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Question Working Answer Notes

Q1a 2 B1

Q1b 36 B1

Q2 1 330 000 45 000 29.56 B1

Q3 y=2 B1

Q4 72%, , 0.77, M1 Attempting to convert all values to the same

form

A1 cao

Q5a 2n+1 M1 Finding a common difference of 2

A1 cao

Q5b All values in the sequence are odd B1 oe

Q6 5 + 2 = 7, 35 7 = 5
£11.50 M1 Dividing 35 by 7

5 5 = 25 apples, 5 2 = 10 oranges
M1 Correctly finding the number of oranges and
25 30p = 750p, 10 40 = 400p
the number of apples

750p + 400p = 1150p

M1 750p or £7.50 and 400p or £4 seen

A1 cao

Q7 200 000 1.0229 £223 973 M1 1.0229 seen

A1 cao

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Question Working Answer Notes

Q8a 100
B1

80
Percentage on Maths Test

60

40

20

20 40 60 80 100

Percentage on Science Test

Q8b between 40% and 45% M1 Drawing horizontal line across from 57% on

vertical axis to the line of best fit.

B1

Q8c outlier B1

-2 -1 0 1 2 3 4
Q9a 3, -1, 0 M1 at least 2 values correct

8 3 0 -1 0 3 8

A1 cao

Q9b 10

M1 Points plotted followed through from their

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table. Allow one error in plotting

A1 fully correct curve

-2 -1 1 2 3 4

-1

-2

-3

-4

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Question Working Answer Notes

Q9c x=0 and x=2 A1 cao
Q9d 1 1
( ,- ) B1
M1 Using 1.5 hours

Q10 1 hour 30 mins = 1.5 hours

Yes
M1 Dividing distance by time

105 1.5 = 70
A1 Yes with 70 seen

A1 345

Q11 345 mass(kg) < 355

A1 355

M1 For either 3a or 2b or 18 or 1

Q12
A1 cao

Adult Child Total M1 for placing at least 3 given numbers correctly

Q13 First 37 3 40
M1 for between 7 and 11 entries correct

Business 30 19 49

c
E onomy 53 38 91 A1 for fully correct table

Total 120 60 180

B1 Sofia is correct.

Q14 Yes, with reason

B1 stating the common ratio is 3
M1 Multiplying 4 numbers

Q15 5 4 10 5 = 1000 1000

M1 At least 3 of those numbers correct

A1 cao

Q16 Radius = 4cm

160 or 502.65…. cm M1 4 seen

Volume: 4 10 = 160 M1 Attempt to multiply area of circle by height

A1 cao

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Question Working Answer Notes

Q17a LQ: 8.9, Median: 11.6, UQ: 13.1

M1 At least two of lower quartile, median and

Min value: 6.4, Max value 19.1

upper quartile correct

M1 Highest and lowest values correctly marked

on box plot

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

A1 cao

Q17b B1 A statement comparing the median or highest/

lowest values

B1 A statement comparing range or interquartile

range

NOTE - For B2 at least one statement MUST be

with context

Q18a sin(x) =
61.0 B1 for the right angle ABC

x = sin ( )=61.0 M1 Use of sin(x) =

A1 cao

Q18bi 61.0 B1 cao

Q18bii Alternate segment theorem B1 cao

18ci 86 B1 cao

18cii Opposite angles in a cyclic quadrilateral add B1 cao

to 180

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Question Working Answer Notes

Q19 P(Y and R):
M1 one of seen

P(R and B):

M1 all three seen

P(Y and B):

M1 process to add the probabilities

Total probability: A1 oe

Q20a (5x + 18x -8)(2x + 3)

10x + 51x + 38x - 24 M1 Correctly expanding 2 brackets

10x + 15x + 36x + 54x - 16x -24

M1 Correctly multiplying by third bracket

10x + 51x + 38x - 24 A1 Fully simplified answer

Q20b (2x+5y)(2x-5y) M1 Two terms that multiply to 4x or -25y

A1 cao

Q21 2(x + 4) - 1
g(x) = 2x + 7 M1 Substituting f into g

2x + 7 A1 cao

Q22a Angle QPR = 132° - 80° = 52°

12.7 km M1 Angle QPR =132° - 80° = 52°

QR =15 + 14 - 2 15 14
M1 Values substituted into cosine rule

cos52
QR = 15 + 14 - 2 15 14

= 12.744... cos52

A1 12.7km
Q22b 200°
M1 Use of sine rule

M1 Angle PQR =59.9...°

M1 Angle of 100° anticlockwise from North line

at Q

A1 cao

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Question Working Answer Notes

Q23a 43 5 = 8.6
48 M1 43 5 = 8.6

Height of 20 minutes to 30 minutes bar is M1 Bar height 4.8 seen

4.8
A1 cao

10 4.8 = 48

Q23b Frequency density: 14 10 = 1.4 A1 Correct bar on histogram

Frequency density

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Time (mins)

Q24 y = 3x - 5
(0, -5) and (3, 4)

M1 Substituting 3x - 5 into x + y = 25

x + (3x - 5) = 25
M1 Simplifying to 10x - 30x = 0

x + 9x - 30x + 25 = 25
OR

M1 Solving for x

10x - 30x = 0
A1 Substituting and finding values of y

10x(x - 3)=0
x = 0 and y = -5

x = 0 or x = 3

or x = 3 and y = 4

When x=0, y= 3 0 - 5=-5

When x=3, y= 3 3 - 5=4

(0, -5) and (3, 4)

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