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Pearson Edexcel International GCSE

FEBRUARY MOCK EXAM - 2025

Morning (Time: 2 hours) Paper
reference 4MA1/2H
Mathematics A
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PAPER 2H
Higher Tier

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

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.

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 International GCSE Mathematics
Formulae sheet – Higher Tier

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Arithmetic series 1
n Area of trapezium = (a + b)h
Sum to n terms, Sn = [2a + (n – 1)d] 2
2
The quadratic equation a

The solutions of ax2 + bx + c = 0 where

a ¹ 0 are given by: h

b  b 2  4ac
x
2a b

Trigonometry In any triangle ABC

C a b c
Sine Rule = =
sin A sin B sin C

b a Cosine Rule a2 = b2 + c2 – 2bccos A

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Area of triangle = ab sin C
A B 2
c

1 2 Volume of prism
Volume of cone = πr h = area of cross section × length
3
Curved surface area of cone = πrl

l cross
h section

length
r

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Volume of cylinder = πr2h 4 3
Curved surface area Volume of sphere = πr
3
of cylinder = 2πrh
Surface area of sphere = 4πr2
r

r
h

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 Answer ALL TWENTY FOUR questions.
Write your answers in the spaces provided.
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You must write down all the stages in your working.

1 The table shows information about the lengths, in minutes, of 50 telephone calls.

Length of telephone call

Frequency
(m minutes)

0<m 5 8

5 < m  10 2

10 < m  15 6

15 < m  20 4

20 < m  25 12
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25 < m  30 18

(a) Write down the modal class.

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(b) Work out an estimate for the total length, in minutes, of these telephone calls.
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(Total for Question 1 is 4 marks)

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2 The diagram shows triangle ABC and triangle ECD
E Diagram NOT

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accurately drawn
5 cm
B w cm
10 cm

A 8 cm C 14 cm D

ACD and EBC are straight lines.

AB = 10 cm   AC = 8 cm   EB = 5 cm   CD = 14 cm   ED = w cm
Work out the value of w
Give your answer correct to one decimal place.

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(Total for Question 2 is 4 marks)

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7
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T
5
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2
1

O
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 x

(a) Reflect shape T in the line y = x

(2)
y
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8
7
B
6
5
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A
3
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1

O
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 x

(b) Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle A onto triangle B
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(3)
(Total for Question 3 is 5 marks)

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 2x  5
4 (a) Solve  2x  5
6

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Show clear algebraic working.

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(b) Simplify h15 ÷ h 3

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(c) Simplify fully 2g k 
3 5 4

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(2)
n
y y 5
(d) Given that  y12
y7
work out the value of n
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(Total for Question 4 is 8 marks)

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She uses flour, butter and sugar such that
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weight of flour : weight of butter = 6 : 5

weight of butter : weight of sugar = 3 : 2
Avril uses 120 grams of sugar.
Work out the weight of flour Avril uses.
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(Total for Question 5 is 3 marks)
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 3 2 2
6 Show that 3  2 1
7 3 7

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(Total for Question 6 is 3 marks)

7 Hermione buys a boat for $26 800

The value of the boat depreciates by 8% each year.
Work out the value of the boat at the end of 3 years.
Give your answer correct to the nearest dollar.

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(Total for Question 7 is 3 marks)

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 8 The mean number of goals scored by a hockey team in 8 matches is 6
The team plays 2 more matches and scores k goals in each match.
The mean number of goals scored by the hockey team in the 10 matches is 7
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Work out the value of k

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(Total for Question 8 is 3 marks)

9 A straight line passes through the points with coordinates (0, –3) and (2, 0)
Find an equation of the line.
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(Total for Question 9 is 2 marks)

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10 The diagram shows a hexagon ABCDEF

B (x + 2) cm C Diagram NOT

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accurately drawn
8 cm
D

25 cm
E

7 cm

A (x + 6) cm F

AB = 25 cm   BC = (x + 2) cm   CD = 8 cm   EF = 7 cm   AF = (x + 6) cm

The area of hexagon ABCDEF is 258 cm²
Work out the value of x

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(Total for Question 10 is 5 marks)

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 11 Sid has 2 boxes of crayons, box X and box Y
5 of the 16 crayons in box X are red.
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7 of the 20 crayons in box Y are red.

