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Pearson Edexcel
International GCSE
Time 2 hours
Paper
reference 4MA1/1H
Mathematics A
PAPER 1H
Higher Tier

End of term 1 test

You must have: Total Marks
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.
• 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.
• – usemarks
The for each question are shown in brackets
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.
• Good luck
Check your answers if you have time at the end.
• with your examination.

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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 ONE questions.

Write your answers in the spaces provided.

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You must write down all the stages in your working.

1 The table below shows information about the number of goals scored by a football club
in each of its last 45 games.

Number of goals Number of games

0 7
1 14
2 8
3 10
4 5
5 0
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6 1

Find the mean number of goals.

Show your working clearly.

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(Total for Question 1 is 3 marks)

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2 Here is a biased five-sided spinner.

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red

blue
orange

green
yellow

When the spinner is spun, it can land on red, orange, yellow, green or blue.
The probabilities that it lands on red, orange and yellow are given in the table.

Colour red orange yellow green blue

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Probability 0.4 0.2 0.1

The probability that the spinner lands on green is the same as the probability that the
spinner lands on blue.
Michael spins the spinner once.
(a) Work out the probability that the spinner lands on green.

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(3)
Jenny spins the spinner 200 times.
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(b) Work out an estimate for the number of times the spinner lands on red.

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(2)

(Total for Question 2 is 5 marks)

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 3 The weekly rent for a holiday apartment is £530, which is the same as 715.5 euros.
The weekly rent for a holiday cottage is £750
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Using the same rate of currency exchange, work out the weekly rent for the cottage in euros.

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(Total for Question 3 is 3 marks)

4 (a) (i) Use your calculator to work out the value of

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16௘
îíʌ

Write down all the figures on your calculator display.

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(ii) Write your answer to (a)(i) correct to 3 significant figures.

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(3)
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4.2 × 10 ௘
(b) Work out
700 000

Give your answer in standard form.

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(2)

(Total for Question 4 is 5 marks)

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 5 The diagram shows a ladder, EF, leaning against a vertical wall.
The foot, E, of the ladder is on horizontal ground.
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Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

3.5 m

E 2.1 m G
EG = 2.1 m FG = 3.5 m angle EGF = 90°
(a) Work out the length of the ladder.
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
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(3)
(b) Work out the size of angle EFG.
Give your answer correct to the nearest degree.
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°
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(3)

(Total for Question 5 is 6 marks)

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6 g = 23 × 3 × 7 2 h = 2 × 3 × 73
(a) Express gh as a product of powers of its prime factors.

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Simplify your answer.

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(2)
g
= 2a × 3b × 7c
h
(b) Find the value of a, the value of b and the value of c.

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

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

c = .......................................................
(2)
(c) Show that (7 − 2 5 ) (7 + 2 5 ) = 29
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(2)

(Total for Question 6 is 6 marks)

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7 The function f is such that f (x) =
3x + 5

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 D )LQG Ií

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(1)
3
The function g is such that g (x) =
x+4
(b) Find gí (6)

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(2)
 F )LQG IJí

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(2)
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 (d) Solve the equation f (x) = g (x)
Show clear algebraic working.
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(4)

(Total for Question 7 is 9 marks)

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15 cm
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Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

15 cm 15 cm
70 cm

15 cm
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The diagram shows a design made from wire.

The design is made from
a square with side 70 cm,
a circle with diameter 40 cm,
4 straight pieces each of length 15 cm.
Find the total length of wire needed for the design.
Give your answer correct to the nearest centimetre.
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(Total for Question 8 is 4 marks)

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9 (a) Factorise 7h + h2

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(1)
(b) Expand and simplify 4(p + 5) + 7(p – 2)

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(2)
D = 7c2 + f
(c) Work out the value of D when c íDQGf = 5

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D = .......................................................
(2)
(d) Solve 5(q± ±q
Show clear algebraic working.

q = .......................................................
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(3)
 H 6ROYHWKHLQHTXDOLW\±t .

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(2)

(Total for Question 9 is 10 marks)

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 10 Simplify (2x 2íx x – 5)

Give your answer in the form ax2 +bx + c

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(Total for Question 10 is 3 marks)

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11 In a sale, normal prices are reduced by

18% 7KHVDOHSULFHRIDQXPEUHOODLV…

Work out the normal price of the umbrella.

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

(Total for Question 11 is 3 marks)

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12 Solve the equation 5x2 + 8x± 
Show your working clearly.
 *LYH\RXUVROXWLRQVFRUUHFWWRVLJQLILFDQWILJXUHV

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(Total for Question 12 is 3 marks)

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13 Write the equation x2 + 8x±in the form ( x + p) + q 

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(Total for Question 13 is 4 marks)

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 5m + 2e
14 Make e the subject of k =
3e
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(Total for Question 14 is 4 marks)

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x     FRUUHFWWRVLJQLILFDQWILJXUH
y  FRUUHFWWRVLJQLILFDQWILJXUHV
z   FRUUHFWWRGHFLPDOSODFH
Calculate the upper bound of x(y – z)
Show your working clearly.
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(Total for Question 15 is 3 marks)

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16 (a) Expand and simplify 3x(2x + 3) – x(3x + 5)

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(2)
(b) Make t the subject of the formula p = at – d

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(2)
n
w ×w
5
Given that = w10
w 3

(c) work out the value of n.

n = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2)

(Total for Question 16 is 6

marks)

17 The table shows the populations of five countries.

Country Population
China 1.4 × 109
Germany 8.2 × 107
Sweden 9.9 × 106
Fiji 9.1 × 105
Malta 4.3 × 105

(a) Work out the difference between the population of China and the population of Germany.
Give your answer in standard form.

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(2)
Given that
1
population of Fiji = × population of Sweden
k

(b) work out the value of k.

Give your answer correct to the nearest whole number.

k = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2)

(Total for Question 17 is 4

marks)

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18 2 × 16 = 2 x
(a) Find the value of x.
Show your working clearly.

x = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2)
(11−6 )5 n
= 11
114
(b) Find the value of n.
Show your working clearly.

n = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2)

(Total for Question 18 is 4

marks)

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19 Write 600 as a product of powers of its prime factors.

Show your working clearly.

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(Total for Question 19 is 3 marks)

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20 Solve the simultaneous equations

5a + 2c = 10
2a – 4c =   7
Show clear algebraic working.

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

c = .......................................................

(Total for Question 20 is 3 marks)

21 (i) Factorise x2 + 2x – 24

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(2)
(ii) Hence solve x2 + 2x – 24 = 0

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(1)

(Total for Question 21 is 3

marks)

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22 Chengbo sold a house for 180 000 yuan.

The amount for which he sold the house is 24% more than the amount he paid for the house.
(a) Work out how much Chengbo paid for the house.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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(3)
Zhi bought a house on 1st January 2017
When she bought the house, its value was 120 000 yuan.
The value of the house increased by 1.8% per year.
(b) Work out the value of Zhi’s house on 1st January 2020
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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(3)

(Total for Question 22 is 6 marks)

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