(3)

(d) Describe geometrically, the two transformations which map the graph of 𝑦 = 𝑥 2
to the graph of 𝑓(𝑥).

1............................................................................................................................................................................

2............................................................................................................................................................................

(3)
(Total 6 marks)
#49 Surds
22
49
11 − 2 = √𝑘
(3 + √2)

Find k.
Show clear working.

𝑘 = ........................................
(Total 5 marks)
#51 Volume of Spheres and Cones
23

17 cm

The cone has a total surface area of 200𝜋 𝑐𝑚2.


The cone is melted down to create 16 identical spheres.
Find the radius of the spheres.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

......................................... 𝑐𝑚
(Total 5 marks)
#52 Sine and Cosine Rules
24 ABC is a triangle

Find the area of triangle ABC.


Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

......................................... 𝑐𝑚3
(Total 6 marks)
#53 3D Trigonometry
25

The diagram shows a square-based pyramid.


The vertex, V , is vertically above the midpoint, M , of the base.

𝑉𝑀 = 3𝐴𝐵.
The angle VAM takes the value of 𝑦°.

Find the exact value of tan(𝑦°).


Give your answer as √𝑎 , where a is an integer.

N = .........................................
(Total 5 marks)
#55 Perpendicular Lines
26 A is the point with coordinates (2,0)
B is the point with coordinates (−7,2)
C is the point with coordinates (5,5)

The straight line 𝑙1 passes through B and C .


The straight line 𝑙2 passes A and is perpendicular to 𝑙1 .

Find the area of the triangle bounded by the lines 𝑙1 , 𝑙2 and the y axis.

.........................................
(Total 5 marks)
#56 Functions
27 The functions f and g are defined as follows:

1
𝑓(𝑥) =
𝑥−2
4𝑥 − 3
𝑔(𝑥) =
𝑥

(a) State which value of the 𝑥 cannot be included in the domain of 𝑓(𝑥)

..............................................
(1)

(b) Calculate 𝑓𝑔(12)

..............................................
(2)

(c) Solve 𝑓𝑓(𝑥) = 4

.........................................
(3)
(Total 6 marks)
#57 Differentiation
28 The curve C has the equation

𝑦 = 𝑎𝑥 3 + 𝑏𝑥 2 − 10
where a and b are constants.

The point A has the coordinates (2,2) and lies on C.


The gradient of the curve C at A is 4.

Find the x coordinates of C where the gradient is 8.

x = .........................................
x = .........................................
(Total 6 marks)
#59 Sequences
29 The second term of an arithmetric sequence, S, is −5,
The seventh term of S is 10,
The sum of the first N terms of an arithmetric sequence, S, is 350 less than
the sum of the first (𝑁 + 5) terms.

Find the value of N.


Show clear algebraic working.

N = .........................................
(Total 5 marks)
#60 Vectors
30

OAC and ACB are triangles.


D is the point on AC such that ODB is a straight line.

⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ = 2𝒂
𝑂𝐴 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ = 𝒃
𝑂𝐶 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ = 𝟓𝒂 + 𝟐𝒃
𝐴𝐵

Using a vector method, find the ratio OD:DB.


OD:DB = .........................................
(Total 5 marks)

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