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MATHEMATICS (SYLLABUS D) 4024/21

Paper 2 May/June 2021

2 hours 30 minutes

You must answer on the question paper.

You will need: Geometrical instruments

INSTRUCTIONS
● Answer all questions.
● Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
● Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
● Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
● Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
● Do not write on any bar codes.
● You should use a calculator where appropriate.
● You may use tracing paper.
● You must show all necessary working clearly.
● Give non-exact numerical answers correct to 3 significant figures, or 1 decimal place for angles in
degrees, unless a different level of accuracy is specified in the question.
● For r, use either your calculator value or 3.142.

INFORMATION
● The total mark for this paper is 100.
● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

This document has 20 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.

DC (LK/SG) 205837/3
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1 In 2019 Nicole’s annual income was $22 000.

(a) She spent $7200 on accommodation in 2019.

Calculate the percentage of her income she spent on accommodation.

............................................. % [2]

(b) Her annual income of $22 000 increased by 4% in 2020.

Calculate her annual income in 2020.

$ ................................................ [2]

(c) Nicole invests $2000 in an account.

The account pays compound interest at a rate of K % per year.
At the end of the first year, the money in the account is $2036.

(i) Show that K = 1.8.

[2]

(ii) Find the number of complete years before Nicole has at least $2150 in the account.
Show your working.

........................................ years [3]

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2 A survey recorded the number of people living in each of 50 houses.

The bar chart shows the results.

14
12
10
8
Frequency
6
4
2
0
1 2 3 4 5 6
Number of people

(a) Find the mode.

................................................. [1]

(b) Find the median.

................................................. [1]

(c) Calculate the mean.

................................................. [3]

(d) One of these houses is chosen at random.

Find the probability that exactly 3 people live there.

................................................. [1]

(e) Two houses are chosen at random from these 50 houses.

Find the probability that only one of the two houses has exactly 5 people living there.

................................................. [3]
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3q + 5
3 (a) p=
r2
Calculate p when q = 15 and r =- 4 .

p = ................................................ [2]

(b) Expand and simplify 3 (2x + 1) + 4 (x - 5) .

................................................. [2]
3-k
(c) Solve = 1.
4

k = ................................................ [2]
x6
(d) = x -3
xm
Find m.

m = ................................................ [1]

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(e)
x

NOT TO
SCALE

24

30

A rectangular piece of card measures 30 cm by 24 cm.

The net of an open box is made by removing a square from each corner of this piece of card.
Each square that is removed has side x cm.
The area of the net is 576 cm2.

(i) Form an equation in x and solve it to find the value of x.

x = ................................................ [3]

(ii) The net is made into an open box.

1000 cm3 of sand is placed inside the box.

Find the fraction of the box that is filled with sand.

Give your answer in its simplest form.

................................................. [3]

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4 (a) The diagram shows a sketch of quadrilateral ABCD.

A
4.5 cm
50°
D 8 cm NOT TO
SCALE
10 cm
B

6 cm

(i) Construct an accurate drawing of ABCD.

AC has been drawn for you.
A

C
[3]
| .
(ii) Measure ADC

................................................. [1]

(iii) By taking a suitable measurement from your diagram, find the perimeter of
quadrilateral ABCD.

............................................ cm [1]
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(b)
Q R

X
8
P S
U V

10

T 15 W

The diagram shows a cuboid.

TW = 15 cm, WV = 10 cm and RV = 8 cm.

(i) Show that TR = 19.7 cm, correct to 1 decimal place.

[3]

(ii) X is the midpoint of PQ.

t .
Calculate TRX

t = ................................................ [5]
TRX

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5 (a) Shade the subset Al + B + C .


A B

[1]

(b)  = { A, C, E, G, H, J, N, R, T, Z }
W = { x : x has rotational symmetry of order 2 }
X = { x : x has line symmetry }
Y = { R, A, N, G, E }

(i) Complete the Venn diagram.


W X

[3]

(ii) List the elements of X + (W , Y)l .

