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Mathematics A
Paper 4H

Higher Tier
Thursday 4 June 2015 – Morning Paper Reference
4MA0/4H
Time: 2 hours KMA0/4H

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pen, HB pencil, eraser, calculator. Tracing paper may be used.

Instructions
t Use black ink or ball-point pen.
t Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
centre number and candidate number.
t Answer all questions.
t Without sufficient working, correct answers may be awarded no marks.
t Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
t Calculators may be used.
t You must NOT write anything on the formulae page.
Anything you write on the formulae page will gain NO credit.

Information
t The total mark for this paper is 100.
t The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.

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t your answers if you have time at the end.
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 International GCSE MATHEMATICS
FORMULAE SHEET – HIGHER TIER
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
a + b2 = c2
2
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

r Circumference of circle = 2 r a

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

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 Answer ALL TWENTY THREE questions.

Write your answers in the spaces provided.

You must write down all stages in your working.

1 A bag contains only red bricks and blue bricks.

There is a total of 20 bricks in the bag.
2
The probability that a brick taken at random from the bag will be red is
5
How many blue bricks are there in the bag?

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(Total for Question 1 is 3 marks)

2 Pritam, Sarah and Emily share some money in the ratios 3 : 6 : 4

Sarah gets $15 more than Emily.
Work out the amount of money that Pritam gets.

$ ......................................................

(Total for Question 2 is 3 marks)

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3 Lia left home at 11 00 to drive to a shopping centre.
On her way, she stopped at a friend’s house.
Here is the distance-time graph for her journey to the shopping centre.

50

45

40

35

30
Distance
from home 25
(km)
20

15

10

0
1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700
Time

(a) (i) For how many minutes did Lia stay at her friend’s house?

............................ minutes
(ii) How far is it from her friend’s house to the shopping centre?

........................... km
(2)
1
Lia stayed at the shopping centre for 1 hours.
2
She then drove back home.
She arrived home at 16 30
(b) Show all this information on the distance-time graph.

(2)

(Total for Question 3 is 4 marks)

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4 Becky has a biased 6-sided spinner.
She spins the spinner 25 times.
She records the score for each spin. 1
The table shows information about her scores. 2
6
Score Frequency
3
1 9 5
2 6 4
3 3
4 2
5 1
6 4

(a) Find her median score.

......................................................

(2)
(b) Work out her mean score.

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(3)

(Total for Question 4 is 5 marks)

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5
y
6
5
4
3
2
1

–6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 O 1 2 3 4 5 6 x
–1
–2
R –3
–4
–5
–6

(a) On the grid above, reflect shape R in the line y íx

(2)
y
6
5
4
3
P
2
1

–2 –1 O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 x
–1
–2
–3
Q
–4
–5
–6

(b) Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle P onto triangle Q.

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(3)

(Total for Question 5 is 5 marks)

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6 M Diagram NOT
L N
x° accurately drawn

y°
P Q R

LMN is parallel to PQR.

QM = QR.
Angle RMN = x°
Angle MQR = y°
(a) Write down an expression for y in terms of x.

y = ......................................................
(2)

C Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
115° D
144°
B
k°
87° E
k°
A F

ABCDEF is a hexagon.
(b) Work out the value of k.

k =. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4)

(Total for Question 6 is 6 marks)

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7 (a) Expand 6(4 – 3y)

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(1)
(b) Factorise e 2 + 4e

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(1)
(c) Solve 7x + 8 = 2x – 3
Show clear algebraic working.

x = ......................................................
(3)
(d) Expand and simplify ( y + 10)( y – 2)

......................................................

(2)
(e) Factorise fully 20e 5 f 2 – 16e 2 f

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(2)

(Total for Question 7 is 9 marks)

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11.3 cm Diagram NOT
39° accurately drawn

x cm

Work out the value of x.

Give your answer correct to 2 decimal places.

x = ......................................................

(Total for Question 8 is 3 marks)

9 (a) Solve the inequalities –5  x + 4 - 3

......................................................

(2)
(b) n is an integer.
Write down all the values of n that satisfy –3 - n  2

......................................................

(2)

(Total for Question 9 is 4 marks)

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10 The cumulative frequency graph shows information about the length, in minutes, of each
of 80 films.

