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Pearson Edexcel
International GCSE

Mathematics A
Paper 4HR

Higher Tier
Thursday 7 June 2018 – Morning 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
• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
• centre
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
number and candidate number.
• Withoutallsufficient
Answer questions.
• Answer the questions working, correct answers may be awarded no marks.
• – there may be more spacein the spaces provided
than you need.
• You must NOT write anything on the formulae page.
Calculators may be used.
• Anything you write on the formulae page will gain NO credit.
Information
• The total mark for this paper is 100.
• –Theusemarks for each question are shown in brackets
this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.

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

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International GCSE MATHEMATICS

FORMULAE SHEET – HIGHER TIER

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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

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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
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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 FIVE questions.

Write your answers in the spaces provided.

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You must write down all the stages in your working.

1 Three numbers have

a mean of 17
a median of 20
a range of 27
Find the three numbers.
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(Total for Question 1 is 3 marks)

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A B
Diagram NOT
x accurately drawn

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y

67° 120°
E D F C

ABCD is a parallelogram.
EDFC is a straight line.
(a) (i) Write down the size of angle x.

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°

(ii) Give a reason for your answer.

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(2)
(b) Work out the size of angle y.

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(2)

(Total for Question 2 is 4 marks)

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3 The table gives information about the number of trees in each of 20 gardens.

Number of trees Frequency

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0 2
1 7
2 3
3 4
4 3
5 1

(a) Work out the total number of trees in these gardens.

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(2)
(b) Find the median number of trees in these gardens.

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(1)

(Total for Question 3 is 3 marks)

4 Charlotte earns £8.50 per hour.

She gets a pay rise of 6%
Work out how much Charlotte earns per hour after her pay rise.
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£. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(Total for Question 4 is 3 marks)

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A P

(a) On the grid, enlarge shape P with scale factor 3 and centre A.
(2)

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y

4
3
2 R

–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 O 1 2 3 4 5 x
–1
–2
T
–3
–4
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(b) Describe fully the single transformation that maps shape R onto shape T.

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(3)

(Total for Question 5 is 5 marks)

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6 A plane flew from Sydney to Wellington.

The distance the plane flew was 2240 km.
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The average speed of the plane was 805 km/h.

Work out the time taken by the plane to fly from Sydney to Wellington.
Give your answer in hours and minutes, correct to the nearest minute.

......................................... hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . minutes

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(Total for Question 6 is 3 marks)

7 Solve the simultaneous equations

y = 4x
7x – y í
Show clear algebraic working.
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x = .......................................................

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

(Total for Question 7 is 3 marks)

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8 A, B and C are three cities.

North North
Diagram NOT

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accurately drawn
43 km
A C

70 km
B

City C is due east of city A and due north of city B.

City A is 43 km from city C and 70 km from city B.
Work out the bearing of city B from city A.
Give your answer correct to the nearest degree.

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°

(Total for Question 8 is 4 marks)

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9 (a) Simplify (3a2b4)3

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(2)
(b) Expand and simplify 4(g – 2h) + 5(2g – 3h)

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(2)
(c) Expand and simplify ( y – 7)( y + 5)

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(2)
(d) Solve the inequalities –5 - 2p + 3  13
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(3)

(Total for Question 9 is 9 marks)

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10 (a) Write 280 as a product of its prime factors.

Show your working clearly.

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(3)
(b) Find the Highest Common Factor (HCF) of 280 and 630

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(2)

(Total for Question 10 is 5 marks)

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11 A group of 15 businessmen were asked to give the number of different countries they had
each visited on business.
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Here are the results.

0 1 3 3 4 6 7 8 8 9 10 10 11 12 14
Work out the interquartile range of the number of countries visited.

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(Total for Question 11 is 2 marks)

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5x − 2 3 − 5x
12 Solve + =2
3 4
Show clear algebraic working.
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x = .......................................................

(Total for Question 12 is 4 marks)

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13 (a) Write 0.000 037 in standard form.

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(1)
(b) Write 234 q 107 in standard form.

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(1)
The population of China is 1.4 q 109
The population of Morocco is 3.5 q 107
The population of China is k times the population of Morocco.
(c) Work out the value of k.

