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Pearson Edexcel International GCSE

Monday 3 June 2024
4MA1/2
Paper
Morning (Time: 2 hours)
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Mathematics H
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PAPER

You must have: Ruler graduated in centimetres and Total Marks

millimetres, protractor, pair of compasses, pen, HB pencil,
eraser, calculator. Tracing paper may be used.

Instructions

• Answer the questions in the spaces provided

• Anything you write on the formulae page will gain NO credit.

Information

• 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

• Check your answers if you have time at the end.

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 International GCSE
Mathematics
Formulae sheet – Higher
Tier

Arithmetic series Area of trapezium = 1 2(a + b)h

Sum to n terms, Sn = n 2 [2a + (n
–The
1)d]quadratic equation a

The solutions of ax 2 + bx + c = 0 where

a¹ 0 are given by: h

b b 2 4 ac
x
2a b

Trigonometry In any triangle ABC

C a b c
Sine Rule = =
sin A sin B sin C
b a Cosine Rulea 2 = b 2 + c 2 – 2bccos A

Area of triangle = 1 2ab sin C

A B
c

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

l cross
h section

length
r

Volume of cylinder =
πr 2h Curved surface Volume of sphere = 4 3πr
3
area
of cylinder = 2πrh 2
r

h
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 Answer ALL TWENTY FIVE questions.

Write your answers in the spaces provided.

You must write down all the stages in your working.

1 Here are eight numbers written in order of size

h 6 7 8 j 16 kk

where h, j and k are integers.

The median of the eight numbers

is 10
The mode of the eight numbers is
18
The range of the eight numbers is
13

Work out the value of h, the value of j and the value of k

h = ...........................

j = ...........................

k = ...........................
 (Total for Question 1 is 3 marks)

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2 (a) On the grid, draw the straight line with
equation (i) y = 2
(ii) x = 6
(iii) y = x + 1
Label each line with its equation.

O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 x

(3) (b) Show, by shading on the grid, the region that satisfies all three of the
inequalities

y 2x 6yx + 1

Label the region R

(1)

(Total for Question 2 is 4 marks)

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3 A plane takes 9 hours 36 minutes to fly from New Delhi to
Perth. The plane flies at an average speed of 820 km/h.
Work out the total distance the plane flies.

...................................................... km

(Total for Question 3 is 3 marks)

4 Show that 24 7× 3 1 9 = 8

(Total for Question 4 is 3 marks)

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5 The diagram shows triangle ABC

A B
34°
Diagram NOT
x cm accurately drawn
6.5 cm
C

Work out the value of x

Give your answer correct to one decimal
place.

x = ......................................................

(Total for Question 5 is 3 marks)

6 Change a speed of w metres per second to a speed in kilometres

per hour. Give your answer in terms of w in its simplest form.

...................................................... kilometres per hour

(Total for Question 6 is 3 marks)

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7 The diagram shows a 6-sided shape ABCDEF

15 cm
C D

B E Diagram NOT
h cm
accurately drawn
13 cm

A F
21 cm

AF = 21 cm CD = 15 cm AB = FE = 13 cm
The perpendicular height of the shape is
h cm
CD is parallel to AF
2
The area of the shape is 390 cm

Work out the value of h

h = ...........................

(Total for Question 7 is 4 marks)

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8 Ishir plants 00 bulbs in a garden.
6 He plants He plants tul ip bulbs, crocus bulbs and daffodil bulbs so that
tul number number o f tulip bulbs : number of crocus bulbs : number of
o 45% of the daffodil bulbs = 9 : 4 : 2 ulip bulbs are for yellow
t flowers.

5
cus bulbs are for yellow flowers.
8 of the cro

All of the ffodil bulbs are for yellow flowers.

da Work Work out the number of bulbs that are for yellow flowers.
out the

......................................

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marks)
(Total for Question 8 is 5 marks)

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9 Giovanni invests 4500 koruna in a savings account for 4
years. He gets 2.4% per year compound interest.
Work out how much money Giovanni will have in the savings account at
the end of 4 years.
Give your answer correct to the nearest koruna.

...................................................... koruna

(Total for Question 9 is 3 marks)

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10 Solve the si multaneous equations

6x + 4y = 1
3x + 5y = 8
Show clear algebraic working.

x = ...........................

y = ...........................

(Total for Question 10 is 3 marks) arks)

................... ...................................

(2)
(ii) Hence, s olve x 2 + 9x – 22 = 0

................... ...................................

(1)

(Total for Question 11 is 3 marks) arks)

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11 (i) Factorise x 2 + 9x – 22
12 Ali uses a fitness tracker to count the number of steps he walks each day
for 7 days. For the first 4 days, his mean number of steps is 11 800
For the next 3 days, his mean number of steps is 13 207
Work out his mean number of steps for the 7 days.

