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Mathematics
Predicted Paper 1
(Non Calculator)
Higher Tier
Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
You must have: Ruler graduated in centimetres and millimetres, protractor, pair of
compasses, pen, HB pencil, eraser

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.
• Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
• Calculators may not be used.
• Diagrams are NOT accurately drawn, unless otherwise indicated.
• You must show all your working out.

Information
• The total mark for this paper is 80
• 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.
• Keep an eye on the time.
• Try to answer every question.
• Check your answers if you have time at the end.

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Please be aware that it is not possible to predict what will come up on the first paper with any degree of accuracy. This is an additional
practice paper drawing on the topics that have come up in the sample, specimen and mock papers.
 Answer ALL questions.

Write your answers in the spaces provided.

You must write down all stages in your working.

You must NOT use a calculator.

1 2
1 (a) Work out ×
7 3

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

(1)
3 1
(b) Work out −
5 3

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

(2)

(Total for Question 1 is 3 marks)

2

Competition

a prize every 2014 seconds

In a competition, a prize is won every 2014 seconds.

Work out an estimate for the number of prizes won in 24 hours.
You must show your working.

(Total for Question 2 is 4 marks)

3 B Diagram NOT
A C accurately drawn
60°

E
D F
80°

x
P S
Q R

ABC, DEF and PQRS are parallel lines.

BEQ is a straight line.
Angle ABE = 60°
Angle QER = 80°
Work out the size of the angle marked x.
Give reasons for each stage of your working.

(Total for Question 3 is 4 marks)

4 Here is a rectangle.
Diagram NOT
2cm accurately drawn

8cm

The 8-sided shape below is made from 4 of these rectangles and 4 congruent right-angled
triangles.

Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

Work out the perimeter of the 8-sided shape.

You must show all your working.

........................................................... cm

(Total for Question 4 is 5 marks)

5 The distance from Fulbeck to Ganby is 10 miles.
The distance from Ganby to Horton is 18 miles.

10 miles 18 miles
Fulbeck Ganby Horton

Raksha is going to drive from Fulbeck to Ganby.

Then she will drive from Ganby to Horton.
Raksha leaves Fulbeck at 10 00
She drives from Fulbeck to Ganby at an average speed of 40mph.
Raksha wants to get to Horton at 10 35
Work out the average speed Raksha must drive at from Ganby to Horton.

.......................................................... mph

(Total for Question 5 is 3 marks)

6 Adam, Ben and Charlie share some money.

Adam gets 1.5 times as much as Ben.

Ben gets 3 times as much as Charlie.

If they shared £68 in total, how much does Charlie have?

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

(Total for Question 6 is 3 marks)

7 Prove that the sum of the squares of 2 consecutive odd numbers is always 2 more than a multiple of 8.

(Total for Question 7 is 3 marks)

8 The table shows information about the times taken by 100 people in a fun run.

Time (t minutes) Frequency

20 < t - 30 4
30 < t - 40 16
40 < t - 50 36
50 < t - 60 24
60 < t - 70 14
70 < t - 80 6

(a) Complete the cumulative frequency table for this information.

Cumulative
Time (t minutes)
frequency
20 < t - 30
20 < t -
40
20 < t - 50
20 < t - 60
20 < t - 70
20 < t - 80
(1)
(b) On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency graph for your table.
(2)
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80

60
Cumulative
frequency

40

20

0
20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Time (minutes)

(c) Use your graph to find an estimate for the median time.

........................................................... minutes
(1)
(d) Use your graph to find an estimate for the number of people who took
longer than 63 minutes.

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

(2)

(Total for Question 8 is 6 marks)

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(Total for Question 10 is 3 marks)

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

1
(1)
6 −
⎛ 64 x ⎞ 2
(b) Simplify fully ⎜
⎝ 25 y 2 ⎟⎠

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

(2)
5 4
(c) Write − as a single fraction in its simplest form.
x−3 x+3

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

(3)

(Total for Question 14 is 6 marks)

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(Total for Question 15 is 5 marks)
 4 3
16 The diagram shows a solid shape. Volume of sphere = ʌU
3
Surface area of sphere = 4ʌU 2

10 cm

The solid shape is made from a cylinder and a hemisphere.

The radius of the cylinder is equal to the radius of the hemisphere.
The cylinder has a height of 10 cm.
The curved surface area of the hemisphere is 32ʌ cm2.
Work out the total surface area of the solid shape.
Give your answer in terms of ʌ.

.......................................................... cm2

(Total for Question 16 is 5 marks)

17 There are n sweets in a bag.
6 of the sweets are orange.
The rest of the sweets are yellow.
Hannah takes at random a sweet from the bag.
She eats the sweet.
Hannah then takes at random another sweet from the bag.
She eats the sweet.
1
The probability that Hannah eats two orange sweets is
3
(a) Show that n2 – n – 90 = 0

(3)
(b) Solve n2 – n – 90 = 0 to find the value of n.

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

(3)

(Total for Question 17 is 6 marks)

18 The diagram shows part of a sketch of the curve y = sin xq.
y

P
O
x

(a) Write down the coordinates of the point P.

(. ............................................ , .............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
(1)
(b) Write down the coordinates of the point Q.

(. ............................................ , .............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
(1)
Here is a sketch of the curve y = a cos bxq + c, 0 - x - 360
y
3

O
90 180 270 360 x
–1

(c) Find the values of a, b and c.

a = . . .......................................................

b = . . .......................................................

c = . .........................................................
(3)

(Total for Question 18 is 5 marks)

TOTAL FOR PAPER IS 80 MARKS