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Pearson Edexcel International GCSE

Monday 3 June 2024
Morning (Time: 2 hours) Paper
reference 4MA1/2HR
Mathematics A
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PAPER 2HR
Higher Tier

You must have: Ruler graduated in centimetres and millimetres, Total Marks
protractor, pair of compasses, pen, HB pencil, eraser, calculator.
Tracing paper may be used.

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.
Without sufficient working, correct answers may be awarded no marks.
• Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
•• Calculators may be used.
You must NOT write anything on the formulae page.
Anything you write on the formulae page will gain NO credit.

Information
•• The total mark for this paper is 100.
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.
Check your answers if you have time at the end.

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Formulae sheet – Higher Tier

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Arithmetic series 1
n Area of trapezium = (a + b)h
Sum to n terms, Sn = [2a + (n – 1)d] 2
2
The quadratic equation a

The solutions of ax2 + bx + c = 0 where

a ¹ 0 are given by: h

b  b 2  4ac
x
2a b

Trigonometry In any triangle ABC

C a b c
Sine Rule = =
sin A sin B sin C

b a Cosine Rule a2 = b2 + c2 – 2bccos A

1
Area of triangle = ab sin C
A B 2
c

1 2 Volume of prism
Volume of cone = πr h = area of cross section × length
3
Curved surface area of cone = πrl

l cross
h section

length
r

Volume of cylinder = πr2h 4 3

Curved surface area Volume of sphere = πr
3
of cylinder = 2πrh
Surface area of sphere = 4πr2
r

r
h

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 Answer ALL TWENTY SIX questions.
Write your answers in the spaces provided.
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You must write down all the stages in your working.

1 Write 1400 as a product of powers of its prime factors.

Show your working clearly.

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(Total for Question 1 is 3 marks)

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2
A

−8 −6 −4 −2 O 2 4 6 8 x

−2

B
−4

−6

−8

(a) Describe fully the single transformation that maps shape A onto shape B

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(2)
(b) On the grid above, rotate shape A 180° about (−1, 0)
Label your shape C
(2)
(Total for Question 2 is 4 marks)

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 3 Here is a list of four numbers written in ascending order of size

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x    
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where x and y are integers.

The numbers have
a median of 12.5
a range of 4
Find the value of x and the value of y

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(Total for Question 3 is 2 marks)

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4 E = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}
A = {factors of 6}
B = {prime numbers}

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(a) List the members of the set
(i) A ∪ B

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(1)
(ii) A′

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(1)
Harpreet states that A  B  
Harpreet is incorrect.
(b) Explain why.

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(1)
C is a set with 4 members such that
the set A ∩ C has 2 members
the set B ∩ C has 2 members
Set A ∩ C and set B ∩ C have no members in common.
(c) List the 4 members of set C

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(2)
(Total for Question 4 is 5 marks)

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 5 The diagram shows the design for a badge, which will be made using wire.
The design is a circle inside a square ABCD
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A E B
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H F

D G C

The circle touches the square at the points E, F, G and H

The area of the square is 81 cm2
Calculate the total length of wire that will be needed to make the square and the circle.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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(Total for Question 5 is 4 marks)

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6 (a) Solve  4 f  17
3

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Show clear algebraic working.

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(3)
(b) Simplify (e + 12)0 where e > 0

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(1)
12a 4 h6
(c) Simplify fully
4ah 2

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(2)
(d) Factorise fully 20x5y + 12x3y4

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(2)
(Total for Question 6 is 8 marks)

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Find the value of n

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(Total for Question 7 is 2 marks)

8 In a sale, all normal prices are reduced by 17%

The sale price of a fridge is 6225 rupees.
Work out the normal price of the fridge.

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(Total for Question 8 is 3 marks)

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9 (a) Write 6.04 × 105 as an ordinary number.

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(1)
(b) Write 0.000 07 in standard form.

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(1)
7.6  1010
(c) Work out
4  105  2  104
Give your answer in standard form.

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(2)
(Total for Question 9 is 4 marks)

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A 11 cm B Diagram NOT
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accurately drawn
5 cm
30°
F C

4.7 cm

E D
23 cm

Angle BCF = 30°

AB, FC and ED are parallel.
Calculate the area of ABCDEF
Show your working clearly.

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(Total for Question 10 is 5 marks)

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11 The cumulative frequency table gives information about the time, in hours, that each of
60 workers spent working from home in one week.