......................................................

(Total for Question 12 is 3 marks)

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13 The table gives information about the distances, in km, that 70 teachers travel to school.

Distance (d km) Frequency

0 <d  10 7

10 <d  20 17

20 <d  30 18

30 <d  40 14

40 <d  50 10

50 <d  60 4

(a) Complete the cumulative frequency table.

Distance (d km) Cumulative frequency

0 <d  10

0 <d  20

0 <d  30

0 <d  40

0 <d  50

0 <d  60

(1)

(b) On the grid opposite, draw a cumulative frequency graph for your table.
(2)

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60

50

40
Cumulative
frequency
30

20

10

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Distance (km)

(c) Use your graph to find an estimate for the interquartile range of the distances.

...................................................... km
(2)
(d) Use your graph to find an estimate for the number of teachers who travel more
than 46 km.

......................................................

(2)

(Total for Question 13 is 7 marks)

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14 (a) Show that 3y (2y + 5) (y + 7) can be written in the form ay 3 + by 2 + cy
a, b and c are integers. rs.

(3)

Show clear algebrai c working.

x = ................... ...................................
(4)

(Total for Question 14 is 7 marks) arks)

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(b) Solve 2 x 3 + 6 x 5 = 163

+ −
5 4 100
 7 g +5
15 (a) Make g the subject of
e= 11 +2 g

......................................................

(4)
(b) Solve the inequality 3y 2 + 4y – 32
>0
Show your working clearly.

......................................................

(3)

(Total for Question 15 is 7 marks)

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16 60 art students were asked if they would like to attend workshops for
knitting (K), for photography (P) or for embroidery (E)

Of these students
9 chose knitting, photography and
embroidery
17 chose knitting and photography
16 chose photography and embroidery
20 chose knitting and embroidery
28 chose photography
39 chose embroidery
2 chose none of the workshops
(a) Using this information, complete the Venn diagram to show the numbers
of students in each subset.

K P

(3)
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 One of the students is chosen at random.
Given that this student chose photography,
(b) find the probability that this student also chose
knitting.

......................................................

(2) (c) Find n (P ∩ K¢ )

......................................................

(1) (d) Find n ([P ∪E] ∩K)

......................................................

(1)

(Total for Question 16 is 7 marks)

17Q is directly proportional to the square

root of d

Q = 4.5 when d = 324

Find a formula for Q in terms of d

......................................................

(Total for Question 17 is 3 marks)

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18 The straight line P has equation 5y + 2x = 7

Find the gra Find the gradient of a straight line that is perpendicular to P

................... ...................................

(Total for Question 18 is 2 marks) arks)

c = 8 co f rrect to the nearest whole

= 6.62 number
co h = 1.2 rrect to 2 decimal places
co rrect to 1 decimal place

Work out e lower bound for the value of

th G
Give your nswer correct to 3 decimal
a places.
Show working clearly.
your

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arks)
...................

(Total for Question 19 is 3 marks) 

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19G = 2f − 3 h
20 Given that k = x – y and x = 1
4y
5k 2

express in the form a by where a, b, c and d are integers.

x+2 c dy

......................................................

(Total for Question 20 is 3 marks)

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21 The diagram shows a square ABCD and a circle.

A B

Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

D C

The sides of the square are tangents to the circle.

2
The total area of the shaded regions is 80 cm
Work out the length of AC
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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(Total for Question 21 is 5 marks)

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22 The line L has equation x + y = 5
straight has equation 2x 2 + 3y 2 = 210
The curve
Find the coo rdinates of the points where L and C intersect.
C Find the algebraic working.
coo Show
clear

(........................... , ...........................) (......................... .. , ...........................)

(Total for Question 22 is 5 marks) arks)

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23 Simplify 4x 9
180 5

Give your answer in the form 5 w where w is an expression in terms of x

Show each stage of your working clearly.

......................................................

(Total for Question 23 is 3 marks)

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24 2a + b C
B
P
3b Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

O A
4a

The diagram shows a quadrilateral OACB in which

→ = 4a OB→ = 3bBC→ = 2a + b
(a) Find AC→ in terms of a and b
Give your answer in its simplest form.

→ = ......................................................
(2)

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The point P lies on AC such that AP : PC = 3 : 2

The point Q is such that OPQ and BCQ are straight lines.
(b) Using a vector method, find OQ→ in terms of
a and b Give your answer in its simplest form.

Show your working clearly.

→ = ......................................................
(4)

(Total for Question 24 is 6 marks)

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25 The diagram shows a sketch of the graph of y = 2sin (x + 60)°
y A

B
O x

(i) Find the coordinates of the point A

(........................... , ...........................)
(1)

(ii) Find the coordinates of the point B

(........................... , ...........................)
(1)

(Total for Question 25 is 2 marks)

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