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Pearson Edexcel
Level 1/Level 2 GCSE (9–1)
Paper
Time 1 hour 30 minutes
reference 1MA1/2H
Mathematics
PAPER 2 (Calculator)
Higher Tier

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

Instructions
• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
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Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
number and candidate number.
• Answer allthequestions.
Answer
• – there may bequestions in the spaces provided
more space than you need.
• You must show all your working.
• Calculatorsaremay
Diagrams NOT accurately drawn, unless otherwise indicated.
• If your calculator does
be used.
• 3.142 unless the questionnotinstructs
have a π button, take the value of π to be
otherwise.

Information
• The total mark for this paper is 80
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use 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.
• Try to answer every question.
• Check your answers if you have time at the end.
• Good luck with your examination.
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 Answer ALL questions.
Write your answers in the spaces provided.
You must write down all the stages in your working.
1 (a) Simplify (x3)5

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(b) Expand and simplify 4(x + 3) + 7(4 − 2x)

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(c) Factorise fully 15x3 + 3x2y

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(Total for Question 1 is 5 marks)

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y
5

3
T
2

−5 −4 −3 −2 −1 O 1 2 3 4 5 x
−1

−2

−3
S
−4

−5

Describe fully the single transformation that maps shape S onto shape T.

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(Total for Question 2 is 2 marks)

3 The length of a football pitch is 90 metres, correct to the nearest metre.

Complete the error interval for the length of the football pitch.

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4 Festival A will be in a rectangular field with an area of 80 000 m2
The greatest number of people allowed to attend Festival A is 425
Festival B will be in a rectangular field 700 m by 2000 m.
The greatest number of people allowed to attend Festival B is 6750
The area per person allowed for Festival B is greater than the area per person allowed
for Festival A.
(a) How much greater?
Give your answer correct to the nearest whole number.

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Callum says,
“300 cm2 is the same as 3 m2 because there are 100 cm in 1 m so you divide by 100”
Callum’s method is wrong.
(b) Explain why.

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(Total for Question 4 is 5 marks)

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5 The points L, M and N are such that LMN is a straight line.
The coordinates of L are (−3, 1)
The coordinates of M are (4, 9)
Given that LM : MN = 2 : 3,
find the coordinates of N.

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(Total for Question 5 is 4 marks)

6 A new phone cost £679

The value of the phone decreases at a rate of 4% per year.
Work out the value of the phone at the end of 3 years.

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7 In Spain, Sam pays 27 euros for 18 litres of petrol.
In Wales, Leo pays £40.80 for 8 gallons of the same type of petrol.
1 euro = £0.85
4.5 litres = 1 gallon
Sam thinks that petrol is cheaper in Spain than in Wales.
Is Sam correct?
You must show how you get your answer.

(Total for Question 7 is 4 marks)

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8 Use your calculator to work out

3
1.57 4 + tan 60°
1
7.2 2

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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(Total for Question 8 is 2 marks)

9 A box in the shape of a cuboid is placed on a horizontal floor.

force
The box exerts a force of 180 newtons on the floor. pressure =
area
The box exerts a pressure of 187.5 newtons/m2 on the floor.
The face in contact with the floor is a rectangle of length 1.2 metres and width x metres.
Work out the value of x.

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(Total for Question 9 is 3 marks)

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10 The box plot shows information about the sales, in thousands of pounds (£000s), of an
online store each month.

Online
store

0 100 200 300 400 500

Sales (£000s)

Andrew says,
“Three quarters of the given data lies between 160 000 and 350 000 because
these are the values of the lower quartile and the upper quartile.”
Andrew is wrong.
(a) Explain why.

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The table shows information about the sales, in £000s, in a shop each month.

Sales (£000s)
least value 30
lower quartile 80
median 170
upper quartile 260
greatest value 350

(b) On the grid below, draw a box plot for this information.

Shop

0 100 200 300 400 500

Sales (£000s)
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 (c) Compare the distribution of the sales of the online store with the distribution of the
sales in the shop.

