Mock Paper – Spring 2017

Time: 1 hour 30 minutes 1MA1/2H remix

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 be used.
● If your calculator does not have a π button, take the value of π to be
3.142 unless the question instructs otherwise.
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.
● Questions labelled with an asterisk (*) are ones where the quality of your
written communication will be assessed.
Advice
● Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
● Keep an eye on time.
● Try to answer every question.
● Check your answers if you have time at the end

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Answer ALL questions.

Write your answers in the spaces provided.

You must write down all stages in your working.

1. The normal price of a watch is £80 in two shops, Tymes and Sekonds.

Both shops have a sale.

In Tymes the normal price of the watch is reduced by £18

In Sekonds the normal price of the watch is reduced by 20%

Which shop is selling the watch for the cheaper price in the sale?
You must show your working.

(Total for Question 1 is 3 marks)

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2. (a) Complete the table of values for y = x3 – 6x + 4

(2)
(b) On the grid, draw the graph of y = x3 – 6x + 4 for values of x from −3 to 3.

(2)
 (Total for Question 2 is 4 marks)
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3. DEF is a right-angled triangle.

Work out the length of DF.

Give your answer correct to 2 decimal places.

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(Total for Question 3 is 3 marks)
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4. Seb has a biased dice.

When the dice is thrown once, the probability that it will land on 6 is.
Seb is going to throw the dice twice.

Work out the probability that the dice will land on 6 on the first throw and will not land on 6 on
the second throw.
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(Total for Question 4 is 4 marks)

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5. Helen invested £6000 for n years in a savings account.

She got 3% compound interest each year.

At the end of n years Helen had £7379.24 in her savings account.

Work out the value of n.

You must show your working.

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(Total for Question 5 is 2 marks)
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6. The cumulative frequency graph gives information about the speeds, in mph, of 400
cars passing a speed camera between 7 am and 8 am one day.
(a) Work out an estimate for the number of cars passing this speed camera at speeds
greater than 72 mph.

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(2)

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The least speed for these 400 cars was 50 mph.

The greatest speed for these 400 cars was 81 mph.

(b) Use the cumulative frequency graph and the information above to draw a box plot to
show the distribution of the speeds of these 400 cars.

(3)

The box plot below shows the distribution of the speeds of the cars passing the speed
camera between 1 pm and 2 pm the same day.
*(c) Compare the two distributions of the speeds.

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(2)
(Total for Question 6 is 7 marks)

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7. There are 1 million gallons of water in a lake.

A company has to pump all the water out of the lake.

The company can use 4 Speedy pumps or 5 Flow pumps.

One Speedy pump can pump 35 gallons out of the lake in 1 minute.
One Flow pump can pump all the water out of the lake in 500 hours.

The company wants to pump all the water out of the lake as quickly as possible.

Should the company use the 4 Speedy pumps or the 5 Flow pumps?
You must show all your working.
 (Total for Question 7 is 5 marks)
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8. A spacecraft travels from Earth to Mars at an average speed of 13 km/s.

The spacecraft travels a distance of 1.4 × 108 miles.

Calculate the number of days the spacecraft takes to travel from Earth to Mars.

You may use

1 mile = 1.6 km
1 km/s = 2250 miles per hour
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(Total for Question 8 is 3 marks)
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9. The graph shows information about the distances travelled by a lorry.

 The graph is a straight line.

(a) Work out the gradient of the straight line.

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(2)
(b) Write down a practical interpretation of the value you calculated in part (a).

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(1)
(Total for Question 9 is 3 marks)
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10. 50 students each did a mathematics test.

The mean score for these 50 students was 8.4.

There were 30 boys.

The mean score for these 30 boys was 8.25.
 e ea sco e o t ese 30 boys was 8. 5.

Work out the mean score for the girls.

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(Total for Question 10 is 3 marks)
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11. Solve the simultaneous equations

 5x + 2y = −2
3x – 5y = 11.2

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

y = ............................................................................
(Total for Question 11 is 4 marks)
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12. A machine puts drinks into cups.
The volume of a cup is 200 ml, correct to the nearest 0.5 ml.

(a) Write down the lower bound for the volume of a cup.

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(1)

The machine puts tea and milk into each cup.

It puts into each cup

175 ml of tea measured correct to the nearest ml

24 ml of milk measured correct to the nearest ml

(b) Is it possible that the total volume of tea and milk put in a cup is greater than the
volume of the cup?
You must show how you get your answer.

(3)
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 (Total for Question 12 is 4 marks)
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13. The diagram shows a square ABCD inside a circle.

The points A, B, C and D lie on the circle.

The radius of the circle is 6 cm.

Work out the total area of the shaded regions.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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 (Total for Question 13 is 4 marks)
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14.

ABC and CDE are straight lines.

BD and AE are parallel.
BD = 12 cm, CD = 18 cm, DE = 6 cm.

Work out the length of AE.

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(Total for Question 14 is 2 marks)
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15. Change 2 m to cm .

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3
(Total for Question 15 is 2 marks)
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16. (a) Solve x2 + 2x – 35 = 0

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(3)
(b) Solve

Give your solutions as surds.

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(4)
(Total for Question 16 is 7 marks)
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17.

A, B, C and D are points on the circumference of a circle, centre O.

BOD is a straight line.
Angle ACD = 62°

Find the size of angle ADB.

Give a reason for each stage in your working.
 (Total for Question 17 is 4 marks)
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18. There are a large number of white beads in a bag.

There are only white beads in the bag.

Felicity wants to find an estimate for the number of beads in the bag.

Felicity replaces 30 of the white beads in the bag with 30 black beads.

She then takes 50 beads from the bag.

2 of the 50 beads are black.

Felicity then puts the 50 beads back in the bag.

(a) Work out an estimate for the number of beads in the bag.

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 (2)
(b) Write down one assumption you have made.

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(1)
(Total for Question 18 is 3 marks)
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19. The histogram gives information about the body temperatures of 320 lizards at 2 pm one day.
 Work out how many of these lizards had a body temperature greater than 30° C.

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(Total for Question 19 is 3 marks)
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20.

AB = 9.3 cm
AC = 8 cm
Angle BAC is an acute angle.

The area of triangle ABC is 32 cm2.

Work out the length of BC.

You must show your working.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

............................................................................ cm
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(Total for Question 20 is 5 marks)

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21. The probability that a car will pass a test is 0.95.

Three cars are going to be tested.

(a) Work out the probability that none of these cars will pass the test.

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(2)
(b) Work out the probability that exactly two of these cars will pass the test.
You must show your working.

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(3)
(Total for Question 21 is 5 marks)

TOTAL FOR PAPER IS 80 MARKS

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