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Time (t hours) Cumulative frequency

0<t 5 6

0 < t  10 17

0 < t  15 27

0 < t  20 42

0 < t  25 53

0 < t  30 60

(a) On the grid below, draw a cumulative frequency graph for the information in
the table.

60

50

40

Cumulative
frequency 30

20

10

0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Time (hours)
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(2)
25 workers spent more than W hours working from home.
(c) Use your graph to find an estimate for the value of W

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(2)
One of the 60 workers is chosen at random.
This worker spent H hours working from home.
(d) Find the probability that 5 < H „ 10

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(1)
(Total for Question 11 is 7 marks)

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Diagram NOT

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accurately drawn

10 cm

B E

C D

In the diagram, ABC and AED are straight lines.

BE is parallel to CD

AE = 10 cm  and  CD = 1.5 × BE
(a) Work out the length of ED

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(2)

AB = (2x + 5) cm and BC = (3x – 5) cm

(b) Work out the value of x

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(Total for Question 12 is 4 marks)

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Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

60°

O r cm B

Angle AOB = 60°

The perimeter of the sector is P cm.
Find a formula for P in terms of r
Give your answer in the form P = r(cπ + k) where c and k are values to be found.

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(Total for Question 13 is 3 marks)

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14 Adriana is going to roll a biased dice and spin a biased coin.
The probability that the coin will land on Heads is 0.8

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The probability that the dice will land on 6 and the coin will land on Heads is 0.24
Work out the probability that the dice will land on 6 and the coin will land on Tails.

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(Total for Question 14 is 3 marks)

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accurately drawn

6.5 cm

B C 3 cm E

AB, BC and CD are three sides of a regular pentagon and CDE is a triangle.
BCE is a straight line.

CD = 6.5 cm CE = 3 cm
Work out the area of triangle CDE
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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(Total for Question 15 is 3 marks)

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16 Here are six graphs.
A B C
y y y

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O x O x O x

D E F
y y y

O x O x O x

Write down the letter of the graph that could have the equation
1
(i) y  
x

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(1)
(ii) y = sin x°

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(1)
(Total for Question 16 is 2 marks)

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Given that fg(k) = 2

work out the value of k

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(Total for Question 17 is 3 marks)

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06 = 34
18 Use algebra to show that 0.3
0.306
111

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average speed = 19 km/h correct to the nearest whole number

time = 1.5 hours correct to one decimal place

Work out the upper bound for the distance Aviv travels.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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(Total for Question 19 is 3 marks)

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Show clear algebraic working.

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(Total for Question 20 is 4 marks)

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The point A has coordinates (−5, 2)
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The point B has coordinates (3, 5)

Find an equation of the line that passes through B and C
Give your answer in the form ax + by + c = 0 where a, b and c are integers.

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(Total for Question 21 is 4 marks)

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Show clear algebraic working.

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(Total for Question 22 is 5 marks)

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 23 A curve has equation y = f(x)
The coordinates of the minimum point on this curve are (6, −3)
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Write down the coordinates of the minimum point on the curve with equation
(i) y  f( x)  10

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(1)
(ii) y = f(3 x)

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(1)
(Total for Question 23 is 2 marks)

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24 The diagram shows a solid, S, made from a cone and a hemisphere.

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accurately drawn

The centre of the circular face of the cone coincides with the centre of the flat surface of
the hemisphere.

The radius of the circular face of the cone, x cm, is equal to the radius of the hemisphere.
The total height of S is 4 × the radius of the hemisphere.

A separate sphere has radius kx cm.

The volume of this sphere is 12.5 × the volume of S
(a) Work out the value of k

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A solid, T, is similar to solid S
The volume of T is 512 × the volume of S
The total surface area of T is d × the total surface area of S
(b) Find the value of d

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(1)
(Total for Question 24 is 5 marks)

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25 OPQR is a parallelogram.

P M
Q

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N Diagram NOT
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Y

O R
→ →
OP = 2a and OR = 3b
1
The point M lies on PQ such that PM = PQ
4
4
The point N lies on RQ such that RN = RQ
5
(a) Find, in terms of a and b, giving your answers in simplest form
→
(i) ON

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(1)
→
(ii) MR

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(1)
MR and ON intersect at the point Y
Given that
OY = k × ON
(b) use a vector method to find the value of k

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(4)
(Total for Question 25 is 6 marks)

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26 Write 4   3 x  5   as a single fraction in its simplest form.
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