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Core Mathematics C3: GCE Examinations Advanced / Advanced Subsidiary

This document is the paper for the GCE Examinations Core Mathematics C3 exam. It contains 9 questions testing a variety of calculus and algebra skills. Students are instructed to show their work and communicate their answers clearly. They may use a graphic calculator. The exam tests estimation of integrals, solving equations, sketching graphs, finding areas, volumes, inverse functions, limits, and modeling bacterial growth.

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Core Mathematics C3: GCE Examinations Advanced / Advanced Subsidiary

This document is the paper for the GCE Examinations Core Mathematics C3 exam. It contains 9 questions testing a variety of calculus and algebra skills. Students are instructed to show their work and communicate their answers clearly. They may use a graphic calculator. The exam tests estimation of integrals, solving equations, sketching graphs, finding areas, volumes, inverse functions, limits, and modeling bacterial growth.

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FOR OCR

GCE Examinations
Advanced / Advanced Subsidiary

Core Mathematics C3
Paper J
Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
• Answer all the questions.
• Give non-exact numerical answers correct to 3 significant figures, unless a different degree
of accuracy is specified in the question or is clearly appropriate.
• You are permitted to use a graphic calculator in this paper.

INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES


• The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
• The total number of marks for this paper is 72.
• You are reminded of the need for clear presentation in your answers.

Written by Shaun Armstrong


 Solomon Press

These sheets may be copied for use solely by the purchaser’s institute.
1. Use Simpson’s rule with four strips to estimate the value of the integral

3
∫0 ecos x dx. [4]

2. Giving your answers to 1 decimal place, solve the equation

5 tan2 2θ − 13 sec 2θ = 1,

for θ in the interval 0 ≤ θ ≤ 360°. [7]

3. y

(−3, 2)

O x

y = f(x)

(2, −4)

The diagram shows the curve y = f(x) which has a maximum point at (−3, 2) and a
minimum point at (2, −4).

(a) Showing the coordinates of any stationary points, sketch on separate diagrams
the graphs of

(i) y = f(x), [2]

(ii) y = 3f(2x). [3]

(b) Write down the values of the constants a and b such that the curve with equation
y = a + f(x + b) has a minimum point at the origin O. [2]

4. Find the values of x in the interval −180 < x < 180 for which

tan (x + 45)° − tan x° = 4,

giving your answers to 1 decimal place. [7]

 Solomon Press
C3J page 2
3
5. The finite region R is bounded by the curve with equation y = 3x − 1 , the x-axis
and the lines x = 23 and x = 3.

(i) Find the area of R. [4]

(ii) Find, in terms of π, the volume of the solid formed when R is rotated through
four right angles about the x-axis. [4]

6. The functions f and g are defined by

f : x → 1 − ax, x ∈ ,

g : x → x2 + 2ax + 2, x ∈ ,

where a is a constant.

Find, in terms of a,

(i) an expression for f −1(x), [2]

(ii) the range of g. [3]

Given that gf(3) = 7,

(iii) find the two possible values of a. [4]

5
7. The curve with equation y = x 2 ln x , x > 0 crosses the x-axis at the point P.
4

(i) Write down the coordinates of P. [1]

The normal to the curve at P crosses the y-axis at the point Q.

(ii) Find the area of triangle OPQ where O is the origin. [6]

The curve has a stationary point at R.

(iii) Find the x-coordinate of R in exact form. [2]

Turn over

 Solomon Press
C3J page 3
8. (i) Solve the equation

π − 3 cos−1 θ = 0. [2]

(ii) Sketch on the same diagram the curves y = cos−1 (x − 1), 0 ≤ x ≤ 2 and
y = x + 2 , x ≥ −2. [3]

Given that α is the root of the equation

cos−1 (x − 1) = x+2 ,

(iii) show that 0 < α < 1, [2]

(iv) use the iterative formula

xn + 1 = 1 + cos xn + 2

with x0 = 1 to find α correct to 3 decimal places.

You should show the result of each iteration. [3]

9. The number of bacteria present in a culture at time t hours is modelled by the


continuous variable N and the relationship

N = 2000ekt,

where k is a constant.

Given that when t = 3, N = 18 000, find

(i) the value of k to 3 significant figures, [3]

(ii) how long it takes for the number of bacteria present to double, giving your
answer to the nearest minute, [4]

(iii) the rate at which the number of bacteria is increasing when t = 3. [4]

 Solomon Press
C3J page 4

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