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GCSE
185/14
MATHEMATICS
WALES PILOT
HIGHER TIER
PAPER 2
A.M. FRIDAY, 11 June 2010
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Maximum Mark
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ADDITIONAL MATERIALS

A calculator will be required for this paper.

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Answer all the questions in the spaces provided.

Take as 314 or use the button on your calculator.

INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES

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You should give details of your method of solution

especially when appropriate.

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INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Write your name, centre number and candidate number
in the spaces at the top of this page.

Unless stated, diagrams are not drawn to scale.

Scale drawing solutions will not be acceptable where you
are asked to calculate.
The number of marks is given in brackets at the end of
each question or part-question.

TOTAL MARK

CJ*(S10-0185-14)

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Formula List

crosssection

Volume of prism = area of cross-section length

lengt

Volume of sphere = 4 r3
3
Surface area of sphere = 4r2

Volume of cone = 1 r2h

3

Curved surface area of cone = rl

In any triangle ABC

Sine rule

a = b = c
sin B
sin C
sin A

Area of triangle = 1 ab sin C

2

Cosine rule a2 = b2 + c2 2bc cos A

The Quadratic Equation

The solutions of ax2 + bx + c = 0
x=
where a 0 are given by

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b (b 2 4 ac )
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A clothing catalogue gives the following sizing guide.

Size

Chest size in inches

Waist size in inches

34 to 36

27 to 29

37 to 38

30 to 31

39 to 42

32 to 35

XL

43 to 45

36 to 37

All measurements are given to the nearest inch (1 inch 254 cm)
(a)

Lee has a 37 4 inch chest and a 28 inch waist. He is ordering a long coat from the
catalogue. What size would you suggest that he orders? Give a clear reason for your
answer.

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Bill has a 84 cm waist. He is ordering trousers from the catalogue. Which size should he
order? Show your working to support your answer.

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Complete the line in the table below which gives the same information for customers in
centimetres. Write all measurements correct to the nearest whole number.
Size

To fit chest

XL

109 cm to 114 cm

To fit waist
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cm to . . . . . . . . . . . cm

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On the grid below, draw the enlargement of the given shape using a scale factor of 2
and centre O.
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Describe fully the transformation that transforms shape A into shape B.

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Rotate the triangle C through 90 anticlockwise about the origin.

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C
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10 x

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(d)

North
Z

X
Diagram not drawn to scale.
The above diagram shows three points X, P and Z which lie on a straight line.
The bearing of Z from P is 070.
Find the bearing of X from P.
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Mr Lucas received an electricity bill from R.H.T. Electricity Company.

The bill, with some of the entries removed, is shown below.
Use the information given on the bill to complete all of the missing entries and calculate the
total amount that Mr Lucas has to pay.

R.H.T. Electricity Company

Bill period 31st January 2010 to 1st May 2010
Mr Lucas
3 Hill Road
Cwm
CM34 7XX
INVOICE
Meter reading
last time

Meter reading
this time

Tariff
C-Customer reading
E-Estimated reading

Units used

Price of each
unit in pence

Amount

4318C

4878C

Units used

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23.2

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Quarterly charge

28.88

Total charge before V.A.T.

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V.A.T. at 5% of the total charge

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Total charge including V.A.T.

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Previous amount owing

12.00

Amount to pay

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Make f the subject of the formula 3g = 4f 7.

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Expand and simplify 3(7t + 2) + 5(t 7).

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Solve

17 x
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Simplify

a a .
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a

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Expand y (y3 + 6).

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Solve

x
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2

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The age and sale value of each of 22 cars of one particular make and model are recorded. The
results are shown on the following scatter diagram.
Sale value in s

30000

25000

20000

15000

10000

5000

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Age of car
in years

Write down the age and sale value of the cheapest car.
Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . years
Sale value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Write down the type of correlation that is shown by the scatter diagram.

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Data for how many 7 year-old cars was recorded?

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Another survey of cars is carried out.

In this survey, sale values of 15 year-old cars are recorded.
Sale value, x

Number of cars

400 X x ! 600

600 X x ! 800

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800 X x ! 1000

Calculate an estimate for the mean sale value.

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A garden centre makes compost for planting.

The compost is made by mixing peat, fertilizer and grit.
Eight buckets of the compost are made using 5 buckets of peat, 2 buckets of fertilizer and
1 bucket of grit.
(a)

How many buckets of fertilizer are needed to make 100 buckets of compost?

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Compost 2.20 per bucket

Special Offer
Buy 10 buckets of compost
and get 15% off the total price

Calculate the cost of buying 10 buckets of compost in the special offer.

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The garden centre buys a delivery van at a cost of 6500.

Each year, the value of the van depreciates by 12% of its value at the start of the year.
At the end of two years by how much has the value of the van depreciated?

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A solution to the equation x3 + 11x 396 = 0 lies between 6 and 7.

Use the method of trial and improvement to find this solution correct to 1 decimal place.
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Solve 28n 3 1 15n + 6.

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Expand and simplify (2x + 1) (3x + 4).

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Solve the following equation.

x + 8 x 4 15
+
=
8
2
4

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9.

62 cm

89 cm
Diagram not drawn to scale.
Find the size of the angle marked x.
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Express 1400 as a product of prime factors in index form.

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Find, in standard form, the value of (2 106) (6 102).

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11.

Standard Pizza

Party Pizza

At Pizza 2 Go a Standard Pizza has a thin base with diameter 20 cm and costs 7.
A Party Pizza has a thin base with diameter 30 cm.
The two types of pizza offer the same value for money and have the same thickness.
Calculate the price for the Party Pizza.
Show your working and explain your answer.
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12. Here is a sequence of numbers.

267
(a)

259

251

243

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What is the first number in the sequence that is less than zero?

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Find the nth term of the sequence.

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The diagram shows a square drawn inside a circle.

Diagram not drawn to scale.

The diameter of the circle is 40 cm.
Find the area of the square.
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The diagram shows a circle with centre O of radius 68 cm.

The straight line PCT is a tangent to the circle.

O
A
T
C
P
Diagram not drawn to scale.
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Write down the size of ABC.

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Calculate the area of the sector AOC.

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The diagram shows a tangent touching a circle.

On the diagram above, mark another angle that is equal to x.

State a reason for your answer using your knowledge of circle theorems.
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Given that y is proportional to x2, and that y = 4 when x = 1, find an expression for y in
terms of x.

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Use the quadratic formula to solve the equation 4x2 + 20x 49 = 0.

Give your answers correct to one decimal place.

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15. Two beads are selected at random from a bag containing 6 blue beads and 4 red beads.
Find the probability that at least one red bead is selected.
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16. The results of gathering and measuring the lengths of 400 sticks found in a wood are
represented in the histogram below.
Frequency density

10

0
(a)

20

40

60

80

Length of
stick
in cm
120

100

Use the histogram to complete the grouped frequency table below.

Length, l cm

0 ! l X 40

40 ! l X 60

60 ! l X 80

80 ! l X 120

Frequency
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Find the percentage of the lengths of sticks that are longer than 60 cm.

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Calculate an estimate of the number sticks with length less than 30 cm.

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86 cm

126 cm

C
Diagram not drawn to scale.
Find the length of DC.
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