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Pearson Edexcel
International GCSE
Time 2 hours
Paper
reference 4MA1/2H
Mathematics A
PAPER 2H
Higher Tier
October 2021

You must have: Total Marks

Ruler graduated in centimetres and millimetres, protractor, 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.
• – usemarks
The for each question are shown in brackets
this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.

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• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
• Good luck
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International GCSE Mathematics
Formulae sheet – Higher Tier

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 ± b2 - 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 TWO questions.

Write your answers in the spaces provided.
You must write down all the stages in your working.

1 (a) Write down the value of m, given that 34 ´ 35 = 3m

m = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(1)
(b) Write down the value of n, given that (53)7 = 5n

n = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(1)
78  7 2
(c) Find the value of p, given that p
 76
7

p = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2)

(Total for Question 1 is 4 marks)

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2 Here are two rectangles, rectangle A and rectangle B.
rectangle A rectangle B Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

(2x – 1) cm
(5 – x) cm

4 cm 5 cm

The area of rectangle B is twice the area of rectangle A.

Work out the value of x.
Show your working clearly.

x = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(Total for Question 2 is 4 marks)

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3 The table gives information about the amounts of money, in euros, that 70 of Anjali’s
friends spent last Saturday.

Money spent (S euros) Frequency

 0 < S    8  6
 8 < S  16 14
16 < S  24 19
24 < S  32 25
32 < S  40  6

One of Anjali’s 70 friends is going to be chosen at random.

(a) Find the probability that this friend spent more than 24 euros last Saturday.

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(1)
(b) Work out an estimate for the mean amount of money spent by Anjali’s friends last Saturday.
Give your answer correct to 2 decimal places.

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(4)

(Total for Question 3 is 5 marks)

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4 ABC and DEF are similar triangles.

E
Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

36 cm

A C D F
45 cm 20 cm

(a) Work out the length of AB.

....................................................... cm
(2)
Given that BC = 54 cm,
(b) work out the length of EF.

....................................................... cm
(2)

(Total for Question 4 is 4 marks)

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5 The diagram shows a regular octagon ABCDHIJK and a pentagon DEFGH.

C E
B Diagram NOT
D 102° accurately drawn
112° F
96°
A
H
x G

K
I
J

Angle GHD = angle FGH.

Work out the size of the angle marked x.
Show your working clearly.

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°

(Total for Question 5 is 5 marks)

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6 Victor buys 12 bottles of apple juice for a total cost of $21
Victor sells all 12 bottles at $2.45 each bottle.
Work out Victor’s percentage profit.

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(Total for Question 6 is 3 marks)

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7 Ali and Badia each have 25 000 dollars to invest.

Cyclone Bank Tornado Bank

Invest 25 000 dollars Invest 25 000 dollars
4.5% compound interest per year Receive 1150 dollars interest each year
for 3 years for 3 years

Ali invests in the Cyclone Bank for 3 years.

Badia invests in the Tornado Bank for 3 years.
By the end of the 3 years, Ali will have received more interest than Badia.
How much more?
Show your working clearly.
Give your answer correct to the nearest dollar.

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(Total for Question 7 is 4 marks)

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8 (a) Simplify (3x2y)0

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(1)
(b) (i) Factorise x2 – 5x – 36

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(2)
(ii) Hence solve x2 – 5x – 36 = 0

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(1)

(Total for Question 8 is 4 marks)

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9 A rainwater tank contains 2.4 ´ 107 raindrops.

The rainwater tank also contains 1.75 ´ 106 bacteria.
(a) Work out the number of bacteria per raindrop in the tank.
Give your answer in standard form correct to 2 significant figures.

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(3)
A drop of rainwater contains 5.01 ´ 1021 atoms.
In a drop of rainwater the number of atoms is 3 times the number of molecules.
(b) Work out the number of molecules in the rainwater tank.
Give your answer in standard form correct to one significant figure.

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(2)

(Total for Question 9 is 5 marks)

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10 ABC is an isosceles triangle with BA = BC.

Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

38°
A C
N
9.3 cm

N is the point on AC such that AN = 9.3 cm and BN is perpendicular to AC.

Work out the perimeter of triangle ABC.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

....................................................... cm

(Total for Question 10 is 4 marks)

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E

Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

O
F
D

48°
A
B C

B, D, E and F are points on a circle, centre O.

