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Pearson Edexcel
International GCSE

Mathematics A
Paper 3HR

Higher Tier
Wednesday 14 May 2014 – Morning 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.

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t 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 ONE questions.

Write your answers in the spaces provided.

You must write down all stages in your working.

1 (a) Complete the table to show each number written correct to 1 significant figure.

Number 42.37 58.92 21.04

Number written
correct to 1
significant figure
(2)
(b) Use the approximations in part (a) to work out an estimate for the value of
42.37 + 58.92
21.04

Show clearly how you obtain your answer.

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

(2)

(Total for Question 1 is 4 marks)

Do NOT write in this space.

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2 E = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}
A = {1, 3, 5, 7}
B = {2, 4, 6, 8}
(a) Explain why A ˆB ‡

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(1)
x  E and x  A ‰ B
(b) Write down the value of x.

x = .........................................
(1)
A ˆ C = {3, 7}, B ˆ C = {8} and A ‰ B ‰ C = E
(c) List all the members of C.

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(2)

(Total for Question 2 is 4 marks)

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3 The diagram shows a rectangle PQRS.

PQ = 14 cm and QR = 9 cm.
The point A lies on PS so that PA = 5 cm.
The point B lies on SR so that BR = 8 cm.

8 cm Diagram NOT
B R accurately drawn
S

A 9 cm

5 cm

P 14 cm Q

(a) Work out the area of triangle AQB.

................................... . . . . . . . . . . cm2
(4)
(b) Work out the length of AQ.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

.................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . cm
(3)

(Total for Question 3 is 7 marks)

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4 Freya keeps hens.

The table shows information about the number of boxes of eggs she sold in each of
52 weeks.

Number of boxes
Number of weeks
sold in a week
0 to 4 2

5 to 9 6

10 to 14 20

15 to 19 13

20 to 24 8

25 to 29 3

(a) Write down the modal class.

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

(1)
(b) Work out an estimate for the mean number of boxes of eggs that Freya sold each week.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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(4)

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Dan picks at random one of the 52 weeks.

(c) Find the probability that in this week Freya sold at least 15 boxes of eggs.

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(2)

(Total for Question 4 is 7 marks)

5 (a) Factorise 7dg – 9de

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(2)
(b) Expand and simplify (x + 2)(x + 5)

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

(2)

(Total for Question 5 is 4 marks)

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6 Solve 3(2z – 5) = 4z + 11
Show clear algebraic working.

z= .........................................

(Total for Question 6 is 3 marks)

7 The table gives some information about the average price of a litre of petrol in England.

January 2007 January 2012

Average price of a litre
87.3 133.3
of petrol (pence)

(a) Work out the percentage increase in the average price of a litre of petrol in England
between January 2007 and January 2012.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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(3)

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The average price of a litre of petrol in England increased by 20% from January 2010 to
January 2012.
(b) Work out the average price of a litre of petrol in England in January 2010.
Give your answer in pence, correct to 1 decimal place.

......................................... pence
(3)

(Total for Question 7 is 6 marks)

Do NOT write in this space.

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8 (a) Complete the table of values for y = x2 – 5x + 4

x 0 1 2 3 4 5

y –2 4

(2)
(b) On the grid, draw the graph of y = x2 – 5x + 4 for all values of x from x = 0 to x = 5
(2)

y
5

–0.5 O 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5 x

–1

–2

–3

(Total for Question 8 is 4 marks)

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9 A cylinder has diameter 12 cm and length 30 cm.

Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
12 cm

30 cm

Work out the curved surface area of the cylinder.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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

(Total for Question 9 is 3 marks)

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10 The cumulative frequency graph gives information about the monthly rainfall, in
millimetres, in the United Kingdom during 120 months in the years 2001 to 2010.

140

120

Cumulative 100
frequency

80

60

40

20

0
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220

Monthly rainfall (mm)

(a) Use the graph to estimate the number of months for which rainfall was less than 50 mm.

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

(1)
(b) Use the graph to find an estimate for the median monthly rainfall.

