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Pure
Mathematics 2
Advanced Level
Practice Paper M15
Time: 2 hours
Information for Candidates
• This practice paper is an adapted legacy old paper for the Edexcel GCE A Level Specifications
• There are 12 questions in this question paper
• The total mark for this paper is 100.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets.
• Full marks may be obtained for answers to ALL questions
Advice to candidates:
• You must ensure that your answers to parts of questions are clearly labelled.
• You must show sufficient working to make your methods clear to the Examiner
• Answers without working may not gain full credit
Question 1
Use proof by contradiction to show that there is no greatest positive rational number. (4)
(Total for question = 4 marks)
Question 2
Figure 1 shows a sketch of a design for a scraper blade. The blade AOBCDA consists of
an isosceles triangle COD joined along its equal sides to sectors OBC and ODA of a circle
with centre O and radius 8 cm. Angles AOD and BOC are equal. AOB is a straight line
and is parallel to the line DC. DC has length 7 cm.
(a) Show that the angle COD is 0.906 radians, correct to 3 significant figures. (2)
(b) Find the perimeter of AOBCDA, giving your answer to 3 significant figures. (3)
(c) Find the area of AOBCDA, giving your answer to 3 significant figures. (3)
(Total for question = 8 marks)
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Question 3
Given that k is a negative constant and that the function f(x) is defined by
(a) show that (3)
(b) Hence find f' (x) , giving your answer in its simplest form. (3)
(c) State, with a reason, whether f(x) is an increasing or a decreasing function.
Justify your answer. (2)
(Total for question = 9 marks)
Question 4
(a) Find the binomial expansion of
in ascending powers of x, up to and including the term in x2.
Give each coefficient in its simplest form. (5)
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(b) Find the exact value of (4 + 5x)½ when 𝑥 =
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Give your answer in the form k √2 , where k is a constant to be determined. (1)
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(c) Substitute 𝑥 = into your binomial expansion from part (a) and hence find an
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approximate value for √2
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Give your answer in the form where p and q are integers. (2)
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(Total for question = 8 marks)
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Question 5
Figure 2 shows a sketch of part of the curve with equation
(a) Show that g' (x) = f(x)e–2x, where f(x) is a cubic function to be found. (3)
(b) Hence find the range of g. (6)
(c) State a reason why the function g–1(x) does not exist. (1)
(Total for question = 10 marks)
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Question 6
Given that
(a) sketch, on separate diagrams, the curve with equation
(i)
(ii)
On each diagram, show the coordinates of each point at which the curve meets or cuts
the axes.
On each diagram state the equation of the asymptote. (6)
(b) Deduce the set of values of x for which (1)
(c) Find the exact solutions of the equation (3)
(Total for question = 10 marks)
Question 7
The point P lies on the curve with equation
x = (4y – sin2y)2
Given that P has (x, y) coordinates , where p is a constant,
(a) find the exact value of p. (1)
The tangent to the curve at P cuts the y-axis at the point A.
(b) Use calculus to find the coordinates of A. (6)
(Total for question = 7 marks)
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Question 8
Figure 1 shows a sketch of part of the curve with equation
The curve meets the x-axis at the origin O and cuts the x-axis at the point A.
(a) Find, in terms of ln2, the x coordinate of the point A. (2)
(b) Find
(3)
The finite region R, shown shaded in Figure 1, is bounded by the x-axis and the curve with
equation
(c) Find, by integration, the exact value for the area of R.
Give your answer in terms of ln2 (3)
(Total for question = 8 marks)
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Question 9
A curve C has parametric equations
(a) Find the value of at the point on C where t = 2, giving your answer as a fraction
in its simplest form. (3)
(b) Show that the cartesian equation of the curve C can be written in the form
where a and b are integers to be determined. (3)
(Total for question = 6 marks)
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Question 10
Figure 2 shows a sketch of the curve with equation
The finite region R, shown shaded in Figure 2, is bounded by the curve, the x-axis,
and the y-axis.
(a) Use the substitution x = 1 + 2sinθ to show that
where k is a constant to be determined. (5)
(b) Hence find, by integration, the exact area of R. (3)
(Total for question = 8 marks)
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Question 11
(a) Prove that
(5)
(b) Hence solve, for
Give your answers to 3 decimal places. (4)
(Total for question = 9 marks)
Question 12
(a) Express in partial fractions. (3)
A team of biologists is studying a population of a particular species of animal.
The population is modelled by the differential equation
where P is the population in thousands, and t is the time measured in years since the start
of the study.
Given that P = 3 when t = 0,
(b) solve this differential equation to show that
(7)
(c) find the time taken for the population to reach 4000 for the first time.
Give your answer in years to 3 significant figures. (3)
(Total for question = 13 marks)
TOTAL FOR PAPER IS 100 MARKS
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