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Pearson Edexcel International GCSE

Paper
Time 2 hours
reference 4MA1/2H
Mathematics A
PAPER: 2H
Higher Tier

You must have: Ruler graduated in centimetres and millimetres, Total Marks
protractor, pair of compasses, pen, HB pencil, eraser, calculator.
Tracing paper may be used.

Instructions
• Fill
Use black ink or ball-point pen.
• centrein the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
number and candidate number.
• Answer all questions.
• Without sufficient working, correct answers may be awarded no marks.
• – there may questions
Answer the in the spaces provided
be more space than you need.
• You
Calculators may be used.
• Anything
must NOT write anything on the formulae page.
• 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
• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
• Check your answers if you have time at the end.

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 International GCSE Mathematics
Formulae sheet – Higher Tier

Arithmetic series 1
n Area of trapezium = (a + b)h
Sum to n terms, Sn = [2a + (n – 1)d] 2
2
The quadratic equation a

The solutions of ax2 + bx + c = 0 where

a ¹ 0 are given by: h

−b ± b2 − 4ac
x=
2a b

Trigonometry In any triangle ABC

C a b c
Sine Rule = =
sin A sin B sin C

b a Cosine Rule a2 = b2 + c2 – 2bc cos A

1
Area of triangle = ab sin C
A B 2
c

1 2 Volume of prism
Volume of cone = πr h = area of cross section × length
3
Curved surface area of cone = πrl

l cross
h section

length
r

Volume of cylinder = πr2h 4 3

Curved surface area Volume of sphere = πr
3
of cylinder = 2πrh
Surface area of sphere = 4πr2
r

r
h

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 Answer ALL TWENTY FOUR questions.
Write your answers in the spaces provided.
You must write down all the stages in your working.

1 Here are some integers where a < b < c < d

a b c d d d

The mode of the integers is 9

The median of the integers is 8
The range of the integers is 4
Work out the value of a, the value of b, the value of c and the value of d

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

b = ...........................

c = ...........................

d = ...........................

(Total for Question 1 is 3 marks)

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2 (a) On the grid, draw and label with its equation the straight line with equation

(i) y = 1 (ii) x = 2 (iii) x + y = 7

y
8

O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 x
(3)
(b) Show, by shading on the grid, the region that satisfies all three of the inequalities

y1 x2 x+y7

Label the region R.

(1)

(Total for Question 2 is 4 marks)

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3 An aeroplane travelled from New York City to Los Angeles.
The aeroplane travelled a distance of 3980 kilometres in 5 hours 24 minutes.
Work out the average speed of the aeroplane.
Give your answer in kilometres per hour correct to the nearest whole number.

...................................................... kilometres per hour

(Total for Question 3 is 3 marks)

1 6 10
4 Show that 5 −2 =2
3 7 21

(Total for Question 4 is 3 marks)

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5 The diagram shows an 8-sided shape ABCDEFGH.

C D Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

A 5 cm B E 5 cm F

20 cm

12 cm

H G
28 cm

HG = 28 cm FG = 12 cm AB = EF = 5 cm
The height of the shape is 20 cm
CD is parallel to HG
The area of shape ABCDEFGH is 434 cm2
Find the length of CD.

...................................................... cm

(Total for Question 5 is 4 marks)

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6 The diagram shows triangle PQR.

42° 9.5 cm Diagram NOT

x cm accurately drawn

Q R

Work out the value of x

Give your answer correct to one decimal place.

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

(Total for Question 6 is 3 marks)

7 Change a speed of 81 kilometres per hour to a speed in metres per second.

...................................................... metres per second

(Total for Question 7 is 3 marks)

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8 Behnaz makes 300 celebration cards so that
number of number of number of
: : = 7:5:3
birthday cards anniversary cards congratulations cards

2
of the birthday cards have numbers on them.
5
36% of the anniversary cards have numbers on them.
None of the congratulations cards have numbers on them.
Work out what fraction of the 300 cards have numbers on them.
Give your answer in its simplest form.

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

(Total for Question 8 is 5 marks)

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9 Pasha invests 50 000 dollars in a savings account for 4 years.
He gets 1.3% per year compound interest.
Work out how much money Pasha will have in his savings account at the end of 4 years.
Give your answer correct to the nearest dollar.

...................................................... dollars

(Total for Question 9 is 3 marks)

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10 Solve the simultaneous equations

7x + 3y = 3
3x − y = 7
Show clear algebraic working.

