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Pearson Edexcel Level 2 Certificate

Sample Assessment Material
Time: 1 hour 15 minutes Paper
reference 7M20/02
Extended Maths Certificate
PAPER 2 (Calculator)

You do not need any other materials. Total Marks

Instructions
•• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
If pencil is used for diagrams/sketches/graphs it must be dark (HB or B).
• 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.
•• Calculators may 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
•• There are 10 questions.
The total mark for this paper is 60
• 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.
Try to answer every question.
• Check your answers if you have time at the end. Turn over

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 Answer ALL questions.
Write your answers in the spaces provided.

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You must write down all the stages in your working.

1 (a) Factorise  x2 – 25

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(b) Write  (x – 3) (x + 7) (x + 3) (x – 6)   in the form   (x2 – d) (ax2 + bx + c)
where a, b, c and d are integers.

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(Total for Question 1 is 4 marks)

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 2 w, x, y and z are four consecutive integers.
Prove algebraically, that for any set of four consecutive integers
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yz – wx is equal to the sum of the four consecutive integers.

(Total for Question 2 is 5 marks)

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3 Triangles ABC and PQR are similar.
Triangle ABC is an isosceles triangle where

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one of the angles is 40°
one of the angles is obtuse
two of the sides are each 10 cm.
Length PQ = 1.5 × length AB
Work out the area of triangle PQR.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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(Total for Question 3 is 4 marks)

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 4 The graph of   y = ab–x   passes through the points (0, 0.7) and (3, 0.0875)
(i) Find the value of a and the value of b.
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a = ......................................................

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(ii) Hence, on the grid below, sketch the graph of   y = ab–x

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(2)
(Total for Question 4 is 6 marks)

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5 (a) Sketch the graph of   y = sin x°  for  –180  x  180

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(b) Solve  2w2 + 3w + 1 = 0

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(c) Use Pythagoras’ theorem to show that   sin2θ ° + cos2θ ° = 1

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Given that sin2 x° + cos2 x° = 1 is true for all values of x
(d) solve   3 – 2cos2 x° + 3sin x° = 0  for  –180  x  180

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(Total for Question 5 is 11 marks)

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6 (a) Use the factor theorem to show that   (x – 2)   is a factor of   x3 – x2 – 14x + 24

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(2)
Hence or otherwise, given that   x = 2y
(b) write the expression   8y3 – 4y2 – 28y + 24   as a product of its linear factors.

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(Total for Question 6 is 6 marks)

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curve  y = 2x  and between  x = 1, x = 7   and the x-axis.
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Use 4 strips of equal width.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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(Total for Question 7 is 4 marks)

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8 ABCD is a triangular based pyramid.

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A E B

E is a point on the line AB.

F is a point on the line CE, such that CF : FE = 3 : 2

BC = 7.2 cm
BF = 4.1 cm
angle CBF = 49°
angle CED = 109°
angle CDE = 32°
Find the length of CD.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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(Total for Question 8 is 6 marks)

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9 Savio is buying base cupboards for a catering kitchen.
The cupboards come in two sizes, 600 mm wide and 900 mm wide.

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Let x be the number of 600 mm cupboards and y be the number of 900 mm cupboards.
Two constraints are   x > 2  and  0 < y  9
(a) Explain in context what   0 < y  9  represents.

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A 600 mm cupboard costs £210
A 900 mm cupboard costs £240
Savio has a maximum budget of £3600
The total width of all the cupboards is 12 m or less.
(b) Use this information to show that
7x + 8y  120
2x + 3y  40

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Label the feasible region R.
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Savio decides to buy 7 of the 600 mm cupboards and the maximum number of
900 mm cupboards possible.
(d) Work out the total amount of money Savio will spend buying these cupboards.

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10 A bag contains only red counters and yellow counters.
There are more yellow counters than red counters.

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A counter is taken at random from the bag, the colour noted, and then the counter is put
back into the bag.
This process is repeated one more time.
The probability that exactly one of the two counters taken from the bag was red is 0.255
Simon then takes one counter from the bag.
Find the probability that Simon takes a yellow counter from the bag.

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(Total for Question 10 is 5 marks)

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