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Mathematics
Paper 2

Higher Tier

Total Marks
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 must not be used.
•Diagrams are NOT accurately drawn, unless otherwise indicated.
•You must show all your working out.

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
•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.
Answer ALL questions
Write your answers in the space provided.
You must write down all the stages in your
working.

2 2
1 Convert 240�� into ����
2 Two companies have special offers on the same
protein bars.

…………………����2 (1 mark)
£33
‘Fitness House’
Special Offer
12 bars per box
£21 per box
‘Muscles R Us’ Special Offer Buy 2 boxes get 1 box free
15 bars per box 2 boxes for

The local gym wants to stock up the vending machine.

Which company offers better value for money.

 (3 marks)
3 Here is some information about times that teachers had for their lunch yesterday.

Time
(minutes)

What percentage of the teachers had less than 20 minutes for lunch.

……………………
(1 mark)

4 Tony wants to work out how many fish there are currently in his local fishery. Last
month, Tony caught 15 fish and took photographs of them before returning them. Last
weekend Tony returned to the fishery and caught 26 fish, of which 3 of them he
recognised.

Estimate how many fish are in the pond.

 ……………………
(2 marks)
5
��
−3
���� = 343��−9

Work out the values of a and b.

a =………………

b =………………
(2 marks)

6 Solve
2��2 − 5�� + 1 = 0

Give your solutions correct to 1 decimal place.

��
 4 �� 3
��= 5 ��= 4
7 and

Work out the ratio of ��: ��

Give your answer in the ratio ��: 1

x =……….……………… (2 marks)

…………………
… (1
mark)
8 Eva’s garden is in the shape of a rectangle.
She has a semi circle plot of section of grass.
She wants to put gravel everywhere there is no grass.

A bag of gravel costs £5.49 and can cover 0.4��2

Work out the total cost to buy the gravel.

8��
 4.5��

£…………………
(3 marks)
9 Here is a premier league football pitch.

AB = 110 yards Calculate the length from corner flag A to corner

BC = 70 yards flag C.
Give your answer to the nearest integer.
�� ��

�� ��
10 The table shows the heights of some members
of a gymnastics team.

…………………… (3 marks)

Height (cm) 120 < ℎ ≤ 130 130 < ℎ ≤ 140 140 < ℎ ≤ 150 150 < ℎ ≤ 160

Frequency 14 26 36 4

Estimate the mean height.

Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
 ……………………cm
(2 marks)
11 Here is some data about favourite movie
genres.
Genre

Comedy

Animated

Action

Horror

Science fiction

a) State the modal class.

b) Draw an accurate pie chart to show this

information

(2 marks)
12 Thomas has saved up £3500 for his summer
trip. He is planning on heading to the USA, and
then maybe Canada.
£1 = $1.25

a) Calculate how many USD Thomas can get for

his trip.

…………………… (1 mark)
 was in the USA.

Thomas decides to head to Canada for the last

week of his trip. He converts the reaming money
into Canadian dollars. $1 = 1.34 ������
$…………………. (1 mark)
Thomas now has 1976.50 CAD for his final week.

b) Calculate how much Thomas spent whilst he

$…………………
. (3
 marks)
13 Shape A is reflected in the line �� = 1 to give shape B.
Shape B is reflected in the line �� = 3 to give shape C.

Describe fully the single transformation that maps shape A onto shape C.

………………………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………………….......

(2 marks)

14 Hector has taken 7 History tests so far this year.

After his sixth test, his mean score for the year was 82%.
After his seventh test, his mean score dropped to 79%.

Calculate the score he obtained on the seventh history test.