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

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

(Total for Question 10 is 3 marks)

11 (i) Factorise x2 + 5x − 24

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

(2)
(ii) Hence, solve x2 + 5x − 24 = 0

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

(1)

(Total for Question 11 is 3 marks)

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12 Larry is a delivery man.
He has 7 parcels to deliver.
The mean weight of the 7 parcels is 2.7 kg
Larry delivers 3 of the parcels.
Each of these 3 parcels has a weight of W kg
The mean weight of the other 4 parcels is 3.3 kg
Work out the value of W

W = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(Total for Question 12 is 3 marks)

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13 The table gives information about the ages, in years, of 80 people in a train carriage.

Age (a years) Frequency

0 < a  20 7

20 < a  30 25

30 < a  40 20

40 < a  50 14

50 < a  60 8

60 < a  70 6

(a) Complete the cumulative frequency table.

Age (a years) Cumulative frequency

0 < a  20

0 < a  30

0 < a  40

0 < a  50

0 < a  60

0 < a  70

(1)
(b) On the grid opposite, draw a cumulative frequency graph for your table.
(2)
(c) Use your graph to find an estimate for the median age of the 80 people.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . years
(1)

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70

60

50

Cumulative
frequency
40

30

20

10

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Age (years)

Of the people in the train carriage, 60% of those who are aged between 18 and 65 are
going to work. None of the other people in the train carriage are going to work.
(d) Use your graph to find an estimate for the number of people in the train carriage
who are going to work.

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

(3)

(Total for Question 13 is 7 marks)

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14 (a) Expand and simplify (5 − x)(2x + 3)(x + 4)
Show your working clearly.

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

(3)
c+3
(b) Make c the subject of g = −7
4+c

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

(4)

(Total for Question 14 is 7 marks)

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 4x + 5 3 − 2x
15 (a) Solve − = 13
3 2
Show clear algebraic working.

x = ......................................................
(4)
(b) Solve the inequality 2y 2 − 7y − 30  0
Show your working clearly.

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

(3)

(Total for Question 15 is 7 marks)

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16 100 farmers are asked if they have goats (G), sheep (S) or chickens (C) on their farms.
Of these farmers
31 have sheep
53 have chickens
6 have goats, sheep and chickens
11 have sheep and goats
17 have sheep and chickens
18 have goats and chickens
20 do not have any goats, sheep or chickens
(a) Using this information, complete the Venn diagram to show the number of farmers
in each appropriate subset.

G S

(3)

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 (b) Find
(i) n(G)

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

(1)
(ii) n([G ∪ S] ʹ)

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

(1)
(iii) n(G ʹ ∩ C )

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

(1)
One of the farmers who has chickens is chosen at random.
(c) Find the probability that this farmer also has goats.

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

(2)

(Total for Question 16 is 8 marks)

17 M varies directly as the cube of h

M = 4 when h = 0.5
Find the value of h when M = 500

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

(Total for Question 17 is 4 marks)

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 2a − b
18 X =
f

a = 7.5 correct to 1 decimal place.

b = 3.42 correct to 2 decimal places.
f = 2 correct to the nearest whole number.
Work out the upper bound of the value of X
Show your working clearly.

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(Total for Question 18 is 3 marks)

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19 a = x=
3x − 7 4y − 3

py + q
Express a in the form where p, q, r and s are integers.
ry + s
Give your answer in its simplest form.

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

(Total for Question 19 is 3 marks)

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20 The diagram shows four identical circles drawn inside a square.

Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

Each circle touches two other circles and two sides of the square.
The region inside the square that is outside the circles, shown shaded in the diagram,
has a total area of 40 cm2
Work out the perimeter of the square.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

...................................................... cm

(Total for Question 20 is 4 marks)

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P

A
Diagram NOT
Q accurately drawn
4a

O B
6b

OAB is a triangle.
Q is the point on AB such that OQP is a straight line.
→ → →
OA = 4a OB = 6b AP = 2a + 8b
Using a vector method, find the ratio AQ : QB

AQ : QB = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(Total for Question 21 is 5 marks)

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22 ABCD is a kite, with diagonals AC and BD, drawn on a centimetre square grid, with a
scale of 1 cm for 1 unit on each axis.
A is the point with coordinates (−3, 4)
The diagonals of the kite intersect at the point M with coordinates (0, 2)
Given that AB = AD = 6.5 cm and the x coordinate of B is positive,
find the coordinates of the points B and D.

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(. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )

(Total for Question 22 is 7 marks)

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23 The diagram shows a sketch of the graph of y = cos  
 2

y  x °
y = cos  
 2

A
O
x

(i) Find the coordinates of the point A

(. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
(1)
(ii) Find the coordinates of the point B

(. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
(1)

(Total for Question 23 is 2 marks)

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4n+ 6
18 ×
24 = 3x
6 × 92 n + 8

Express x in terms of n
Show your working clearly and simplify your expression.

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

(Total for Question 24 is 3 marks)

TOTAL FOR PAPER IS 100 MARKS

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