04a IGCSE Maths 4MA1 2H - January 2021 Examination Paper
04a IGCSE Maths 4MA1 2H - January 2021 Examination Paper
04a IGCSE Maths 4MA1 2H - January 2021 Examination Paper
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2 Ava writes down five whole numbers.
For these five numbers
the median is 7
the mode is 8
the range is 5
Find a possible value for each of the five numbers that Ava writes down.
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3 Gladys buys a table for $465 to sell in her shop.
She sells the table for $520
(a) Work out the percentage profit that Gladys makes from the sale of the table.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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(3)
Gladys has a sale in her shop.
She decreases all the normal prices by 12%
The normal price of an armchair was $550
(b) Work out the sale price of the armchair.
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5 (a) Expand and simplify 4x(2x + 5) – 3x(2x – 3)
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(2)
y5 × yn
Given that = y 13
y6
(b) work out the value of n.
n = ......................................................
(2)
(c) (i) Solve the inequality 7t – 8 < 2t + 7
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(2)
(ii) On the number line below, represent the solution set of the inequality solved in
part (c)(i)
t
–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5
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6 (a) Write down the value of y 0
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(1)
9.6 × 10 + 6.4 × 10
141 140
(b) Work out
3.2 × 1016
Give your answer in standard form.
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(3)
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7 There are 5 cocoa pods in a bag.
The mean weight of the 5 cocoa pods is 398 grams.
A sixth cocoa pod is put into the bag.
The mean weight of the 6 cocoa pods is 401 grams.
Work out the weight of the sixth cocoa pod that is put into the bag.
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8 A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O.
C
Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
O
15 cm
A
8 cm
B
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(Total for Question 8 is 5 marks)
9 A = 23 × 32 × 52 × 11
B = 24 × 3 × 54 × 13
Find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of A and B.
Give your answer as a product of powers of prime numbers.
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10 The people working for a company work in Team A or in Team B.
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9t 4 w 9
11 Simplify fully 6 10
18t w
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12 15 people were asked how long, in minutes, they had been waiting for a bus.
Here are the results.
2 3 3 4 5 6 6 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 18
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13 P, Q, R, S and T are points on a circle with centre O.
Q
Diagram NOT
R accurately drawn
m°
P
O
124°
n°
T
S
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(ii) n
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(2)
(b) Find the size of angle QPO.
°
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(1)
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17 The diagram shows a solid prism ABCDEFGH.
G 28 cm F
Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
B
C
20 cm H E
24 cm
A 37 cm D
The trapezium ABCD, in which AD is parallel to BC, is a cross section of the prism.
The base ADEH of the prism is a horizontal plane.
ADEH and BCFG are rectangles.
The midpoint of BC is vertically above the midpoint of AD so that BA = CD.
AD = 37 cm GF = 28 cm DE = 24 cm
The perpendicular distance between edges AD and BC is 20 cm.
(a) Work out the total surface area of the prism.
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(b) Calculate the size of the angle between AF and the plane ADEH.
Give your answer correct to one decimal place.
°
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(3)
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18 A rectangle ABCD is to be drawn on a centimetre grid such that
A has coordinates (–4, –2)
B has coordinates (1, 10)
C has coordinates (19, a)
D has coordinates (b, c)
(a) Work out the value of a, the value of b and the value of c.
a = ......................................................
b = ......................................................
c = ......................................................
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(b) Calculate the perimeter, in centimetres, of rectangle ABCD.
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A P Q B
Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
R
F C
T
E D
The diagram shows a shaded region T formed by removing an equilateral triangle PQR
from a regular hexagon ABCDEF.
The points P and Q lie on AB such that AB = 1.5 × PQ
Given that the area of region T is 72 3 cm2
work out the length of PQ.
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25 x 2 − 64 x 2 − 8 x + 15
21 Write × − ( x − 7)
5 x 2 − 13 x − 6 5x + 8
as a single fraction in its simplest form.
Show clear algebraic working.
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22 The diagram shows a sector OBC of a circle with centre O and radius (6 + x) cm.
O
A
50° Diagram NOT
B 6 cm accurately drawn
D
x cm
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