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AS Practice Paper M8

This 12 question, 100 mark practice paper for AS Level Pure Mathematics contains questions testing a range of skills. Students are advised to show working clearly and label answers. The document provides the question prompts, figures and relevant information for candidates to attempt the paper under exam conditions within the allotted 2 hours.

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AS Practice Paper M8

This 12 question, 100 mark practice paper for AS Level Pure Mathematics contains questions testing a range of skills. Students are advised to show working clearly and label answers. The document provides the question prompts, figures and relevant information for candidates to attempt the paper under exam conditions within the allotted 2 hours.

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Total Marks:

Pure
Mathematics 1
Advanced Subsidiary
Practice Paper M8
Time: 2 hours

Information for Candidates


• This practice paper is an adapted legacy old paper for the Edexcel GCE AS Level Specifications
• There are 12 questions in this question paper
• The total mark for this paper is 100.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets.
• Full marks may be obtained for answers to ALL questions

Advice to candidates:
• You must ensure that your answers to parts of questions are clearly labelled.
• You must show sufficient working to make your methods clear to the Examiner
• Answers without working may not gain full credit
Question 1

(a) Find the first 4 terms, in ascending powers of x, of the binomial expansion of (1 + ax)10, where a is a
non-zero constant. Give each term in its simplest form. (4)

Given that, in this expansion, the coefficient of x3 is double the coefficient of x2,

(b) find the value of a. (2)


(Total 6 marks)

Question 2

The points Q (1, 3) and R (7, 0) lie on the line l1 , as shown in Figure 2.

The length of QR is a√5.

(a) Find the value of a. (3)

The line l2 is perpendicular to l1 , passes through Q and crosses the y-axis at the point P, as shown in
Figure 2. Find

(b) an equation for l2, (5)

(c) the coordinates of P, (1)

(d) the area of ΔPQR. (4)


(Total 13 marks)

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Question 3

The curve C has equation y = and the line l has equation y = 2x + 5.

(a) Sketch the graphs of C and l, indicating clearly the coordinates of any intersections with the axes.
(3)
(b) Find the coordinates of the points of intersection of C and l. (6)
(Total 9 marks)

Question 4

The gradient of a curve C is given by

(a) Show that = x2 + 6 + 9x−2. (2)

The point (3, 20) lies on C.

(b) Find an equation for the curve C in the form y = f(x). (6)
(Total 8 marks)

Question 5

The circle C has centre (3, 1) and passes through the point P(8, 3).

(a) Find an equation for C. (4)

(b) Find an equation for the tangent to C at P, giving your answer in the form ax + by + c = 0, where a, b
and c are integers. (5)

(Total 9 marks)

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Question 6

The curve C has equation y = kx3 – x2 + x – 5, where k is a constant.

(a) Find . (2)

The point A with x-coordinate lies on C. The tangent to C at A is parallel to the line with equation 2y
– 7x + 1 = 0.

Find

(b) the value of k, (4)

(c) the value of the y-coordinate of A. (2)


(Total 8 marks)

Question 7

Figure 2 shows a sketch of part of the curve with equation y = 10 + 8x + x2 – x3.

The curve has a maximum turning point A.

(a) Using calculus, show that the x-coordinate of A is 2. (3)

The region R, shown shaded in Figure 2, is bounded by the curve, the y-axis and the line from O to A,
where O is the origin.

(b) Using calculus, find the exact area of R. (8)


(Total 11 marks)

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Question 8

(a) Find, to 3 significant figures, the value of x for which 5x = 7. (2)

(b) Solve the equation 52x – 12(5x) + 35 = 0. (4)


(Total 6 marks)

Question 9

Solve, for 0 ≤ x < 360°,

(a) sin(x – 20°) = , (4)

(b) cos 3x = . (6)


(Total 10 marks)

Question 10

Figure 1 below shows a triangle ABC, where #####⃗


𝐴𝐵 = 4𝑖 + 6𝑗 and #####⃗
𝐴𝐶 = 6𝑖 + 2𝑗

A C
d Figure 1

(a) Find #####⃗


𝐵𝐶 (2)

(b) Calculate the angle BAC (4)

(c) Find the area of the triangle ABC (2)

(Total 8 marks)

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Question 11

(a) On a coordinate grid, shade the region that satisfies the inequalities

2𝑦 + 𝑥 < 8, 𝑦 < 3𝑥 + 6, 𝑦 > 1 and 𝑥 > 2


(4)

(a) Work out the area of the shaded region (2)

(Total 6 marks)

Question 12

The point P lies on the curve with equation


y = 4e2x
The y-coordinate of P is 8.

(a) Find, in terms of ln 2, the x-coordinate of P. (2)

(b) Find the equation of the tangent to the curve at the point P in the form y = ax + b, where a and b are
exact constants to be found (4)
(Total 6 marks)

TOTAL FOR PAPER IS 100 MARKS

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