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Mathematics
June 2025 Practice Paper 2 (Calculator)
Higher Tier

Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

You must have: Ruler graduated in centimetres and millimetres, Total Marks
protractor, pair of compasses, pen, HB pencil, eraser, calculator.
Tracing paper may be used.

Instructions

• Use black ink or ball-point pen.

• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
centre number and candidate number.
• Answer all questions.
• Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
• Calculators may be used.
• Diagrams are NOT accurately drawn, unless otherwise indicated.
• You must show all your working.

Information

• The total mark for this paper is 80

• The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.

Advice

• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.

• Keep an eye on the time.
• Try to answer every question.
• Check your answers if you have time at the end.

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Higher Tier Formulae Sheet

Perimeter, area and volume Quadratic formula

Where a and b are the lengths of the parallel sides The solution of ax2 + bx + c = 0
and h is their perpendicular separation:
1 where a ≠ 0
Area of a trapezium = (a + b) h
2 −b± √ b2 −4 ac
x=
Volume of a prism = area of cross section × length 2a

Where r is the radius and d is the diameter:

Circumference of a circle = 2πr = πd

Area of a circle = πr2

Pythagoras’ Theorem and Trigonometry In any right-angled triangle where a, b and c are
the length of the sides and c is the hypotenuse:

a2 + b2 = c2
c
In any right-angled triangle ABC where a, b and c
a
are the length of the sides and c is the hypotenuse:

A a b a
sin A= cos A= tan A=
c c b
b
C In any triangle ABC where a, b and c
are the length of the sides:

b a a b c
sine rule: = =
sin A sin B sin C

cosine rule: a2 = b2 + c2 – 2bc cos A

A c B
Area of triangle = 1 ab sin C
2

Compound Interest Probability

Where P is the principal amount, r is the interest Where P (A) is the probability of outcome A
rate over a given period and n is number of times and P (B) is the probability of outcome B:
that the interest is compounded:
P (A or B) = P (A) + P (B) – P (A and B)

( )
n
r
Total accrued = P 1 + P (A and B) = P (A given B) P(B)
100

END OF EXAM AID

1 A number, m, is rounded to 1 decimal place.
The result is 9.4

Complete the error interval for m.

≤m<
(Total for Question 1 is 2 marks)

2 The table gives information about the times taken, in seconds, by 20 students to run a race.

Time (t seconds) Frequency

20 < t ≤ 25 2

25 < t ≤ 30 10

30 < t ≤ 35 5

35 < t ≤ 45 3

Work out an estimate for the mean time.

seconds
(Total for Question 2 is 3 marks)
3 Use your calculator to work out
√11.3 + 2.51
6.3 − 1.3 2
(a) Write down all the figures on your calculator display.

(2)

(b) Write your answer to part (a) correct to 4 significant figures.

(1)
(Total for Question 3 is 3 marks)

4 A company has to make a large number of boxes.

The company has 6 machines.

All the machines work at the same rate.
When all the machines are working, they can make all the boxes in 9 days.

2 of the machines are not working and cannot be used to make the boxes.

Work out the total number of days taken to make all the boxes.

(Total for Question 4 is 3 marks)

5 = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12}
A = {odd numbers}
B = {factors of 12}

(a) Complete the Venn diagram to represent this information.

A B

(3)

A number is chosen at random from the universal set, .

(b) What is the probability that the number is in the set A∪B ?

(2)
(Total for Question 5 is 5 marks)
6 Bernie is filling up a swimming pool.
The graph shows the volume, v litres, of water in the swimming pool at time, t hours.

100000

80000

v (litres) 60000

40000

20000

0
0 4 8 12 16 20
t (hours)

Work out the rate that the water is flowing into the pool.

Give your answer in litres per hour.

litres/hr

(Total for Question 6 is 2 marks)

7 Robyn buys a total of 240 pens and pencils, where

number of pens : number of pencils = 3 : 5

Robyn pays 9p for each pen.

She sells each pen for 11p.

Robyn pays 6p for each pencil.

She sells each pencil for 10p.