 …………………%
(2 marks)
15

��

3�� − 30

�� + 80

a) Work out the value of x a) Work out the value of y

 y =………………… (2 marks)

x= ………………… (2 marks)
2
16 a) Complete the table of values for �� = 2�� − 3�� − 2

x -2 -1 0 1 2 3

y -2 0

(2)
b) On the grid draw the graph of �� = 2��2 − 3�� − 2
 (2)
2
c) Use your graph to find the roots of the equation 2�� − 3�� − 2 = 1

……………………
. (2
marks)
17 Reflect shape A in the line �� = �� and label is shape B
Reflect shape B in the line �� = −1 and label is shape C
 ADescribe the single transformation which maps shape A on to shape C.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
… (3
marks)
18 Calculate the length of EG.
Round your answer to 1 decimal place.
 12��

����

64°

��

………………m
(3 marks)

19 How much longer does it take to travel 80 miles as a speed of 50mph than at 60mph.

……………………
(3 marks)
20 The village of Backley is on a bearing of 065°
from Frodby. It is also on a bearing of 305° from
Kingsham.
 1���� = 3.5����

������������

����������ℎ����

a) Locate Backley on the diagram above.

Mark the location with an X.

b) Work out the exact distance between Kingsham (2 marks)

and Backley.

…………………k
m (2
marks)
21 Olivia will invest £800 into a cash savings ISA.
 Her bank have offered her a compound interest rate of 4.2% per annum.

Olivia will add an extra £800 at the start of year 2, and another £800 at the start of year 3.

Work out how much will be in the account at the end of year 3.

£………………
(3 marks)

22 A fish tank is the shape of a cuboid.

30����
30����

0.8��

The fish tank is 45full of water.

Calculate how many litres of water are in the fish tank.

……………………litre
s (3
marks)
 23 Find an expression in terms of n, for the nth term of this sequence.

0 , 9 , 22 , 39 , 60

……………..……………
(3 marks)

2
24 �� = 2 × 3 × 5 × 7
�� = 2 × 32 × 11

a) Work out the highest common factor of A and B.

…………………
(1 mark)

b) Workout the lowest common multiple of A and B.

………………
… (2
marks)
25 The Normal size cereal box is mathematically similar to the travel size cereal box.
 12����

The surface area of the front face of the large box is 630����2
The surface area of the front face of the s box is 70����2

Work out the volume of the travel size cereal box.

……………………
… (4
marks)
26 The Mass of a bar of gold 1.2kg correct to 2 significant figures.
The volume of the bar of is 62����3correct to the nearest
integer.
 Calculate the upper bound of the density of the gold bar.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

……………………..��/����3
(3 marks)

27 The table shows the amount of students in each year group at Ridgway Academy.

Year Frequency

11 187

12 90

13 63

A sample of 60 students is going to be taken.

The sample is stratified by year group.
Work out how many of each year group will be in the sample.

Year 11 = ……...

Year 12 = ……...

Year 13 = ……...
(3 marks)
28 ABCDEFGH is a regular octagon. ��

��
 length of AB.

��

��
��

��

The area of triangle ABH is

18����2 Calculate the �� ��

Give your answer correct to 2 decimal places.

You must show all your working.

…………………c
m (4
marks)
29

��
 15����
17����

��
��
25����

Calculate out the angle CAB to the nearest 1 decimal place.

……………………̊
(5 marks)
30 Here is a net of a cone.
 face.

145°
9��

Work out the area of the circle

Give your answer correct to 2 significant figures.

 ……………………����2
(4 marks)
31 Solve these simultaneous equations.

�� − 2��

= 3 ��2 +

��2 = 18
 x =…………………

y =…………………

(4 marks)

32 There are only red and blue counters in a bag.

Jacob will select a counter, replace it and then select a second counter.

The probability that Jacob selected 2 blue counters is 9

400
 Calculate the probability of selecting 2 different counters.

…………………

(4 marks)
33 Simplify fully 2
3�� − 11�� − 20
27��2 − 48
 ………………
… (4
marks)
34 ABCD is a trapezium.
AB is parallel to DC.
E is the point on the diagonal such that ���� =14����
 16��
��
�� 8��

��
��
12��

Prove that BC is parallel to AE

(4 marks)