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International GCSE

Mathematics A
Paper 3H

Higher Tier
Monday 11 January 2016 – Morning Paper Reference
4MA0/3H
Time: 2 hours KMA0/3H

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.
• –Theusemarks for each question are shown in brackets
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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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

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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
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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.

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You must write down all the stages in your working.

1 Here is a list of the ingredients needed to make lentil soup for 6 people.

Lentil Soup (for 6 people)

120 g lentils
300 g carrots
800 ml vegetable stock
3 onions

Jenny wants to make lentil soup for 24 people.

(a) Work out the amount of vegetable stock she needs.
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(2)
Ravi is going to make lentil soup.
He uses 450 g of carrots.
(b) How many people is Ravi making the lentil soup for?
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(2)

(Total for Question 1 is 4 marks)

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2 Lizzy drove by car to visit her aunt.

She left home at 9 30 am.

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Lizzy arrived at her aunt’s house at 1115 am.
She drove a distance of 140 km.
Work out, in km/h, Lizzy’s average speed for the journey.

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(Total for Question 2 is 3 marks)

3 7 9
3 Show that ÷ =
8 12 14

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(Total for Question 3 is 2 marks)

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4 (a) Factorise 15r + 10

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(1)
(b) Simplify y7 × y2

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(c) Expand and simplify (x + 5)(x – 1)
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(2)
3 4
36k m
(d) Simplify fully
30k 5 m
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(2)

(Total for Question 4 is 6 marks)

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5 Kim asked 40 people how many text messages they each sent on Monday.
The table shows her results.

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Number of text messages sent Frequency
0 to 4 6
5 to 9 3
10 to 14 5
15 to 19 12
20 to 24 14

(a) Write down the modal class.

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(b) Calculate an estimate for the mean number of text messages sent.

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(4)
(c) What percentage of these 40 people sent 20 or more text messages?
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(Total for Question 5 is 7 marks)

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6 Use ruler and compasses only to construct the perpendicular bisector of line AB.
You must show all your construction lines.
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A B
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(Total for Question 6 is 2 marks)

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7 E = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}
A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}

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B = {odd numbers}

(a) List the members of A ‰ B

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(1)
C is a set such that A ˆ C = {4, 5}
The set C has 4 members.

(b) List the members of one possible set C

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(2)

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(Total for Question 7 is 3 marks)

8 Solve 3(2x + 5) = 4 – x
Show clear algebraic working.

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

(Total for Question 8 is 3 marks)

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9
5.4 cm Diagram NOT
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accurately drawn

16 cm

A cylinder has radius 5.4 cm and height 16 cm.

(a) Work out the volume of the cylinder.
Give your answer correct to the nearest whole number.
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(2)
The radius 5.4 cm is correct to 2 significant figures.
(b) (i) Write down the upper bound of the radius.

cm
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(ii) Write down the lower bound of the radius.

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(2)

(Total for Question 9 is 4 marks)

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10 (a) On the grid, draw the graph of y = 2x + 3 for values of x from –2 to 4

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y
11

10

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–2 –1 O 1 2 3 4 x
–1

–2

–3
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(3)
(b) Show, by shading on the grid, the region that satisfies all three of the inequalities

x-3 and y.2 and y - 2x + 3

Label your region R.
(2)

(Total for Question 10 is 5 marks)

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11 A 4.5 cm B Diagram NOT

accurately drawn
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9.6 cm

Work out the size of angle ACB.

Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
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(Total for Question 11 is 3 marks)

12 Make t the subject of 5(t – g) = 2t + 7

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(Total for Question 12 is 3 marks)

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13 Here are the marks that James scored in eleven maths tests.

16 12 19 18 17 13 13 20 11 19 17

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(a) Find the interquartile range of these marks.

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(3)
Sunil did the same eleven maths tests.
The median mark Sunil scored in his tests is 17
The interquartile range is 8
(b) Which one of Sunil or James has the more consistent marks?

