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General Certificate of Secondary Education

Higher Tier

Mathematics

43602H

Unit 2 Higher Tier

Practice Paper Set 3 Specification 4360
For this paper you must have:
mathematical instruments.

Mark

3
45
67
89
10 11
12 13
14
TOTAL

You may not use a calculator.

You may use a calculator.

Time allowed
1 hour 15 minutes

Instructions
Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Draw diagrams in pencil.
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
Answer all questions.
You must answer the questions in the space provided. Do not write outside the
box around each page or on blank pages.
Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work that you do not want to
be marked.
Information
The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
The maximum mark for this paper is 66.
The quality of your written communication is specifically assessed
in questions 7(a), 8(b) and 11.
These questions are indicated with an asterisk ( )
You may ask for more answer paper and graph paper.
These must be tagged securely to this answer booklet.
Advice
In all calculations, show clearly how you work out your answer.

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1 (a)

The nth term of a sequence is 100 3n.

1 (a) (i) Work out the first three terms.

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1 (a) (ii) Work out the first term of the sequence that is negative.

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1 (b)

The nth term of a different sequence is 2(3n + 4).

A term in the sequence is 104.
Work out the value of n for this term.

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2

Here is a recipe for chilli con carne.

Serves 6 people
1 kilogram of mince
500 grams of tomatoes
2 chillies
800 grams of kidney beans
Salt and pepper
Leroy is the cook on a camping trip.
He is going to use the recipe to make chilli con carne for 21 people.
Work out how many grams of tomatoes he needs.

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a = 10, b = 2 and c = 6

Work out the value of

ab c
c +4

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Here are three expressions.

2x + 5

3x 8

4x 21

Is there a value of x that makes all the expressions equal?

You must show your working.

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Here is a mobile phone tariff.

Plan A
Monthly charge

30

Free minutes of calls per month

400

Extra minutes charged at

20 pence per minute

Plan B is a different mobile phone tariff.

These graphs show the cost, in , for each of the plans.

150

Plan B

140

Plan A

130
120
110
100

Cost, 90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Minutes of calls

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5 (a)

Complete the mobile phone tariff for Plan B.

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Plan B
Monthly charge

40

Free minutes of calls per month

Extra minutes charged at

pence per minute

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5 (b)

Louis is deciding whether to use Plan A or Plan B.

Work out the number of minutes of calls for which Plan B is cheaper.

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p is a number.
12 is the highest common factor of 24 and p.
Work out two different possible values for p.

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*7 (a)

Two banks calculate the yearly interest they pay customers.

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National Bank
London Bank

1% of the first 300 that you invest

6% of amounts over 300 that you invest

4% of the total that you invest

For example: Invest 700

For example: Invest 700

Interest = 4% of 700

Interest =1% of 300 + 6% of 400

Talia has 500 to invest for one year.

Work out which bank will pay her more interest.
State how much extra interest she will earn.

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Work out the investment that will earn the same yearly interest at the two banks.

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8 (a)

n is an integer and 2.5

n<1

Write down all the possible values of n.

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Three inequalities identify the shaded region on this diagram.

y
x=3

y=x+1

y = 1 2x

Write down the inequalities.

The first one has been done for you.
Answer x < 3
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In a sale the price of a computer is decreased by 30%.

The price in the sale is 560.

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Work out the price before the sale.

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10 (a)

Factorise fully

10c 2 + 8cd

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10 (b)

Simplify

(2ab4)3

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The diagram shows a sketch of two straight lines.

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Not drawn
accurately

(4, 9)
X

(10, 3)
X

Prove that the lines will never meet.

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Make d the subject of the formula

c=

10(t d )
d

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13 (a)

Show that

30
1
27 3

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is a recurring decimal.

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13 (b)

Work out

5
42

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Here is a formula.

r=

y 2 x2

Find the value of r when y = 5 2 and x =

Write your answer in the form a

where a and b are integers greater than 1.

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Solve the simultaneous equations

y = 1 2x
y = x2 3x 5

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