................................................. [1]

(iii) Find n (W , X , Y )l .

................................................. [1]

(iv) Using set notation, complete this statement.

................................... = Q [1]

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12 - 3x
6 f (x) = 2x + 3 g (x) =
5
(a) Find g(–1).

................................................. [1]

(b) Solve f (x) = 2 .

x = ................................................ [2]

(c) Find g -1 (x) .

g -1 (x) = ................................................ [3]

(d) Find the value of x when f(x) is 4 more than g(x).

x = ................................................ [4]

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7 (a) y = 2x + 1 y = 2x - 1 y =- 2x + 1 y =- 2x - 1

The diagrams below show sketches of two of these lines.

Write the correct equation below each diagram.

y y

O x O x

................................. .................................
[2]

(b)
y

–3 0 2 x

This diagram shows a sketch of the graph of y = x 2 + ax + b .

Find the value of a and the value of b.

a = .................. b = .................. [2]

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(c)
y
25

20

15

10

–3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 x
–5

– 10

– 15

– 20

– 25

The grid shows the graph of y = x 3 - 2x 2 - 5x + 6 .

(i) x 3 - 2x 2 - 5x + 6 = k has exactly 2 solutions.

Use the graph to find the possible values of k.

................................................. [2]

(ii) By drawing a suitable line on the grid, find the solutions of x 3 - 2x 2 - 7x + 5 = 0 .

x = .................. , x = .................. , x = .................. [4]

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8 (a)
P

NOT TO
SCALE
x° Q
8x° 24°
O

P, Q and R are points on the circumference of a circle, centre O.

Angle POQ = 8xo, angle RPO = xo and angle OQR = 24o.

Calculate angle PQO.

Angle PQO = ................................................ [4]

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(b)
L

6
NOT TO
K y° SCALE
J M
10.5

10

Triangle KLM is similar to triangle KNJ.

JKM and NKL are straight lines.
t = KNJ
KLM t and LKM t = y o.
KL = 6 cm, KM = 10.5 cm and KN = 10 cm.
The area of triangle JKN is 75 cm2.

Calculate y.

y = ................................................ [5]

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9 (a) The cumulative frequency diagram shows the marks obtained by 80 students in a Maths test.

80

70

60

50
Cumulative
frequency
40

30

20

10

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 m
Mark

(i) Use the diagram to find an estimate of the median.

................................................. [1]

(ii) 60% of the students passed the test.

Use the diagram to find the number of marks needed to pass the test.

................................................. [2]

(iii) Using the information on the diagram, complete the frequency table.

Mark (m) 0 G m 1 20 20 G m 1 40 40 G m 1 60 60 G m 1 80 80 G m 1 100

Frequency 8
[2]

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(b) The times taken by the 80 students to complete a Science test are shown in the frequency table.

Time (m minutes) 40 1 m G 50 50 1 m G 60 60 1 m G 70 70 1 m G 80 80 1 m G 90

Frequency 8 13 p 20 q

An estimate for the mean time taken to complete the test is 67.625 minutes.
This is calculated using the mid-interval value as an estimate of the time in each interval.

Calculate the value of p and the value of q.

p = .................. q = .................. [5]

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-3
10 (a) AB = e o
5

(i) Calculate AB .

AB = ................................................ [2]
6
(ii) AC = e o and C is the point (10, -1).
2

(a) Find the coordinates of the point A.

(.................... , ....................) [1]

(b) B is the midpoint of AD.

Find the coordinates of the point D.

(.................... , ....................) [2]

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(b)
P
NOT TO
S SCALE

p Q

R
q

The diagram shows triangle OPQ.

OP = p and OQ = q .
R is the point on OQ such that OR = 2RQ .
S is the midpoint of PQ.

Express, as simply as possible, in terms of p and/or q

(i) PQ,

PQ = ................................................ [1]

(ii) OS ,

OS = ................................................ [2]

(iii) SR .

SR = ................................................ [2]

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