QUALIFYING EXAMINATION

NOVEMBER 2020

MATHEMATICS
0580/Paper 4 (Extended)
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 130.
● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

This document has 20 pages. Blank pages are indicated.

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1 (a) (i) Divide $24 in the ratio 7 : 5.

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

(ii) Write $24.60 as a fraction of $2870.

Give your answer in its lowest terms.

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

(iii) Write $1.92 as a percentage of $1.60 .

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

(b) In a sale the original prices are reduced by 15%.

(i) Calculate the sale price of a book that has an original price of $12.

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

(ii) Calculate the original price of a jacket that has a sale price of $38.25 .

$ ................................................. [2]
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(c) (i) Dean invests $500 for 10 years at a rate of 1.7% per year simple interest.

Calculate the total interest earned during the 10 years.

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

(ii) Ollie invests $200 at a rate of 0.0035% per day compound interest.

Calculate the value of Ollie’s investment at the end of 1 year.

[1 year = 365 days.]

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

(iii) Edna invests $500 at a rate of r % per year compound interest.

At the end of 6 years, the value of Edna’s investment is $559.78 .

Find the value of r.

r = ................................................ [3]
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4 -2
2 (a) p =e o q =e o
5 7

(i) Find 2p + q .

f p [2]

(ii) Find p .

................................................. [2]
-3
(b) A is the point (4, 1) and AB = e o.
1
Find the coordinates of B.

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

(c) The line y = 3x - 2 crosses the y-axis at G.

Write down the coordinates of G.

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

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(d)
D

NOT TO
T
SCALE
M

O C

In the diagram, O is the origin, OT = 2TD and M is the midpoint of TC.

OC = c and OD = d .

Find the position vector of M.

Give your answer in terms of c and d in its simplest form.

................................................. [3]
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3 The speed, v km/h, of each of 200 cars passing a building is measured.

The table shows the results.

Speed (v km/h) 0 1 v G 20 20 1 v G 40 40 1 v G 45 45 1 v G 50 50 1 v G 60 60 1 v G 80
Frequency 16 34 62 58 26 4

(a) Calculate an estimate of the mean.

........................................ km/h [4]

(b) (i) Use the frequency table to complete the cumulative frequency table.

Speed (v km/h) v G 20 v G 40 v G 45 v G 50 v G 60 v G 80
Cumulative frequency 16 50 196 200
[1]

(ii) On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency diagram.

200

180

160

140

120
Cumulative
frequency 100

80

60

40

20

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 v
Speed (km/h)
[3]
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(iii) Use your diagram to find an estimate of

(a) the upper quartile,

........................................ km/h [1]

(b) the number of cars with a speed greater than 35 km/h.

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

(c) Two of the 200 cars are chosen at random.

Find the probability that they both have a speed greater than 50 km/h.

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

(d) A new frequency table is made by combining intervals.

Speed (v km/h) 0 1 v G 40 40 1 v G 50 50 1 v G 80
Frequency 50 120 30

On the grid, draw a histogram to show the information in this table.

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10
Frequency
density

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 v
Speed (km/h)
[3]
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NOT TO
SCALE

55°
P 150 m
25° 45°
R
120 m

The diagram shows two triangles.

(a) Calculate QR.

QR = ............................................ m [3]

(b) Calculate RS.

RS = ............................................ m [4]
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(c) Calculate the total area of the two triangles.

............................................ m2 [3]
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North
D NOT TO
SCALE

A 140°
450 m

400 m

B 350 m C

The diagram shows a field ABCD.

The bearing of B from A is 140°.
C is due east of B and D is due north of C.
AB = 400 m, BC = 350 m and CD = 450 m.

(a) Find the bearing of D from B.

................................................. [2]
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(b) Calculate the distance from D to A.

............................................. m [6]

(c) Jono runs around the field from A to B, B to C, C to D and D to A.

He runs at a speed of 3 m/s.

