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Edexcel GCSE
Mathematics A
Paper 1 (Non-Calculator)
Higher Tier
Wednesday 4 November 2015 – Morning Paper Reference

Time: 1 hour 45 minutes 1MA0/1H

You must have: Ruler graduated in centimetres and millimetres, Total Marks
protractor, pair of compasses, pen, HB pencil, eraser. 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.
• Answer allthequestions.
Answer
• – there may bequestions in the spaces provided
more space than you need.
• Calculators must not be used.
Information
• The
The total mark for this paper is 100
• – usemarks for each question are shown in brackets
this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
• written
Questions labelled with an asterisk (*) are ones where the quality of your
communication will be assessed.

Advice
• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
• Keep an eye on the time.
• Checkanswer
Try to every question.
• your answers if you have time at the end.
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Formulae: Higher Tier

You must not write on this formulae page.

Anything you write on this formulae page will gain NO credit.

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Volume of prism = area of cross section × length Area of trapezium = (a + b)h
2

a
cross
section h

lengt
h b

4 3 1 2
Volume of sphere = ʌU Volume of cone = ʌU h
3 3
Surface area of sphere = 4ʌU 2 Curved surface area of cone = ʌUO

r
l h

In any triangle ABC The Quadratic Equation

The solutions of ax2 + bx + c = 0
C
where D0, are given by
b a −b ± (b 2 − 4ac)
x=
2a
A c B

a b c
Sine Rule = =
sin A sin B sin C

Cosine Rule a2 = b2 + c 2 – 2bc cos A

1
Area of triangle = ab sin C
2

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 Answer ALL questions.

Write your answers in the spaces provided.

You must write down all stages in your working.

You must NOT use a calculator.

1 Sean wants to go on holiday.

He is going to get a loan of £ 720 to help pay for the holiday.
Sean will have to pay back the £ 720 plus interest of 15 %.
He will pay this back in 12 equal monthly installments.
How much money will Sean pay back each month?

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

(Total for Question 1 is 4 marks)

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2 Use the fact that
5.4 × 36 = 194.4
to find the value of
(i) 5.4 × 3.6

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(ii) 54 × 360

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(Total for Question 2 is 2 marks)

3 Here are the first four terms of an arithmetic sequence.

11 17 23 29

(a) Find, in terms of n, an expression for the nth term of this arithmetic sequence.

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(2)
(b) Is 121 a term of this arithmetic sequence?
You must explain your answer.

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(2)

(Total for Question 3 is 4 marks)

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4 There are some black pens, some blue pens, some red pens
and some green pens in a box.
The table shows the probabilities that a pen taken at random from the box will be
black or will be blue or will be red.

colour black blue red green

probability 0.3 0.2 0.4

There are 200 pens in the box.

(a) Work out the number of black pens in the box.

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(2)
A pen is taken at random from the box.
(b) Work out the probability that the pen will be green.

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(2)

(Total for Question 4 is 4 marks)

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5 Here are the ingredients needed to make 8 shortbread biscuits.

Shortbread biscuits
makes 8 biscuits
120 g butter
60 g caster sugar
180 g flour

Tariq is going to make some shortbread biscuits.

He has the following ingredients

330 g butter 200 g caster sugar 450 g flour

Work out the greatest number of shortbread biscuits that Tariq can make with
his ingredients.
You must show all your working.

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(Total for Question 5 is 3 marks)

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A B C D Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
x

70°
E F G

ABCD and EFG are parallel lines.

BC = CF
Angle BFE = 70°
Work out the size of the angle marked x.
Give reasons for each stage of your working.

(Total for Question 6 is 4 marks)

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7 Martin wants to find out how often students use the local tram service.
He uses this question on a questionnaire.

How often do you use the local tram service?

a little sometimes a lot

(a) Write down two things wrong with this question.

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(2)
(b) Design a better question for a questionnaire for Martin to find out how often students
use the local tram service.

(2)

(Total for Question 7 is 4 marks)

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8 Milk is sold in pint bottles, in 1 pint bottles and in 2 pint bottles.
2
One weekend a shop sold 100 bottles of milk.
46 of the bottles were sold on Sunday.
15 of the bottles sold on Sunday were 2 pint bottles.
1
31 of the bottles sold on Saturday were pint bottles.
2
22 of the bottles sold were 2 pint bottles.
30 of the bottles sold were 1 pint bottles.
How many 1 pint bottles were sold on Sunday?

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(Total for Question 8 is 4 marks)

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*9 The diagram shows a container for oil. Diagram NOT
The container is in the shape of a cuboid. accurately drawn
The container is empty.
Sally has to fill the container with oil.
A bottle of oil costs £ 3.50
There are 3000 cm3 of oil in each bottle.

