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Specimen QP - FP1 Edexcel

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PMT

Paper Reference(s)

6667/01

Edexcel GCE
Further Pure Mathematics FP1
Advanced Subsidiary/Advanced
Sample Assessment Material
Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Materials required for examination


Mathematical Formulae

Items included with question papers


Nil

Candidates may use any calculator allowed by the regulations of the Joint
Council for Qualifications. Calculators must not have the facility for
symbolic algebra manipulation, differentiation and integration, or have
retrievable mathematical formulas stored in them.

Instructions to Candidates
In the boxes on the answer book, write your centre number, candidate number, your surname, initial(s)
and signature.
Check that you have the correct question paper.
When a calculator is used, the answer should be given to an appropriate degree of accuracy.

Information for Candidates


A booklet Mathematical Formulae and Statistical Tables is provided.
Full marks may be obtained for answers to ALL questions.
The marks for individual questions and the parts of questions are shown in round brackets: e.g. (2).
There are 9 questions in this question paper. The total mark for this paper is 75.
There are 4 pages in this question paper. Any blank pages are indicated.

Advice to Candidates
You must ensure that your answers to parts of questions are clearly labelled.
You should show sufficient working to make your methods clear to the Examiner.
Answers without working may not gain full credit.

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Edexcel GCE in Mathematics

Edexcel Limited 2007

Sample Assessment Materials

PMT

f(x) = x3 3x2 + 5x 4

1.
(a) Use differentiation to find f(x).

(2)
The equation f(x) = 0 has a root in the interval 1.4 < x < 1.5
(b) Taking 1.4 as a first approximation to , use the Newton-Raphson procedure once to obtain a
second approximation to . Give your answer to 3 decimal places.
(4)
(Total 6 marks)
2.

The rectangle R has vertices at the points (0, 0), (1, 0), (1, 2) and (0, 2).
(a) Find the coordinates of the vertices of the image of R under the transformation given
a 4
by the matrix A =
, where a is a constant.
1 1

(3)

(b) Find det A, giving your answer in terms of a.


(1)
Given that the area of the image of R is 18,
(c) find the value of a.
(3)
(Total 7 marks)

3.

1
2
The matrix R is given by R =
1

2

1
2
1

(a) Find R2.


(2)
(b) Describe the geometrical transformation represented by R2.
(2)
(c) Describe the geometrical transformation represented by R.
(1)
(Total 5 marks)

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Edexcel GCE in Mathematics

PMT

f(x) = 2x 6x

4.

The equation f(x) = 0 has a root in the interval [4, 5].


Using the end points of this interval find, by linear interpolation, an approximation to .
(Total 3 marks)
5.

(a) Show that

(r

 r  1)

r 1

1
(n  2)n(n  2).
3

(b) Hence calculate the value of

40

(r

(6)

 r  1) .
(3)

r 10

(Total 9 marks)
6.

Given that z = 3 + 4i,


(a) find the modulus of z,
(2)
(b) the argument of z in radians to 2 decimal places.
(2)
Given also that w

14  2i
,
z

(c) use algebra to find w, giving your answers in the form a + ib, where a and b are real.

(4)

The complex numbers z and w are represented by points A and B on an Argand diagram.
(d) Show the points A and B on an Argand diagram.
(2)
(Total 10 marks)

Edexcel GCE in Mathematics

Edexcel Limited 2007

Sample Assessment Materials

PMT

7.

The parabola C has equation y2 = 4ax, where a is a constant.


The point (4t2, 8t) is a general point on C.
(a) Find the value of a.
(1)
(b) Show that the equation for the tangent to C at the point (4t2, 8t) is
yt = x + 4t2.
(4)
The tangent to C at the point A meets the tangent to C at the point B on the directrix of C when
y = 15.
(c) Find the coordinates of A and the coordinates of B.
(7)
(Total 12 marks)
f(x) { 2x3  5x 2 + px  5, p

8.

Given that 1 2i is a complex solution of f (x) = 0,


(a) write down the other complex solution of f(x) = 0,
(1)
(b) solve the equation f(x) = 0,
(6)
(c) find the value of p.
(2)
(Total 9 marks)
9.

Use the method of mathematical induction to prove that, for n +,


2 1
(a)

1 0

n 1 n

n 1  n

(7)

(b) f(n) = 4n + 6n 1 is divisible by 3.


(7)
(Total 14 marks)
TOTAL FOR PAPER: 75 MARKS
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