Pearson Edexcel Level 3

GCE Mathematics
Advanced Subsidiary
Paper 1: Pure Mathematics
Paper Reference(s)
Time: 2 hours 8MA0/01
You must have:
Mathematical Formulae and Statistical Tables, calculator
Candidates may use any calculator permitted by Pearson regulations. Calculators must not
have the facility for algebraic manipulation, differentiation and integration, or have
retrievable mathematical formulae stored in them.

Instructions
• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
• If pencil is used for diagrams/sketches/graphs it must be dark (HB or B).
• Answer all questions and ensure that your answers to parts of questions are clearly
labelled.
• Answer the questions in the spaces provided – there may be more space than you need.
• You should show sufficient working to make your methods clear. Answers without
working may not gain full credit.
• Inexact answers should be given to three significant figures unless otherwise stated.

Information
• A booklet ‘Mathematical Formulae and Statistical Tables’ is provided.
• There are 15 questions in this paper. The total mark is 100.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets – use this as a guide as to how much
time to spend on each question.

Advice
• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
• Try to answer every question.
• Check your answers if you have time at the end.
• If you change your mind about an answer, cross it out and put your new answer and
any working underneath.

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 Answer ALL questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided.

1. Find
1
∫(2 𝑥𝑥 2 − 9√𝑥𝑥 + 4) d𝑥𝑥

giving your answer in its simplest form.

(Total for Question 1 is 4 marks)

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2. Use a counter example to show that the following statement is false.
‘‘𝑛𝑛2 − 𝑛𝑛 + 5 is a prime number, for 2 ≤ 𝑛𝑛 ≤ 6’’

(Total for Question 2 is 2 marks)

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3. Given that the point A has position vector 𝑥𝑥i − j, the point B has position vector

−2𝐢𝐢 + 𝑦𝑦𝐣𝐣 and �����⃗

(3)

b. a unit vector in the direction of �����⃗

(2)
(Total for Question 3 is 5 marks)

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4. The line l1 has equation 2𝑥𝑥 − 3𝑦𝑦 = 9
The line l2 passes through the points (3, −1)and (−1,5)

Determine, giving full reasons for your answer, whether lines l1 and l2 are parallel,
perpendicular or neither.

(Total for Question 4 is 4 marks)

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5. A student is asked to solve the equation

log 3 𝑥𝑥 − log 3 √𝑥𝑥 − 2 = 1

log 3 𝑥𝑥 − log 3 √𝑥𝑥 − 2 = 1

𝑥𝑥 − √𝑥𝑥 − 2 = 31

𝑥𝑥 − 3 = √𝑥𝑥 − 2
(𝑥𝑥 − 3)2 = 𝑥𝑥 − 2
𝑥𝑥 2 − 7𝑥𝑥 + 11 = 0
7+√5 7−√5
𝑥𝑥 = or 𝑥𝑥 =
2 2

a. Identify the error made by this student, giving a brief explanation.

(1)
b. Write out the correct solution.

(3)
(Total for Question 5 is 4 marks)

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6.
h

O t
Figure 1
A stone is thrown over level ground from the top of a tower, X.
The height, h, in meters, of the stone above the ground level after t seconds is modelled
by the function.
h(𝑡𝑡) = 7 + 21𝑡𝑡 − 4.9𝑡𝑡 2 , 𝑡𝑡 ≥ 0
A sketch of h against t is shown in Figure 1.

Using the model,

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b. find the time taken after the stone is thrown for it to reach ground level.

(3)

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c. Rearrange h(𝑡𝑡) into the form 𝐴𝐴 − 𝐵𝐵(𝑡𝑡 − 𝐶𝐶)2 , where A, B and C are constants to be
found.

(3)
d. Using your answer to part c or otherwise, find the maximum height of the stone above
the ground, and the time after which this maximum height is reached.

(2)
(Total for Question 6 is 9 marks)

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7. In a triangle PQR, PQ = 20 cm, PR = 10 cm and angle QPR = 𝜃𝜃, where 𝜃𝜃 is measured in
degrees. The area of triangle PQR is 80 cm2.
3
a. Show that the two possible values of cos 𝜃𝜃 = ±
5

(4)

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Given that QR is the longest side of the triangle,
b. find the exact perimeter of the triangle PQR, giving your answer as a simplified surd.

(3)
(Total for Question 7 is 7 marks)

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8.

