Edexcel A Level Maths Predicted Paper 2

2024

@MrChapmanMaths

This is my version of a predicted paper based on topics that come up with high
frequency, ruling out topics that have appeared as the main part of a question in
pure paper 1.

It is important to remember that just because a topic has come up in paper 1, it can
still form part of a question in paper 2. As such you should remember that all topics
should form part of your revision and this should not somehow be the only thing
you revise from.

This paper contains 100 marks worth of questions and is

designed to be sat over a duration of 2 hours.

The mark scheme is at the end of the document.

Q1.

A circle, with centre C and radius r, has equation

x2 + y2 − 8x + 4 y − 12 = 0

Find

(a) the coordinates of C,

(2)
(b) the exact value of r.
(2)
The circle cuts the y-axis at the points A and B.

(c) Find the coordinates of the points A and B.

(3)
(Total for question = 7 marks)
Q2.

Figure 2

Figure 2 shows a sketch of part of the curve with equation y = f(x) where

The curve has a minimum turning point at A.

(a) Find f ′(x).

(2)
(b) Hence find the coordinates of A.
(4)
(c) Use your answer to part (b) to write down the turning point of the curve with equation
(i) y = f(x + 1),

(ii) y = f(x) .
(2)
(Total for question = 8 marks)
Q3.

An arithmetic series has first term a and common difference d.

Given that the sum of the first 9 terms is 54

(a) show that

a + 4d = 6
(2)
Given also that the 8th term is half the 7th term,

(b) find the values of a and d.

(4)
(Total for question = 6 marks)
Q4.

Relative to a fixed origin O

• point A has position vector 10i − 3j

• point B has position vector –8i + 9j

• point C has position vector –2i + pj where p is a constant

(a) Find
(2)

(b) Find giving your answer as a fully simplified surd.

(2)
Given that points A, B and C lie on a straight line,

(c) (i) find the value of p,

(ii) state the ratio of the area of triangle AOC to the area of triangle AOB.
(3)

(Total for question = 7 marks)

Q5.

(a) Find the values of the constants A, B and C.

(4)

(b) Using part (a), find f ′(x).

(3)
(c) Prove that f(x) is a decreasing function.
(1)
(Total for question = 8 marks)
Q6.

(a) Prove that

(3)
(b) Hence solve, for 0 < θ < π

giving your answers in radians to 3 significant figures.

(Solutions based entirely on graphical or numerical methods are not acceptable.)
(6)
(Total for question = 9 marks
Q7.

Given y = 3x(2x – 5)4

(a) show that

where A and B are integers to be found.

(4)
(b) Hence find the range of values of x for which y is decreasing.
(2)
(Total for question = 6 marks)
Q8.

Figure 3 shows a sketch of the curve C with parametric equations

(a) Use parametric differentiation to find the value of at the point on C where x = 5

Give your answer in the form , where k is a constant to be found.

(4)
(b) Show that all points on C satisfy

(3)
The curve C has equation y = f(x) where f is the function

and a and b are constants.

(c) Find the value of a and the value of b.

(2)
(d) State the range of f.
(1)
(Total for question = 10 marks)
Q9.

Figure 2

The population of a species of animal is being studied. The population P, at time t years from the start of
the study, is assumed to be

where k is a positive constant.

A sketch of the graph of P against t is shown in Figure 2.

Use the given equation to

(a) find the population at the start of the study,

(2)
(b) find the value for the upper limit of the population.
(1)
Given that P = 2500 when t = 4

(c) calculate the value of k, giving your answer to 3 decimal places.

(5)
Using this value for k,

(d) find, using , the rate at which the population is increasing when t = 10
Give your answer to the nearest integer.
(3)
(Total for question = 11 marks)
Q10.

The straight line l has equation y = mx – 2, where m is a constant.

The curve C has equation y = 2x2 + x + 6

The line l does not cross or touch the curve C.

(a) Show that m satisfies the inequality

m2 – 2m – 63 < 0
(3)
(b) Hence find the range of possible values of m.
(4)
(Total for question = 7 marks)
Q11.

Figure 4 shows a sketch of the curve with equation y = 12x2 ln (2x2), x > 0

The finite region R, shown shaded in Figure 4, is bounded by the curve, the line with equation x = 1, the
x-axis and the line with equation x = 2

The table below shows corresponding values of x and y for y = 12x2 ln (2x2), with the values of y given to
3 significant figures.

(a) Use the trapezium rule, with all the values of y, to obtain an estimate for the area of R, giving your
answer to 2 significant figures.
(3)
(b) Use the substitution u = x2 to show that the area of R is given by

(3)
(c) Hence, using calculus, find the exact area of R, writing your answer in the form a + b ln 2, where a
and b are constants to be found.
(6)
(Total for question = 12 marks)
Q12.

The height of water, H metres, in a harbour on a particular day is given by the equation

where t is the number of hours after midnight, and is measured in radians.

(a) Show that the height of the water at 1 a.m. is 4.75 metres.
(1)
(b) Find the height of the water at 2 p.m.
(2)
(c) Find, to the nearest minute, the first two times when the height of the water is 3 metres.

(Solutions based entirely on graphical or numerical methods are not acceptable.)

(6)
(Total for question = 9 marks)
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