February Mock Revision Pack Section 1

Linked to 2022 U6 Feb mock paper 1

Contents
Pure Section 1 – Linked to paper 1 from 2022 U6 mock ................................................................................................1
1) Basic integration .....................................................................................................................................................1
2) Simultaneous equations (one linear, one quadratic) .............................................................................................2
3) Stationary points and differentiation .....................................................................................................................3
4) Sector areas and arc lengths ..................................................................................................................................3
5) Rcos(x-alpha) and trig functions .............................................................................................................................6
6) Differentiating year 2 functions .............................................................................................................................7
7) First order differential functions ............................................................................................................................8
8) Integration as a limit of a sum and numerical integration .................................................................................. 10
9) Integration year 2 ................................................................................................................................................ 12
10) Reduction to linear form with logarithms. ........................................................................................................ 13
Mark Scheme ............................................................................................................................................................... 18

Pure Section 1 – Linked to paper 1 from 2022 U6 mock

1) Basic integration

Q1.

Find

giving each term in its simplest form.

(4)

(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q2.

=6x + x√x, x>0

Given that y = 37 at x = 4, find y in terms of x, giving each term in its simplest form.
(7)

(Total 7 marks)

Q3.

Find

giving each term in its simplest form.

(4)
(Total 4 marks)

2) Simultaneous equations (one linear, one quadratic)

Q4.

Solve the simultaneous equations

(7)
(Total 7 marks)

Q5.
Solve the simultaneous equations
y − 3x + 2 = 0
y2 − x − 6x2 = 0
(7)

(Total 7 marks)

Q6.

Solve the simultaneous equations

y + 4x + 1 = 0

y2 + 5x2 + 2x = 0
(6)

(Total for question = 6 marks)

3) Stationary points and differentiation

Q7.

Using calculus, find the coordinates of the stationary point on the curve with equation

(6)
(Total 6 marks)

Q8.
The curve C has equation y =12√ (x) − x − 10, x>0
(a) Use calculus to find the coordinates of the turning point on C.
(7)

(b) Find .
(2)
(c) State the nature of the turning point.
(1)

(Total 10 marks)

Q9.

A curve C has equation

(a) Find (i)

(ii)
(3)
(b) Verify that C has a stationary point when x = 4
(2)
(c) Determine the nature of this stationary point, giving a reason for your answer.
(2)

(Total for question = 7 marks)

4) Sector areas and arc lengths

Q10.
 Figure 2

Figure 2 shows ABC, a sector of a circle of radius 6 cm with centre A. Given that the size of angle BAC is
0.95 radians, find

(a) the length of the arc BC,

(2)
(b) the area of the sector ABC.
(2)
The point D lies on the line AC and is such that AD = BD. The region R, shown shaded in Figure 2, is
bounded by the lines CD, DB and the arc BC.

(c) Show that the length of AD is 5.16 cm to 3 significant figures.

(2)
Find

(d) the perimeter of R,

(2)
(e) the area of R, giving your answer to 2 significant figures.
(4)

(Total 12 marks)
Q11.

Figure 3
The shape BCD shown in Figure 3 is a design for a logo.
The straight lines DB and DC are equal in length. The curve BC is an arc of a circle with centre A and
radius 6 cm. The size of ∠BAC is 2.2 radians and AD = 4 cm.
Find
(a) the area of the sector BAC, in cm2,
(2)
(b) the size of ∠DAC, in radians to 3 significant figures,
(2)
(c) the complete area of the logo design, to the nearest cm2.
(4)

(Total 8 marks)

Q12.

Figure 1
An emblem, as shown in Figure 1, consists of a triangle ABC joined to a sector CBD of a circle with radius
4 cm and centre B. The points A, B and D lie on a straight line with AB = 5 cm and BD = 4 cm. Angle BAC
= 0.6 radians and AC is the longest side of the triangle ABC.
(a) Show that angle ABC = 1.76 radians, correct to 3 significant figures.
(4)
(b) Find the area of the emblem.
(3)
 (Total 7 marks)
5) Rcos(x-alpha) and trig functions

Q13.

