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MATHEMATICS
Higher Tier Paper 2 Calculator
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Monday 3 June 2024 Morning Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
Materials
For this paper you must have: For Examiner’s Use
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• mathematical instruments
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• the Formulae Sheet (enclosed).
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Instructions 6–7
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Draw diagrams in pencil. 8–9
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
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• Answer all questions.
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write 12–13
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of this book. Write the question number against your answer(s).
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• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to
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1 The diagram shows a circle, centre O, and three straight lines.

Use one word to describe each shaded region.

Choose from

arc chord sector segment tangent

[2 marks]

Region A

Region B

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2 The mass of an iceberg is 2 200 000 kg box

This value is a 12% reduction from the original mass of the iceberg.

Work out the original mass of the iceberg.

Give your answer in standard form.
[3 marks]

Answer kg

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3 A chef has a tub of blueberries. box

She wants to
use all the blueberries
put the same number of blueberries on each dessert.

k
D=
b

D is the number of desserts.

b is the number of blueberries on each dessert.

3 (a) What does the constant k represent?

Tick the correct box.
[1 mark]

The number of blueberries in the tub

The number of desserts

The number of blueberries on each dessert

None of the above

3 (b) Complete the table.

[2 marks]

b 2 6

D 120 30

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4 (a) A fair spinner has six equal sections, each with the number 5, 6, 7 or 8 box

Each number appears at least once.

P(even number) = P(7)

Work out P(5)

You may use the blank spinner to help you.
[3 marks]

Answer

4 (b) A different spinner has ten sections, each labelled A, B, C or D.

A B C D

Probability 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.3

Give one reason why there must be a mistake in the table.

[1 mark]

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5 (a) Here is a sketch of the graph y = –2 x + 6 box

Complete the coordinates of C and D.

[2 marks]

C( 0 , ) D( , 0 )

5 (b) Here is a sketch of a quadratic graph.

Complete the following statements.

[2 marks]

The value of the y-intercept is

The x-coordinate of the turning point, T, is

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6 Work out (2.5 × 10 ) box

Give your answer in standard form.

[1 mark]

Answer

7 Archie flips a biased coin 200 times.

Here is some information about the outcomes after each 50 flips.

Total number of flips 50 100 150 200

Number of heads 10 27 37 52

Work out the best estimate for the probability of flipping a head.
Give a reason for your answer.
[2 marks]

Answer

Reason

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8 A lion is sprinting in a straight line away from its den. box

The graph shows the lion’s distance from the den.

Work out the speed of the lion in metres per second.

[3 marks]

Answer m/s

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9 On the Venn diagram, shade the section represented by P∩Q box

[1 mark]

10 A bus route had 90 000 passengers last year.

The number of passengers was predicted to increase
by 3% this year
and then
by 8% next year.

Is the predicted number of passengers for next year more than 100 000 ?
You must show your working.
[3 marks]

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11 A map has a scale of 1 : 20 000 box

Two churches are 15 cm apart on the map.

Work out the actual distance between them.

Give your answer in kilometres.
[3 marks]

Answer km

12 Not drawn
accurately

Circle the reason why these triangles are congruent.

[1 mark]

ASA RHS SAS SSS

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13 Liam takes part in long jump competitions. box

Here is some information about 40 of his jumps.

Length of jump,
Number of jumps Midpoint
d metres

7.0 ⩽ d < 7.4 15

7.4 ⩽ d < 7.8 18

7.8 ⩽ d < 8.2 7

Total = 40

Work out an estimate of the mean distance of these 40 jumps.

Give your answer as a decimal.
[3 marks]

Answer m

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14 A graph passes through the points (3, 15) and (7, w) box

14 (a) Assume that the equation of the graph has the form y = x2 + c

Work out the value of w that this would give.

[3 marks]

w=

14 (b) In fact, the graph is a straight line.

What does this mean about the actual value of w?

Tick one box.
[1 mark]

It must be the same as the value in part (a)

It must be different to the value in part (a)

It is impossible to tell

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15 Concrete from a truck is poured at 10.9 kg per second for 30 minutes. box

1000 kg = 1 tonne

Is more than 20 tonnes of concrete poured?

Tick a box.

Yes No

You must show your working.

[4 marks]

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16 Here is some information about the lengths, in cm, of leaves. box

• Shortest length = 2.4

• Longest length = 9

• Upper quartile = 7

• Median length = 6

• Interquartile range = 3

Draw a box plot to show this information.

[3 marks]

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17 AB is a straight line. box

Both angles are given in degrees.

Not drawn
accurately

By working out the value of x,

work out the ratio smaller angle : larger angle
[4 marks]

Answer :

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18 A diagonal of a rectangle is 23.7 cm long. box

The diagonal makes an angle of 52° with a side of length x cm

Work out the value of x.

[3 marks]

x=

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 5  7 box
19 (a) Show that 4x(3x + 2) – 2 x2  6 −  – 6x  3 +  simplifies to an integer.
 x  x
[3 marks]

19 (b) Factorise 8x2 – 18x – 35

[2 marks]

Answer

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2(6 − x ) d± e box
20 (x – 9) = and x=
x+3 f

Work out one set of possible values for d, e and f.

[4 marks]

d=

e=

f=

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21 People in a stadium are in the North Stand, East Stand, South Stand or West Stand. box

Of the people in the stadium,

1
are in the North Stand
4
3
are in the East Stand
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number in South Stand : number in West Stand = 2 : 7

There are 4480 people in the West Stand.

How many people are in the stadium?

[4 marks]

Answer

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1
xn + 1 = 5 –
xn

1
Use x1 = 1 to work out an approximate solution to x=5–
x
Give your answer to 4 significant figures.
[3 marks]

x=

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Not drawn
accurately

Prove that DEF is a straight line.

[4 marks]

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24 A room is kept at a constant temperature of 21° C for 6 hours. box

The heating is then turned off and the room begins to cool.
Here is a sketch graph showing the temperature, y°C, of the room at time x hours.

k
24 (a) Assume the equation of the curved part is y= where k is a constant.
x

Work out the value of y when x = 12

[2 marks]

y=

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24 (b) In fact, box
1
x
 1 6
the equation of the curved part is y=A×   where A is a different constant.
3

How does this affect the value of y when x = 12 ?

Tick one box.
You must show working to support your answer.
[2 marks]

The value of y is greater than the answer to part (a).

The value of y is less than the answer to part (a).

The value of y is the same as the answer to part (a).

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25 Here is a right-angled triangular prism. box

The ratio of the edges is a : b : c : d = 3 : 4 : 5 : 12

The volume of the prism is 1125 cm3

Work out the total length of all of the edges of the prism.
[5 marks]

Answer cm

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