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1MA0/1H
You must have: Ruler graduated in centimetres and millimetres, Total Marks
protractor, pair of compasses, pen, HB pencil, eraser.
Instructions
• Fill
Use black ink or ball-point pen.
• centrein the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
number and candidate number.
• Answer all questions.
• – there may
Answer the questions in the spaces provided
be more space than you need.
• Diagrams aremay
Calculators not be used.
• You must showNOTall accurately drawn, unless otherwise indicated.
• your working out.
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.
Advice
• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
• Keep an eye on the time.
• Try to answer every question.
• your answers if you have time at the end.
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© Peter Bland
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1 Solve the equation − = 1
2 x +1
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2 The diagram shows a solid wax cylinder.
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Diagram NOT
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9x
2x
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3 y
C
Diagram NOT
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O A x
ABCD is a square.
P and D are points on the y-axis.
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The equation of the line that passes through the points A and D is y = –2x + 5
Find the length of PD.
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4
y
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–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 O 1 2 3 4 5 x
–1
–2
–3
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–4
–5
y
2
1
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5
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h cm
2x cm
x cm x cm
The volume of the cylinder and the volume of the cone are equal.
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Find h in terms of x.
Give your answer in its simplest form.
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h = .............................
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6
1 1 1
+ =
u v f
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1 1
u = 2 , v = 3
2 3
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1 1 1
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7
Diagram NOT
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h
x x
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8 y
A y B
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O x O x
C y D y
O x O x
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E y F
y
O x O x
y = 4 sin x°
y = 4 cos x°
y = x2 – 4x + 5
y = 4 × 2x
y = x3 + 4
4
y=
x
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9 Here is a shape ABCDE.
B A Diagram NOT
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x cm E
C D
πx
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P = 3x +
2
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The area, A cm2, of this shape is given by A = kx2 where k is a constant.
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10 Express the recurring decimal as a fraction.
0.213
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B
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12 Prove, using algebra, that the sum of two consecutive whole numbers is always an
odd number.
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13 The table shows information about the ages, in years, of 1000 teenagers.
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Age (years) 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Number of teenagers 158 180 165 141 131 115 110
Calculate the number of 14 year olds she should have in her sample.
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14 P is inversely proportional to V.
When V = 8, P = 5
P = ...............................
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15 Diagram NOT
a accurately drawn
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