30 cm
Sally must not spend more than £ 60 buying the oil. 40 cm
Can Sally buy enough oil to fill the container? 50 cm
You must show all your working.

(Total for Question 9 is 4 marks)

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10 (a) Expand x(x + 2)

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(1)
(b) Expand and simplify 3(y + 2) + 4(x – 1)

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(2)
(c) Expand and simplify (2tí t + 5)

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(2)
(d) Factorise fully 8a2 + 12a

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(2)
(e) Factorise y2 – y – 2

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(2)

(Total for Question 10 is 9 marks)

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11 Manchester airport is on a bearing of 330° from a London airport.
(a) Find the bearing of the London airport from Manchester airport.

°
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(2)
The London airport is 200 miles from Manchester airport.
A plane leaves Manchester airport at 10 am to fly to the London airport.
The plane flies at an average speed of 120 mph.
(b) What time does the plane arrive at the London airport?

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(4)

(Total for Question 11 is 6 marks)

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12 (a) Complete the table of values for y = x2 – 3x + 2

x í 0 1 2 3 4 5

y 6 2 12

(2)
(b) On the grid, draw the graph of y = x2 – 3x + 2 for values of x from –1 to 5
(2)
y
12

10

–1 O 1 2 3 4 5 x

(c) Find estimates for the solutions of the equation x2 – 3x + 2 = 4

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(2)

(Total for Question 12 is 6 marks)

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13 There are 18 packets of sweets and 12 boxes of sweets in a carton.
The mean number of sweets in all the 30 packets and boxes is 14
The mean number of sweets in the 18 packets is 10
Work out the mean number of sweets in the boxes.

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(Total for Question 13 is 3 marks)

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A B Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

H C

K L M N

G D

Q
P R
x

F E

ABCDEFGH is a regular octagon.

KLQFP and MNREQ are two identical regular pentagons.
Work out the size of the angle marked x.
You must show all your working.

°
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(Total for Question 14 is 4 marks)

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15 Sue works for a company that delivers parcels.
One day the company delivered 80 parcels.
The table shows information about the weights, in kg, of these parcels.

Weight (w kg) Frequency

0<w-1 19
1<w-2 17
2<w-3 15
3<w-4 12
4<w-5 10
5<w-6 7

(a) Complete the cumulative frequency table.

Cumulative
Weight (w kg)
frequency
0<w-1
0<w-2
0<w-3
0<w-4
0<w-5
0<w-6
(1)
(b) On the grid opposite, draw a cumulative frequency graph for your table.
(2)

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 80

70

60

50
Cumulative
frequency
40

30

20

10

0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Weight (w kg)
Sue says,
“75 % of the parcels weigh less than 3.4 kg.”
*(c) Is Sue correct?
You must show how you get your answer.

(3)

(Total for Question 15 is 6 marks)

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16 ABCD is a trapezium.
STUV is a rectangle.
Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
A 7x – 2 B S 5x + 5 T

5x 5x
4x

D C
9x – 2 V U

All measurements are in centimetres.

The two shapes have the same perimeter.
Work out the length of ST.

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(Total for Question 16 is 5 marks)

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17 Solve
2
2x + 3y =
3
3x – 4y = 18

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

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

(Total for Question 17 is 4 marks)

10
18 Rationalise the denominator of
5
Give your answer in its simplest form.

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(Total for Question 18 is 2 marks)

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19 The diagram shows a solid shape.
Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

10 cm

The solid shape is made from a hemisphere and a cone.

The radius of the hemisphere is equal to the radius of the base of the cone.
The cone has a height of 10 cm.
The volume of the cone is 270ʌcm3.
Work out the total volume of the solid shape.
Give your answer in terms of ʌ.

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(Total for Question 19 is 5 marks)

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Diagram NOT
A B a C accurately drawn

M 2b

D
b

F E

ACEF is a parallelogram.
B is the midpoint of AC.
M is the midpoint of BE.
o
CB = a
o
ED = b
o
DC = 2b

Show that AMD is a straight line.

(Total for Question 20 is 5 marks)

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 5 4
21 (a) Write as a single fraction in its simplest form −
2−x x

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(3)
(b) Make y the subject of the formula

2 − 3y
t =
y+2

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(4)

(Total for Question 21 is 7 marks)

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*22 Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

A
B
C

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

ABC and EDC are straight lines.
Prove that triangle BCD is similar to triangle ECA.
You must give reasons for your working.

(Total for Question 22 is 5 marks)

TOTAL FOR PAPER IS 100 MARKS

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