Bedford School

June Y10 Trials Summer 2023

Maths Paper 1

Candidate Name

Teacher Name

Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes

Materials

For this paper you must have:

• a ruler with millimetre measurements
• a scientific calculator.

Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
• Answer all questions.
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside the box
around each page or on blank pages.
• If you need extra space for your answer(s), ask the invigilator for additional paper. Write
the question number against your answer(s).
• Show all your working.
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked.

Information
• The marks for the questions are shown in brackets.
• The maximum mark for this paper is 75 marks.
 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

2
 Write your answers in the spaces provided.
You must write down all the stages in your working.

1 (a) Factorise 5a – 3a2

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(2)

(b) Expand
(i) 2(4 – 3w)

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(ii) y2 (y + 10)

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(3)
(c)

a = 1.28 b = 0.8
Work out the value of W.

W = ............................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2)

(Total for Question 1 is 7 marks)

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2 Change a speed of 90 kilometres per hour to a speed in metres per second.
Show your working clearly.

...................................................... m/s

(Total for Question 2 is 3 marks)

3 Make y the subject of 3(y + 2x – 1) = x + 5y

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

(Total for Question 3 is 3 marks)

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4 Q Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

3.4 cm

P R
5.8 cm

Triangle PQR has a right angle at Q.

PQ = 3.4 cm and PR = 5.8 cm.
(a) Work out the size of angle QRP.
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

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(3)
The length 5.8 cm, of PR, is correct to 2 significant figures.
(b) (i) Write down the upper bound of the length of PR.

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(ii) Write down the lower bound of the length of PR.

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(2)

(Total for Question 4 is 5 marks)

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5
Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

11 cm

10 cm
12 cm

7 cm

The diagram shows a solid prism.

The cross section of the prism is a trapezium.
The lengths of the parallel sides of the trapezium are 11 cm and 7 cm.
The perpendicular distance between the parallel sides of the trapezium is 10 cm.
The length of the prism is 12 cm.

(a) Work out the area of the trapezium.

............................ cm2
(2)

(b) Work out the volume of the prism.

........................... cm3

(2)

(Total for Question 5 is 4 marks)

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6 ABCD and APQR are two similar quadrilaterals.
PQ = 9 cm.
BC = 6 cm.
AD = 5 cm.
QR = 12 cm.
9 cm
P Q
Diagram NOT
B C accurately drawn
6 cm

12 cm

5 cm

D
R

(a) Find the length of DC.

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(2)
(b) Find the length of AR.

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(2)
The area of the quadrilateral ABCD is 32 cm2.
(c) Calculate the area of the shaded region.

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(3)

(Total for Question 6 is 7 marks)

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Q R

Diagram NOT
41° accurately drawn
T

34°

P, Q, R and S are points on the circumference of a circle.

PR and QS intersect at T.
Angle QPR = 34° and angle PRS = 41°
(a) (i) Find the size of angle PQS.

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°

(ii) Give a reason for your answer.

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(2)
(b) (i) Find the size of angle PTS.

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°

(ii) Explain why T cannot be the centre of the circle.

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(2)

(Total for Question 7 is 4 marks)

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8 C
B Diagram NOT
103° accurately drawn

39°
P
A

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

PA is a tangent to the circle.
Angle PAD = 39°
Angle BCD = 103°
Calculate the size of angle ADB.

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(Total for Question 8 is 3 marks)

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9 (a) Solve x2 – 4x – 1 = 0
Show your working clearly.
Give your solutions correct to 3 significant figures.

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(3)
Hence, or otherwise,
(b) solve (x + 3)2 – 4(x + 3) – 1 = 0
giving your solutions correct to 3 significant figures.

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(1)

(Total for Question 9 is 4 marks)

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10. The incomplete table shows information about the times, in minutes, that runners took to
complete a race.

Time (t minutes) 30 - t  35 35 - t  40 40 - t  50 50 - t  60 60 - t  80

Number of runners 12 20 12 16

(a) Use the histogram to calculate the number of runners who took between 40 and 50
minutes to complete the race.

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(2)
(b) Complete the histogram for the remaining results.

Frequency
density

30 40 50 60 70 80
Time (t minutes)
(2)

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 Runners who achieved a time between 37 and 48 minutes to complete the race were
each awarded a silver medal.
(c) Calculate an estimate of the number of runners awarded silver medals.

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(2)

(Total for Question 10 is 6 marks)

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11 Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
9 cm 7 cm

x°

13 cm
Calculate the value of x.
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

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

(Total for Question 11 is 3 marks)

1
⎛ 8e6 ⎞ 3
12 Simplify ⎜ 12 ⎟
⎝ f ⎠

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(2)

(Total for Question 12 is 2 marks)

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y

O x
(–2, –1)

The diagram shows the curve with equation y = f (x)

The coordinates of the minimum point of the curve are (–2, –1)
Write down the coordinates of the minimum point of the curve with equation

y = f (x – 5)

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(1)

(Total for Question 13 is 1 mark)

14 The function g is such that g(x) = 2 – 3x4 where x ≠ 0

3x
The function h is such that h(x) = where x ≠ 2
2−x

Express the composite function hg in the form hg(x) = ...

Give your answer in its simplest form.

hg(x) = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2)

(Total for Question 14 is 2 marks)

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15 Show that can be expressed in the form k where k is an integer.
2
State the value of k.

k= ............................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(Total for Question 15 is 3 marks)

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16 Show that the recurring decimal 0.015 = 66

(Total for Question 16 is 2 marks)

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17 The cumulative frequency graph gives information about the waiting times, in minutes,
of people with appointments at Hospital A.

60

50

40
Cumulative
frequency 30

20

10

0
0 10 20 30 40 50
Waiting time (minutes)

(a) Use the graph to find an estimate of the median waiting time at Hospital A.

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(1)
(b) Use the graph to find an estimate of the interquartile range of the waiting times at
Hospital A.

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(2)
At a different hospital, Hospital B, the median waiting time is 28 minutes and the
interquartile range of the waiting times is 19 minutes.
(c) Compare the waiting times at Hospital A with the waiting times at Hospital B.

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(2)

(Total for Question 17 is 5 marks)

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(x + 5) cm
B C Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

x cm

A D
(x + 8) cm

The diagram shows a trapezium ABCD with AD parallel to BC.

AB = x cm, BC = (x + 5) cm and AD = (x + 8) cm.
The area of the trapezium is 42 cm2.
(a) Show that 2x2 +13x – 84 = 0

(2)
(b) Calculate the perimeter of the trapezium.

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(5)

(Total for Question 18 is 7 marks)

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19 The diagram shows a pyramid with a horizontal rectangular base PQRS.
PQ = 16 cm.
QR = 10 cm.
M is the midpoint of the line PR.
The vertex, T, is vertically above M.
MT = 15cm.

T Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

15 cm
S R

M 10 cm

P Q
16 cm

Calculate the size of the angle between TP and the base PQRS.
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

°
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(Total for Question 19 is 4 marks)

TOTAL FOR PAPER IS 75 MARKS

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