International GCSE Mathematics

Formulae sheet – Higher Tier

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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

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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

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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

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Answer ALL TWENTY THREE questions.

Write your answers in the spaces provided.

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You must write down all the stages in your working.

1 The table gives information about the number of days that 100 cars were in an airport
car park.

Number of days (d ) Frequency

0 < d  4 16

4 < d  8 18

 8 < d  12 19

12 < d  16 27
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16 < d  20 20

(a) Write down the modal class.

(1)
(b) Work out an estimate for the mean number of days.

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days
(4)

(Total for Question 1 is 5 marks)

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2 The diagram shows two solid toy bricks, Brick A and Brick B.

6 cm

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Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
6 cm 5 cm

5 cm
6 cm

Brick A Brick B

Brick A is a triangular prism of length 5 cm.

The cross section of Brick A is an isosceles right-angled triangle with equal sides of
length 6 cm.
Brick B is half a cylinder of length 5 cm.
The semicircular cross section of Brick B has diameter 6 cm.

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The volume of Brick A is greater than the volume of Brick B.
How much greater?
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

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cm3

(Total for Question 2 is 4 marks)

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3 Here are the first five terms of a number sequence S.

10     16     22     28     34
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(a) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this sequence.

(2)
The nth term of a sequence T is given by n2 − 3

There are numbers that are terms in both the sequence S and the sequence T.
(b) Find one of these numbers.
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(2)

(Total for Question 3 is 4 marks)

4 On Saturday, Jacob walked 10 800 steps.

On Sunday, he walked 7% more steps than on Saturday.
Work out how many steps Jacob walked on Sunday.
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(Total for Question 4 is 3 marks)

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5 The scale drawing shows the position of a hall and the position of a library.

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N

hall

library

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Scale: 1 cm represents 20 metres

A post box is 140 metres from the library on a bearing of 220°

(a) Show the position of the post box on the scale drawing.
Mark the position with a cross ( ) and label it P.
(2)
(b) Use your scale drawing to find
(i) the real distance, in metres, of the hall from the post box,

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m
(ii) the bearing of the hall from the post box.

°
(2)

(Total for Question 5 is 4 marks)

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I H
Diagram NOT
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accurately drawn
D

J G
84°

E C
112° 112°

K F

x°

A B
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Pentagon ABCDE is drawn inside the regular octagon ABFGHIJK.

The pentagon has exactly one line of symmetry.
Work out the value of x.

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x=

(Total for Question 6 is 4 marks)

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7 The diagram shows a trapezium.

37 cm

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Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
125°
15 cm

y cm

Work out the value of y.

Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

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y=

(Total for Question 7 is 4 marks)

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15k 4 m3
8 (a) Simplify fully
5km 2
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(2)

(b) Solve the inequality 7 < 4x − 1  17

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(3)

(Total for Question 8 is 5 marks)

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9 Omar invests 6000 dirham for 4 years in a savings account.
He will get 1.5% per year compound interest.

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Work out the total amount of interest Omar will have received by the end of 4 years.
Give your answer correct to the nearest dirham.

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dirham

(Total for Question 9 is 3 marks)

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10 (a) Simplify fully (16 x8 y 6 ) 2
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(2)
8 − 2x 2x − 3
(b) Solve − =4
3 2
Show clear algebraic working.

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x=

(3)

1
(c) Make f the subject of m = ef
3
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(2)

(Total for Question 10 is 7 marks)

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11 The straight line L1 has equation x + 2y = 4
The straight line L2 passes through the points (−1, −7) and (7, 9)

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Michael says that the lines L1 and L2 are perpendicular.
Is Michael correct?
You must show clearly how you get your answer.

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(Total for Question 11 is 3 marks)

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12 Freddie recorded the number of runs he scored in each of 11 cricket matches.

Here are his results.
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4     0     21     32     51     6     102     69     17     9     42

Find the interquartile range of his results.

(Total for Question 12 is 3 marks)

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13 Carlos, Flavia and Tazia shared £861 between themselves.

The amount of money Flavia got is 65% of the amount of money Carlos got.
The amount of money Tazia got is 22% more than the amount of money Carlos got.
Work out how much money Carlos got.

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(Total for Question 13 is 3 marks)

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14 (a) Given that a = 3x and b = 3y
express in terms of a or b or a and b,

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(i) 32x

(ii) 3x + 4y

(iii) 3 y − 1

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(3)
a = 3x and b = 3y
ab = 2187
a2b = 177 147
(b) Work out the value of x and the value of y.
Show your working clearly.

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x=

y=
(3)

(Total for Question 14 is 6 marks)

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15 Barney has a biased coin.

When the coin is thrown once, the probability that the coin will land heads is 0.3
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Barney throws the coin 4 times.

(a) Work out the probability that the coin will land heads exactly 3 times.

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(3)
(b) Work out the probability that the coin will land heads at least once.

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(2)

(Total for Question 15 is 5 marks)

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16 120 people who visited a sports centre were asked if they went swimming (S),
played basketball (B) or used the gym (G).

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Their answers showed that
28 people went swimming
16 people played basketball
27 people used the gym
  3 people went swimming and played basketball
  5 people played basketball and used the gym
  7 people went swimming and used the gym
  2 people went swimming, played basketball and used the gym
(a) Using this information, complete the Venn diagram to show the number of people in
each region of the Venn diagram.

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S B

(3)
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One of the people who went swimming is chosen at random.

(b) Find the probability that this person also played basketball.

(1)

(Total for Question 16 is 4 marks)

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17 P = ef
e = 4.8 correct to 2 significant figures.
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f  = 0.26 correct to 2 significant figures.

(a) Work out the lower bound for the value of P.
Show your working clearly.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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(2)
t
Q = 
w
t = 2.73 correct to 3 significant figures.
w =  0.04 correct to 1 significant figure.
(b) Work out the upper bound for the value of Q.
Show your working clearly.
Give your answer correct to 2 significant figures.

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(2)

(Total for Question 17 is 4 marks)

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19 ABCD is a quadrilateral.

A
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9.3 cm 97° Diagram NOT

accurately drawn

58°
47° B

11.2 cm

Find the area of quadrilateral ABCD.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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cm2

(Total for Question 19 is 5 marks)

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20 (a) Write 3x2 − 12x + 7 in the form a(x + b)2 + c

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(3)
The line L is the line of symmetry of the curve with equation y = 3x2 − 12x + 7
(b) Using your answer to part (a) or otherwise, write down an equation of L.

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(1)

(Total for Question 20 is 4 marks)

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21 The curve with equation y = (10x − 3)(x + 1) and the line with equation y − 6x = 0
intersect at the points A and B.
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Find the coordinates of the midpoint of AB.

Show your working clearly.

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( , )

(Total for Question 21 is 6 marks)

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Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
P B

A
45°

OPQ is a sector of a circle, centre O

OAB is a sector of a circle, centre O
A is the point on OP such that OA : AP = 3 : 2
B is the point on OQ such that OB : BQ = 3 : 2

Angle POQ = 45°

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81
The area of the shaded region is π  cm2
2
Work out the perimeter of the shaded region.
Give your answer in terms of π.

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cm

(Total for Question 22 is 6 marks)

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23 The 10th term of an arithmetic series, S, is 66
The sum of the first 20 terms of S is 1290

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Find the 5th term of S.
Show your working clearly.

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(Total for Question 23 is 4 marks)

TOTAL FOR PAPER IS 100 MARKS

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