International GCSE in Mathematics 4MA1 3H

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The passage provides a sample mathematics exam paper for the International GCSE with multiple choice and written answer questions covering a range of topics including arithmetic, algebra, trigonometry and calculus.

Take the derivative of the equation and set it equal to 0 to find the x-value. Then substitute this x-value back into the original equation to find the corresponding y-value.

Penny receives $60, Amjit receives $84, and James receives $56

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Surname Other names

Centre Number Candidate Number


Pearson Edexcel
International GCSE

Mathematics A
Level 1/2
Paper 3H
Higher Tier
Sample assessment material for first teaching September 2016 Paper Reference
Time: 2 hours 4MA1/3H
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.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.

Advice
• Check
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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Arithmetic series 1
n Area of trapezium = (a + b)h
Sum to n terms, Sn = [2a + (n – 1)d] 2
2
The quadratic equation a

The solutions of ax2 + bx + c = 0 where


a ¹ 0 are given by: h

−b ± b2 − 4ac
x=
2a b

Trigonometry In any triangle ABC


C a b c
Sine Rule = =
sin A sin B sin C

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b a Cosine Rule a2 = b2 + c2 – 2bccos A
1
Area of triangle = ab sin C
A B 2
c

1 2 Volume of prism
Volume of cone = πr h = area of cross section × length
3
Curved surface area of cone = πrl

l cross
h section

length
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Volume of cylinder = πr2h 4 3


Curved surface area Volume of sphere = πr
3
of cylinder = 2πrh
Surface area of sphere = 4πr2
r

r
h

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Answer ALL TWENTY THREE questions.

Write your answers in the spaces provided.


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You must write down all stages in your working.


1 Yoko flew on a plane from Tokyo to Sydney.
The plane flew a distance of 7800 km.
The flight time was 9 hours 45 minutes.
Work out the average speed of the plane in kilometres per hour.
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....................................................... km/h

(Total for Question 1 is 3 marks)

2 Penny, Amjit and James share some money in the ratios 3 : 6 : 4


Amjit gets $28 more than James.
Work out the amount of money that Penny gets.
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$ .......................................................

(Total for Question 2 is 3 marks)

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3 A factory has 60 workers.
The table shows information about the distances, in km, the workers travel to the factory

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each day.

Distance (d km) Frequency

0<d5 12

5 < d  10 6

10 < d  15 4

15 < d  20 6

20 < d  25 14

25 < d  30 18

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(a) Write down the modal class.

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(1)
(b) Work out an estimate for the mean distance travelled to the factory each day.

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(4)
One of these workers is chosen at random.
(c) Write down the probability that this worker travels more than 20 km to the factory
each day.
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(2)

(Total for Question 3 is 7 marks)

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4 Nigel bought 12 boxes of melons.
He paid $15 for each box.
There were 12 melons in each box.
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3
Nigel sold of the melons for $1.60 each.
4
He sold all the other melons at a reduced price.
He made an overall profit of 15%
Work out how much Nigel sold each reduced price melon for.
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$ .......................................................

(Total for Question 4 is 5 marks)

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5 Use ruler and compasses to construct the bisector of angle ABC.
You must show all your construction lines.

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A

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(Total for Question 5 is 2 marks)

6 (a) Factorise fully 18e3f + 45e2f 4

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(2)
(b) Solve x2 – 4x – 12 = 0
Show clear algebraic working.
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(3)

(Total for Question 6 is 5 marks)

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P Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
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35°
17.6cm

R Q

Calculate the length of PR.


Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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....................................................... cm

(Total for Question 7 is 3 marks)

8 In a sale, all normal prices are reduced by 15%


The normal price of a mixer is reduced by 22.50 dollars.
Work out the normal price of the mixer.
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....................................................... dollars

(Total for Question 8 is 3 marks)

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9 The table shows the diameters, in kilometres, of five planets

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Planet Diameter (km)

Venus 1.2 × 104

Jupiter 1.4 × 105

Neptune 5.0 × 104

Mars 6.8 × 103

Saturn 1.2 × 105

(a) Write 1.4 × 105 as an ordinary number.

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(1)

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(b) Which of these planets has the smallest diameter?

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(1)
(c) Calculate the difference, in kilometres, between the diameter of Saturn and the
diameter of Neptune.
Give your answer in standard form.

....................................................... km
(2)
The diameter of the Moon is 3.5 × 103 km.
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The diameter of the Sun is 1.4 × 106 km.


