November 2001 Edexcel GCSE Paper 5 (Higher Level)

Time: 2 hours – No calculator

Answer all TWENTY TWO questions. You must write down all stages of your working.

Question 1 (4 marks) with crosses.

The number 175 can be written as the product of its
prime factors, 175 = 52 × 7. Write as a product of Question 5 (4 marks)
its prime factors: (i) 50 (ii) 502 Shape A is shown on the grid on the answer sheet.
Shape A is enlarged, centre (0, 0), to obtain shape
Question 2 (4 marks) B. One side of shape B has been drawn for you.
A factory makes boxes of cereal. A box of cereal
can be underweight, the correct weight or (a) On the grid, complete shape B.
overweight. The probability that a box of cereal (b) Enlarge shape A by scale factor ½, centre
selected at random is underweight is 1%. The (5, 16) and label your enlargement C.
probability that a box of cereal selected at random
is overweight is 3%. Question 6 ( 3 marks)
The diagrams on the answer sheet show frequency
(a) work out the probability that a box selected polygons and cumulative frequency graphs. Each
at random will be the correct weight. cumulative frequency graph represents the same
information as one of the frequency polygons.
All the underweight boxes of cereal are removed. Write down the letters of the pairs of diagrams
All boxes that are the correct weight or overweight which represent the same information.
are put in an empty warehouse. A box of cereal is
then selected at random from the warehouse. Question 7 (4 marks)
The diagram on the answer sheet shows a water
(b) Work out the probability that a box of cereal tank in the shape of a cuboid.
selected at random from the warehouse will be
overweight. Give your answer as a fraction in its (a) Work out the volume of the water tank.
simplest form.
Water is poured into the tank at a rate rate of 5
Question 3 (4 marks) litres per minute. 1 litre = 1000 cm3.
On seven days, Helen recorded the time, in
minutes, it took a 2cm ice cube to melt. She (b) Work out the time in minutes it takes to fill the
recorded the temperature, in °C, on that day. Her water tank completely. Give your answer in
results are shown in the scatter diagram on the minutes.
answer sheet.
Question 8 (4 marks)
(a) Draw a line of best fit on the scatter diagram Refer to the triangle ADE shown on the answer
sheet.
(b) Use your line of best fit to estimate the time (a) Work out the length of DE
it took a 2cm ice cube to melt when the (b) Work out the length of CE.
temperature was 13 °C.
Question 9 (5 marks)
(c) Use your line of best fit to estimate the Here are some expressions:
temperature when a 2cm ice cube took 19 π r2 π r3 r2
minutes to melt. , π(r + x), πr + r, , πr2 + rx,
x x πx
The letter r and x represent lengths. π is a number
(d) Explain why the line of best fit could not be which has no dimensions.
used to estimate the time it took a 2cm ice cube
to melt when the temperature was 35 °C. (a) Write down the two expressions which
could represent areas.
Question 4 (3 marks)
(a) Draw accurately, on the diagram on the Here are some more expressions:
answer sheet, the locus of points which are the π r4
same distance from the line OA and the line OB. πr3, πr4 + πx, , πr2 + πrx
x
(b) Write down the one expression which
(b) Some points are the same distance from the
cannot represent a length or an area or a volume.
line OA and the line OB and are also 4cm from
the point B. Mark the positions of these points
(c) Rearrange the formula y = r + 3x to make x bound for x? Write down the letters.
the subject. 6.485 × 13 .285
A: x =
5.8
Question 10 (4 marks) 6.49 × 13 .28
B: x =
A shop buys Indian rugs from a factory. In July, 5.8
the cost to the shop of buying a rug was £100. The 6.495 × 13 .285
shop bought 800 rugs in July. In August, the cost C: x =
5.75
to the shop of buying a rug increased by 10%. The 6.485 × 13 .275
number of rugs bought by the shop decreased by D: x =
5.75
25%. Find the difference between the total cost to 6.495 × 13 .285
the shop of all the rugs bought in July and the total E: x =
5.85
cost of all the rugs bought by the shop in August.
6.485 × 13 .275
F: x =
Question 11 (4 marks) 5.85
Solve the simultaneous equations:
6x + 2y = 21 The lower bound for x is 14.7160 correct to 4
4x + 3y = 19 decimal places. The upper bound for x is 15.0063
correct to 4 decimal places.
Question 12 ( 5 marks)
Every day, Kevin wears either a red or a blue tie, (b) (i) Write the value of x correct to an
chosen at random. On any day, the probability that appropriate number of significant figures.
he will wear a red tie is 0.7 (ii) Give a reason for your answer.

