UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level

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MATHEMATICS (SYLLABUS D) 4024/21

Paper 2 May/June 2012
2 hours 30 minutes
Candidates answer on the Question Paper.
Additional Materials: Geometrical instruments
Electronic calculator

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen.
You may use a pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.
DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES.

Section A
Answer all questions.

Section B
Answer any four questions.

If working is needed for any question it must be shown in the space below that question.
Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks.
You are expected to use an electronic calculator to evaluate explicit numerical expressions.
If the degree of accuracy is not specified in the question, and if the answer is not exact, give the answer to
three significant figures. Give answers in degrees to one decimal place.
For π, use either your calculator value or 3.142, unless the question requires the answer in terms of π.

The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
The total of the marks for this paper is 100.
For Examiner’s Use

This document consists of 24 printed pages.

DC (LEO/SW) 49518/3
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Section A [52 marks] Do not

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Answer all questions in this section. margin

1 (a) The sets A, B and C are shown in the Venn diagram.

Ᏹ
A B

Ᏹ = { x : x is an integer, 1 ⭐ x ⭐ 18 }
A = { x : x is an even number }
B = { x : x is a multiple of 5 }

(i) Find n(A B).

Answer ......................................... [1]

(ii) (a) Given that A B⬘ C⬘ = {2, 6, 14, 18}, list the members of C.

Answer ......................................... [1]

(b) Describe the set C in words.

Answer C = { x : x is ..................................................................................... } [1]

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(b) A school offers piano lessons and flute lessons to a group of 50 children. Do not
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Of these children, 28 attend piano lessons margin

17 attend flute lessons

12 attend neither piano lessons nor flute lessons.

By drawing a Venn diagram, or otherwise, find the number of children who attend only the
piano lessons.

Answer ........................................ [2]

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2 (a) Sunil needs to hire a digger from Monday to Thursday one week and on Monday and Do not
Tuesday the following week. write in this
The Hire company charges $48 each time the digger is hired plus $13 per day. margin

He has two options.

Option 1: Hire the digger for four days, return it and then hire it again for two days.

Option 2: Hire it continuously from the first Monday to the second Tuesday.

Which is the cheaper option and by how much?

Answer Option ............ is cheaper by $ ........................ [2]

(b) Tina invests some money in an account that earns simple interest at 3% per year.
At the end of one year the investment is worth $2781.

How much money did she invest?

Answer $ ....................................... [2]

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3 (a) Factorise 9x2 – 64y2. Do not

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Answer ......................................... [1]

(b) The product of three numbers 4, x and (x + 3) is 55.

Form an equation in x and solve it to find the possible values of x.

Answer x = ............... or ...............[3]

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(c) (i) Given that x – 1 – =1 show that x2 – 2x – 23 = 0.
3 x+2

[2]

(ii) Solve x2 – 2x – 23 = 0.
Give your answers correct to one decimal place.

Answer x = ............... or ...............[3]

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4 The entrance to a zoo has this sign above it. Do not

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A

H G

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C D

F E

(a) The letter Z has rotational symmetry order 2 and DE is perpendicular to FE and CD.
CD = 35 cm, FE = 50 cm, DE = 10 cm and BC = 81 cm.
The perpendicular distance between BC and GF is 10 cm.

Calculate the area of the letter Z.

Answer ................................. cm2 [3]

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(b) The shaded area of one letter O is 1206 cm2. Do not

The radius of the unshaded inner circle is 15 cm. write in this
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Calculate the radius of the outer circle.

Answer .................................. cm [3]

(c) The sign above the exit of the zoo is geometrically similar to the one above the entrance.
The radius of the inner circle of the letter O on the sign above the exit is 10 cm.

(i) The length of the base of the letter Z on the sign above the entrance is 50 cm.

Calculate the length of the base of the letter Z on the sign above the exit.

Answer .................................. cm [1]

(ii) The area of the sign above the entrance is A cm2.

The area of the sign above the exit is kA cm2.

Write down the value of k as a fraction in its simplest form.

Answer ......................................... [2]

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5 Do not
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E 86°

D
58°

A, B, C and D are points on the circumference of a circle, centre O.

EF is the tangent to the circle at D and is parallel to BC.
AB̂ C = 86° and CD̂ F = 58°.

