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Candidate Number

General Certificate of Secondary Education

2014

Further Mathematics

Unit 1
Pure Mathematics
[GMF1]

SPECIMEN PAPER For Examiner's

use only
Question
Marks
Number
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TIME
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2 hours.
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INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES 4
Write your Centre Number and Candidate Number in the spaces 5
provided at the top of this page. 6
All working should be clearly shown in the spaces provided since
marks may be awarded for partially correct solutions. 7
Where rounding is necessary answers should be given to 2 decimal 8
places unless stated otherwise.
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Answer all 17 questions.
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INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES 11
The total mark for this paper is 100. 12
Figures in brackets printed down the right-hand side of pages 13
indicate the marks awarded to each question or part question.
You may use a calculator. 14
The formula sheet is on pages 2 and 3. 15
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Total
Marks
 Formula Sheet

PURE MATHEMATICS

Quadratic equations: If ax2 1 bx 1 c 5 0 (a Þ 0)

–b ! b 2 – 4ac
then x 5 2a

Trigonometry: a b c
sin A = sin B = sin C A
c b
a2 5 b2 1 c2 2 2bc cosA
B C
Area of triangle 5 12 ab sin C a

dy n –1
Differentiation: If y 5 axn then dx = nax

n+1
ax n dx = ax
Integration:
∫ n +1 + c
(n Þ 21)

Logarithms: If ax 5 n then x 5 logan

log (ab) 5 log a 1 log b

a
log b 5 log a 2 log b

log an 5 n log a

a b
Matrices: If A = < F
c d
then det A 5 ad 2 bc

d –b
A –1 = ad – bc < F
1
and ^ad – bc ! 0h
–c a

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 MECHANICS

Vectors: Magnitude of xi 1 yj is given by x2 + y2

y
Angle between xi 1 yj and i is given by tan –1 ` x j

Uniform Acceleration: v 5 u 1 at s 5 21 (u 1 v)t

v2 5 u2 1 2as s 5 ut 1 21 at2

where u is initial velocity t is time

v is final velocity s is change in displacement
a is acceleration
Newton’s Second Law: F 5 ma

where F is resultant force m is mass

a is acceleration

STATISTICS
R fx & N – ^R f h1 0 c
Statistical measures: Mean 5 Median 5 L1 1 2
R f fmedian

where L1 is lower class boundary of the median class

N is total frequency
^R f h1 is the sum of the frequencies up to but not including the
median class
fmedian is the frequency of the median class
c is the width of the median class

∑ fx 2 2
Standard deviation 5 2 (x) where x is the mean
∑f

Probability: P(A < B) 5 P(A) 1 P(B) 2 P(A > B)

P ^A + Bh
P(A  B) 5
P ^B h

Bivariate Analysis: Spearman’s coefficient of rank correlation is given by

r = 1–
6 R d2
n ^n 2 – 1 h

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1 (a) Matrices A, B and C are given by

–3 4 –4
A=  5 2  , B =  2  and C = [–1 3]

Express as a single matrix:

(i) AB [2]

(ii) BC [2]

(b) Explain why it is impossible to work out AC. [1]

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2 (a) Simplify the vector expression

–4 –2
3  2 – 5 
[2]

(b) The vectors a and b are shown below.

On the grid below draw a diagram to show the vector a – 2b

[2]

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 3 d2y
3 If y = 4x2 – find [4]
4x2 dx2

4 A curve is defined by the equation y = x2 + 5x – 3

Find where the curve crosses the x-axis by completing the square. [5]

5 Matrices P and Q are given by

5 –2 1 –3
P=  3 4  and Q =  –2 4 

Solve PX = Q [5]

6 Solve the equation

1
sin ( x + 80°) = 0.6
2
for –180° < x ≤ 180° [5]

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7 (a) Simplify

log 9 + log 4 – log 3 [2]

(b) Write log 27 in terms of log 3 [1]

8 Simplify fully the expression

3 2 4x2 – 1
 x – 2 + 2x + 1  × 8x2 – x
[6]

9 Solve the equation

23x–1 = 5x
[4]

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10 A curve passes through the point (1, 2).

At the point (1, 2) the equation of the normal is

1 9
y=– x+
4 4

Find the equation of the tangent to the curve at the point (1, 2) [4]

11 A sketch of the curve defined by the equation

y = (x + 1) (x – 3)

is shown in the diagram below.

Find the area, shown shaded, enclosed by the curve and the x-axis. [7]

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12 In the trapezium ABCD shown below, DC  2AB.

→ →
DA represents the vector m and AB represents the vector n.

A n B

D C

(i) Express the following in terms of m and/or n.

(a)
DC
→ [1]

→
(b)
DB [1]

(ii)
→
Express BC in terms of m and n in its simplest form. [2]

E is the point on AB produced so that AB : BE  1 : 2

F is the point on DC produced so that DC : CF  2 : 1

(iii)
Prove, using vectors, that AEFD is a parallelogram. [4]

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13 Jack and Jill went jogging for a distance of 30 km. Jack’s mean speed was 2 km/h faster than Jill’s.
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The time taken by Jack to complete the distance was hour less than the time taken by Jill.
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(i) If Jill’s mean speed was x km/h, find, in terms of x, the times taken by Jack and Jill to complete
the distance. [2]

(ii) Find Jack’s mean speed and Jill’s mean speed. [6]

14 Given that

dy 3
= 2 – 7x6
dx x

and that y = 6 when x = –1,

find the expression for y. [6]

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15 A landscape gardener is designing the triangular garden shown below.

17 m 15 m
red
bricks

A
23 m

She needs to calculate the area of the garden.

(i) Find the size of the angle A. [2]

(ii) Hence find the area of the garden. [2]

A row of red bricks is to be laid perpendicular to the 23 m side as shown in the diagram.
Each brick is 22 cm long.

(iii) Find the number of bricks needed. [3]

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16 (a) Solve the simultaneous equations

5x + 2y = 15

6x2 + 5y = 31.5 [6]

(b) Show why there is no solution to the pair of equations

6x + 4y = 5

9x + 6y = 8 [2]

17 The share price of an ounce of zirconium, in thousands of pounds, after t years from purchase is
modelled by the equation

P = t3 – 4t2 + 5t + 2

(i) Find the times when the share price turns. [5]

(ii) Using calculus, identify each turning point as either a maximum or a minimum price. [2]

(iii) Find the lowest and highest values of an ounce of zirconium in the first year and a half
after purchase. [4]

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