G
E
D
h cm
F
C
A
x cm 2x cm

Figure 2
Figure 2 shows a solid cuboid ABCDEFGH.
AB = x cm, BC = 2x cm, AE = h cm
The total surface area of the cuboid is 180 cm2.
The volume of the cuboid is V cm3.
4𝑥𝑥 3
a. Show that 𝑉𝑉 = 60𝑥𝑥 −
3

(4)

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Given that x can vary,
b. use calculus to find, to 3 significant figures, the value of x for which V is a maximum.
Justify that this value of x gives a maximum value of V.

(5)

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c. Find the maximum value of V, giving your answer to the nearest cm3.

(2)
(Total for Question 8 is 11 marks)

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9. f(𝑥𝑥) = −2𝑥𝑥 3 − 𝑥𝑥 2 + 4𝑥𝑥 + 3
a. Use the factor theorem to show that (3 − 2𝑥𝑥) is a factor of f(x).

(2)
b. Hence show that f(x) can be written in the form f(𝑥𝑥) = (3 − 2𝑥𝑥)(𝑥𝑥 + 𝑎𝑎)2 where a is an
integer to be found.

(4)

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 y

y = f(x)

O x

Figure 3
Figure 3 shows a sketch of part of the curve with equation 𝑦𝑦 = f(𝑥𝑥).
c. Use your answer to part (b), and the sketch, to deduce the values of x for which
i. f(𝑥𝑥) ≤ 0
𝑥𝑥
ii. f � � = 0
2

(3)
(Total for Question 9 is 9 marks)

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10. Prove, from the first principles, that the derivative of 5𝑥𝑥 2 is 10𝑥𝑥.

(Total for Question 10 is 4 marks)

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11. The first 3 terms, in ascending powers of x, in the binomial expansion of (1 + 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘)10 are
given by
1 + 15𝑥𝑥 + 𝑝𝑝𝑥𝑥 2
where k and p are constants.
a. Find the value of k

(2)
b. Find the value of p

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c. Given that, in the expansion of (1 + 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘)10 , the coefficient of 𝑥𝑥 4 is q, find the value of
q.

(2)
(Total for Question 11 is 6 marks)

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12. a. Explain mathematically why there are no values of 𝜃𝜃 that satisfy the equation
(3 cos 𝜃𝜃 − 4)(2 cos 𝜃𝜃 + 5) = 0

(2)
b. Giving your solutions to one decimal place, where appropriate, solve the equation
3 sin 𝑦𝑦 + 2 tan 𝑦𝑦 = 0 for 0 ≤ 𝑦𝑦 ≤ 𝜋𝜋
(Solutions based entirely on graphical or numerical methods are not acceptable.)

(3)
(Total for Question 12 is 5 marks)

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13. log10 𝑉𝑉

(50, log10 2000)

log10 20

O t
Figure 4
The value of a sculpture, £V, is modelled by the equation 𝑉𝑉 = 𝐴𝐴𝑝𝑝𝑡𝑡 , where A and p are
constants and t is the number of years since the value of the painting was first recorded
on 1st January 1960.
The line l shown in Figure 4 illustrates the linear relationship between t and log10V for
𝑡𝑡 ≥ 0.
The line l passes through the point (0,log10 20) and (50,log10 2000).
a. Write down the equation of the line l.

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 (3)
b. Using your answer to part a or otherwise, find the values of A and p.

(4)
c. With reference to the model, interpret the values of the constant A and p.

(2)

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d. Use your model, to predict the value of the sculpture, on 1st January 2020, giving your
answer to the nearest pounds.

(1)
(Total for Question 13 is 10 marks)

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14. A curve with centre C has equation
𝑥𝑥 2 + 𝑦𝑦 2 + 2𝑥𝑥 − 6𝑦𝑦 − 40 = 0
a. i. State the coordinates of C.
ii. Find the radius of the circle, giving your answer as 𝑟𝑟 = 𝑛𝑛√2.

(3)

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b. The line l is a tangent to the circle and has gradient −7.
Find two possible equations for l, giving your answers in the form 𝑦𝑦 = 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚 + 𝑐𝑐.

(8)
(Total for Question 14 is 11 marks)

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15.

Figure 5
8
Figure 5 shows a sketch of part of the curve 𝑦𝑦 = 2𝑥𝑥 + − 5, 𝑥𝑥 > 0.
𝑥𝑥 2
7
The point 𝐴𝐴(4, ) lies on C. The line l is the tangent to C at the point A.
2

The region R, shown shaded in figure 5 is bounded by the line l, the curve C, the line
with equation 𝑥𝑥 = 1 and the x-axis.
Find the exact area of R.
(Solutions based entirely on graphical or numerical methods are not acceptable.)

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 (Total for Question 15 is 9 marks)

TOTAL FOR THE PAPER: 100 MARKS

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