80

70

60

50
Cumulative
frequency
40

30

20

10

0
90 100 110 120 130 140 150
Length (minutes)

(a) Find an estimate for the interquartile range.

............................ minutes
(2)

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 (b) Find an estimate for the percentage of the 80 films that lasted more than 125 minutes.

...................................................... %
(3)

(Total for Question 10 is 5 marks)

11 x is an integer.
The Lowest Common Multiple (LCM) of x and 12 is 120
The Highest Common Factor (HCF) of x and 12 is 4
Work out the value of x.

x = ......................................................

(Total for Question 11 is 2 marks)

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12 The value of a boat depreciates by 16% each year.
At the end of 2012, the value of the boat is £65000
Work out the value of the boat at the end of 2015

£ ......................................................

(Total for Question 12 is 3 marks)

13 Solve 3x2 + 2x – 7 = 0
Give your solutions correct to 3 significant figures.
Show your working clearly.

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(Total for Question 13 is 3 marks)

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14 L and M are two mathematically similar prisms.

Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

3 cm 20cm
8cm
L M

Prism L has length 8 cm.

Prism M has length 20 cm.
Prism L has height 3 cm.
(a) Work out the height of prism M.

...................................................... cm
(2)
Prism M has a volume of 1875 cm3
(b) Work out the volume of prism L.

.................................................... cm3
(2)

(Total for Question 14 is 4 marks)

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15 There are 6 milk chocolates and 4 plain chocolates in a box.
Rob takes at random a chocolate from the box and eats it.
Then Alison takes at random a chocolate from the box and eats it.
(a) Complete the probability tree diagram.

Rob Alison
milk chocolate
....................

milk chocolate
....................

....................

plain chocolate

milk chocolate
....................

....................

plain chocolate

....................

plain chocolate
(3)
(b) Work out the probability that there are now exactly 3 plain chocolates in the box.

......................................................

(3)

(Total for Question 15 is 6 marks)

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Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
105°
x cm

62°
14.6 cm

Work out the value of x.

Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

x = ......................................................

(Total for Question 16 is 3 marks)

17 ABCD is a parallelogram. y
B Diagram NOT
C accurately drawn
ĺ ⎛ 5⎞ ĺ ⎛ −2⎞
BC = ⎜ ⎟ DC = ⎜ ⎟
⎝ −1⎠ ⎝ 3⎠
A
ĺ D
Find BD as a column vector. O x

⎛ ⎞
⎜⎝ ⎟⎠

(Total for Question 17 is 2 marks)

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18 A and B are two sets.
n(E ) = 36
n(B) = 21
n(Aˆ B) = 8
n(Aƍ 
(a) Complete the Venn diagram to show the number of elements in each region of the
Venn diagram.

E
A B

.................... .................... ....................

....................

(3)
(b) Find n(A ‰ B)

......................................................

(1)
(c) Find n(A ˆ Bƍ

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(1)

(Total for Question 18 is 5 marks)

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19 (a) Show that 5 − 8 7 + )
2 = 31 − 9 2
Show each stage of your working.

(3)
Given that c is a prime number,
3c − c
(b) rationalise the denominator of
c
Simplify your answer.

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(2)

(Total for Question 19 is 5 marks)

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20 n is a positive integer.
(a) Explain why 2n + 1 is an odd number for all values of n.

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(1)
(b) Show, using algebra, that the sum of any 4 consecutive odd numbers is always a
multiple of 8

(3)

(Total for Question 20 is 4 marks)

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21 y = x3 + 6x2 + 5
dy
(a) Find
dx

dy
= ......................................................
dx (2)
The curve with equation y = x3 + 6x2 + 5 has two turning points.
(b) Work out the coordinates of these two turning points.
Show your working clearly.

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(4)

(Total for Question 21 is 6 marks)

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22 The diagram shows two triangles, A and B. Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

a+1
150° b
a
b+2
Triangle A Triangle B

The area of triangle B is 3 times the area of triangle A.

Given that b  4, find an expression for a in terms of b.

a = ......................................................

(Total for Question 22 is 5 marks)

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23 Solve x2 + y 2 = 20
y = 10 – 2x
Show clear algebraic working.

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(Total for Question 23 is 5 marks)

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