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Pearson Edexcel
International GCSE

Wednesday 13 January 2021

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

Mathematics A
Paper 2HR
Higher Tier

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Ruler graduated in centimetres and millimetres, protractor, compasses,

pen, HB pencil, eraser, calculator. Tracing paper may be used.

Instructions
Use black ink or ball-point pen.
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
centre number and candidate number.
Answer all questions.
Without sufficient working, correct answers may be awarded no marks.
Answer the questions in the spaces provided
- there may be more space than you need.
Calculators may be used.
You must NOT write anything on the formulae page.
Anything you write on the formulae page will gain N0 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
Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
Check your answers if you have time at the end.

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 Answer ALL TWENTY TWO questions.

Write your answers in the spaces provided.

You must write down all the stages in your working.

1w=5y -y'
out the value of when y =
--2
(a) Work w

2)3
5(2
8 2o+8 W=

(2)
(b) Factorise fully 8p - 2p

p(tp-1)
(2)
c) Expand 4t(3t 2)

2-8t **************

(2)
(d) Expand and simplify (5x-2)x + 4)

+2o1 -2 8
5
-

5 8x - 8
**********************

(2)
(Total for Question 1 is 8 marks)
2
The diagram shows a rectangle ABCD and a semicircle with diameter AB where
AB =12 cm. The point E lies on DC and also on the semicircle.

D E C
Diagram NOT
accurately draw
Y 6
B
12cm
Work out the area of the shaded
Give your answer correct to 3
region.
significant figures.
= 19 X6=72
T6 18T
72-I8 15.451
15.5 *******-
cm
(Total for Question 2 is 3 marks)
 A= {22, 24, 26, 28, 30} 26, 27, 28, 29, 30}
B
{21, 24, 27, 30}
(a) List the members of
the set
G) AB

ii) A
2930

21,9325,27239 (2)
C {23, 25, 29
(6) Using set notation, find an expression for C in terms of A and B.

A'nB
A UB) ********

(1)
-------

(Total for Question 3 is 3 marks)

4 (a) Simplify (3k )

81/
(2)
(b) Simplify (21m'n) + (3n)

mn (2)
...
'*****'**.

(Total for Question 4 is 4 marks)

 5 Here is a shape P drawn on a grid of squares.

10

-10 -8 6 -4 -2 2 4 6 8 10 12 14

(a) On the grid, rotate

Label the
shape P 180° about the point
(-3, 2)
new shape Q.

(2)
6) On the
grid, translate shape P by the vector (10
Label the new shape R.

1)
 Here are triangle T and triangle U drawn on a grid of squares.

12
3 4 5 67 89 10 11
4-3-2 -1 O 1 2

T onto triangle U.
transformation that maps triangle
(c) Describe fully the single
******'***************'******************'***********
f= 2
nlarge medS.
**

*****

(-3,3)
* * * * ** * * * * ' * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

.. *

Cen1 re
*****
(3)

5 is 6 marks)
(Total for Question

£l.26
of I litre of petrol was
6 On Wednesday, the price price of petrol on the
The price of petrol on Wednesday was
5% more than the
previous Monday.
the previous Monday.
Calculate the price of 30 litres of petrol on

Wed
on
o5
1.26

.26Xloo 1. 2

36
1.2 X 3 =

36
(Total for Question 6 is 3 marks)
Write down the three
inequalities that define region R.

10

R
2

-4 -2 O
4 6 X

(3,7)
(1,1)
7-1-3 y1
3 1 *** '*****'*****'*****'**********************

'***
3 *************'*.

y3z-
(Total for Question 7 is 3 marks)
 of five oceans.
8 The table gives the length of the coastline, in kilometres, of each

(km)
Ocean Length of coastline

4.539 x 10
Arctic

1.119x 10
Atlantic
1.357 x 10
Pacific
6.653x 10
Indian
1.797 x 10"
Southern

Which ocean has the greatest length of coastline?

(a)
Pacc
and the
Atlantic Ocean's coastline
between the length of the
Calculate the difference
(6) coastline.
Southern Ocean's
length of the standard form.
Give your a n s w e r in

3
9.393Xlo
(2)
****
km

is 3 marks)
(Total for Question 8

Solve x-21x + 20 =
0
9
Show your working clearly.

1 -20 Xx-1)-o

20y1
(Total for Question 9 is 3 marks)

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A O 9 2 4
 teacher at a school asked a group
10 A mathematics
to get to school that day.
student had travelled
answers.
information about their
The table gives

Number of students
Distance travelled (d km)

0<d 2 1

2< d 4 11
3
4<d6 5 8

6<d<8 6

8<d<10 5

The teacher calculated that an estimate for the mean distance travelled by the whole
group of students was 4.25 km.

Work out the value of x.

Show your working clearly.

z + 33 +40t +2 +45 = 4.25

+30

6bo = 4. 25 x + 127.5
32,5 3.223
32.5
3.25 lo
**************

(Total for Question 10is 4 marks)

1 A circle centre O has radius 9 cm.

Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

9 cm 40

Calculate the perimeter of the shaded sector of the circle.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

29 6
AL 3 2 0 x -

360

P 6 Tt ++9
68 26 . ** 68.3. cm

(Total for Question 11 is 4 marks)

12 Solve the simultaneous equations 2x +7y = 17 )

25x+3y =-1 ) +7(3) = 17
Show clear algebraic working.