(a) Express 2cosθ – sinθ in the form Rcos(θ + a), where R and a are constants, R > 0 and 0 < a 90° Give
the exact value of R and give the value of a to 2 decimal places.
(3)
(b) Hence solve, for 0 ≤ θ < 360°,

Give your answers to one decimal place.

(5)
(c) Use your solutions to parts (a) and (b) to deduce the smallest positive value of θ for which

Give your answer to one decimal place.

(2)

(Total for question = 10 marks)

Q14.

(a) Write 5cos θ − 2sin θ in the form Rcos(θ + α), where R and α are constants,

R > 0 and 0 ≤ α <

Give the exact value of R and give the value of α in radians to 3 decimal places.
(3)
(b) Show that the equation

5cot2x − 3cosec2x = 2
can be rewritten in the form
5cos2x − 2sin2x = c
where c is a positive constant to be determined.
(2)
(c) Hence or otherwise, solve, for 0 ≤ x < π,

5cot2x − 3cosec2x = 2
giving your answers to 2 decimal places.
(Solutions based entirely on graphical or numerical methods are not acceptable.)
(4)

(Total for question = 9 marks)

Q15.

(a) Express 2 sin θ − 4 cos θ in the form R sin(θ − α), where R and α are constants, R > 0
and 0 < α < π⁄2
Give the value of α to 3 decimal places.
(3)
H(θ) = 4 + 5(2sin 3θ − 4cos3θ)2

Find

(b) (i) the maximum value of H(θ),

(ii) the smallest value of θ, for 0 ≤ θ < π, at which this maximum value occurs.
(3)
Find

(c) (i) the minimum value of H(θ),

(ii) the largest value of θ, for 0 ≤ θ < π, at which this minimum value occurs.
(3)

(Total 9 marks)

6) Differentiating year 2 functions

Q16.

Differentiate with respect to x, giving your answer in its simplest form,

(a) x2ln(3x)
(4)

(b)
(5)

(Total 9 marks)

Q17.

The curve C has equation

(a) Show that

 (4)

(b) Find an equation of the tangent to C at the point on C where x = .

Write your answer in the form y = ax + b, where a and b are exact constants.
(4)

(Total 8 marks)

Q18.

(a) Differentiate with respect to x,

(i) e3x(sin x + 2 cos x),
(3)
(ii) x3 ln (5x + 2).
(3)

Given that y =

(b) show that

(5)

(c) Hence find and the real values of x for which

(3)

(Total 14 marks)

7) First order differential functions

Q19.

The rate of increase of the number, N, of fish in a lake is modelled by the differential equation

t > 0, 0 < N < 5000

In the given equation, the time t is measured in years from the start of January 2000 and k is a positive
constant.

(a) By solving the differential equation, show that

N = 5000 − Ate−kt
where A is a positive constant.
(5)
After one year, at the start of January 2001, there are 1200 fish in the lake.
After two years, at the start of January 2002, there are 1800 fish in the lake.

(b) Find the exact value of the constant A and the exact value of the constant k.
(4)
(c) Hence find the number of fish in the lake after five years. Give your answer to the nearest hundred
fish.
(1)

(Total 10 marks)

Q20.

The rate of decay of the mass of a particular substance is modelled by the differential equation

where x is the mass of the substance measured in grams and t is the time measured in days.

Given that x = 60 when t = 0,

(a) solve the differential equation, giving x in terms of t. You should show all steps in your working and
give your answer in its simplest form.
(4)
(b) Find the time taken for the mass of the substance to decay from 60 grams to 20 grams.
Give your answer to the nearest minute.
(3)

(Total for question = 7 marks)

Q21.

(a) Express in partial fractions.

(3)
A team of biologists is studying a population of a particular species of animal.

The population is modelled by the differential equation

where P is the population in thousands, and t is the time measured in years since the start
of the study.
Given that P = 3 when t = 0,

(b) solve this differential equation to show that

(7)
(c) find the time taken for the population to reach 4000 for the first time.
Give your answer in years to 3 significant figures.
(3)

(Total for question = 13 marks)

8) Integration as a limit of a sum and numerical integration

Q22.

Figure 3 shows a sketch of the curve with equation

The point P(x, y) lies on the curve.

The rectangle, shown shaded on Figure 3, has height y and width

Calculate
 (Total for question = 3 marks)

Q23.

