Name Teacher’s Name

Asian International School

Form V ____

MATHEMATICS A PAPER 1 H

MOCK EXAM FEBRUARY 2020 Duration : 2 hrs

You must have: Ruler graduated in centimetres and millimetres, Total Marks
protractor, compasses, pen, HB pencil, eraser, calculator. Tracing paper
may be used. /100

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.

• Without sufficient working, correct answers may be awarded no marks.

• Answer the questions in the spaces provided – there may be more space than you need.

• Calculators may be used.

• You must NOT write anything on the formulae page. Anything you write on the formulae page will gain
NO credit.

Information
• The total mark for this paper is 100.

• 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.

• Check your answers if you have time at the end

Q1. (a) Work out the value of

Give your answer as a decimal.

Write down all the figures on your calculator display.

...........................................................
(2)
(b) Give your answer to part (a) correct to 2 significant figures.

...........................................................
(1)

(Total 3 marks)

Q2. Use algebra to show that the recurring decimal

(Total 2 marks)
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Q3. Simplify (2x +3)2 – (2x + 3)(x – 5)
Give your answer in the form ax2 + bx + c

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

(Total 3 marks)

Q4. B is the point with coordinates (1, 4)

C is the point with coordinates (6, 9)
Find the coordinates of the midpoint of BC.

(........................... , ...........................)

(Total 2 marks)
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Q5. Lisa, Max and Punita share £240 in the ratio 3 : 4 : 8
How much more money than Lisa does Punita get?

£...........................................................

(Total 3 marks)

Q6. Solve the simultaneous equations

4x + 5y = 4
2x – y = 9

Show clear algebraic working.

x=
y=
(Total 3 marks)
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Q7.

x=8 correct to 1 significant figure

a = 4.6 correct to 2 significant figures
m = 20 correct to the nearest 10

Calculate the lower bound of P.

Show your working clearly.

(Total 4 marks)

Q8. John changes £450 to euros.

The exchange rate is £1 = 1.16 euros.

(a) Change £450 to euros.

........................................................... euros
(2)
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When in Amsterdam, John uses his credit card to pay for a ring costing 850 euros.

He has to pay a bank charge of £3.50 for using his credit card in addition to the cost of the
ring.

(b) Work out the total cost, in pounds (£), of the ring and the bank charge.

£ ...........................................................
(3)
(Total 5 marks)

Q9. The mean height of a group of 6 children is 165 cm.

One child, whose height is 155 cm, leaves the group.
Find the mean height of the remaining 5 children.

........................................................... cm

(Total 3 marks)
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Q10. The Venn diagram shows a universal set and 3 sets A, B and C.

2, 4, 7, 3, 6 and 10 represent numbers of elements.

Find
(i) n (A ∪ B)

...............................
(ii) n (B′)

...............................
(iii) n (A ∩ C′)

...............................
(iv) n (B′ ∩ C′)

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

(Total 4 marks)
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Q11. (a) Find the Highest Common Factor (HCF) of 140 and 245

...........................................................
(2)
A machine has a buzzer that sounds every 50 minutes.

The machine also has a bell that sounds every 80 minutes.

The buzzer and the bell sound together at 10 am.

(b) Find the time at which they next sound together.

...........................................................
(3)
(Total 5 marks)
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Q12. Solve the inequality 5x2 − 13 < 32

Show clear algebraic working.

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

(Total 3 marks)

Q13. The diagram shows a sphere and a cone.

The cone has height h cm.

The radius of the base of the cone is 3 times the radius of the sphere.

Given that the volume of the sphere is equal to the volume of the cone, find an expression
for the radius of the sphere in terms of h.
Give your expression in its simplest form.

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

(Total 3 marks)

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 Q14.

(a) On the grid, enlarge shape P with scale factor 2 and centre (7, 3)
Label the new shape Q.
(2)
(b) On the grid, rotate shape P through 90° anticlockwise about the point (7, 3)
Label the new shape R.
(2)

(Total 4 marks)

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Q15. ABCDE and AFGHJ are regular pentagons.

AEJ and ABF are straight lines.

EJ = 4AE
The area of ABCDE is 8 cm2

Calculate the area of the shaded region.

........................................................... cm 2

(Total 3 marks)

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Q16. The line L passes through the points (0, −2) and (6, 1)

(a) Find an equation of the line L.

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

(b) Find an equation of the line that is parallel to L and which passes through the

point (4, −2)

...........................................................
(2)

(Total 5 marks)
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Q17. Mansi left her home at 09 00 to walk to the shops.
She stopped at the newspaper shop and then carried on to the fish shop.
Here is the distance-time graph for Mansi's journey from her home to the fish shop.

(a) How many minutes did it take Mansi to walk from the newspaper shop to the fish
shop?

........................................................... minutes
(1)

(b) Work out the average speed, in kilometres per hour, for Mansi's journey from her
home to the newspaper shop.

........................................................... km/h
(2)
Mansi stopped for 10 minutes in the fish shop.
She then walked home at a constant speed of 3 km/h.

(c) Show this information on the graph.

(2)
(Total 5 marks)
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Q18. The diagram shows a cuboid ABCDEFGH.

AB = 21 cm and CH = 9 cm.
K is the point on EH such that angle AKB = 68° and BK = 16.5 cm.

(a) Calculate the size of angle BAK.

Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

........................................................... °
(3)
(b) Calculate the size of the angle between the line BK and the plane ABCD.
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

........................................................... °
(2)
(Total 5 marks)

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Q19. (a) Complete the table of values for 2x + y = 4

(2)
(b) On the grid, draw the graph of 2x + y = 4 for values of x from −1 to 4
(2)

(c) Show, by shading on the grid, the region which satisfies all three of the inequalities

x ≥ −1, y ≥ 2 and 2x + y ≤ 4

Label the region R. (2)

(Total 6 marks)
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Q20. Here is a regular 10-sided polygon.

Work out the value of x.

Show your working clearly.

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

(Total 4 marks)
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Q21. The grouped frequency table gives information about the lengths of time 160 students
exercised one day.

(a) Complete the cumulative frequency table.

(1)

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(b) On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency graph for your table.

(2)

(c) Use your graph to find an estimate for the lower quartile of the lengths of time the
160 students exercised.

........................................................... minutes
(2)
(Total 5 marks)
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Q22. Solve the simultaneous equations

Show clear algebraic working.

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

(Total for question = 6 marks)

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Q23. (a) Complete the table of values for y = x3 − 3x2 + 5

(1)
(b) On the grid, complete the graph of y = x3 − 3x2 + 5 for −2 ≤ x ≤ 4

(1)

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(c) Use the graph to find an estimate for the solution of the equation x3 − 3x2 + 5 = 0

x = ...........................................................
(1)

(d) By drawing a suitable straight line on the grid, find an estimate for the solution of the
equation

x3 − 3x2 + 2x + 4 = 0

x = ...........................................................
(3)

(Total 6 marks)

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Q24. The diagram shows a circular pond, of radius r metres,
surrounded by a circular path.The circular path has a constant width of 1.5 metres.

The area of the path is the area of the pond.

(a) Show that 2r2 − 60r − 45 = 0

(3)

(b) Calculate the area of the pond.

Show your working clearly.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

........................................................... m 2
(5)
(Total 8 marks)
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