Mathematics: applications and interpretation

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].

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Answers must be written within the answer boxes provided. Full marks are not necessarily awarded
for a correct answer with no working. Answers must be supported by working and/or explanations.
Solutions found from a graphic display calculator should be supported by suitable working. For example,
if graphs are used to find a solution, you should sketch these as part of your answer. Where an answer
is incorrect, some marks may be given for a correct method, provided this is shown by written working.
You are therefore advised to show all working.

1. [Maximum mark: 6]

Palvinder breeds Labrador puppies at his farm. Over many years he recorded the weight (g)
of the puppies.

The data is illustrated in the following box and whisker diagram

(a) Write down the median weight of the puppies. [1]

(b) Write down the upper quartile. [1]
(c) Find the interquartile range. [2]

The weights of these Labrador puppies are normally distributed.

(d) Find the weight of the heaviest possible puppy that is not an outlier. [2]

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2. [Maximum mark: 6]

The Osaka Tigers basketball team play in a multilevel stadium.

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.

(a) Write down the value of the common difference, d [1]

(b) Calculate the price of a ticket in the 16th row. [2]
(c) Find the total cost of buying 2 tickets in each of the first 16 rows. [3]

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3. [Maximum mark: 6]

At the end of a school day, the Headmaster conducted a survey asking students in how many
classes they had used the internet.

The data is shown in the following table.

(a) State whether the data is discrete or continuous. [1]

The mean number of classes in which a student used the internet is 2.

(b) Find the value of k . [4]

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.

(c) Identify the sampling technique used in the survey. [1]

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4. [Maximum mark: 6]

The perimeter of a given square P can be represented by the function PA A () 4 = , A ≥ 0,

where A is the area of the square. The graph of the function P is shown for 0 25 ≤ ≤ A .

(a) Write down the value of P(25). [1]

The range of P A( ) is 0 () ≤ ≤ PA n .

(b) Hence write down the value of n. [1]

(c) On the axes above, draw the graph of the inverse function, 1 P- . [3]
(d) In the context of the question, explain the meaning of 1 P (8) 4 - = . [1]

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5. [Maximum mark: 6]
Professor Vinculum investigated the migration season of the Bulbul bird from their natural
wetlands to a warmer climate.

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.

(a) Find the population of the Bulbul birds,

(i) at the start of the migration season.

(ii) in the wetlands after 5 days. [3]

(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

migration season. [1]

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6. [Maximum mark: 5]

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.

(a) State the null hypothesis. [1]

(b) Calculate the p-value for this test. [2]

(c) State, giving a reason, whether the null hypothesis should be accepted. [2]

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7. [Maximum mark: 6]

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.

Horizontal scale: 1 unit represents 1 km.

Vertical scale: 1 unit represents 1km.

(a) Calculate the gradient of the line segment AE. [2]

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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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9. [Maximum mark: 6]

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)

(i) State the null hypothesis.

(ii) State the alternative hypothesis. [2]

(b) Calculate the p-value for this test. [2]

(c) State, giving a reason, whether Ms Calhoun should accept the null hypothesis. [2]

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(a) Write down an integral for the area of region R. [2]

(b) Find the area of region R. [1]

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]

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13. [Maximum mark: 6]

Mr Burke teaches a mathematics class with 15 students. In this class there are 6 female

students and 9 male students.

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

answer a question. [1]

In the first month, Mr Burke will teach his class 20 times.

(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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14. [Maximum mark: 8]

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 .

(a) Find CÂB. [3]

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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