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(2)

(Total for Question 13 is 4 marks)

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14 Genevieve has two bags of marbles, bag A and bag B.

In bag A there are only 3 red marbles and 4 green marbles.
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In bag B there are only 4 red marbles and 5 yellow marbles.

Genevieve takes at random one marble from each bag.
(a) Complete the probability tree diagram.

Bag A Bag B
red
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red
3
7 ....................

yellow
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red
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green

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yellow
(2)
(b) Work out the probability that Genevieve takes two red marbles.
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(2)

(Total for Question 14 is 4 marks)

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15 (a) Complete the table of values for y = x3íx + 3

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x í í í 0 1 2 3

y í 4 3 7

(2)
(b) On the grid, draw the graph of y = x3íx + 3 for values of xIURPíWR

y
30

20

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–3 –2 –1 O 1 2 3 x

–10

–20
(2)
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(c) By drawing a suitable straight line on the grid, find estimates for the solutions of the
equation x3íx + 1 = 0
Give your solutions correct to 1 decimal place.

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(3)

(Total for Question 15 is 7 marks)

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w+4
16 Make w the subject of the formula p =
w−2
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(Total for Question 16 is 4 marks)

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Diagram NOT
B C accurately drawn

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2.4 cm
4.4 cm
P
A
5.5 cm

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

APC and BPD are straight lines.
PB = 2.4 cm, PD = 5.5 cm and PC = 4.4 cm.
Work out the length of PA.

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(Total for Question 17 is 2 marks)

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18 The incomplete histogram and table give information about the lengths of time, in
minutes, that some people spent at an airport.
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Time (t minutes) Frequency

0  t - 50 10

50  t - 80 15

80  t - 120

120  t - 180

180  t - 240 12

240  t - 320 8
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Frequency
density

0
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
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Length of time (minutes)

(a) Use the histogram to complete the table.

(2)
(b) Use the table to complete the histogram.

(2)

(Total for Question 18 is 4 marks)

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(2x + 1) cm
Diagram NOT

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accurately drawn
3 cm
(x + 3) cm 2 cm

The diagram shows a rectangular piece of card with length (2x + 1) cm and
width (x + 3) cm.
A rectangle of length 3 cm and width 2 cm is cut out of the card.
The area of card that remains, shown shaded in the diagram, is 45 cm2
(a) Show that 2x2 + 7x – 48 = 0

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(2)
(b) Find the value of x.
Show your working clearly.
Give your value of x correct to 3 significant figures.

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(3)

(Total for Question 19 is 5 marks)

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20 Use algebra to show that the recurring decimal 0.278 =
165
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(Total for Question 20 is 2 marks)

x+3 x+4
21 Express − as a single fraction.
x−4 x−3
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Simplify your answer.

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(Total for Question 21 is 3 marks)

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2 2
5n 5n − 5 n
22 6 × = 125 where n  0
5 53

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Work out the value of n.
Show clear algebraic working.

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n = .......................................................

(Total for Question 22 is 5 marks)

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P
Diagram NOT
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accurately drawn

11 cm
D
C

O
72°
A B

The diagram shows a pyramid with a horizontal square base.

The vertex, P, of the pyramid is vertically above the centre, O, of the base.
The triangular faces of the pyramid are congruent isosceles triangles.
In triangle ABP
PA = PB = 11 cm and angle PBA = 72°
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Work out the height, OP, of the pyramid.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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(Total for Question 23 is 4 marks)

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Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

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6.8 cm

A regular pentagon is drawn inside a circle of radius 6.8 cm.

Each vertex of the pentagon lies on the circle.
Find the perimeter of the region shown shaded in the diagram.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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(Total for Question 24 is 4 marks)

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25 A box is in the shape of a cube of side 11.5 cm, correct to 1 decimal place.
A solid spherical ball has radius 5.1 cm, correct to the nearest millimetre.
The ball is placed inside the box and the box is closed.
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Work out the upper bound for the volume of the box that is not occupied by the ball.
Use ʌ = 3.142
Show your working clearly.
Give your answer correct to the nearest whole number.
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(Total for Question 25 is 4 marks)

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