(a) Find OD̂ C.

Answer ......................................... [1]

(b) Explain why OĈ B = 26°.

Answer ......................................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................................. [2]

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(c) Find Do not

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(i) AD̂ C, margin

Answer ......................................... [1]

(ii) AD̂ E,

Answer ......................................... [1]

(iii) AÔ D,

Answer ......................................... [1]

(iv) BÂ O.

Answer ......................................... [1]

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6 Do not
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–8 –7 –6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 x
R
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–2

–3

–4

–5

–6

Triangle R has vertices (–2, –1), (2, 1) and (4, –1).

(a) The gradients of the sides of triangle R are 0, –1 and k.

Find k.

Answer ......................................... [1]

(b) One of the inequalities that defines the shaded region is x + y ⭐ 3.

Write down the other two inequalities that define this region.

Answer ..............................................

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(c) Triangle R is mapped onto triangle P by a reflection in the line y = –2. Do not
write in this
Draw and label triangle P. [2] margin

(d) Triangle R is mapped onto triangle Q by a stretch where the invariant line is the y-axis.
This transformation maps the vertex (2, 1) onto (4, 1).

(i) For this stretch, state the scale factor.

Answer ......................................... [1]

(ii) Find the coordinates of the vertex (4, –1) when it is transformed by this stretch.

Answer (........... , ...........) [1]

(iii) Find the area of triangle Q.

Answer .............................. units2 [2]

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7 ABCDEF is a regular hexagon with centre O. Do not

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A B margin

F C
O

E D

(a) (i) Find AÔ B.

Answer ......................................... [1]

(ii) Explain why AO = BC.

Answer ......................................................................................................................... [1]

→ →
(b) OA = a and OB = b.

G is the point on AB such that AG : GB is 1 : 3.

H is the midpoint of BC.

A G B

H
a b
F C
O

E D

Express, as simply as possible, in terms of a and b,

→
(i) AB ,

Answer ......................................... [1]

→
(ii) FB ,

Answer ......................................... [1]

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→ Do not
(iii) OG , write in this
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Answer ......................................... [2]

→
(iv) OH ,

Answer ......................................... [1]

→
(v) GH .

Answer ......................................... [2]

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Section B [48 marks] Do not

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Answer four questions in this section. margin

Each question in this section carries 12 marks.

8 (a) Three towns, A, B and C, are located such that AB = 90 km, BC = 100 km and AC = 85 km.
The bearing of B from A is 127o.

(i) Write down the bearing of A from B.

Answer ......................................... [1]

(ii) Of the three towns, A is the furthest north.

Using a scale of 1 cm to 10 km, construct a scale drawing to show the positions of the
three towns.

North

[3]

(iii) Measure the bearing of B from C.

Answer ......................................... [1]

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(b) JKLM is a quadrilateral with KL = 7 cm and KL̂ M = 72°. Do not

N is the point on LM such that KLN is a sector of a circle, centre L. write in this
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J
K

72°
M N L

(i) Calculate the area of the sector KLN.

Answer ..................................cm2 [2]

(ii) Calculate the perimeter of the sector KLN.

Answer ................................... cm [2]

(iii) On the diagram, construct the locus of points inside the quadrilateral JKLM which are

I 5 cm from JM,
II equidistant from JK and KL. [2]

(iv) The point P is inside JKLM,

less than 5 cm from JM,
nearer to KL than JK,
less than 7 cm from L.

Shade the region containing the possible positions of P. [1]

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9 A group of 80 music students recorded the time each spent practising last week. Do not
The results are summarised in this table. write in this
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Time
0 ⬍ m ⭐ 20 20 ⬍ m ⭐ 40 40 ⬍ m ⭐ 60 60 ⬍ m ⭐ 80 80 ⬍ m ⭐ 100 100 ⬍ m ⭐ 120
(m minutes)
Frequency 6 15 29 18 9 3

(a) Calculate an estimate of the mean.

Answer .......................... minutes [3]

(b) Complete the cumulative frequency table below.

Time (m minutes) m=0 m ⭐ 20 m ⭐ 40 m ⭐ 60 m ⭐ 80 m ⭐ 100 m ⭐ 120

Cumulative frequency 0 6 21 80
[1]

(c) For this part of the question use the graph paper opposite.

