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Paper 2 (Calculator)
Higher Tier
You must have: Ruler graduated in centimetres and millimetres, Total Marks
protractor, pairs of compasses, pen, HB pencil, eraser.
Tracing paper may be used.
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(1)
(2)
(Total for Question 1 is 7 marks)
Show that after 3 years the value of the car is still greater than £12000.
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Use the exchange £1 = €1.25 to work out how many pounds Bryn has after his holiday.
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(Total for Question 4 is 2 marks)
The ratio of the height of the rectangle to the height of the square is 1 : 2
Find the ratio of the area of the rectangle to the area of the square.
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y
5
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-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5 x
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-2
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-4
-5
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2.64 × sin(88)
8 (a) Use your calculator to work out
888 – 12
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(2)
(b) Write your answer to part (a) correct to 4 significant figures.
(1)
(Total for Question 8 is 3 marks)
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E
A 4x D
x–2 10 cm
8 cm
B C
F G
6 cm
Perimeter of ABCD = 2 × Perimeter EFG
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The pressure on the floor due to object A is equal to the pressure on the floor due to object B.
(a) How many hours will it take 3 workers to paints another wall the same size.
hours
(2)
(b) State one assumption you made in working out your answer to part (a).
(1)
(Total for Question 11 is 3 marks)
12 The box plot below shows the distribution of James’ race times during an athletics season.
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James
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Time (seconds)
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The table below shows information about the distribution of Aggie’s race during the same season.
Lower Upper
Fastest Median Slowest
Quartile Quartile
Time
22 24 26 29 30
(seconds)
(a) On the grid above, draw a box plot for the information in the table.
(2)
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(b) Compare the distribution of Aggie’s race times with the distribution of James’ race times.
(2)
(Total for Question 12 is 4 marks)
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0 360 x
90 180 270
90 ⎫
The graph of y = cosx° is translated by the vector ⎧
⎩ -2 ⎭
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The straight line L2 is parallel to line L1 and passes through points A and B.
15 Oksana wants to find out an estimate for the number of fish in a lake.
(a) Work out an estimate for the total number of fish in the lake.
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(3)
Oksana assumes that none of the marks had rubbed off between the first and second capture.
(b) If Oksana’s assumption is wrong, explain what effect this would have on your answer to part (a).
(1)
(Total for Question 15 is 4 marks)
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f -1(x) =
(2)
(b) Find gf(7)
(2)
(Total for Question 16 is 6 marks)
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A C
27°
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10 cm
The ratio of the height of the cylinder to the height of the cone is 4 : 7
cm3
(Total for Question 18 is 4 marks)
14
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A B
8 cm
14 cm
80°
42° 62°
D C
cm
(Total for Question 19 is 5 marks)
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The total mass of all of their bars of chocolate is less than 17 kg.
(3)
(b) Find a range of possible values for the mass of Darren’s bar, m.
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(3)
(Total for Question 21 is 6 marks)
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