......................................... mm
(1)
(c) Use the graph to find an estimate for the interquartile range of the monthly rainfall.

......................................... mm
(2)

(Total for Question 10 is 4 marks)

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11 The functions f and g are defined as

1
f(x) = x+4
2
2x
g( x) =
x +1
(a) Work out f(6)

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

(1)
(b) Work out fg(–3)

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

(2)
(c) g(a) = –2
Work out the value of a.

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

(2)
(d) Express the inverse function f –1 in the form f –1(x) = …

f – 1 ( x) = .........................................

(3)

(Total for Question 11 is 8 marks)

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12 In the diagram, DAPS and CBQR are straight lines.

AB is parallel to QP and DC is parallel to RS.
AD = 11 cm, BC = 5 cm, PS = 27.5 cm and RS = 42.5 cm.

D
C Diagram NOT
11 cm 5 cm accurately drawn
A B

P
Q
27.5 cm

R
42.5 cm
S

Quadrilateral ABCD is similar to quadrilateral PQRS.

(a) Find the ratio of the length of AB to the length of PQ.
Give your answer in the form 1 : n

1 : .........................................
(2)
(b) Work out the length of RQ.

........................................ cm
(2)
(c) Work out the length of CD.

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

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The area of quadrilateral ABCD is 54 cm2

(d) Work out the area of quadrilateral PQRS.

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(2)

(Total for Question 12 is 8 marks)

13 Solve the simultaneous equations

3x + 4y = 6
5x + 6y = 11
Show clear algebraic working.

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

y= .........................................

(Total for Question 13 is 4 marks)

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14 (a) y = 2x3 + 3x2 + 2

dy
Find
dx

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(2)
(b) The point P lies on the curve with equation y = 2x3 + 3x2 + 2
3
The gradient of the curve at P is −
2
Find the coordinates of P.

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(5)

(Total for Question 14 is 7 marks)

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15 The histogram shows information about the times taken by a telephone call centre to
answer incoming calls.

Frequency
density
2

0
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
Time (seconds)

Work out an estimate for the percentage of calls that are answered in less than
40 seconds.

......................................... %

(Total for Question 15 is 3 marks)

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16 (a) Expand (5 + 3 2 ) 2
Give your answer in the form (a + b 2 ), where a and b are integers.
Show your working clearly.

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(2)
q
(b) (5 + 3 2 ) 2 = p + , where p and q are integers.
8
Find the value of q.

q = .........................................
(3)

(Total for Question 16 is 5 marks)

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17 The table shows information about the 40 coins in Karam’s money box.

Bronze coins Silver coins

Value of coin (pence) 1 2 5 10 20 50

Number of coins 6 8 12 7 3 4

Karam shakes his money box until a coin falls out at random.
He does not replace the coin in the money box.
Karam shakes his money box again until a second coin falls out at random.
(a) Work out the probability that both the coins that fall out are silver coins.

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(2)
(b) Work out the probability that the total value of the two coins that fall out is 60 pence
or more.

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(3)

(Total for Question 17 is 5 marks)

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18 E Diagram NOT
H accurately drawn

F
16 cm
D
6 cm G
C
A
8 cm
B

The diagram shows a cuboid ABCDEFGH.

AB = 8 cm, AF = 6 cm and FC = 16 cm.
(a) Find the length of BC.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

BC = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . cm
(3)
(b) Find the size of the angle between the line FC and the plane ABGF.
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

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°
(2)

(Total for Question 18 is 5 marks)

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19 Solve the inequality 3x2 + 5 < 53

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(Total for Question 19 is 3 marks)

2( n )
2

20 Solve the equation =1

2 n × 26
Show clear algebraic working.

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(Total for Question 20 is 3 marks)

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21 A P B Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

O Q C

OABC is a parallelogram.
l = a and OC
OA l=c
1
P is the point on AB such that AP = AB.
4
2
Q is the point on OC such that OQ = OC.
3
l
Find, in terms of a and c, PQ .
Give your answer in its simplest form.

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(Total for Question 21 is 3 marks)

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