-
lo z
359 - 85 22 21=17
17-21
l o z +6 9 =-2
-299 -87 2 -4
8
29

9-3 2
y ******** **** ***************

(Total for Question 12 is 4 marks)

 is a pólm
13 balloons
and B
of the
the base of
one

Is a point on
The
A
other balloon.
Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
diagram

shows

two

hot
3 500 m

air B
ball80

The distance between A andB is

500 metres.

The angle of depression of B from A

is 23°

Calculate the vertical height of A above B.

Give your answer correct to one decimal place.

3 -
Sin
500

X Sin 3
h :5
h o 0
95.366

195413 is 3 marks)
metre

(Total for Question

14 Simon bought a house at the
The value of Simon's beginning of 2018
house had decreased
by 15% by the end of
The house increased in 2018
value during both 2019 and
The percentage
increases in the value of the house 2020
during 2019 and 2020 were the same.
The value of Simon's
house at the end of 2020 was 2.85%
paid for his house at the greater than the amount n
beginning of 20118
Calculate the percentage increase in the value of the house during 2019
o18 ol8
o0 8S

o 18
O0 9
85 o 2 8s

lo2.85 Xloo - 121

85
***
%

(Total for Question 14 is 4 marks)

9 re prea years (2ol8 2ola)

121 1.1
/o0 11o%

ncease d 1ol
 numbers is always an odd number
15 Prove algebraically that the product of anytwo odd

( at1) (9b+1)

2ab + a+ b

alb+a 4b) +1
even + odd odd
(or
uen 1 dd
(Total for Question 15 is 4 marks)
16 Two events A and B are
such that n(A) =
62 n(B) =
30 and n(A B) = 68

Given that n(E) = 80

(a) complete the Venn diagram to show the number of elements in each region.

38

(2)

random from E
An element is chosen at
this element is in
find the probability that
(b) Using
i)
the Venn diagram,

AnB 6 2 430 -
68 4

******

notin B + whole A
ii) A UB'

=74
3 8424 +12

'*****'**

(2)

(Total for Question 16 is 5 marks)

17
The
f(x)
gr)

=
functions
=x

x*+6
(a) Find fg(3)
-

(3)
10
fand
=3-lo =

-7) - (-)+
are

defined
b) Solve the equation fg(x)
6
55
f(x) =

Show clear algebraic workingas

-lo)+6 t6
2
20 +loo 6 -
O +loo = O

loo =

loo
************* *
*****************

The function h is defined (3)

as

hr)= -4
X

(c) State the value of x that cannot be included in the domain ofh

***********************
(2)
********************

(1)
(d) Express the inverse function h' in the form h (x) =..
= 2 y - 4

2
y = 29 - 4

9 -

2y =

h (x) =
.. ******

(3)
(Total for Question 17 is 9 marks)
Show clear
x+2 +2x 2

algebraic working.
(1+2)

5 +3
(z+)
(z+ 2)
51+ 3 =

5+ 3 2
2a - 3

+1)
- 3 x
-1

51
(Total for Question 18 is 5 marks)
******
19 (a) Simplify 8 x V4° is an integer.
where a
Give your answer in the form 2"
Show each stage of your working clearly.

..

(3

Given that n where n > 0

(b) find the value of .

mSSi

base
Power hy

hUer se

"( 1
16
n=
3 (4)

(Total for Question 19 is 7 marks)

a 4. B and C are points on a circle with centre 0.

B
Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

75

150
/sa

75°
Angle ABC
=

is 200 cm
The area of the shaded segment
circle.
radius of the
Calculate the
correct to 3
significant figures.
S h a
Give your d e
answer
d = S .A-A Are

obo
r r s i n/So
50
360

2
5 oTT
Y 360

oo
Y
/ 5o
3 60 )
8 8 . 85 8

13 7425
Y 13. * * *
Cm

Question 20
is 5 marks)
(Total for
19

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21 A bag contains n beads.
6 of the beads are red and the rest are blue.
R6
Ravi is going to take at random 2 beads from the bag -n-6
The probability that the 2 beads will be of the same colour is
T
17 A
Using algebra, and showing each stage of your working, calculate the value of n.

P(R R) P(B,B)
6 n-6 y n -
n n-1 n n -1

30 nn -6n+4 2
n-n n n

30+n13n +42 9
n

17(13n + 72) = 9 (n-n)

17n 291n + 1224 -9nJn=
8 n 2 12n+1224 =0 )

nn 53 n + 3 o 6
6-O

20
 (2n-17)(n-18) =
n

n= 18

n Ca na oe

ecimat

8
****************

(Total for Question 21 is 6 marks)

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 horizontal plane.
22 ABC is an isosceles triangle in a

above B.
The point 7 1s vertically

Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
10cm

8 cm B
A 0
40

8 cm
M

Angle ABC = 140°

AB =
BC= 8 cm
TB 10cm
M is the midpoint of AC.
A
Calculate the size of the angle between MT and the horizontal plane ABC. 20
Give your answer correct to one decimal place.
M
Sin 0 BM
8

BN=8 X Sin 2o = 2.7362

THB a .736 2
.697
M27362
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