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Pearson Edexcel
International GCSE

Mathematics A
Paper 4HR

Higher Tier
Monday 12 January 2015 – Afternoon Paper Reference

Time: 2 hours 4MA0/4HR

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

Instructions
t Use
t Fill
black ink or ball-point pen.
in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,

t Without
centre number and candidate number.

t Answer thesufficient
Answer all questions.

t – there may bequestions

working, correct answers may be awarded no marks.
in the spaces provided

t You must NOT writebe anything

more space than you need.

t Anything you write on the formulae

Calculators may used.
on the formulae page.
page will gain NO credit.

Information
t The
t The
total mark for this paper is 100.
marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.

Advice
t Check
t your answers if you have time at the end.
Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.

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 International GCSE MATHEMATICS
FORMULAE SHEET – HIGHER TIER
Pythagoras’ Volume of cone = 1
r 2h Volume of sphere = 4
r3
3 3
Theorem
c Curved surface area of cone = rl Surface area of sphere = 4 r 2
b
r
a l
h
a2 + b2 = c2
r

adj = hyp cos

hyp opp = hyp sin
opp opp = adj tan In any triangle ABC
C
adj opp
or sin b a
hyp

adj A B
cos c
hyp

opp a b c
tan Sine rule:
adj sin A sin B sin C

Cosine rule: a2 b2 + c 2 2bc cos A

1
Area of triangle 2 ab sin C
cross
section
h
lengt
Volume of prism = area of cross section length

Area of a trapezium = 12 (a + b)h

r Circumference of circle = 2 r a

Area of circle = r 2 h

r
The Quadratic Equation
Volume of cylinder = r h 2 The solutions of ax2 + bx + c 0,
h where a 0, are given by
Curved surface area
of cylinder = 2 rh b + b2 4ac
x
2a

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 Answer ALL TWENTY questions.

Write your answers in the spaces provided.

You must write down all stages in your working.

1 Eric travels from the UK to India every year.

In 2010, the exchange rate was £1 = 67.1 rupees.
In 2012, the exchange rate was £1 = 82.5 rupees.
In 2010 Eric changed £600 into rupees.
How many pounds (£) did Eric have to change to rupees in 2012 to get the same number
of rupees as he did in 2010?

£ ...............................

(Total for Question 1 is 3 marks)

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2 The wheel of the Singapore Flyer is a circle with a diameter of
150 metres.
(a) Calculate the circumference of the wheel.
Give your answer correct to the nearest metre.

............................... metres
(2)
The wheel takes 30 minutes to rotate once.
(b) Work out the average speed of a point on the circumference of the wheel as it
rotates once.
Give your answer in metres per second correct to 3 significant figures.

............................... metres per second

(3)

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The diagram shows a giant wheel above horizontal ground.

Diagram NOT
D accurately drawn

The wheel is a circle of diameter D metres.

The lowest point of the wheel is h metres above the ground.
The centre of the wheel is x metres above the ground.
(c) Express h in terms of D and x

..............................................................

(2)

(Total for Question 2 is 7 marks)

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3
Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
A B

110°
D X C

ABCD is a parallelogram.
Angle DCB = 110°
X is the point on DC such that AX bisects the angle DAB.
Calculate the size of angle AXC.

°
.............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(Total for Question 3 is 4 marks)

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4 Solve x + 2y = 3
x–y=6
Show clear algebraic working.

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

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

(Total for Question 4 is 3 marks)

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5 Here are some rows of a number pattern.

Row number Column 1 Column 2 Column 3

1 1×3+1 4 22

2 2×4+1 9 32

3 3×5+1 16 42
.
.
.

676

.
.
.

(a) Write down the Row number of the row that has 676 in Column 2

........................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(1)
(b) For Row number n,
(i) write down an expression, in terms of n, that should go in Column 1

........................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(ii) write down an expression, in terms of n, that should go in Column 3

........................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2)

(Total for Question 5 is 3 marks)

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6 The table gives information about the number of vehicles passing a point on a road in
each of 70 intervals of equal length.

Number of vehicles Frequency

1 to 5 8
6 to 10 10
11 to 15 18
16 to 20 20
21 to 25 10
26 to 30 4

(a) Write down the modal class interval.

........................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(1)
(b) Calculate an estimate for the mean.

........................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4)

(Total for Question 6 is 5 marks)

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7 Here is a trapezium ABCD.
Diagram NOT
D accurately drawn

20 cm
14 cm

A 8 cm B

Angle DAB = angle ABC = 90°

AD = 20 cm
AB = 8 cm
BC = 14 cm
(a) Calculate the area of the trapezium ABCD.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . cm2
(2)
(b) Calculate the length of CD.

............................... cm
(4)

(Total for Question 7 is 6 marks)

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8 (a) Write 224 as a product of powers of its prime factors.
Show your working clearly.

