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International GCSE

Tuesday 19 May 2020

Morning (Time: 2 hours) Paper Reference 4MA1/1HR

Mathematics A
Paper 1HR
Higher Tier

You must have: Total Marks

Ruler graduated in centimetres and millimetres, protractor, pair of
compasses, pen, HB pencil, eraser, calculator. Tracing paper may be used.

Instructions
• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
• centre
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
number and candidate number.
• Withoutallsufficient
Answer questions.
• Answer the questions working, correct answers may be awarded no marks.
• – there may be more spacein the spaces provided
than you need.
• You must NOT write anything on the formulae page.
Calculators may be used.
• Anything you write on the formulae page will gain NO credit.
Information
• The total mark for this paper is 100.
• 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
• Check
Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
• 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 – 2bccos 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 THREE questions.
Write your answers in the spaces provided.
You must write down all the stages in your working.
3 7 11
1 Show that   3 × =2
4 9 12

(Total for Question 1 is 3 marks)

2 Using ruler and compasses only, construct the bisector of angle ABC.
You must show all your construction lines.

(Total for Question 2 is 2 marks)

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3 (a) Simplify  h7× h2

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(1)
G = c 2 – 4c
(b) Find the value of G when c = –5

G = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2)
5x − 3
(c) Solve   = 2x + 3
4
Show clear algebraic working.

x = .......................................................
(3)

(Total for Question 3 is 6 marks)

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4 The table gives information about the length of time, in minutes, that each of 60 students
took to travel to school on Monday.

Length of time
Frequency
(t minutes)

0 < t  10 4

10 < t  20 10

20 < t  30 15

30 < t  40 25

40 < t  50 6

(a) Write down the modal class interval.

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

(1)

(b) Work out an estimate for the mean length of time taken by these 60 students to travel
to school on Monday.
Give your answer correct to one decimal place.

....................................................... minutes
(4)

(Total for Question 4 is 5 marks)

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5 In 2017, the population of a village was 7500
In 2019, the population of the village was 8265
(a) Work out the percentage increase in the population of the village from 2017 to 2019

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(3)
In a sale, normal prices are reduced by 30%
The sale price of a T‑shirt was 31.50 euros.
(b) Work out the normal price of the T‑shirt.

....................................................... euros
(3)

(Total for Question 5 is 6 marks)

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6 Point A has coordinates (–3, 11)
Point B has coordinates (47, b)
The midpoint of AB has coordinates (a, –19)
Find the value of a and the value of b.

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

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

(Total for Question 6 is 2 marks)

7 Pedro drove from Toulouse to Montpellier in 2 hours 42 minutes.

He drove at an average speed of 90 km/hour.
Janine drove from Toulouse to Montpellier along the same route as Pedro.
The journey took her 3 hours.
Work out Janine’s average speed for the journey.

....................................................... km/hour

(Total for Question 7 is 4 marks)

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8 Harold bought an antique clock for £1200
The clock increased in value by 8% per year.
Find the value of the clock exactly 3 years after Harold bought the clock.
Give your answer correct to the nearest £.

£ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(Total for Question 8 is 3 marks)

9 A box is put on a horizontal table.

The face of the box in contact with the table is a square of side 1.5 metres.
The pressure on the table due to the box is 34.8 newtons/m2
force
Work out the force exerted by the box on the table. pressure =
area

....................................................... newtons

(Total for Question 9 is 3 marks)

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10 Alex makes 80 cakes to sell.
He makes chocolate cakes, lemon cakes and fruit cakes where
number of number of number of
: : = 3:2:5
chocolate cakes lemon cakes fruit cakes
Alex sells
all of the chocolate cakes
3
of the lemon cakes
4
7
of the fruit cakes
8
The profit he makes on each cake he sells is shown in the table.

Type of cake Profit per cake he sells

chocolate £2.00

lemon £1.70

fruit £2.40

Work out the total profit that Alex makes from the cakes he sells.

£ .......................................................
(Total for Question 10 is 5 marks)

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11 The frequency table gives information about the ages of the 80 people in a train carriage.

Age (a years) Frequency

0 < a  20 9

20 < a  30 19

30 < a  40 17

40 < a  50 18

50 < a  60 13

60 < a  70 4

(a) Complete the cumulative frequency table.