Using a scale of 1 cm to represent 10 minutes, draw a horizontal m-axis for 0 ⭐ m ⭐ 120.

Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 10 students, draw a vertical axis for cumulative frequency
from 0 to 80.
Using your axes draw a smooth cumulative frequency curve to illustrate the information.
[3]

(d) Use your graph to estimate

(i) the median,

Answer ........................... minutes [1]

(ii) the interquartile range,

Answer ........................... minutes [2]

(iii) the probability that a student, chosen at random, practised for more than 75 minutes.

Answer ......................................... [2]

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10 Do not
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A cuboid has a square cross-section, shown shaded in the diagram.

The length of the cuboid is x cm.
The sum of the length of the cuboid and one of the sides of the square is 10 cm.

(a) Show that the volume of the cuboid, y cm3, is given by y = x3 – 20x2 + 100x.

[2]

(b) The table shows some values of x and the corresponding values of y for

y = x3 – 20x2 + 100x.

x 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
y 81 128 147 144 125 96 9

(i) Complete the table. [1]

(ii) On the grid opposite, plot the graph of y = x3 – 20x2 + 100x for 1 ⭐ x ⭐ 9. [3]

(c) Use your graph to find

(i) the maximum volume of the cuboid,

Answer ................................. cm3 [1]

(ii) the possible values of x when the volume of the cuboid is 120 cm3.

Answer x = ............... or ...............[2]

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y Do not
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(d) [The volume of a sphere = π r 3]
3
For this part of the question take π as 3.

A sphere has a radius of 1 x cm.

2
By drawing a suitable graph on the grid, estimate the value of x when the sphere and the
cuboid have the same volume.

Answer x = ................................... [3]

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11 Do not
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15
B E
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60.5

50

D C

A vertical mast, AB, is 15 m tall and is attached to the top of a building at B.

The top of the mast is attached to the roof of the building at E using a wire.
AB̂ E = 90o and BE = 11 m.

(a) (i) Calculate AE.

Answer .....................................m [2]

(ii) D is a point on the ground such that AD = 60.5 m and BD = 50 m.

Calculate AD̂ B.

Answer ......................................... [4]

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(b) Do not
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15

11
B E
75° 55°

The top of the mast is also attached to the roof of the building at F using a wire.
FB̂ E = 75°, BÊ F = 55° and AB̂ F = 90°.

(i) Calculate BF̂ E.

Answer ......................................... [1]

(ii) Calculate FB.

Answer .....................................m [3]

(iii) Calculate the angle of depression of F from the top of the mast.

Answer ......................................... [2]

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12 (a) A = 冢–3–2 62冣 B= 冢–11 –20冣 Do not

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Find

(i) A + 2B,

(ii) A–1.
Answer
冢 冣 [1]

Answer
冢 冣 [2]

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(b) Mark and Luke spend three days training for a cycling event. Do not
Mark cycles at an average speed of 24 km/h on the first two days and 26 km/h on the third write in this
day. margin

Luke cycles at an average speed of 25 km/h on the first day, 24 km/h on the second day and
27 km/h on the third day.
They each cycle for 1 hour on the first day and increase their cycling time by 1 hour each day.
2
This information is represented by the matrices P and Q below.

冢冣
1
P= 冢 24 24 26
25 24 27 冣 Q= m
n
(i) Find m and n.

Answer m = .............. n = .............[1]

(ii) Find PQ.

Answer [2]

(iii) Calculate the difference between the numbers in the matrix PQ and explain what this
number represents.

Answer Difference is ................ and this number represents ........................................

...................................................................................................................................... [2]

Please turn over for the rest of this question

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(c) Do not
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football stadium
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Distance 40
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home 0
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Time of day

The travel graph represents Sahid’s journey to and from a football match.
He travels from home straight to the football stadium and watches the match.
On his way home he stops at a café.

(i) How many minutes does Sahid spend at the football stadium?

Answer ........................... minutes [1]

(ii) What is his speed, in kilometres per hour, on his journey to the football stadium?

Answer ................................km/h [1]

(iii) What is the distance between the football stadium and the café?

Answer ...................................km [1]

(iv) Between which two places does he travel the fastest?

Answer ....................................................... and .......................................................[1]

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