..............................................................

(3)
(b) Write down 3 different factors of 224 with a sum between 99 and 110

..............................................................

(2)

(Total for Question 8 is 5 marks)

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9 E = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}
A = {even numbers}
B = {multiples of 3}
(a) List the members of set B.

..............................................................

(1)
(b) Find A ∪ B

..............................................................

(1)
(c) Find A ∩ B

..............................................................

(1)
x is a member of E
x‰B
xŠA
(d) What are the possible values of x?

..............................................................

(2)

(Total for Question 9 is 5 marks)

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10
Diagram NOT
A
10 cm accurately drawn
D
9 cm

B 17 cm E

13.5 cm

In the diagram ABC and ADE are straight lines.

BD is parallel to CE.
AB = 9 cm, BC = 13.5 cm, AD = 10 cm, BD = 17 cm
(a) Calculate the length of CE.

............................... cm
(2)
(b) Calculate the length of DE.

............................... cm
(2)
The area of triangle ABD is 36 cm2
(c) Calculate the area of quadrilateral BDEC.

............................... cm2
(3)

(Total for Question 10 is 7 marks)

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 1
11 t n =
t3
(a) Write down the value of n.

n = ..............................................................
(1)
6 xy 5
(b) Simplify
3 xy 2

..............................................................

(2)
(c) Expand and simplify (3x – 2y)(x + 2y)

..............................................................

(2)
(d) Factorise 4x2 – 7x – 2

..............................................................

(2)

(Total for Question 11 is 7 marks)

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12 I = kT 4
k = 5.67 × 10 –8
T = 5800
(a) Work out the value of I.
Give your answer in standard form correct to 3 significant figures.

I = ..............................................................
(2)
(b) Rearrange the formula I = kT 4 to make T the subject.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2)

(Total for Question 12 is 4 marks)

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13 Jim has a biased coin.
The probability that Jim will throw Heads on any throw is p.
Jim throws the coin twice.
(a) Complete the probability tree diagram.
Give your probabilities in terms of p.

First throw Second throw

Heads
....................

Heads
p
....................

Tails

Heads
....................

....................

Tails

....................

Tails
(2)
(b) Find an expression, in terms of p, for the probability that Jim will throw two Heads.

..............................................................

(1)
Given that p = 0.8,
(c) work out the probability that Jim will throw exactly one Head.

..............................................................

(3)

(Total for Question 13 is 6 marks)

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

..............................................................

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

..............................................................

(1)

(Total for Question 14 is 4 marks)

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15 Here is the parallelogram ABCD.
Diagram NOT
C accurately drawn
y

B
D

x
O

→ ⎛1⎞ → ⎛5⎞
AD = ⎜  , AB = ⎜ 
⎝ 2⎠ ⎝ 3⎠
→
(a) Find the magnitude of AD .
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

...............................

(2)
The point A has coordinates (4, 2)
(b) Work out the coordinates of the point C.

...............................

(3)

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The diagonals of the parallelogram ABCD cross at the point E.
→
(c) Find as a column vector, OE .

. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3)

(Total for Question 15 is 8 marks)

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16 Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

70° C
A

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

AB is a diameter of the circle.
DC is parallel to AB.
Angle BAD = 70°
(a) Calculate the size of angle BDC.

°
...............................

(2)
The tangent to the circle at D meets the line BC extended at T.
(b) Calculate the size of angle BTD.

°
...............................

(3)

(Total for Question 16 is 5 marks)

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17 (a) Show that (3 + 2 2 )(4 − 2 ) = 8 + 5 2
Show your working clearly.

(2)
10 + 3 2
(b) Rationalise the denominator and simplify fully
2
Show your working clearly.

...............................

(2)

(Total for Question 17 is 4 marks)

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18

Frequency
density –

–
O
4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40
Height (cm)

The histogram gives information about the heights of some plants.

There are 360 plants with a height of 20 cm or less.

Work out the number of plants with a height of more than 20 cm.

...............................

(Total for Question 18 is 3 marks)

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19
y

y = kx

A( p,q)
N
y=
x

O x

The diagram shows the straight line with equation y = kx intersecting

N
the curve with equation y = at the point A(p, q).
x

(a) Find p and find q.

Give each answer in its simplest form, in terms of k and N.

p = ...............................

q = ...............................
(3)
Given that p = 2q
(b) find the value of k.

k = ...............................
(2)

(Total for Question 19 is 5 marks)

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20 (a) Factorise 4x 2 – 1

..............................................................

(2)
4 1
(b) Solve + 2 =3
2x + 1 4x − 1
Show clear algebraic working.

..............................................................

(4)

(Total for Question 20 is 6 marks)

TOTAL FOR PAPER IS 100 MARKS

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