Cumulative
Age (a years)
frequency

0 < a  20

0 < a  30

0 < a  40

0 < a  50

0 < a  60

0 < a  70
(1)

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 (b) On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency graph for your table.

80

70

60

50

Cumulative
40
frequency

30

20

10

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Age (a years)
(2)
(c) Use your graph to find an estimate for the median age of the people in the train carriage.

....................................................... years
(2)

(Total for Question 11 is 5 marks)

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12 Solve the simultaneous equations

7x + 2y = 5.5
3x – 5y = 17

Show clear algebraic working.

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

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

(Total for Question 12 is 4 marks)

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13 The curve C has equation   y = 5x 3 – x 2 – 6x + 4
dy
(a) Find
dx

dy
= . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
dx
(2)

There are two points on the curve C at which the gradient of the curve is 2
(b) Find the x coordinate of each of these two points.
Show clear algebraic working.

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(4)

(Total for Question 13 is 6 marks)

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14 Expand and simplify   (4x + 1)(x – 3)(5x + 6)

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(Total for Question 14 is 3 marks)

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15

E F
Diagram NOT
40° accurately drawn
D

70°

A B C

B, D, E and F are points on a circle.

ABC is the tangent to the circle at B.
Angle EDF = 40°
Angle FBC = 70°
Prove that the tangent ABC is parallel to EF.
Give a reason for each stage of your working.

(Total for Question 15 is 4 marks)

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16 The functions f and g are defined as

f : x  5x – 7
5x
g:x 
x+4
(a) Write down the value of x that must be excluded from any domain of g

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

(1)
(b) Find gf(2.6)

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(2)
(c) Solve fg(x) = 2

x = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)
(d) Express the inverse function g–1 in the form g–1 : x  ...

g–1 : x  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)

(Total for Question 16 is 9 marks)

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17 The diagram shows a prism ABCDEFGH with a horizontal base.

B
15 cm
A
C Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
D
10 cm
G H

F 12 cm
12 cm E

The base of the prism, EFGH, is a square of side 12 cm.

Trapezium ADEF is a cross section of the prism where AF and DE are vertical edges.
DE = CH = 10 cm
AD = BC = 15 cm
(a) Work out the size of the angle between CF and the base EFGH.
Give your answer correct to one decimal place.

°
.......................................................

(3)
(b) Work out the length of BE.
Give your answer correct to one decimal place.

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(3)

(Total for Question 17 is 6 marks)

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18 In an arithmetic series, the 6th term is 39
In the same arithmetic series, the 19th term is 7.8
Work out the sum of the first 25 terms of the arithmetic series.

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(Total for Question 18 is 4 marks)

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19 The diagram shows rectangle ABCD with rectangle EFGH cut out to form the shaded region.

A D

E H
Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

F G

B C

AD = 8.3 cm correct to one decimal place

DC = 7.2 cm correct to one decimal place
EH = 6.2 cm correct to one decimal place
HG = 5.3 cm correct to one decimal place
Work out the upper bound of the area of the shaded region.
Show your working clearly.

....................................................... cm2

(Total for Question 19 is 3 marks)

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20 A curve has equation y = f(x)
There is only one maximum point on the curve.
The coordinates of this maximum point are (–3, 4)
Write down the coordinates of the maximum point on the curve with equation
(i) y = f(x) – 6

(. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
(ii) y = f(2x)

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

(Total for Question 20 is 2 marks)

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 184 n × 23( n × 32(1− 4 n )
2 − 6n)

21 Given that M =
122

find the values of n for which M = 2

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(Total for Question 21 is 5 marks)

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22 The diagram shows a regular octagon ABCDEFGH.

B C
Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
A D

10 cm

H E

G F

Each side of the octagon has length 10 cm.

Find the area of the shaded region ACDEH.
Give your answer correct to the nearest cm2

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(Total for Question 22 is 6 marks)

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23 In a bag, there are only

3 blue beads
4 white beads
and x orange beads.

Jean is going to take at random two beads from the bag.

3
The probability that Jean will take two beads of the same colour is
8
Find the total number of beads in the bag.
Show clear algebraic working.

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(Total for Question 23 is 4 marks)

TOTAL FOR PAPER IS 100 MARKS

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