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Pearson Edexcel
International GCSE

Mathematics A
Paper 3HR

Higher Tier
Tuesday 6 January 2015 – Afternoon Paper Reference

Time: 2 hours 4MA0/3HR

You must have: Total Marks
Ruler graduated in centimetres and millimetres, protractor, compasses,
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.

Advice
t Check
Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
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 FOUR questions.

Write your answers in the spaces provided.

You must write down all the stages in your working.

1 In a school, there is a total of 640 children.

The ratio of the number of girls to the number of boys is 7 : 9
How many boys are there in this school?

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(Total for Question 1 is 2 marks)

2 (a) Use your calculator to work out the value of

173
1252 +
9.3 − 6.8

Give your answer as a decimal.

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(2)
(b) Write your answer to part (a) correct to 3 significant figures.

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(1)

(Total for Question 2 is 3 marks)

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3 The table shows information about the numbers of goals scored by some football teams
last week.

Number of goals Number of teams

0 5
1 8
2 2
3 3
4 2

Work out the total number of goals scored by these football teams last week.

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(Total for Question 3 is 2 marks)

4 (a) Factorise 6w + 15

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(1)
(b) Expand and simplify (x + 4)(x + 7)

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(2)
(c) Solve 3(x í 5) 7x + 12
Show clear algebraic working.

x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

(3)

(Total for Question 4 is 6 marks)

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5 On the grid, draw the graph of y 3x + 2 for values of x from í2 to 4

20

18

16

14

12

10

–2 –1 O 1 2 3 4 x
–2

–4

–6

(Total for Question 5 is 4 marks)

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6 A is the point with coordinates (4, 1)
B is the point with coordinates (1, 9)
Find the coordinates of the midpoint of AB.

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(Total for Question 6 is 2 marks)

7 y
11
10
9
8
B
7
6
5
4
3
2
A
1

O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 x

Describe fully the single transformation that maps shape A onto shape B.

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(Total for Question 7 is 2 marks)

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8 Lisa sees a dress in a sale.
The normal price of the dress is $45
The price of the dress is reduced by 12% in the sale.
(a) Work out the price of the dress in the sale.

$ ..........................................
(3)
Lisa’s weekly pay increases from $525 to $546
(b) Calculate her percentage pay increase.

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(3)

(Total for Question 8 is 6 marks)

1 2 5
9 Show that 7 −4 =2
2 3 6

(Total for Question 9 is 3 marks)

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10 The diagram shows a solid cylinder.

11 cm Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

30 cm

The cylinder has a height of 30 cm and a radius 11 cm.

(a) Work out the total surface area of the cylinder.
Give your answer correct to 2 significant figures.

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(4)
(b) The height of the cylinder is 30 cm, correct to the nearest centimetre.
(i) Write down the lower bound of the height of the cylinder.

......................................... cm
(ii) Write down the upper bound of the height of the cylinder.

......................................... cm
(2)

(Total for Question 10 is 6 marks)

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11 North

B
Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

80 km
North

A 35 km

Town B is 35 km east and 80 km north of town A.

Work out the bearing of A from B.
Give your answer correct to the nearest degree.

°
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(Total for Question 11 is 4 marks)

Do NOT write in this space.

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12 Here are the marks scored in a test by the girls in class 8C.

2 8 10 12 15 16 16 17 18 19 20
(a) Work out the interquartile range of the girls’ marks.

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(2)
The boys in class 8C did the same test.
The boys’ marks had a range of 19 and an interquartile range of 11 marks.
Gareth says that the girls’ marks are more spread out than the boys’ marks.
(b) Is Gareth right?
Tick (9 ) the appropriate box.

Yes No

Give a reason for your answer.

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(1)

(Total for Question 12 is 3 marks)

13 Given that A 23 u 3 and B 22 u 32

find the Lowest Common Multiple (LCM) of A and B.

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(Total for Question 13 is 2 marks)

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14 The size of each interior angle of a regular polygon with n sides is 140°
Work out the size of each interior angle of a regular polygon with 2n sides.

°
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(Total for Question 14 is 5 marks)

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⎛ 3 ⎞
15 Simplify ⎜ 2 x 2 y ⎟
⎜⎝ ⎟⎠

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(Total for Question 15 is 2 marks)

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16 The table shows information about the lengths of time that 120 people spent in a
supermarket.

Time (t minutes) Frequency

0 < t - 10 8
10 < t - 20 17
20 < t - 30 25
30 < t - 40 40
40 < t - 50 22
50 < t - 60 8

(a) Complete the cumulative frequency table.

Time (t minutes) Cumulative frequency

0 < t - 10
0 < t - 20
0 < t - 30
0 < t - 40
0 < t - 50
0 < t - 60
(1)

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(b) On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency graph for your table.

120

100

80
Cumulative
frequency
60

40

20

O
10 20 30 40 50 60
Time (t minutes)

(2)
(c) Use your graph to find an estimate for the median length of time spent in the
supermarket by these people.

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(2)

(Total for Question 16 is 5 marks)

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17 Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
x cm

x cm
y cm

The diagram shows a cuboid of volume V cm3

The length of the cuboid is y cm
The width and height of the cuboid are both x cm
The total length of all the edges of the cuboid is 112 cm
(a) Show that V 28x2 – 2x3

(3)
dV
(b) Find
dx

dV
..........................................
dx
(2)
(c) Find the maximum value of V
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

V ..........................................

(3)

(Total for Question 17 is 8 marks)

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18 18.6 cm Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

The diagram shows a hemisphere with a diameter of 18.6 cm.

Work out the volume of the hemisphere.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

.......................................... cm3

(Total for Question 18 is 3 marks)

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C Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
8 cm

6.5 cm B
6 cm P
A
x cm

APB and CPD are chords of a circle.

AP 6 cm, PB 6.5 cm, CP 8 cm, PD x cm
Work out the value of x.

x ..........................................

(Total for Question 19 is 2 marks)

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20 R is inversely proportional to the square of c.
When c 4, R 30
(a) Find a formula for R in terms of c.

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(3)
(b) Calculate the positive value of c when R 1920

c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

(2)

(Total for Question 20 is 5 marks)

Do NOT write in this space.

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21 The functions g and h are defined as
x
g(x)
2x − 5
h(x) x+4
(a) Find the value of g(1)

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(1)
(b) State which value of x must be excluded from any domain of g

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(1)
(c) Find gh(x)
Simplify your answer.

gh(x) .........................................

(2)
(d) Express the inverse function g–1 in the form g–1(x) ...

g–1(x) .........................................

(3)

(Total for Question 21 is 7 marks)

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22 Here are 7 cards.
Each card has a number on it.

1 2 2 3 3 3 4

Harry takes at random two cards.

(a) Calculate the probability that the numbers on the two cards are the same.

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(3)
(b) Calculate the probability that the sum of the numbers on the two cards is 5

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(3)

(Total for Question 22 is 6 marks)

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23 Here is triangle LMN, where angle LMN is an obtuse angle.

M 8.5 cm
N
47° Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
13.8 cm

ML 13.8 cm
MN 8.5 cm
Angle MNL 47°
Work out the area of triangle LMN.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

......................................... cm2

(Total for Question 23 is 6 marks)

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24 Solve the simultaneous equations

y 2x í 3
x + y2
2
41
Show clear algebraic working.

(Total for Question 24 is 6 marks)

TOTAL FOR PAPER IS 100 MARKS

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