ABC is a tangent to the circle.
ODC is a straight line.
BOE is a diameter of the circle.
Angle BCD = 48°
Find the size of angle DFE.

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°

(Total for Question 11 is 3 marks)

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12 (a) Simplify  (64p9q12) 3

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(2)

2 4 9
(b) Write as a single fraction   + -
3 x 5 x 10 x
Give your answer in its simplest form.

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(2)

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(c) Expand and simplify  4x(x – 5)(2x + 3)

Show your working clearly.

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(3)

(Total for Question 12 is 7 marks)

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y

4
y = 2x + 2

–4 –2 O 2 4 x

R
–2

–4

The region R, shown shaded in the diagram, is bounded by three straight lines.
Write down the three inequalities that define R.

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(Total for Question 13 is 3 marks)

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14 Manuel collected information about the flights that arrived late at an airport last month.
The table gives information about the number of minutes that these flights were late.

Minutes late (L minutes) Frequency

0 < L  10  8
10 < L  15 13
15 < L  25 19
25 < L  40 24
40 < L  60  6

(a) On the grid, draw a histogram for this information.

Frequency
density 2

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Number of minutes late

(3)
Manuel selected at random a flight that was late by 25 minutes or less from his results.
(b) Work out an estimate for the probability that this flight was late by 5 minutes or less.

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(2)

(Total for Question 14 is 5 marks)

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15 The functions f and g are such that

f ( x) = 2 x - 3
x
g( x) =
3x + 1

(a) State the value of x that cannot be included in any domain of g

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(1)
(b) Find gf(x)
Simplify your answer.

gf(x) = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2)
(c) Express the inverse function g−1 in the form g−1(x) = ...

g−1(x) = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)

(Total for Question 15 is 6 marks)

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16 A box contains 15 counters.

There are 4 red counters, 5 green counters and the rest are yellow counters.
Niklas takes at random a counter from the box and writes down the colour of his counter.
He then puts the counter back into the box.
Sasha then takes at random a counter from the box and writes down the colour of her counter.
Work out the probability that the counters taken by Niklas and Sasha both have the same colour.

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(Total for Question 16 is 3 marks)

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17 Express in the form a + b where a and b are integers.
5 -1
Show each stage of your working clearly.

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(Total for Question 17 is 3 marks)

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18 Here is a quadrilateral ABCD.

B
12 cm
60° Diagram NOT
C accurately drawn

9 cm 7 cm
84°

A D

Calculate the area of quadrilateral ABCD.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
Show your working clearly.

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(Total for Question 18 is 5 marks)

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19 The straight line L has equation x – y = 3
The curve C has equation 3x2 – y2 + xy = 9
L and C intersect at the points P and Q.
Find the coordinates of the midpoint of PQ.
Show clear algebraic working.

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(Total for Question 19 is 6 marks)

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20 Here are the first four terms of an arithmetic series.

3k k k
k
4 2 4

Given that the 15th term of the series is (90 + 2k),

calculate the sum of the first 30 terms of the series.

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(Total for Question 20 is 5 marks)

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21 The curve C has equation y = f(x) where f(x) = 9 – 3(x + 2)2
The point A is the maximum point on C.
(a) Write down the coordinates of A.

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(1)
 4
The curve C is transformed to the curve S by a translation of  
0
(b) Find an equation for the curve S.

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(1)
The curve C is transformed to the curve T.
The curve T has equation y = 3(x + 2)2 – 9
(c) Describe fully the transformation that maps curve C onto curve T.

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(1)

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The graph of y = acos (x – b)° + c for −180  x  360 is drawn on the grid below.

y
6

4
3

–180 –90 O 90 180 270 360 x

–1

(d) Find the value of a, the value of b and the value of c.

a = .......................................................

b = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

c = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)

(Total for Question 21 is 6 marks)

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22 The diagram shows a sphere of diameter x cm and a pyramid ABCDE with a horizontal
rectangular base BCDE.

A
Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

5x cm
x cm
E D

O 2x cm

B
x cm C

The vertex A of the pyramid is vertically above the centre O of the base so that
AB = AC = AD = AE.
BC = x cm, CD = 2x cm and AO = 5x cm.
The volume of the sphere is 288π cm3
Calculate the total surface area of the pyramid.
Give your answer correct to the nearest cm2

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(Total for Question 22 is 6 marks)

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