(d) Calculate the ratio of the diameter of the Moon to the diameter of the Sun.
Give your ratio in the form 1 : n

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(2)

(Total for Question 9 is 6 marks)

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C Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
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9.5cm

A 7.6cm B

The diagram shows a shape made from triangle ABC and a semicircle with diameter BC.
Triangle ABC is right-angled at B.
AB = 7.6 cm and AC = 9.5 cm.
Calculate the area of the shape.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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....................................................... cm2

(Total for Question 10 is 5 marks)

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11 Expand and simplify (x + 5) (x – 3) (x + 3)

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(Total for Question 11 is 3 marks)

12 Here are the points that Carmelo scored in his last 11 basketball games.

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23 20 14 23 17 24 24 18 16 22 21

(a) Find the interquartile range of these points.

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(3)
Kobe also plays basketball.
The median number of points Kobe has scored in his last 11 games is 18.5
The interquartile range of Kobe’s points is 10
(b) Which of Carmelo or Kobe is the more consistent points scorer?
Give a reason for your answer.
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(1)

(Total for Question 12 is 4 marks)

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13 (a) Find an equation of the line that passes through the points (−3, 5) and (1, 2)
Give your answer in the form ax + by = c where a, b and c are integers.
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(4)
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Line L1 has equation y = 3x + 5


Line L2 has equation 6y + 2x = 1
(b) Show that L1 is perpendicular to L2
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(2)

(Total for Question 13 is 6 marks)

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14 The histogram shows information about the heights of some tomato plants.

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Frequency
density

0 20 40 60 80

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Height (cm)
26 plants have a height of less than 20 cm.
Work out the total number of plants.

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(Total for Question 14 is 3 marks)

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15 A rectangular lawn has a length of 3x metres and a width of 2x metres.
The lawn has a path of width 1 metre on three of its sides as shown in the diagram.
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Diagram NOT
1m accurately drawn

3x m

2x m Lawn

1m 1m

The total area of the lawn and the path is 100 m2


(a) Show that 6x2 + 7x – 98 = 0
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(2)
(b) Calculate the area of the lawn.
Show clear algebraic working.
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....................................................... m2
(5)

(Total for Question 15 is 7 marks)

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C Diagram NOT
B accurately drawn

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103°

39°
P A
A, B, C and D are points on a circle.
PA is a tangent to the circle.
Angle PAD = 39°
Angle BCD = 103°
Calculate the size of angle ADB.
Give a reason for each stage of your working.

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°

(Total for Question 16 is 5 marks)

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2a
17 y =
b−c
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a = 42 correct to 2 significant figures.


b = 24 correct to 2 significant figures.
c = 14 correct to 2 significant figures.
Work out the lower bound for the value of y.
Give your answer correct to 2 significant figures.
Show your working clearly.
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(Total for Question 17 is 3 marks)

 x2 − 1  a
18 Show that 3 − ( x − 1) ÷   can be written as where a and b are integers.
 3x + 2  x+b
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(Total for Question 18 is 4 marks)

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V
Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

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A B
O

The diagram shows a solid cone.


The base of the cone is a horizontal circle, centre O, with radius 4.5 cm.
AB is a diameter of the base and OV is the vertical height of the cone.
The curved surface area of the cone is 130 cm2
Calculate the size of the angle AVB.
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

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°

(Total for Question 19 is 4 marks)

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y
(3,5)
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O x

The diagram shows part of the curve with equation y = f(x)


The coordinates of the maximum point of the curve are (3, 5)
(a) Write down the coordinates of the maximum point of the curve with equation
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(i) y = f(x + 3)

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(1)
(ii) y = 2f(x)

(. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
(1)
(iii) y = f(3x)

(. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
(1)
The curve with equation y = f(x) is transformed to give the curve with
equation y = f(x) – 4
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(b) Describe the transformation.

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(1)

(Total for Question 20 is 4 marks)

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21 The curve with equation y = 8 x 2 + has one stationary point.
x

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Find the co-ordinates of this stationary point.
Show your working clearly.

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(. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )

(Total for Question 21 is 5 marks)


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D 18a Diagram NOT
C accurately drawn
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E
3b

A 12a B

ABCD is a trapezium.
AB is parallel to DC.

AB = 12a

AD = 3b

DC = 18a
E is the point on the line DB such that DE : EB = 1 : 2
Show by a vector method that BC is parallel to AE.
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(Total for Question 22 is 5 marks)

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23 The 4th term of an arithmetic series is 17
The 10th term of the same arithmetic series is 35

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Find the sum of the first 50 terms of this arithmetic series.

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(Total for Question 23 is 5 marks)

TOTAL FOR PAPER IS 100 MARKS

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