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Pearson Edexcel
Level 1/Level 2 GCSE (9 - 1)
Mathematics
Paper 2 (Calculator)
Higher Tier
Specimen Papers Set 1 Paper Reference
Time: 1 hour 30 minutes 1MA1/2H
You must have: Ruler graduated in centimetres and millimetres, Total Marks
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Instructions
Use black ink or ball-point pen.
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Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
number and candidate number.
Answer all questions.
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Answer the in the spaces provided
more space than you need.
If your calculator does
Calculators may be used.
unless the question instructs
not have a π button, take the value of π to be 3.142
otherwise.
Diagrams are NOT accurately drawn, unless otherwise indicated.
You must show all your working out.
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The total mark for this paper is 80
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The for each question are shown in brackets
this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
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Specimen Papers Set 1 - September 2015 © Pearson Education Limited 2015
Answer ALL questions.
Write your answers in the spaces provided.
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You must write down all the stages in your working.
1 Make t the subject of the formula w = 3t + 11
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(Total for Question 1 is 2 marks)
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2 Three companies sell the same type of furniture.
The price of the furniture from Pooles of London is £1480
The price of the furniture from Jardins of Paris is €1980

The price of the furniture from Outways of New York is $2250
The exchange rates are
£1 = €1.34
£1 = $1.52
Which company sells this furniture at the lowest price?
You must show how you get your answer.

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3 The time-series graph gives some information about the number of pairs of shoes sold in
a shoe shop in the first six months of 2014

140
120
Number
of pairs of
shoes sold 100
80

60
January February March April May June
Months
The sales target for the first six months of 2014 was to sell a mean of 96 pairs of shoes
per month.
Did the shoe shop meet this sales target?
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4 The grouped frequency table gives information about the heights of 30 students.
Height (h cm) Frequency

130 < h 140 1
140 < h 150 7
150 < h 160 8
160 < h 170 10
170 < h 180 4
(a) Write down the modal class interval.
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(1)
This incorrect frequency polygon has been drawn for the information in the table.
12
10
Frequency
6
2
0
120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190
Height (h cm)
(b) Write down two things wrong with this incorrect frequency polygon.
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(2)
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5 At 9 am, Bradley began a journey on his bicycle.
From 9 am to 9.36 am, he cycled at an average speed of 15 km/h.

From 9.36 am to 10.45 am, he cycled a further 8 km.
(a) Draw a travel graph to show Bradley’s journey.
20
15
Distance
in km
10

5
0
9 am 9.30 am 10 am 10.30 am 11am
Time of day
(3)
From 10.45 am to 11 am, Bradley cycled at an average speed of 18 km/h.
(b) Work out the distance Bradley cycled from 10.45 am to 11 am.
....................................................... km
(2)
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6 Toby invested £7500 for 2 years in a savings account.
He was paid 4% per annum compound interest.
How much money did Toby have in his savings account at the end of 2 years?
£ .......................................................
7 Becky has some marbles.

Chris has two times as many marbles as Becky.
Dan has seven more marbles than Chris.
They have a total of 57 marbles.

Dan says,
“If I give some marbles to Becky, each of us will have the same number of marbles.”
Is Dan correct?
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8 Here is a diagram showing a rectangle, ABCD, and a circle.

A 19cm B
16cm
D 19cm C
BC is a diameter of the circle.

Calculate the percentage of the area of the rectangle that is shaded.
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

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9 The diagram shows the positions of three points, A, B and C, on a map.
N
B
50°
A
N
The bearing of B from A is 070°

Angle ABC is 50°

AB = CB
Work out the bearing of C from A.
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°

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10 The graph shows the depth, d cm, of water in a tank after t seconds.

