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Pearson Edexcel Level 1/Level 2 GCSE (9–1)

Friday 8 November 2024
Morning (Time: 1 hour 30 minutes) Paper
reference 1MA1/2H
Mathematics
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PAPER 2: (Calculator)
Higher Tier

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

Instructions
•• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
If pencil is used for diagrams/sketches/graphs it must be dark (HB or B).
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
centre number and candidate number.
•• Answer all questions.
Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
• You must show all your working
• Diagrams are NOT accurately drawn, unless otherwise indicated.
• IfCalculators may be used.
• 3.142 unless the question
your calculator does not have a π button, take the value of π to be
instructs 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. Turn over

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 Answer ALL questions.
Write your answers in the spaces provided.

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You must write down all the stages in your working.

1 Use your calculator to work out the value of

208.3  15.7
5.694  1.82

Write down all the digits on your calculator display.

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(Total for Question 1 is 2 marks)

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 2 The scatter graph shows information about some ships.
It shows the length and the width of each ship.
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30

25

Width (m)

20

15

10
120 140 160 180 200 220 240

Length (m)

(a) What type of correlation does this scatter graph show?

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(b) Draw a line of best fit on the scatter graph.
(1)
A different ship has a length of 194 metres.
(c) Use your line of best fit to find an estimate for the width of this ship.

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(Total for Question 2 is 3 marks)

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Choci bar Choci bar

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200 g 360 g
£3.50 7.20 Swiss francs

London Zurich

In London, a 200 g Choci bar costs £3.50

In Zurich, a 360 g Choci bar costs 7.20 Swiss francs.
The exchange rate is £1 = 1.25 Swiss francs.
In which city is the Choci bar the better value for money, in London or in Zurich?
You must show how you get your answer.

(Total for Question 3 is 3 marks)

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 4 E = {odd numbers between 0 and 20}
A = {3, 9, 15, 17}
B = {5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19}
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Tom was asked to draw a Venn diagram for this information.

Here is his answer.

E
A B
5
3 7
9 17 11
15 13
17 19

Write down two things Tom should do to make his answer fully correct.

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(Total for Question 4 is 2 marks)

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5 (a) Complete the table of values for y = x2 – 2x – 3

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x –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4

y 0 –3

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(b) On the grid, draw the graph of y = x2 – 2x – 3 for values of x from –2 to 4

y
6

–2 –1 O 1 2 3 4 x
–1

–2

–3

–4

–5

–6
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(Total for Question 5 is 4 marks)

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 6 The cost of a first class stamp increased from 76p to 85p.
The cost of a second class stamp increased from 65p to 66p.
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Filip says,
“The percentage increase in the cost of a first class stamp is more than 7 times
the percentage increase in the cost of a second class stamp.”
Is Filip correct?
You must show all your working.

(Total for Question 6 is 4 marks)

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7 The diagram shows triangle ABC.

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2x + 11 4x – 4

A B
2x + 5

In the diagram, all measurements are in centimetres.

AC = BC
The perimeter of the triangle is 72 cm.
Work out the area of the triangle.

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(Total for Question 7 is 5 marks)

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 8 1.25 × 10 –12 = k × (4 × 10 –20 )
Work out the value of k.
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Give your answer in standard form.

k = .......................................................

(Total for Question 8 is 2 marks)

9 The diagram shows two congruent regular 9-sided polygons.

ABCD is a quadrilateral.

C
A

Show that ABCD is not a square.

(Total for Question 9 is 3 marks)

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10 Use algebra to solve the simultaneous equations

4x – 5y = 20

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6x + 7y = –57
You must show all your working.

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

(Total for Question 10 is 4 marks)

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A
4

3
B
2

–6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 x
–1

–2

–3

–4

Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle A onto triangle B.

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(Total for Question 11 is 2 marks)

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12 The diagram shows a solid cylinder with base radius 3 cm and height 8 cm.
It also shows a solid cube with side length h cm.

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8 cm

3 cm h cm

The cylinder is made from steel with a density of 7.86 g/cm3

The cube is made from brass with a density of 8.5 g/cm3
The mass of the cylinder is equal to the mass of the cube.
Work out the value of h.
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

h = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(Total for Question 12 is 5 marks)

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x 2 4 6 8

y 0 4 8 12

Nadia says that y is directly proportional to x because the value of y increases by 4 as

the value of x increases by 2
(a) Is Nadia correct?
You must give a reason for your answer.

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(1)
w is directly proportional to the square root of t.
w = 140 when t = 64
(b) (i) Calculate the value of w when t = 7.84

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(ii) On the axes below, sketch a graph to show the relationship between w and t.

O t
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(Total for Question 13 is 5 marks)

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14 There are 10 football teams in a league.
Each team plays every other team 4 times.

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Work out the total number of games played.

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(Total for Question 14 is 2 marks)

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3 20 47 84 131
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(a) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this sequence.

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The terms of a different sequence are given by the rule un + 1 = kun + k where k is
a constant.
Given that u1 = 9 and u2 = 4
(b) find the value of u4

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(Total for Question 15 is 6 marks)

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16 The histogram gives information about the distances that 60 teachers travelled to school
on Monday.
The histogram is incomplete.

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3
Frequency
density
2

0
0 10 20 30 40 50

Distance (miles)

11 of the teachers travelled between 0 miles and 5 miles.

None of the teachers travelled a distance greater than 50 miles.
The number of teachers who travelled between 5 miles and 10 miles is the same as the
number of teachers who travelled between 20 miles and 30 miles.
Complete the histogram.

(Total for Question 16 is 4 marks)

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(Total for Question 17 is 3 marks)

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18 A, B and C are three points on a circle, centre O.

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O

BA = BC
Prove that OB bisects angle ABC.

(Total for Question 18 is 3 marks)

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w = 435 correct to the nearest 5

a = 9.8 correct to 2 significant figures.
c = 2.5 correct to 2 significant figures.
By considering bounds, calculate the value of T to a suitable degree of accuracy.
You must show all your working and give a reason for your final answer.

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(Total for Question 19 is 5 marks)

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20 VABC is a solid pyramid.
ABC is an equilateral triangle.

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V

F
A
M
B

M is the midpoint of AB.

F is the point on MC such that MF : FC = 1 : 2
The vertex V is vertically above F.
VA = VB = VC
VF = 8 cm Angle VCM = 52°
Work out the side length of the equilateral triangle ABC.
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

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(Total for Question 20 is 3 marks)

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The point Q has coordinates (6, –6)
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The point R has coordinates (k, k + 3)

Given that angle PRQ is a right angle,
find the possible values of k.
You must show all your working.

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(Total for Question 21 is 5 marks)

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22 There are only red counters and yellow counters in a box.
3
of the counters are red.

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Sophie takes at random two counters from the box.
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The probability that the two counters are the same colour is
80
Work out the number of yellow counters in the box.
You must show all your working.

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(Total for Question 22 is 5 marks)

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