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Pearson Edexcel
International GCSE

Mathematics A
Level 1/2
Paper 2HR
Higher Tier
Thursday 7 June 2018 – Morning Paper Reference

Time: 2 hours 4MA1/2HR

You must have: Total Marks
Ruler graduated in centimetres and millimetres, protractor, compasses,
pen, HB pencil, eraser, calculator. Tracing paper may be used.

Instructions
• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
• centre
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
number and candidate number.
• Withoutallsufficient
Answer questions.
• Answer the questions working, correct answers may be awarded no marks.
• – there may be more spacein the spaces provided
than you need.
• You must NOT write anything on the formulae page.
Calculators may be used.
• Anything you write on the formulae page will gain NO credit.
Information
• The total mark for this paper is 100.
• –Theusemarks for each question are shown in brackets
this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.

Advice
• Check
Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
• your answers if you have time at the end.

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 International GCSE Mathematics
Formulae sheet – Higher Tier

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Arithmetic series 1
n Area of trapezium = (a + b)h
Sum to n terms, Sn = [2a + (n – 1)d] 2
2
The quadratic equation a

The solutions of ax2 + bx + c = 0 where

a v
0 are given by: h

−b ± b2 − 4ac
x=
2a b

Trigonometry In any triangle ABC

C a b c
Sine Rule = =
sin A sin B sin C

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b a Cosine Rule a2 = b2 + c2 – 2bccos A
1
Area of triangle = ab sin C
A B 2
c

1 2 Volume of prism
Volume of cone = ʌU h = area of cross section ulength
3
Curved surface area of cone = ʌUO

O cross
h section

length
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Volume of cylinder = ʌU2h 4 3

Curved surface area Volume of sphere = ʌU
3
of cylinder = 2ʌUK
Surface area of sphere = 4ʌU2
U

U
h

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 Answer ALL TWENTY FOUR questions.

Write your answers in the spaces provided.

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You must write down all the stages in your working.

1 x, 10 and y are three integers written in order of size, starting with the smallest integer.
The mean of x, 10 and y is 11
The range of x, 10 and y is 7
Work out the value of x and the value of y.
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x = .......................................................

y = .......................................................

(Total for Question 1 is 2 marks)

force
pressure =
area

2 A box is put on a table.

The face of the box in contact with the table is in the shape of a rectangle, 2 m by 1.25 m.
The pressure on the table due to the box is 42 newtons/m2
Work out the force exerted by the box on the table.
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...................................................... newtons

(Total for Question 2 is 3 marks)

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3 Behnaz makes candles.
She has 6.3 kilograms of wax and uses it all to make candles.

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Each candle Behnaz makes uses 210 grams of wax.
2
Behnaz sells of the candles for $13 each.
5
She then reduces this price by 20% and sells the rest of the candles.
Work out the total amount of money Behnaz gets by selling all the candles she made.

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$. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(Total for Question 3 is 4 marks)

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 4 (a) Expand and simplify 3(c – 7) + 2(3c + 4)
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(2)
(b) Expand and simplify (x + 7)(x – 2)

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(2)
(c) Factorise fully 28y2 – 21y

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(2)
7x − 2
(d) Solve = 3x + 1
4
Show clear algebraic working.
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x =. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)

(Total for Question 4 is 9 marks)

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5 Abelie flew by plane from Dubai to Rome.
The flight time was 6 hours 42 minutes.

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The average speed of the plane was 650 kilometres per hour.
Work out the distance the plane flew.

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....................................................... kilometres

(Total for Question 5 is 3 marks)

6 Hiran invests 20 000 rupees in an account for 3 years at 1.5% per year compound interest.
Work out the total amount of money in the account at the end of 3 years.
Give your answer to the nearest rupee.

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...................................................... rupees

(Total for Question 6 is 3 marks)

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 20 x 2 y 6
7 (a) Simplify fully
4x2 y 2
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(2)
(b) Make e the subject of the formula h = 3e + f

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(2)

(Total for Question 7 is 4 marks)

8 From point A, Stanley walks 200 m due east to point B.

From B, he then walks 160 m due south to point C.
Work out the length of AC.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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(Total for Question 8 is 3 marks)

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9
K
E J

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A

D
I

Diagram NOT
B accurately drawn
C x
H

F
G

The diagram shows a regular pentagon, ABCDE, a regular octagon, ABFGHIJK, and an
isosceles triangle, BCF.
Work out the size of angle x.

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°

(Total for Question 9 is 4 marks)

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 10 ABCD is a trapezium.

B 16 cm C
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Diagram NOT
x accurately drawn
12.5 cm

A 24.3 cm D

Work out the size of angle x.

Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
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(Total for Question 10 is 4 marks)

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11 The table shows information about the amount of money spent on holiday by each of 120
families.

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Money spent (£m) Frequency

0  m - 100 10

100  m - 200 36

200  m - 300 34

300  m - 400 20

400  m - 500 15

500  m - 600 5

(a) Write down the modal class.

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(1)
(b) Complete the cumulative frequency table for the information in the table.

Cumulative
Money spent (£m)
frequency

0  m - 100

0  m - 200

0  m - 300

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0  m - 500

0  m - 600
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 (c) On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency graph for your table.
(2)
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120

100

80

Cumulative
frequency 60

40
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20

0
0 100 200 300 400 500 600
Money spent (£)

(d) Use your graph to find an estimate for the interquartile range.
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£. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2)
(e) Use your graph to find an estimate for the number of families that spent more than
£450 on holiday.

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(2)

(Total for Question 11 is 8 marks)

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C Diagram NOT
D accurately drawn

O
74° B

A, C and D are points on a circle, centre O.

AB and CB are tangents to the circle.
Angle ABC = 74°
Work out the size of angle ADC.
Show your working clearly.

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°

(Total for Question 12 is 3 marks)

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 13 The straight line L1 has equation y = 6 – 2x
The straight line L2 is perpendicular to L1 and passes through the point (4, 7)
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Find the coordinates of the point where the line L2 crosses the x-axis.
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(. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )

(Total for Question 13 is 4 marks)

14 128 = 42x q 2x
Work out the value of x.
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x = .......................................................

(Total for Question 14 is 3 marks)

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15 The Venn diagram shows a universal set, E, and sets A, B and C.

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E
B

A C

7 3 8 1 4

7, 3, 8, 1, 4 and 9 represent the numbers of elements.

Find

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(i) n(A ‰ B )

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(ii) n($үˆ
C )

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(iii) n($ү ‰%ү )

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(Total for Question 15 is 3 marks)

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 16 There are 8 counters in a bag.
There is a number on each counter.
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1 1 2 4 4 5 5 5

Fiona takes at random three of the counters.

She adds the numbers on the three counters to get her total.
Work out the probability that her total is an odd number.
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(Total for Question 16 is 4 marks)

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17 (a) Use algebra to show that 0.436 =
55

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(2)

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20 + 80
(b) Show that can be expressed in the form a where a is an integer.
3
Show your working clearly.

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(3)

(Total for Question 17 is 5 marks)

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 18 Solve the simultaneous equations
2x2 + 3y2 = 14
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x = 2y – 3
Show clear algebraic working.
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(Total for Question 18 is 5 marks)

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 p−q
19 a =
t

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p = 8.4 correct to 2 significant figures.
q = 6.3 correct to 2 significant figures.
t = 0.27 correct to 2 significant figures.
Work out the upper bound for the value of a.
Show your working clearly.
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

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(Total for Question 19 is 3 marks)

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 20 Solve the inequality 4x2 – 5x – 6  0
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(Total for Question 20 is 4 marks)

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21 Here is the graph of y = f(x)

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7

–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 x

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–1

–2

–3

–4

–5

(a) On the grid above, draw the graph of y = 2f (x)

(2)

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 Here is the graph of y = f(x)

y
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–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 x
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–1

–2

–3

–4

–5

(b) On the grid above, draw the graph of y = f (–x)

(2)

(Total for Question 21 is 4 marks)

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 4 x 2 − 25 ⎛ 2 3 ⎞
22 Express ×⎜ − ⎟ as a single fraction in its simplest form.
5x + 2 x − 7 ⎝ x − 3 2 x − 5⎠
2

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(Total for Question 22 is 4 marks)

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 23 OAB is a triangle.
→ →
OA = a OB = b
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C is the midpoint of OA.

D is the point on AB such that AD : DB = 3 : 1
→ →
E is the point such that OB = 2BE
Using a vector method, prove that the points C, D and E lie on the same straight line.
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(Total for Question 23 is 5 marks)

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24 (a) Express 7 – 4x – x2 in the form p – (x + q)2 where p and q are constants.

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(2)
(b) Use your answer to part (a) to solve the equation 7 – 4( y + 3) – ( y + 3)2 = 0
Give your solutions in the form e ± f where e and f are integers.

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(3)
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The curve C has equation y = 3 – 5(x + 1)2

The point A is the maximum point on C.
(c) Write down the coordinates of A.

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(1)

(Total for Question 24 is 6 marks)

TOTAL FOR PAPER IS 100 MARKS

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