The table below shows corresponding values of x and y for

The values of y are given to 4 significant figures.

(a) Use the trapezium rule, with all the values of y in the table, to find an estimate for

giving your answer to 3 significant figures.

(3)

(b) Using your answer to part (a), deduce an estimate for

(1)
Given that

(c) comment on the accuracy of your answer to part (b).

(1)

(Total for question = 5 marks)

Q24.
Figure 1 shows a sketch of part of the curve with equation y = . The finite region R, shown
shaded in Figure 1, is bounded by the curve, the x-axis, the line with equation x = 1 and the line with
equation x = 4.

(a) Complete the table with the value of y corresponding to x = 3, giving your answer to 4 decimal places.

(1)

(b) Use the trapezium rule, with all the values of y in the completed table, to obtain an estimate of the
area of the region R, giving your answer to 3 decimal places.

(3)

(c) Use the substitution u = 1 + √x, to find, by integrating, the exact area of R.

(8)
(Total 12 marks)
9) Integration year 2

Q25.

Use integration to find the exact value of

(6)

(Total 6 marks)
Q26.
(a) Use integration to find

ln x dx

(5)

(b) Hence calculate

ln x dx

(2)
(Total 7 marks)

10) Reduction to linear form with logarithms.

Q27.

In a controlled experiment, the number of microbes, N, present in a culture T days after the start of the
experiment were counted.

N and T are expected to satisfy a relationship of the form

N = aTb, where a and b are constants

(a) Show that this relationship can be expressed in the form

log10N = mlog10T + c
giving m and c in terms of the constants a and/or b.
(2)
 Figure 3

Figure 3 shows the line of best fit for values of log10N plotted against values of log10T

(b) Use the information provided to estimate the number of microbes present in the culture 3 days after
the start of the experiment.
(4)
(c) Explain why the information provided could not reliably be used to estimate the day when the
number of microbes in the culture first exceeds 1 000 000.
(2)
(d) With reference to the model, interpret the value of the constant a.
(1)

(Total for question = 9 marks)

Q28.

The value, £V, of a vintage car t years after it was first valued on 1st January 2001, is modelled by the
equation

V = Apt where A and p are constants

Given that the value of the car was £32 000 on 1st January 2005 and £50 000 on 1st January 2012

(a) (i) find p to 4 decimal places,

(ii) show that A is approximately 24 800
(4)
(b) With reference to the model, interpret
(i) the value of the constant A,
(ii) the value of the constant p.
(2)
Using the model,

(c) find the year during which the value of the car first exceeds £100 000
(4)

(Total for question = 10 marks)

Q29.

The time, T seconds, that a pendulum takes to complete one swing is modelled by the formula

T = alb

where l metres is the length of the pendulum and a and b are constants.

(a) Show that this relationship can be written in the form

log10T = b log10l + log10a

(2)

A student carried out an experiment to find the values of the constants a and b.

The student recorded the value of T for different values of l.

Figure 3 shows the linear relationship between log10l and log10T for the student's data.
The straight line passes through the points (– 0.7, 0) and (0.21, 0.45)

Using this information,

(b) find a complete equation for the model in the form

T = al b
giving the value of a and the value of b, each to 3 significant figures.
(3)
(c) With reference to the model, interpret the value of the constant a.
(1)

(Total for question = 6 marks)

Q30.

A research engineer is testing the effectiveness of the braking system of a car when it is driven in wet
conditions.

The engineer measures and records the braking distance, d metres, when the brakes are applied from a
speed of V km h−1.

Graphs of d against V and log10 d against log10 V were plotted.

The results are shown below together with a data point from each graph.

(a) Explain how Figure 6 would lead the engineer to believe that the braking distance should be modelled
by the formula

d = kVn where k and n are constants

 with k ≈ 0.017
(3)
Using the information given in Figure 5, with k = 0.017

(b) find a complete equation for the model giving the value of n to 3 significant figures.
(3)
Sean is driving this car at 60 km h−1 in wet conditions when he notices a large puddle in
the road 100 m ahead. It takes him 0.8 seconds to react before applying the brakes.

(c) Use your formula to find out if Sean will be able to stop before reaching the puddle.
(3)

(Total for question = 9 marks)

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