Name

For Edexcel
GCSE Mathematics
Paper 3A (Non-Calculator)
Higher Tier
Time: 1 hour and 45 minutes
Materials required
Ruler, protractor, compasses,
pen, pencil, eraser
Tracin! paper ma" #e used
Instructions and Information for Candidates
$rite "our name in the #o% at the top o& the pa!e
Ans'er all the (uestions in the spaces pro)ided in this (uestion paper
The mar*s &or each (uestion and &or each part o& a (uestion are sho'n in #rac*ets
The total num#er o& mar*s &or this paper is 1++ There are ,4 (uestions in this paper
Calculators must not be used.
Advice to Candidates
-ho' all sta!es in an" calculation
$or* steadil" throu!h the paper .o not spend too lon! on one (uestion
/& "ou cannot ans'er a (uestion, lea)e it and attempt the ne%t one
Return at the end to those "ou ha)e le&t out
Written by Shaun Armstrong
Only to be copied for use in the purchaser's school or college
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GCSE Mathematics
0ormulae: 1i!her Tier
Volume of a rism 2 area o& cross section len!th
Volume of shere 2
4
3
r
3
Volume of cone 2
1
3
r
,
h
Surface area of shere 2 4r
,
Curved surface area of cone 2 rl
In an! triangle A"C The #uadratic Equation
The solutions o& ax
,
3 bx 3 c 2 +
'here a +, are !i)en #"
x 2
b b
,
4ac
,a
Sine $ule
a
sin A
2
b
sin B
2
c
sinC
Cosine $ule a
,
2 b
,
3 c
,
4 ,bc cos A
Area of triangle 2
1
,
ab sin C
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cross
len!th
r
l
h
r
c
B
C
A
b
a
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#&
x
C B
A
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Ans'er A(( T)E*T+ ,-.$ questions.
)rite !our ans'ers in the saces rovided.
+ou must 'rite do'n all the stages in !our 'or/ing.
+ou must *-T use a calculator.
%. .ia!ram *-T
accuratel" dra'n
/n the dia!ram, AB 2 AC and an!le ABC 2 34
0ind the si7e o& the an!le mar*ed x

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&. -ol)e 5p 3 9 2 p 4 3
p 2 88888888
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1. (a) :%press 5; as the product o& its prime &actors
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(#) 0ind the 1i!hest Common 0actor (1C0) o& 5; and <4
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3. The ta#le !i)es in&ormation a#out the num#er o& #edrooms in =,+ houses
*umber of "edrooms ,requenc!
1 1++
, 3,+
3 ,4+
4 ;+
.ra' an accurate pie chart to sho' this in&ormation
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#4
4;
44
O
4,
,
4
;
y
4, 41 1 , 3 x
4. (a) >n the !rid, dra' the !raph o& y 2 ,x 4 3
012
(#) ?se "our !raph to sol)e the e(uation ,x 4 3 2 14
x 2 8888888888
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5. Tari(@s #ic"cle has three !ears
The num#ers o& teeth on the !ears are in the ratio 5 : ; : =
/n total there are 3; teeth on the !ears
(a) $or* out ho' man" teeth are on the middle !ear
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Tari( c"cles 5 *ilometres in ,+ minutes
(#) $or* out his a)era!e speed in *ilometres per hour
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#6
Mathematical
Instruments
+nstrument Set
,'-.0 / 0A1
6.
A set o& mathematical instruments costs B,<+ plus 1=
1
,
C DAT
(a) Calculate the total cost o& the set o& instruments
B 88888888
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A school 'ants to #u" 4=+ sets o& mathematical instruments
The" #u" them in #o%es o& 4+
(#) $or* out the num#er o& #o%es the school should #u"
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+
5
15
1+
,+
A!e
(da"s)
+ ,+ ;+ 4+ <+ 1++ 1,+
1ei!ht
(cm)
7. The ta#le sho's the a!e in da"s and the hei!hts in centimetres o& ei!ht plants
A!e (da"s) 3; 115 ;< ,3 1+1 ;5 3< 91
1ei!ht (cm) 115 ,+, 1;= =; 193 1,< 1+5 1;3
The &irst si% pairs o& )alues ha)e #een plotted on the scatter !raph #elo'
(a) Plot the last t'o pairs o& )alues on the scatter !raph
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(#) .escri#e the correlation #et'een the a!e and hei!ht o& the plants
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N
X
Y
(c) (i) ?se "our !raph to estimate the a!e o& another plant o& the same t"pe 'hen it
reached a hei!ht o& 15 cm
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(ii) :%plain 'h" it mi!ht not #e sensi#le to use "our !raph to estimate the a!e o&
a plant o& the same t"pe that is ,4 cm tall
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8. .ia!ram *-T
accuratel" dra'n
The #earin! o& Y &rom X is 115
$or* out the #earin! o& X &rom Y