Robyn sells all of the pens and pencils.

Work out Robyn’s percentage profit.

Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
You must show all your working.

(Total for Question 7 is 5 marks)

8 The diagram shows a solid cylinder with base radius 3 cm and height 12 cm.

12 cm

3 cm

The cylinder is made from steel.

It has a mass of 2650 g.

Work out the density of the steel.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

g/cm3

(Total for Question 8 is 3 marks)

9 ABC is a right angled triangle.

B C

12 cm
41º
A

Calculate the length of AB.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

cm

(Total for Question 9 is 2 marks)

10 (a) Simplify (t 3)4

(b) Simplify 12m²n6 ÷ 3mn4 (1)

(2)
(Total for Question 10 is 3 marks)
11 x – 2, x + 4 and 3x + 5 are three consecutive terms of an arithmetic sequence.

Find the value of x

x=

(Total for Question 11 is 3 marks)

12 Show that (3x – 1)(4x + 3)(x – 9) = 12x³ – 103x² – 48x + 27

for all values of x.

(Total for Question 12 is 3 marks)

13 Megan invested £2600 in a savings account for 3 years.

She was paid 4.8% per annum compound interest for the first year.
She was paid R% interest for each of the second and third years.

Megan had £2846 in her savings account at the end of the 3 years.

Work out the value of R.

Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

(Total for Question 13 is 3 marks)

14 The box plots show the time it took year 7 and year 11 students to travel to school on one day.

Year 7

Year 11

0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Time (minutes)

Compare the distribution of the times it took the year 7 and year 11 students to travel to school.

(Total for Question 14 is 2 marks)

15 Here are the first five terms of a sequence.

-5 -1 7 19 35

Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this sequence.

(Total for Question 15 is 2 marks)

16 There are 13 sandwiches and x drinks to choose from for lunch.

Pat says there are 92 different ways to choose a sandwich and a drink.

Could Pat be correct?

You must show your working.

(Total for Question 16 is 2 marks)

17 The diagram shows a sphere and a cube.

7 cm

The cube has length 7 cm.

The sphere and the cube have the same volume.

Work out the radius of the sphere.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

cm
(Total for Question 17 is 3 marks)
 B
18

A C

48°

21°

A, B, C and D are points on the circumference of a circle, centre O.

BD is a diameter of the circle.

BCE and ADE are straight lines

Work out the size of angled the size of angle ACD.

Write down any circle theorems that you use.

(Total for Question 18 is 4 marks)

 (a) Use the iteration formula x n +1= √8 − 3 x n
3
19 to find the values of x1, x2 and x3
Start with x0 = 2

x1 =

x2 =

x3 =
(3)
The values of x1, x2 and x3 found in part (a) are estimates of the solution of an equation of the
form x3 + ax + b = 0 where a and b are integers.

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

a=

b=
(1)

(Total for Question 19 is 4 marks)

 2x 3x −1 ax + b
20 Show that − +1 can be written in the form
x−3 x+3 2
x −9
where a and b are integers.

(Total for Question 20 is 4 marks)

21 ABC and ADC are triangles.
B

112°

51° C

102°
12 m
D
The area of triangle ADC is 58 m 2

Work out the length of AB.

Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place

(Total for Question 21 is 5 marks)

 v−u
22 t=
a
v = 65 correct to the nearest integer
u = 13 correct to 2 significant figures.
a = 9.8 correct to 2 significant figures.

By considering bounds, calculate the value of t to a suitable degree of accuracy.

You must show all your working and give a reason for your final answer.

(Total for Question 22 is 5 marks)

23 Solve algebraically the simultaneous equations

2x2 + y2 = 12
5x + 2y = 6

(Total for Question 13 is 5 marks)

24 The diagram shows a circle and two semi circles inside a square.
The circle touches the square and both the semi circles as shown in the diagram.

The length of each side of the square is 12 cm and the radius of each semi circle is 3 cm.

Work out the shaded area.

Give your answer to 3 significant figures.

cm2
(Total for Question 24 is 4 marks)

TOTAL FOR PAPER IS 80 MARKS