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Give a reason for your answer.

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(1)
Sunil did four more maths tests.
His scores in these four tests were 16, 20, 18 and 10
(c) How does his new median mark for the fifteen tests compare with his median mark of
17 for the eleven tests?
Tick (9) one box.

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Explain your answer.

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(Total for Question 13 is 5 marks)

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14 Liam invests £8000 in a savings account for 4 years.

The savings account pays compound interest at a rate of
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4.5 % for the first year

2.75 % for all subsequent years.
(a) Work out the value of Liam’s investment at the end of 4 years.
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(3)
Max invests some money in a savings bond.
The savings bond pays interest at a rate of 2% per year.
At the end of the first year, his savings bond is worth £5763
(b) How much money did Max invest in the savings bond?
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(3)

(Total for Question 14 is 6 marks)

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15 The diagram shows the graph of y = f(x) for –3.5 - x - 1.5

y

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–3 –2 –1 O 1 x

–10

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(a) Find f(0)

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(b) For which values of k does the equation f(x) = k have only one solution?

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(c) Find an estimate for the gradient of the curve at the point where x = –2.5
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g( x) =
2+ x
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(d) State which value of x must be excluded from any domain of g

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(e) Find fg( –3)
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(2)

(Total for Question 15 is 9 marks)

16 Solve the inequality 5x2 – 13 < 32

Show clear algebraic working.
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(Total for Question 16 is 3 marks)

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17 Diagram NOT
M accurately drawn

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48°

L, M and P are points on a circle, centre O

Angle LMP = 48°
(a) (i) Write down the size of angle LOP

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°
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(ii) Give a reason for your answer.

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Diagram NOT
R accurately drawn
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Q
73°

26°

A T B

Q, R, S and T are points on a circle.

ATB is the tangent to the circle at T
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Angle STR = 26°

Angle RQT = 73°
(b) Work out the size of angle STA
Give a reason for each stage in your working.
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(3)

(Total for Question 17 is 5 marks)

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18 A is the point with coordinates (1, 3)

B is the point with coordinates (–2, –1)

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The line L has equation 3y = 4 – 2x
Is line L parallel to AB?
Show your working clearly.

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(Total for Question 18 is 3 marks)

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19 The diagram shows a sphere and a cone.

Diagram NOT
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accurately drawn

h cm

The cone has height h cm.

The radius of the base of the cone is 3 times the radius of the sphere.
Given that the volume of the sphere is equal to the volume of the cone,
find an expression for the radius of the sphere in terms of h.
Give your expression in its simplest form.
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(Total for Question 19 is 3 marks)

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20 B 36 m C
48° Diagram NOT

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accurately drawn
57 m

Work out the area of triangle ABC.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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(Total for Question 20 is 4 marks)

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21 Peter travels to work either by bus or by bike.

The probability that Peter will travel to work by bus on any one day is 0.7
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Whenever Peter travels to work by bus, the probability that he will be late is 0.1
Whenever Peter travels to work by bike, the probability that he will be late is 0.05
Peter is going to go to work on Monday and on Tuesday.
Work out the probability that he will be late for work on at least one of these days.
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(Total for Question 21 is 5 marks)

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22 The diagram shows a rectangle.

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Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
12 cm x cm

The width of the rectangle is x cm.

The length of a diagonal of the rectangle is 12 cm.
The perimeter of the rectangle is 28 cm.
Find the possible values of x.
Give your values correct to 3 significant figures.
Show your working clearly.

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(Total for Question 22 is 7 marks)

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23 A
Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
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P
M

O B C

OAB is a triangle.
P is the point on OA such that OP : PA = 2 : 1
C is the point such that B is the midpoint of OC.
M is the midpoint of AB.
o o
OA = 6a OB = 4b
Show that PMC is a straight line.
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(Total for Question 23 is 5 marks)

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