240
180
Depth
(d cm) 120
60

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
Time (t seconds)
(a) Find the gradient of this graph.
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(2)
(b) Explain what this gradient represents.
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(1)
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11 Finlay plays two tennis matches.
The probability that he will win a match and the probability that he will lose a match are
shown in the probability tree diagram.
First match Second match
win
0.7
win
0.7
0.3
lose
win
0.7
0.3
lose
0.3
lose
(a) Work out the probability that Finlay wins both matches.
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(2)
(b) Work out the probability that Finlay loses at least one match.
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(2)
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12 (a) Find the reciprocal of 2.5

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(1)
(b) Work out 3 4.3 × tan 39°
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23.4 6.06
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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(2)
13 Show that
(3x – 1)(x + 5)(4x – 3) = 12x3 + 47x2 – 62x + 15
for all values of x.
(Total of Question 13 is 3 marks)
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14 ABC and ABD are two right-angled triangles.
A
13cm
C D 5cm B
Angle BAC = angle ADB = 90°

AB = 13 cm
DB = 5 cm
Work out the length of CB.
....................................................... cm

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15 A pendulum of length L cm has time period T seconds.
T is directly proportional to the square root of L.

The length of the pendulum is increased by 40%.
Work out the percentage increase in the time period.

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16 The histogram gives information about house prices in a village in 2015
Frequency
density
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000
Price (£ thousands)
20 houses in the village have a price between £300000 and £400000

Work out the number of houses in the village with a price under £200000
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17 Here are the first 5 terms of a quadratic sequence.
1 3 7 13 21

Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this quadratic sequence.

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18 f(x) = 3x2 – 2x – 8
Express f(x + 2) in the form ax2 + bx
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19 Here is a right-angled triangle.
x–2
All measurements are in centimetres.

The area of the triangle is 2.5 cm2.
Find the perimeter of the triangle.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
You must show all of your working.
....................................................... cm
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20 The graph shows information about the velocity, v m/s, of a parachutist t seconds after
leaving a plane.

v
60
50
40
Velocity
(m/s) 30

20
10
O 2 4 6 8 10 12 t
Time (seconds)
(a) Work out an estimate for the acceleration of the parachutist at t = 6
....................................................... m/s2
(2)
(b) Work out an estimate for the distance fallen by the parachutist in the first
12 seconds after leaving the plane.
Use 3 strips of equal width.
....................................................... m
(3)
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21 The number of bees in a beehive at the start of year n is Pn.
The number of bees in the beehive at the start of the following year is given by
Pn + 1 = 1.05(Pn – 250)
At the start of 2015 there were 9500 bees in the beehive.

How many bees will there be in the beehive at the start of 2018?
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x
22 D =
y

x = 99.7 correct to 1 decimal place.
y = 67 correct to 2 significant figures.
Work out an upper bound for D.

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23 Here is a circle, centre O, and the tangent to the circle at the point P(4, 3) on the circle.
y
P(4, 3)
–5 O 5 x
–5
Find an equation of the tangent at the point P.

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24 A, B and C are points on the circumference of a circle centre O.

O
B C
Prove that angle BOC is twice the size of angle BAC.

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Write your answers in the spaces provided.

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1 Make t the subject of the formula w = 3t + 11

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The price of the furniture from Jardins of Paris is €1980

(Total for Question 2 is 3 marks)

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(Total for Question 3 is 3 marks)

Height (h cm) Frequency

(a) Write down the modal class interval.

(Total for Question 4 is 3 marks)

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(Total for Question 5 is 5 marks)

(Total for Question 6 is 2 marks)

7 Becky has some marbles.

They have a total of 57 marbles.

(Total for Question 7 is 3 marks)

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BC is a diameter of the circle.

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(Total for Question 8 is 4 marks)

The bearing of B from A is 070°

Angle ABC is 50°

(Total for Question 9 is 3 marks)

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(a) Find the gradient of this graph.

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(Total for Question 10 is 3 marks)

shown in the probability tree diagram.

First match Second match

(Total for Question 11 is 4 marks)

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(Total for Question 12 is 3 marks)

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(Total of Question 13 is 3 marks)

Angle BAC = angle ADB = 90°

(Total for Question 14 is 3 marks)

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(Total for Question 15 is 3 marks)

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20 houses in the village have a price between £300000 and £400000

(Total for Question 16 is 3 marks)

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(Total for Question 17 is 3 marks)

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(Total for Question 18 is 3 marks)

All measurements are in centimetres.