(a) Complete the tree diagram on the answer Question 17 (4 marks)

sheet. (a) Write down any of the above number that
are rational.
(b) Find the probability that the colours of the 1 1 3
2 8 2 2 3
ties that Kevin will wear on Monday and 4 2 4
Tuesday are different.
(b) Find the exact value of ( 7 + 5 )( 7 - 5 )
Question 13 (4 marks)
(a) Evaluate 65 ÷ 63 The number ( 7 + 5 ) is irrational.
14 .4
(b) Given that = 22.5 work out
( 0 .8 ) 2 (c) Use your answer to part (b) to explain why the
14 .4 number ( 7 - 5 ) must also be irrational.
( 0.08 ) 2 Question 18 (6 marks)
The diagram on the answer sheet shows a circle,
Question 14 (5 marks) centre O.
Ali has twenty socks in his drawer. 10 of them are
grey, 6 of them are black and 4 of them are red. (a) Calculate the size of angle ADB.
(b) Calculate the size of angle BAC.
Ali takes two socks at random without replacement
from the drawer. Calculate the probability that he Tangents are drawn to the circle at A and B. These
takes two socks that have the same colour. tangents meet at P.
Question 15 (8 marks) (c) Calculate the size of angle APB.
(a) Factorise (i) 2x2 - 7x + 3
(ii) 4x - 9
2

(b) Solve (i) (3x + 2)(2x + 1) = 0

(ii) (3x + 2)(2x + 1) = 1

Question 16 (4 marks)
6.49 ×13 .28 Question 19 (8 marks)
x =
5.8 Refer to the triangle on the answer sheet.
6.49 and 13.28 are correct to 2 decimal places. 3
5.8 is correct to 1 decimal place. sin x° = and 0 < x < 90
2
(a) Use the Theorem of Pythagoras for the
(a) Which of the following calculations gives triangle on the answer sheet and find the exact
the lower bound for x and which gives the upper
 value of
cos x°
3
One value of x for which sin x° = is 60.
2
(b) Find two values of y between 0 and 180 for
3
which sin (2y)° =
2

The diagram on the answer sheet shows part of the

curve y = f(x), where f(x) = cos x°.

(c) Write down the co-ordinates of the points

A and B.
(d) On the same diagram, sketch the graph of
y = f(2x).

Question 20 (3 marks)
The weights of some babies are given in the table.

Weight W kg Frequency
0≤ W<2 0
2 ≤ W < 2.5 8
2.5 ≤ W < 3 9
3≤ W<4 15
4≤ W<6 27
W≥ 6 0

Draw a histogram to represent this information on

the grid on the answer sheet.

Use a scale of 2 cm to 1 kg on the weight axis.

Question 21 (5 marks)
(a) Simplify (px)y
(b) 229 414 812 165 326
Put these numbers in order of size (smallest
first).

Fred invests an amount of money in an account

paying r% compound interest per annum. The
amount of money doubles after n years.

(c) Find a formula for r in terms of n.

Question 22 (5 marks)
By expanding both sides, or otherwise,
(a) show that

(m2 + 1)(n2 + 1) = (m + n)2 + (mn – 1)2

Using this result, or otherwise,

(b) write 500050 as the sum of 2 square numbers.