Mathematics A: Paper 4H Higher Tier

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International GCSE
Mathematics A
Paper 4H
Higher Tier
Tuesday 17 January 2017 – Morning Paper Reference
Time: 2 hours 4MA0/4H

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.
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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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Pythagoras’ Volume of cone = 1
r 2h Volume of sphere = 4
r3
3 3
Theorem
c Curved surface area of cone = rl Surface area of sphere = 4 r 2
b
r
a l
h
a2 + b2 = c2
r
adj = hyp cos

hyp opp = hyp sin
opp opp = adj tan In any triangle ABC
C
adj opp
or sin b a
hyp

adj A B
cos c
hyp
opp a b c
tan Sine rule:
adj sin A sin B sin C
Cosine rule: a2 b2 + c 2 2bc cos A

1
Area of triangle 2 ab sin C
cross
section
h
lengt
Volume of prism = area of cross section length
Area of a trapezium = 12 (a + b)h
Circumference of circle = 2 r a
r
Area of circle = r 2 h
r
The Quadratic Equation
Volume of cylinder = r h 2 The solutions of ax2 + bx + c 0,
h where a 0, are given by
Curved surface area
of cylinder = 2 rh b + b2 4ac
x
2a
2
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Answer ALL TWENTY ONE questions.
Write your answers in the spaces provided.

You must write down all the stages in your working.
1 The table below shows information about the number of goals scored by a football club
in each of its last 45 games.
Number of goals Number of games

0 7
1 14
2 8
3 10
4 5
5 0
6 1
Find the median number of goals.

Show your working clearly.
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(Total for Question 1 is 2 marks)
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2 Here is a biased five-sided spinner.

red
blue
orange
green
yellow
When the spinner is spun, it can land on red, orange, yellow, green or blue.
The probabilities that it lands on red, orange and yellow are given in the table.
Colour red orange yellow green blue

Probability 0.4 0.2 0.1
The probability that the spinner lands on green is the same as the probability that the
spinner lands on blue.
Michael spins the spinner once.
(a) Work out the probability that the spinner lands on green.
.......................................................
(3)
Jenny spins the spinner 200 times.
(b) Work out an estimate for the number of times the spinner lands on red.
.......................................................
(2)
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3 The weekly rent for a holiday apartment is £530, which is the same as 715.5 euros.
The weekly rent for a holiday cottage is £750
Using the same rate of currency exchange, work out the weekly rent for the cottage in euros.
....................................................... euros
4 (a) (i) Use your calculator to work out the value of

16௘
îíʌ
Write down all the figures on your calculator display.
..................................................................................
(ii) Write your answer to (a)(i) correct to 3 significant figures.
.......................................................
(3)
4.2 × 10 ௘
(b) Work out
700 000
Give your answer in standard form.
.......................................................
(2)
5
5 Abri walks along a path from her home to a local village.

Here is the distance-time graph for her journey from her home to the village.

4
Village
Distance
from
Abri’s 2
home
(km)

Home 0
12 00 12 30 13 00 13 30
Time
Benito leaves the village at 12 30 and walks at a constant speed along the same path to
Abri’s home.
He arrives at Abri’s home at 13 15
(a) Show the information about Benito’s journey on the grid.
(2)
(b) How far from the village were Abri and Benito when they passed each other?
....................................................... km
(1)
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6 A has coordinates (11, 3e)

B has coordinates (1, 7e)
The midpoint of AB has coordinates (x, y)
(a) Find the value of x.
x= .......................................................
(1)
(b) Find an expression for y in terms of e.
Simplify your answer.
y= .......................................................
(2)
7 P ∪ Q = {a , b,c,d ,e,f }
P ∩ Q = {e}
a ∈ P, c ∈ Q, f ∉ P, {b,d} ∩ Q = ∅
(a) List the members of the set P.
.......................................................
(2)
(b) List the members of the set Q.
.......................................................
(1)
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8 North

A North

The diagram shows point A and point B on a map.
The point C is due south of A
The bearing of C from B is 235°
(a) Mark the point C on the map.
(2)
The bearing of a point D from B is 168°
(b) Find the bearing of B from D
°
.......................................................
(2)
Gordon measures a length on the map as 6.3 cm correct to 1 decimal place.
(c) Write down the lower bound for this length.
....................................................... cm
(1)
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9 The diagram shows a ladder, EF, leaning against a vertical wall.

The foot, E, of the ladder is on horizontal ground.
Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
3.5 m
E 2.1 m G
EG = 2.1 m FG = 3.5 m angle EGF = 90°
(a) Work out the length of the ladder.
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
....................................................... m
(3)
(b) Work out the size of angle EFG.
Give your answer correct to the nearest degree.
°
.......................................................
(3)
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10 Solve the simultaneous equations

௘xí௘y = 33

௘x௘y = 18
Show clear algebraic working.

x = .......................................................
y = .......................................................

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11 y
5
–4 –3 –2 –1 O 1 2 3 4 5 6 x
–1
Q
–2
–3
–4
(a) On the grid, reflect triangle Q in the line x = 1

Label the new triangle R.
(2)
Triangle R is mapped onto triangle S by a reflection in the line y = 0
(b) Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle Q onto triangle S.
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(3)

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12 The straight line LKDVHTXDWLRQ ௘xí௘y = 15

(a) Find the gradient of L.

.......................................................
(3)
(b) Find the coordinates of the point where L crosses the y-axis.

( ............................ , ............................ )
(1)
(c) Find an equation of the line that is parallel to L and crosses the xD[LVDWí
.......................................................
(2)
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13 D
Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
79° 41°
A C
B
B, D and E are points on a circle, centre O.
ABC is a tangent to the circle.
DEC is a straight line.
Angle ABD = 79° and angle ECB = 41°
(a) Write down the size of angle BED.
°
.......................................................
(1)
(b) Work out the size of angle BOE.
°
.......................................................
(2)
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14 There are 52 cards in a pack.

