Centre Number

Candidate Number
ADVANCED SUBSIDIARY (AS)
General Certificate of Education
2022

Mathematics

Assessment Unit AS 1
assessing
Pure Mathematics
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THURSDAY 19 MAY, AFTERNOON
TIME
1 hour 45 minutes.
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Write your Centre Number and Candidate Number in the spaces provided at the top of
this page.
You must answer all nine questions in the spaces provided.
Do not write outside the boxed area on each page or on blank pages.
Complete in black ink only. Do not write with a gel pen.
Questions which require drawing or sketching should be completed using an HB pencil.
All working should be clearly shown in the spaces provided. Marks may be awarded for
partially correct solutions. Answers without working may not gain full credit.
Answers should be given to three significant figures unless otherwise stated.
You are permitted to use a graphic or scientific calculator in this paper.
INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES
The total mark for this paper is 100.
Figures in brackets printed down the right-hand side of pages indicate the marks awarded
to each question or part question.
A copy of the Mathematical Formulae and Tables booklet is provided.
Throughout the paper the logarithmic notation used is 1n z where it is noted that 1n z ≡ loge z
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 1 Solve the simultaneous equations

x + 3y = 10
2x – y + 4z = 2
3x + 2y – 3z = 19 [6]

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 2 (a) (i) Write  2x2 + 4x – 5   in the form   2[(x + p)2 – q] [2]

(ii) Hence state the minimum value of 2x2 + 4x – 5 and the value of x at which
it occurs. [2]

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 (b) In a controlled experiment, the number of bacteria N after t hours is given by

N = 500e2t

(i) Find the initial value of N. [1]

(ii) Find, in whole minutes, the time for N to increase by 48% [4]

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 3 (a) Solve   sin (2x – 60°) = – 0.5   0° G xH
G 360°
IHJ I J [5]

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 (b) Show that
tan x cos x
1 ≡ 1
(1 – cos2 x) 2 [4]

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 4 A curve is given by the equation    y = x2 + x

(i) Find the equation of the normal to the curve at the point where x = 2

Leave your answer in the form ax + by + c = 0, where a, b and c are integers. [7]

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 (ii) Find the values of k for which the line y = k x – 4 is a tangent to the
curve y = x2 + x [7]

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5 (a) Integrate   5x4 + 3
– [4]
2x √x

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 (b) Given that
2

∫
–1
(x2 – px + 3) dx = 8

find the value of p. [6]

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 6 f (x) = qx3 – 7x2 + r  where q and r are constants.

f (x) has a factor (x + 1)

When f (x) is divided by (2x + 1) the remainder is 7

(i) Find the values of q and r. [7]

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 (ii) Factorise fully the expression f(x) [3]

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 (iii) Hence solve  2(23y) – 7(22y) + 9 = 0 [5]

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 7 (a) Write down the first four terms in ascending powers of x in the expansion of

(2 – x)8 [4]

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(b) The term independent of x in the expansion of √x – )
k 10
x2
is 405

Find the possible values of k. [5]

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 8 (a) Solve  0.7x < 5 [5]

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 (b) Fig. 1 below shows a sketch of a curve with equation y = 8 – x3

y = 8 – x3 y

8
(x, y)

O 2 x

Fig. 1

Find the maximum area of a rectangle which can be inscribed in the closed region
bounded by the curve and the positive x and y axes. [8]

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 9 (a) Fig. 2 below shows a sketch of a circle with centre P(1,1).

Q(4, 3)

P(1, 1)
O x

Fig. 2

The tangent to the circle at the point Q(4, 3) cuts the y-axis at point R.

Find the area of triangle PQR. [7]

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 (b) Fig. 3 below shows a sketch of a right-angled triangle ABC.

2√x

θ
A √3x – 1 B

Fig. 3

AB has length √3x – 1

BC has length 2√x

BÂC = θ
1
Given that cos2 θ = x , find the value of x. [8]

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