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(Total for Question 10 is 5 marks)

11 Kieron has 13 workers he can use for a job.

1
He knows that 6 workers would take 14 days to complete this job.
2
Show that Kieron has enough workers to finish this job in less than 7 days.

(Total for Question 11 is 3 marks)

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12 The equation of the line L1 is y = 2x + 3
The equation of the line L2 is 5y − 10x + 4 = 0
Show that these two lines are parallel.

(Total for Question 12 is 2 marks)

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y
10

−8 −6 −4 −2 O 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 x
−2

−4

−6

−8

−10

Enlarge the shaded shape by scale factor −2 with centre of enlargement (0, 0)

(Total for Question 13 is 2 marks)

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14 Saffron wants to work out an estimate for the total number of fish in a lake.
On Friday, Saffron catches 180 fish from the lake.
She puts a tag on each of these fish and puts them back into the lake.
On Saturday, Saffron catches 305 fish from the same lake.
She finds that 45 of the 305 fish are tagged.
Work out an estimate for the total number of fish in the lake.

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(Total for Question 14 is 3 marks)

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15 The ratio of Marta’s hourly pay to Khalid’s hourly pay is 6 : 5
Both Marta and Khalid get an increase of £1.50 in their hourly pay.
The ratio of Marta’s hourly pay to Khalid’s hourly pay after this increase is 13 : 11
Work out the hourly pay before the increase for Marta and for Khalid.

Marta £. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Khalid £. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(Total for Question 15 is 4 marks)

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16 A shop manager wants to advertise special offers on social media platforms.
The manager asks 100 customers which of type A, type B or type C they use.
Of these customers,
4 use all three types
16 do not use any of type A, type B or type C
8 use both type A and type B, but not type C
14 use both type B and type C
62 in total use type A
all 20 who use type C also use at least one of type A and type B.
(a) Complete the Venn diagram for this information.

A B

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One of the customers is chosen at random.
Given that this customer uses type A,
(b) find the probability that this customer also uses type B.

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(Total for Question 16 is 6 marks)

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17 A solid cone is joined to a solid hemisphere to make the solid T shown below.

r
4
Volume of sphere = πr3
3
y cm
7 cm
1 2 l
Volume of cone = πr h h
3 r

The diameter of the base of the cone is 7 cm.

The diameter of the hemisphere is 7 cm.
The total volume of T is 120π cm3
The total height of T is y cm.
(a) Calculate the value of y.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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The diameter of the base of the cone and the diameter of the hemisphere are both increased
by the same amount.
Assuming the total volume of T does not change,
(b) explain the effect this would have on your answer to part (a).

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(Total for Question 17 is 5 marks)

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18 PQR and QRS are triangles.

P
11 cm
27°
Q

9.4 cm

R 88°

41°

Calculate the length of QS.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
You must show all your working.

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(Total for Question 18 is 4 marks)

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19 The functions g and h are such that

3
1
g(x) = 2x − 5 h(x) =
x
(a) Find g(16)

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(b) Find hg−1(x)
Give your answer in terms of x in its simplest form.

hg−1(x) = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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(Total for Question 19 is 4 marks)

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20 A, B, C and D are points on the circumference of a circle, centre O.
ADE and BCE are straight lines.

O
D
132°

B
C

16°

Work out the size of angle CDE.

Give a reason for each stage of your working.

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(Total for Question 20 is 4 marks)

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21 The graph of y = f (x) is shown on the grid below.
y
y = f (x)

O x

(a) On the grid above, sketch the graph of y = f (− x)

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Here is a sketch of the graph of y = tan x°
y

O Q x

The graph of y = tan x° is translated to give the graph of y = g(x)

Following the translation the point Q, shown on the graph above, moves to point R.
Point R has coordinates (90, −5)
(b) Find an expression for g(x) in terms of x.

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(Total for Question 21 is 3 marks)

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22 Find algebraically the set of values of x for which

x2 − 49 > 0 and 5x2 − 31x − 72 > 0

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(Total for Question 22 is 5 marks)

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