12 cards are picture cards.
40 cards are number cards.

Melina takes at random a card from the pack.
She keeps the card and then takes at random a second card from the remainder of the pack.
(a) Complete the probability tree diagram.
First card Second card
picture
...........................
card
picture
card
...........................
number
...........................
card

picture
...........................
card
...........................
number
card
number
...........................
card
(3)
(b) Work out the probability that the two cards Melina takes are both picture cards or
both number cards.
.......................................................
(3)
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15 y
B
Diagram NOT
E accurately drawn
A
C
D
O x
→ ⎛ 3⎞ → ⎛ 4⎞
AB = ⎜ ⎟ and AC = ⎜ ⎟
⎝ 2⎠ ⎝−1 ⎠
→
(a) Find, as a column vector, BC
.......................................................
(2)
BCDE is a parallelogram.
→ →
CD =௘AC
(b) Find the length of CE.
Give your answer correct to 2 decimal places.
.......................................................
(3)
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16 g = 23 × 3 × 7 2 h = 2 × 3 × 73
(a) Express gh as a product of powers of its prime factors.

Simplify your answer.
.......................................................
(2)
g
= 2a × 3b × 7c
h
(b) Find the value of a, the value of b and the value of c.

a = .......................................................
b = .......................................................
c = .......................................................
(2)
(c) Show that (7 − 2 5 ) (7 + 2 5 ) = 29
Show your working clearly. DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
(2)
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1
= 3n
3 4
9
(d) Work out the exact value of n.
.......................................................
(3)
17 A particle moves along a straight line.

The fixed point O lies on this line.
The displacement of the particle from O at time t seconds is s metres where
9
s = 4t 2 −
t
Find the velocity of the particle at time 5 seconds.

....................................................... m/s
17
2x
18 The function f is such that f (x) =
3x + 5

D )LQG Ií
.......................................................
(1)
3
The function g is such that g (x) =
x+4
(b) Find gí (6)

.......................................................
(2)
F )LQG IJí
.......................................................
(2)
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(d) Solve the equation f (x) = g (x)

Show clear algebraic working.
.......................................................
(4)

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19 Here is the graph of y = h (x)

y
10 –
9–
8–
7–
6–
5–
4–
3–
2–

1–
–
–
í í í O 1 2 3 4 x
í –
í –
í –
í –
í –
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(a) Use the graph to find an estimate for the gradient of the curve y = h (x DW í
.......................................................
(3)
(b) By drawing a suitable straight line on the grid, find an estimate for the solution of the
equation h (x) =íx
.......................................................
(2)
The equation h (x) = k has 3 different solutions for a < k < b
(c) Use the graph to find an estimate for the value of a and the value of b.
a = .......................................................
b = .......................................................
(2)
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20 The histogram shows information about the times taken by 160 cyclists to complete the
Tour de France cycle race.

60
50
40
Frequency
30
density

20
10
0
84 85 86 87 88 89 90
Time (hours)
6 cyclists took less than 85 hours.
(a) Work out an estimate for the number of the 160 cyclists who took less than 86 hours.
.......................................................
(2)
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(b) For these 160 cyclists, work out an estimate for the time taken by the cyclist who
finished in 50th position.
....................................................... hours
(2)

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21 The diagram shows a cuboid ABCDEFGH.
E K H

Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
9 cm
F
G
D
C
A 21 cm B
AB = 21 cm and CH = 9 cm.
K is the point on EH such that angle AKB = 68° and BK = 16.5 cm.
(a) Calculate the size of angle BAK.

°
.......................................................
(3)
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(b) Calculate the size of the angle between the line BK and the plane ABCD.
°
.......................................................
(2)
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Time: 2 hours 4MA0/4H

International GCSE MATHEMATICS

DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA

adj = hyp cos

DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA

Cosine rule: a2 b2 + c 2 2bc cos A

Area of a trapezium = 12 (a + b)h

Answer ALL TWENTY ONE questions.

Write your answers in the spaces provided.

You must write down all the stages in your working.

Number of goals Number of games

Find the median number of goals.

(Total for Question 1 is 2 marks)

2 Here is a biased five-sided spinner.

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Colour red orange yellow green blue

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(Total for Question 2 is 5 marks)

(Total for Question 3 is 3 marks)

4 (a) (i) Use your calculator to work out the value of

Write down all the figures on your calculator display.

(ii) Write your answer to (a)(i) correct to 3 significant figures.

Give your answer in standard form.

(Total for Question 4 is 5 marks)

5 Abri walks along a path from her home to a local village.

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(Total for Question 5 is 3 marks)

6 A has coordinates (11, 3e)

(a) Find the value of x.

(Total for Question 6 is 3 marks)

(Total for Question 7 is 3 marks)

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(Total for Question 8 is 5 marks)

9 The diagram shows a ladder, EF, leaning against a vertical wall.

(Total for Question 9 is 6 marks)

10 Solve the simultaneous equations

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(Total for Question 10 is 3 marks)

(a) On the grid, reflect triangle Q in the line x = 1

(Total for Question 11 is 5 marks)

12 The straight line LKDVHTXDWLRQ ௘xí௘y = 15

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(Total for Question 12 is 6 marks)

(Total for Question 13 is 3 marks)

14 There are 52 cards in a pack.

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(Total for Question 14 is 6 marks)

(Total for Question 15 is 5 marks)

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12 The straight line LKDVHTXDWLRQ ௘xí௘y = 15