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#%9
#%%
A C
B
%9. $or* out an estimate &or the )alue o&
91; ,<45
,9;
,
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%%.
ABC is a trian!le
-hade the re!ion inside the trian!le 'hich is nearer to point A than point C and less
than 5 cm &rom the point C
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#%&
$ei!ht o& potatoes (w *!)
+ +5 15 1+ ,+ ,5 3+
+
1+
3+
,+
4+
0re(uenc"
%&. A supermar*et records the 'ei!ht (w *!) o& loose potatoes #ou!ht #" 1++ customers
The results are sho'n in the ta#le
$ei!ht o& potatoes (w *!) 0re(uenc"
+5 E w 1+ ;
1+ E w 15 ,1
15 E w ,+ 34
,+ E w ,5 ,3
,5 E w 3+ 1;
(a) $hat percenta!e o& these customers #ou!ht more than ,5 *! o& potatoesF
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(#) >n the !rid, dra' a &re(uenc" dia!ram to represent the data in the ta#le
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%1. (a) -impli&" (,a)
,
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(#) -impli&"
x
5
x
,
x
3
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(c) :%pand y
,
(3y 4 ,)
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(d) -ho' that x
,
4 <x 3 19 can #e 'ritten in the &orm (x 3 a)
,
3 b &or all )alues o& x
-tate the )alue o& a and the )alue o& b
a 2 88888888
b 2 88888888
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y
x
A
B
O
y
x
O
%3.
The dia!ram sho's a s*etch o& part o& the !raph o& y 2 cos x
(a) $rite do'n the coordinates o&
(i) A,
( 88 , 88 )
(ii) B
( 88 , 88 )
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(#) >n this cop" o& the dia!ram a#o)e, s*etch the !raph o& y 2 cos ,x
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#%5
%4. The ta#le sho's some e%pressions
a, b, c and d represent len!ths
and , are num#ers 'hich ha)e no dimensions
ab
a
,
c
,
d
,b
3
abc 3 d
,d
b
4
b(c
,
3 d
,
) c
3
3 ,ab
Tic* () the #o%es underneath the three e%pressions 'hich could represent )olumes
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%5. P 2 ,r 3 5r 4 l
Rearran!e the &ormula to ma*e r the su#Gect
r 2 8888888888
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%6. The a!es o& three sisters are x "ears, x
,
"ears and (3x 4 ,) "ears
The total o& the a!es o& the three sisters is 3+ "ears
(a) -ho' that x
,
3 4x 4 3, 2 +
0&2
(#) 0ind the a!e o& the oldest o& the three sisters
8888888 "ears
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#%8
%7. (a) $rite do'n the )alue o& 9

1
,
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(#) Rationalise the denominator o&
1<
3
and simpli&" "our ans'er
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%8. Pro)e al!e#raicall" that the sum o& three consecuti)e e)en num#ers is al'a"s a multiple
o& ;
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O 41 1 , 3 x 43 4,
4<
4
44
<
y
&9.
The dia!ram sho's the !raph o& y 2 = 3 ,x 4 ,x
,
(a) ?se the !raph to estimate the solutions to the e(uation
= 3 ,x 4 ,x
,
2 +
x 2 88888 or x 2 88888
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(#) :%plain ho', usin! the !raph, "ou can tell that there are no solutions to the
e(uation
,x 4 ,x
,
2 1
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&%. Henn" is mar*in! Iuestion 1 on a set o& e%amination papers
The (uestion has t'o parts and &or each part, an ans'er is either correct or incorrect
>n a paper, the pro#a#ilit" that she 'ill mar* part (i) correct is
3
4
/& she mar*s part (i) correct, the pro#a#ilit" that she 'ill mar* part (ii) correct is
4
5
/& she mar*s part (i) incorrect, the pro#a#ilit" that she 'ill mar* part (ii) correct is
1
3
Henn" mar*s one paper
(a) Complete the tree dia!ram
art 0i2 art 0ii2
correct
correct

3
4
incorrect
correct
incorrect
incorrect
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(#) $or* out the pro#a#ilit" that she mar*s #oth parts correct
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#&%
#&&
h
r
,r
H
>ne e)enin!, Henn" mar*s 1<+ papers
(c) $or* out an estimate &or the num#er o& papers on 'hich she mar*s at least one
part correct
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&&. .ia!ram *-T
accuratel" dra'n
-ome plasticine is used to ma*e a solid c"linder o& #ase radius r cm and hei!ht h cm
The plasticine is then split in hal& and used to ma*e t'o identical cones
:ach cone has #ase radius ,r cm and hei!ht H cm
:%press H in terms o& h
Ji)e "our ans'er in its simplest &orm
H 2 88888888
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#&1
P
R
5 cm
Q O
1, cm
&1. .ia!ram *-T
accuratel" dra'n
P is a point on a circle, centre O
The line PQ is the tan!ent to the circle at P
R is the point on OQ such that an!le ORP 2 9+
(a) Pro)e that trian!le OPR and trian!le OPQ are similar
012
OP 2 5 cm
PQ 2 1, cm
(#) 0ind the e%act len!th o& OR
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x 3 1
x 4 1
&3. .ia!ram *-T
accuratel" dra'n
The dia!ram sho's a rectan!le measurin! (x 1) cm #" (x 3 1) cm
The dia!onals o& the rectan!le are each 1+ cm lon!
0ind the area o& the rectan!le
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,
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