Mathematics - Applications and Interpretation Standard Level Paper 1
Mathematics - Applications and Interpretation Standard Level Paper 1
Standard level
Paper 1
Specimen paper
Candidate session number
1 hour 30 minutes
Instructions to candidates
● Write your session number in the boxes above.
● Do not open this examination paper until instructed to do so.
● A graphic display calculator is required for this paper.
● Answer all questions.
● Answers must be written within the answer boxes provided.
● Unless otherwise stated in the question, all numerical answers should be given exactly or correct to
three significant figures.
● A clean copy of the mathematics: applications and interpretation formula booklet is required for
this paper.
● The maximum mark for this examination paper is [80 marks].
1. [Maximum mark: 6]
Palvinder breeds Labrador puppies at his farm. Over many years he recorded the weight (g)
of the puppies.
(d) Find the weight of the heaviest possible puppy that is not an outlier. [2]
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The most expensive tickets are in the first row. The ticket price, in Yen (¥), for each row forms
an arithmetic sequence. Prices for the first three rows are shown in the following table.
Turn over
At the end of a school day, the Headmaster conducted a survey asking students in how many
classes they had used the internet.
It was not possible to ask every person in the school, so the Headmaster arranged the
student names in alphabetical order and then asked every 10th person on the list.
The range of P A( ) is 0 () ≤ ≤ PA n .
He found that during the migration season their population, P could be modelled by
1350 400(1.25) t P - = + , t ≥ 0 , where t is the number of days since the start of the
migration season.
(b) Calculate the time taken for the population to decrease below 1400. [2]
(c) According to this model, find the smallest possible population of Bulbul birds during the
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As part of a study into healthy lifestyles, Jing visited Surrey Hills University. Jing recorded a
person’s position in the university and how frequently they ate a salad. Results are shown
in the table.
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Jing conducted a 𝑋 test for independence at a 5% level of significance.
(c) State, giving a reason, whether the null hypothesis should be accepted. [2]
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Points A(3 , 1), B(3 , 5), C(11 , 7), D(9 , 1) and E(7 , 3) represent snow shelters in the
Blackburn National Forest. These snow shelters are illustrated in the following coordinate axes.
The Park Ranger draws three straight lines to form an incomplete Voronoi diagram.
(b) Find the equation of the line which would complete the Voronoi cell containing site E.
Give your answer in the form ax + by + d = 0 where a, b , d∈. [3]
(c) In the context of the question, explain the significance of the Voronoi cell containing site E. [1]
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Ms Calhoun measures the heights of students in her mathematics class. She is interested
to see if the mean height of male students, µ1 , is the same as the mean height of female
students, µ2 . The information is recorded in the table.
At the 10% level of significance, a t-test was used to compare the means of the two groups.
The data is assumed to be normally distributed and the standard deviations are equal between
the two groups.
(a)
(c) State, giving a reason, whether Ms Calhoun should accept the null hypothesis. [2]
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The three points A(0, 0), B(3, 10) and C(a, 0) define the vertices of a triangle.
(c) Find the value of a, the x-coordinate of C, such that the area of the triangle is equal to
the area of region R. [2]
Mr Burke teaches a mathematics class with 15 students. In this class there are 6 female
Each day Mr Burke randomly chooses one student to answer a homework question.
(a) Find the probability that on any given day Mr Burke chooses a female student to
(b) Find the probability he will choose a female student 8 times. [2]
(c) Find the probability he will choose a male student at most 9 times. [3]
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Ollie has installed security lights on the side of his house that are activated by a sensor.
The sensor is located at point C directly above point D. The area covered by the sensor
is shown by the shaded region enclosed by triangle ABC. The distance from A to B is
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4.5m and the distance from B to C is 6m. Angle AĈB is 15 .
Point B on the ground is 5m from point E at the entrance to Ollie’s house. He is 1.8m tall and
is standing at point D, below the sensor. He walks towards point B.
(b) Find the distance Ollie is from the entrance to his house when he first activates
the sensor. [5]
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