Paper 1 - Aiming for 7

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.
• You must show all your working.
• Diagrams are NOT accurately drawn, unless otherwise indicated.
• Calculators may NOT be used.
• If your calculator does not have a π button, take the value of π to be 3.142
unless the question instructs otherwise.
Information
• The total mark for this paper is 80. There are 23 questions.
• Questions have been arranged in an ascending order of mean difficulty, as found by
all students in the June 2019 examinations.
• 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.
1 There are 9 counters in a bag.
7 of the counters are green.
2 of the counters are blue.
Ria takes at random two counters from the bag.
Work out the probability that Ria takes one counter of each colour.
You must show your working.

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(Total for Question 1 is 4 marks)
 2 (a) Write down the exact value of tan 45°

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(1)

Here is a right-angled triangle.

cos 60° = 0.5

(b) Work out the valuexof x.
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(2)
(Total for Question 2 is 3 marks)
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(Total for Question 3 is 2 marks)

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 4 The diagram shows triangle ABC.
5 The diagram shows triangle ABC.

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75°

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(Total for Question 4 is 4 marks)
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(Total for Question 5 is 4 marks)

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5 A car travels for 18 minutes at an average speed of 72 km/h.
(a) How far will the car travel in these 18 minutes?

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(2)

David says,
“72 kilometres per hour is faster than 20 metres per second.”
(b) Is David correct?
You must show how you get your answer.

(2)
(Total for Question 5 is 4 marks)
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6 5 ( )
8 + 18 can be written in the form a 10 where a is an integer.

Find the value of a.

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(Total for Question 6 is 3 marks)

7 ! ! can be written as 127

Prove algebraically that 0.256
495

(Total for Question 7 is 3 marks)

8 There are 10 boys and 20 girls in a class.
The class has a test.
The mean mark for all the class is 60.
The mean mark for the girls is 54.
Work out the mean mark for the boys.

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(Total for Question 8 is 3 marks)
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9 Here is the graph of
y y = sin
x x° for x ⩽ x ⩽ 180
–180

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O x

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y x x
On the grid, sketch the graph of y = sin x° – 2 for –180 ⩽ x ⩽ 180

(Total for Question 9 is 2 marks)

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 10 A cone has a volume of 98 cm3.
The radius of the cone is 5.13 cm.
Work out an estimate for the height of the cone. 1
h h
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(Total for Question 10 is 3 marks)

11 (a) Factorise a2 − b2
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(1)
(b) Hence, or otherwise, simplify fully (x2 + 4)2 – (x2 – 2)2
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(Total for Question 11 is 4 marks)

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12 The diagram shows a right-angled triangle.

All the measurements are in centimetres.

The area of the triangle is 27.5 cm2
Work out the length of the shortest side of the triangle.
You must show all your working.

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(Total for Question 12 is 4 marks)

13 Simplify fully 3x 2 - 8 x - 3
2 x2 - 6 x

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(Total for Question 13 is 3 marks)
14 (a) The functions f and g are such that
f(x) = 3x – 1 and g(x) = x2 + 4

Given that fg(x) = 2gf(x),

show that 15x2 – 12x – 1 = 0

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(b) The function f is given by

f(x) = 2x3 – 4

Show that f –1(50) = 3

(2)
(Total for Question 14 is 7 marks)
15 There are only red counters, blue counters and purple counters in a bag.
The ratio of the number of red counters to the number of blue counters is 3 : 17
Sam takes at random a counter from the bag.
The probability that the counter is purple is 0.2
Work out the probability that Sam takes a red counter.

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(Total for Question 15 is 3 marks)

16 Prove that the square of an odd number is always 1 more than a multiple of 4.

(Total for Question 16 is 4 marks)

17 y is inversely proportional to d 2
When d = 10, y = 4
d is directly proportional to x2
When x = 2, d = 24
Find a formula for y in terms of x.
Give your answer in its simplest form.

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(Total for Question 17 is 5 marks)
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18 The times that 48 trains left a station on Monday were recorded.

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The longest delay was 42 minutes.
(a) On the grid below, draw a box plot for the information about the delays on Monday.

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48 trains left the station on Tuesday.

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(b) Compare the distribution of the delays on Monday with the distribution of the delays
on Tuesday.

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(Total for Question 18 is 5 marks)

 19 The graph of y = f(x) is shown on the grid.

20 The graph of y = f(x) is shown on the grid.

y
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y = f (x)
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A(–2, 1)

–6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 O 1 2 3 4 5 6 x

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–4

–6

(a) On the grid, draw the graph with equation y = f(x

On the grid, draw the graph with equation y = f(x + 1) ̶ 3 (2)
Point A(–2, 1) lies on the graph of y = f(x).
When the graph of y = f(x) is transformed to the graph with equation y = f(–x), point A is
mapped to point B.
(b) Write down the coordinates of point B. (Total for Question 19 is 2 marks)
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(. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
(1)

(Total for Question 20 is 3 marks)

20 Find the exact value of tan 30° × sin 60°
Give your answer in its simplest form.

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(Total for Question 20 is 2 marks)
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A O

C
B
A A and
B B are points on a circle, centreOO.
BCBC is a tangent to the circle.
AOC is a straight line.
AOC
Angle
ABOABO =x x°.
Find the size of angleACB
ACB, in terms ofx x.
Give your answer in its simplest form.
Give reasons for each stage of your working.
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(Total for Question 21 is 5 marks)

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22 n is an integer greater than 1
Prove algebraically that n2 – 2 – (n – 2)2 is always an even number.

(Total for Question 22 is 4 marks)

x −1
23 Simplify
5(x − 1)2

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(Total for Question 23 is 1 mark)

TOTAL FOR PAPER IS 80 MARKS