Sid takes at random one crayon from box X and one crayon from box Y
(a) Complete the probability tree diagram.
box X box Y

red

red
5
16
not red

red
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not red

not red

(2)
(b) Work out the probability that Sid takes two crayons that are red or two crayons
that are not red.
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(3)
(Total for Question 11 is 5 marks)

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(a) Calculate the value of x

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(b) Simplify fully 
125 p 6 y 24  3

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(2)
(Total for Question 12 is 4 marks)

13 Robert asked 11 people how many meetings they attended last week.
Here are the results in numerical order.
1  2  4  6  6  8  11  12  13  14  17
Find the interquartile range of the number of meetings.

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(Total for Question 13 is 2 marks)

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y
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−3 −2 −1 O 1 2 3 4 5 x
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−2

−3
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−4

By drawing another straight line on the grid, solve the simultaneous equations
yx20
2y  x 1

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(Total for Question 14 is 3 marks)
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15 (a) Use algebra to show that 0.37 2 
110

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(2)

125 + 80
(b) Express in the form n where n is an integer.
3
Show your working clearly.

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(3)
(Total for Question 15 is 5 marks)

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(Total for Question 16 is 3 marks)

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a = 8.3 correct to 2 significant figures
c = 2 correct to 1 significant figure
y = 15 correct to the nearest 5
Work out the upper bound for the value of P
Show your working clearly.
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(Total for Question 17 is 3 marks)

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18 A particle is moving along a straight line that passes through the fixed point O
The displacement, s metres, of the particle from O at time t seconds is given by

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s  2t 3  5t 2  6t  5

Find the value of t when the acceleration of the particle is 5 m/s²

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f : x  5x  7
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g: x 
2x  9

(a) State which value of x cannot be included in any domain of g

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(1)
(b) Find fg(4)

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(2)
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The function h is such that

h:x  3 x 2  12 x  8 where x > 2
(c) Express the inverse function h−1 in the form h −1 : x  ...
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(Total for Question 19 is 7 marks)

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20 The diagram shows equilateral triangle ABC with sides of length 10 cm.
A circle is drawn inside the triangle.

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A

Diagram NOT
10 cm
accurately drawn
F D

C B
E

D, E and F are points on the circle.

ADB, BEC and CFA are tangents to the circle.
Calculate the total area of the regions shown shaded in the diagram.

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Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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x 2  3 y 2  13 at the points A and B
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Find the coordinates of A and the coordinates of B

Show clear algebraic working.
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(Total for Question 21 is 5 marks)

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Diagram NOT
A

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3a
C

P
2a − 2b
O

4b
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OACB is a quadrilateral.

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= 3a   = 4b   = 2a − 2b

(a) (i) Find the vector in terms of a and b

Simplify your answer.

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(ii) Find the vector in terms of a and b

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(b) Using a vector method, find the ratio AP : PB
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Show your working clearly.

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(Total for Question 22 is 5 marks)

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23 Here is a frustum of a cone.
The frustum is made by removing a small cone from a similar large cone.

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15 cm

x cm

6 cm

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The height of the large cone is 15 cm.
The radius of the base of the large cone is 6 cm.
The radius of the base of the small cone is x cm.
4212
Given that the volume of the frustum is π cm3
25
work out the value of x
Show clear algebraic working.

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(Total for Question 23 is 5 marks)
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3x  x  4  3x  4 x  5 x  8
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(Total for Question 24 is 5 marks)

TOTAL FOR PAPER IS 100 MARKS

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