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Gold Level
Model Answers 5
Level IGCSE
Subject Maths
Exam Board Edexcel
Difficulty Level Gold
Booklet Model Answers 5
Time Allowed: 59 minutes
Score: / 49
Percentage: /100
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1 O Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
5.4 cm 72° 5.4 cm
A B
The diagram shows a sector OAPB of a circle, centre O.
AB is a chord of the circle.
OA = OB = 5.4 cm.
Angle AOB = 72°
Calculate the area of the shaded segment APB.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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(Total for Question is 5 marks)
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2 Correct to 2 decimal places, the volume of a solid cube is 42.88 cm3
Calculate the lower bound for the surface area of the cube.
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(Total for Question is 4 marks)
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3 Solve the simultaneous equations
y = 2x2
y = 20 #!$x
Show clear algebraic working.
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(Total for Question is 5 marks)
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4 (a) Complete the table of values for y = x3 – 3x – 1
x –2 –1 0 1 2 3
y 1
(2)
(b) On the grid, draw the graph of y = x3 – 3x – 1 for –2 ! x ! 3
y
20
15
10
–2 –1 O 1 2 3 x
–5
–10
(2)
(c) By drawing a suitable straight line on the grid, find an estimate for the solution of
the equation x3 – 3x – 6 = 0
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
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(2)
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(d) For the curve with equation y = x3 − 3 x − 1
dy
(i) find
dx
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(ii) find the gradient of the curve at the point where x = 4
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(4)
(Total for Question is 10 marks)
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5 B Diagram NOT
C accurately drawn
A 58°
O
D
A, B, C and D are four points on a circle, centre O.
AD is a diameter of the circle.
Angle BAD = 58°
(a) Calculate the size of angle ADB.
°
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(2)
(b) (i) Calculate the size of angle BCD.
°
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(ii) Give a reason for your answer.
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(2)
(Total for Question is 4 marks)
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6 Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
7 cm
B
5 cm
28°
X
D C 6 cm
A, B, C and D are four points on a circle.
ABX and DCX are straight lines.
AB = 7 cm, BX = 5 cm and CX = 6 cm.
Angle BXC = 28°
(a) Calculate the length of AC.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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(3)
(b) Calculate the length of DC.
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(3)
(Total for Question is 6 marks)
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7 The histogram shows information about the times, t minutes, patients spent at a doctors’
surgery on one day.
No patient spent more than 40 minutes at the surgery.
Frequency
density
0 10 20 30 40 50
Time (t minutes)
(a) Calculate the percentage of the patients who spent between 25 and 40 minutes at the
surgery.
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(3)
(b) 16 patients spent between 10 and 15 minutes at the surgery.
Calculate the total number of patients at the surgery that day.
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(2)
(Total for Question is 5 marks)
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8 Bill and Jo play some games of table tennis.
The probability that Bill wins the first game is 0.7
When Bill wins a game, the probability that he wins the next game is 0.8
When Jo wins a game, the probability that she wins the next game is 0.5
The first person to win two games wins the match.
(a) Complete the probability tree diagram.
First game Second game Third game
Bill
....................... wins Bill
Bill
.......................
wins
0.7
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wins Jo
Jo
wins
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wins
Bill
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wins
Bill
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wins Jo
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Jo wins
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wins Jo
wins
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(3)
(b) Calculate the probability that Bill wins the match.
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(3)
(Total for Question is 6 marks)
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9 f ( x) = 3x − 2
10
g(x) =
x+2
(a) Express the inverse function f –1 in the form f –1 (x) = ...
f –1 (x) = .................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2)
(b) Find gf(x)
Simplify your answer.
gf(x) = .................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2)
(Total for Question is 4 marks)
