Edexcel IGCSE Higher Tier Mathematics Paper 4 – November 2010

1. (a) 3.424528302

(b) 3.42 (2 dp)

2. 1.25  248  310 km

 3  11 2  10 
3. (a)  ,    7, 6 
 2 2 

(b) C (11,2) and D (3,10) or the other way round

4. (a) 1  0.3  0.1  0.6

(b) 1  0.3  0.7

(c) 0.3  160  48

5. 50  0.72  221  7956 rupees

6. (a) V  23  2.6 1.52  3.9

(b) 23  h  2.52  35
35  3
h  8.4
2  2.52

2 2
(c) hy  V
3
3V
y2 
2h
3V
y
2h
7. (a)
(b)
y

15

10

A R

5 10 15 x

(c) Enlargement, scale factor 3, centre (1,8)

8. 19.6  50000  980000 cm  9800 m  9.8 km

9. x 1
y2
x y 8
10. OCA  21 (AO  OC )
OCP  90 (angle between tangent and radius)
CPA  180  21  21  90  48

1350  1269
11. (a)  100  6%
1350

(b) 114%  $9519

$9519
1%   $83.5
114
100%  $83.5  100  $8350

1 5
12. (a) Gradient   2
20
y  2 x  5

(b) y  2 x  c
0  2  3  c
c6
y  2 x  6
13.
Let exterior angle be x
Interior angle  11x
11x  1x  180
12 x  180
180
x  15
12
360
n  24
15
Polygon has 24 sides
or

360
With n sides exterior angle 
n
360
interior angle  180 
n
360 360
180   11
n n
180n  360  3960
180n  4320
4320
n  24
180
Polygon has 24 sides
14. (a)

3 Red
8

Red White
3
8
2
4
8 Blue
9

4 Red
8

White White
3 2
9 8
2
8 Blue

2
9 4 Red
8

White
Blue 3
8
1
8 Blue

4 2 2 4 16 2
(b) P(RB or BR)      
9 8 9 8 72 9
15. (a) 3.6 1015

(b) (i) xy  35 10m  n

xy  3.5 10m  n 1
m  n  1  12
m  n  11

x
(ii)  1.4 10m  n
y
m  n  27 (1)
m  n  11 (2)
2m  38 (1)  (2)
m  19
n  11  19  8

k
16. (a) P 
V
k
18 
24
k  18  24  432
432
P
V

432
(b) 3V 
V
432
V2   144
3
V  12
17. (a) 180 little squares represent 36

5 little squares represent 1

Between 0 and 1 there are 90 squares i.e. 90  5  18

(b) Between 2.5 and 4, 57  5  285 little squares needed i.e. 15 wide and 19 tall

Between 4 and 6, 24  5  120 little squares needed i.e. 20 wide and 6 tall
Betwe

18. 3x 2  8 x  2  0
8  8 2  4  3  2
x
23
8  40
x
6
x  2.39 or  0.279 (3 sf)
19. (a) AE  4  16  5 (intersecting chords theorem)
16  5
AE   20 cm
4

20  4
(b) (i) Radius   12 cm
2

(ii) OD  12
OE  8
ED  5
52  82  122 11
cos AED  
2 58 16
AED  133.4 (1 dp)

20. x 2  7 x  10
x 2  7 x  10  0
( x  2)( x  5)  0
x  2  0 or x  5  0
x  2 or 5
When x  2, y  22  4
When x  5, y  52  25

21. (a) (i) PR  b  a

(ii) SQ  b  3a
    
(iii) PT  PS  ST  PS  14 SQ  b + 14  b  3a   34 b + 34 a

(b) (i) P, T and R are collinear

(ii) k  3
4

x2  x  6 ( x  3) ( x  2)
22. 1  1
( x  4)( x  2) ( x  4) ( x  2)
( x  3)
 1
( x  4)
x4 x3

x4
2x  7

x4