Calculate the total time Jono takes to run around the field.
Give your answer in minutes and seconds, correct to the nearest second.

.................. min .................. s [4]

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6 f (x) = 3x + 2 g (x) = x 2 + 1 h (x) = 4 x

(a) Find h(4).

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

(b) Find fg(1).

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

(c) Find gf(x) in the form ax 2 + bx + c .

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

(d) Find x when f (x) = g (7) .

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

(e) Find f -1 (x) .

f -1 (x) = ................................................ [2]

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g (x)
(f) Find + x.
f (x)
Give your answer as a single fraction, in terms of x, in its simplest form.

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

(g) Find x when h -1 (x) = 2 .

x = ................................................ [1]
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7 Tanya plants some seeds.

The probability that a seed will produce flowers is 0.8 .
When a seed produces flowers, the probability that the flowers are red is 0.6 and the probability that the
flowers are yellow is 0.3 .

(a) Tanya has a seed that produces flowers.

Find the probability that the flowers are not red and not yellow.

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

(b) (i) Complete the tree diagram.

Produces Colour
flowers
Red
...............

...............
Yes Yellow
0.8

............... Other
colours

............... No

[2]

(ii) Find the probability that a seed chosen at random produces red flowers.

................................................. [2]
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(iii) Tanya chooses a seed at random.

Find the probability that this seed does not produce red flowers and does not produce yellow
flowers.

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

(c) Two of the seeds are chosen at random.

Find the probability that one produces flowers and one does not produce flowers.

................................................. [3]
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8 (a)

C R

NOT TO
SCALE
A 8 cm B

P Q
12 cm

Triangle ABC is mathematically similar to triangle PQR.

The area of triangle ABC is 16 cm2.

(i) Calculate the area of triangle PQR.

.......................................... cm2 [2]

(ii) The triangles are the cross-sections of prisms which are also mathematically similar.
The volume of the smaller prism is 320 cm3.

Calculate the length of the larger prism.

............................................ cm [3]
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(b) A cylinder with radius 6 cm and height h cm has the same volume as a sphere with radius 4.5 cm.

Find the value of h.

4
[The volume, V, of a sphere with radius r is V = rr 3 .]
3

h = ................................................ [3]

(c) A solid metal cube of side 20 cm is melted down and made into 40 solid spheres, each of radius
r cm.

Find the value of r.

4
[The volume, V, of a sphere with radius r is V = rr 3 .]
3

r = ................................................ [3]
7x
(d) A solid cylinder has radius x cm and height cm.
2
The surface area of a sphere with radius R cm is equal to the total surface area of the cylinder.

Find an expression for R in terms of x.

[The surface area, A, of a sphere with radius r is A = 4rr 2 .]

R = ................................................ [3]
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9 (a) (i) Write x 2 + 8x - 9 in the form (x + k) 2 + h .

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

(ii) Use your answer to part (a)(i) to solve the equation x 2 + 8x - 9 = 0 .

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

- 7 + 61 - 7 - 61
(b) The solutions of the equation x 2 + bx + c = 0 are and .
2 2
Find the value of b and the value of c.

b = ................................................

c = ................................................ [3]
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(c) (i)
y

O x

On the diagram,

(a) sketch the graph of y = (x - 1) 2 , [2]

1
(b) sketch the graph of y = x + 1. [2]
2

1
(ii) The graphs of y = (x - 1) 2 and y = x + 1 intersect at A and B.
2
Find the length of AB.

AB = ................................................ [7]

Question 10 is printed on the next page.

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10 (a) y = x 4 - 4x 3

(i) Find the value of y when x =- 1.

y = ................................................ [2]

(ii) Find the two stationary points on the graph of y = x 4 - 4x 3 .

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

( ..................... , ..................... ) [6]

(b) y = x p + 2x q
dy dy
= 11x 10 + 10x 4 , where is the derived function.
dx dx
Find the value of p and the value of q.

p = ................................................

q = ................................................ [2]