A Level Mathematics

Pure Paper 1

Predicted Paper 2022

Minimum time: 2 hours

Marks: 100
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• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
• If pencil is used for diagrams/sketches/graphs it must be dark (HB or B).
• Answer the questions in the spaces provided – there may be more space than
you need.
• You should show sufficient working to make your methods clear. Answers
without working may not gain full credit.

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1. In an arithmetic series

• the first term is 16

• the 21st term is 24

(a) Find the common difference of the series.

(2)
(b) Hence find the sum of the first 500 terms of the series.
(2)
(Total 4 Marks)

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2. (a) Show that

sin x 1 − cos x
+ = k cosec x, ≡ x  nπ, n  ℤ,
1 − cos x sin x

where k is a constant to be found.

(4)

(b) Hence explain why the equation

sin x 1 − cos x
+ = 1.6
1 − cos x sin x

has no real solutions.

(1)

(Total 5 Marks)

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3.

Figure 3 shows a sketch of the curve with equation y = x

The point P(x, y) lies on the curve.
The rectangle, shown shaded on Figure 3, has height y and width δx.
Calculate
9
lim å xd x
d x®0
x=4

(3)
(Total 3 Marks)

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4. A heated metal ball is dropped into a liquid. As the ball cools, its temperature, T
C, t minutes after it enters the liquid, is given by

T = 400e–0.05t + 25, t  0.

(a) Find the temperature of the ball as it enters the liquid.

(1)
(b) Find the value of t for which T = 300, giving your answer to 3 significant
figures.
(4)
(c) Find the rate at which the temperature of the ball is decreasing at the instant
when t = 50. Give your answer in C per minute to 3 significant figures.
(3)
(d) From the equation for temperature T in terms of t, given above, explain why
the temperature of the ball can never fall to 20 C.
(1)

(Total 9 Marks)

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5. f (x) = −3x3 + 8x2 − 9x + 10, x  ℝ.

(a) (i) Calculate f(2).

(ii) Write f (x) as a product of two algebraic factors.

(3)

Using the answer to part (a) (ii),

(b) prove that there are exactly two real solutions to the equation

−3y6 + 8y4 − 9y2 + 10 = 0,

(2)

(c) deduce the number of real solutions, for 7π  θ < 10π, to the equation

3 tan3 θ − 8 tan2 θ + 9 tan θ − 10 = 0.

(1)

(Total 6 Marks)

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6. Relative to a fixed origin 𝑂, vector ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑂𝐴 = 𝐢 + 2𝐣 + 6𝐤

Given that

• point 𝐵 is such that ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗

𝐴𝐵 = 10𝐢 + 4𝐣 + 6𝐤
• point 𝐶 lies on the line through 𝐴 and 𝐵 such that |𝐴𝐶
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ |: |𝐴𝐵
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ | = 1: 2

(a) find the two possible coordinates of point 𝐶.

(3)

(b) Hence calculate the exact magnitude for the shortest possible length for
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ .
vector 𝑂𝐶
(2)
(Total 5 marks)

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7.

Figure 1

Figure 1 shows a sketch of the graph of y = f (x).

The graph intersects the y-axis at the point (0, 1) and the point A(2, 3) is the
maximum turning point.

Sketch, on separate axes, the graphs of

(i) y = f(–x) + 1,

(ii) y = f(x + 2) + 3,

(iii) y = 2f(2x) .

On each sketch, show the coordinates of the point at which your graph intersects
the y-axis and the coordinates of the point to which A is transformed.
(9)
(Total 9 Marks)

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8. The time, T seconds, that a pendulum takes to complete one swing is modelled by
the formula
T = alb

where l metres is the length of the pendulum and a and b are constants.

(a) Show that this relationship can be written in the form

log10 T = b log10 l + log10 a

(2)

A student carried out an experiment to find the values of the constants a and b.

The student recorded the value of T for different values of l.

Figure 3 shows the linear relationship between log10 l and log10 T for the student’s
data.
The straight line passes through the points (– 0.7, 0) and (0.21, 0.45)

Using this information,

(b) find a complete equation for the model in the form

T = alb

giving the value of a and the value of b, each to 3 significant figures.

(3)
(c) With reference to the model, interpret the value of the constant a.
(1)
(Total 6 Marks)

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9. Bobby claims that

e3x  e2x, x  ℝ.

(a) Determine whether Bobby’s claim is always true, sometimes true or never
true, justifying your answer.
(2)

(b) Using algebra, prove that the sum of the squares of three consecutive
integers is never divisible by 3.
(4)

(c) Prove by contradiction that there are no positive integers p and q such that

4 p2 − q2 = 25
(4)

(Total 10 Marks)

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10.

Figure 1 shows a sketch of a curve C with equation y = f (x) and a straight line l.
The curve C meets l at the points (−2, 13) and (0, 25) as shown.
The shaded region R is bounded by C and l as shown in Figure 1.
Given that
● f (x) is a quadratic function in x
● (−2, 13) is the minimum turning point of y = f (x)
Find the area of region R.
(5)

(Total 5 Marks)

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11. The circle C has equation

x2 + y2 − 10x + 4y + 11 = 0

(a) Find

(i) the coordinates of the centre of C,

(ii) the exact radius of C, giving your answer as a simplified surd.

(4)

The line l has equation y = 3x + k where k is a constant.

Given that l is a tangent to C,

(b) find the possible values of k, giving your answers as simplified surds.
(5)
(Total 9 Marks)

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12.

Figure 2

Figure 2 shows a closed box used by a shop for packing pieces of cake. The box is
a right prism of height h cm. The cross section is a sector of a circle. The sector has
radius r cm and angle 1 radian.

The volume of the box is 300 cm3.

(a) Show that the surface area of the box, S cm2, is given by

1800
S = r2 + .
r
(4)
(b) Use calculus to find the value of r for which S is stationary.
(4)
(c) Prove that this value of r gives a minimum value of S.
(2)
(d) Find, to the nearest cm2, this minimum value of S.
(2)

(Total 12 Marks)

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13.

Figure 1 shows a sketch of the curve C with equation

4 x2 + x
y= − 4 ln x x0
2 x

(a) Show that

dy 12 x 2 + x − 16 x
=
dx 4x x
(4)
The point P, shown in Figure 1, is the minimum turning point on C.

(b) Show that the x coordinate of P is a solution of

2
4 x 3
x =  − 
 3 12 
(3)
(c) Use the iteration formula
2
4 xn  3
xn +1 =  −  x1 = 2
 3 12 
 

to find (i) the value of x2 to 5 decimal places,

(ii) the x coordinate of P to 5 decimal places.
(3)
(Total 10 Marks)
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14. (a) Use integration by parts to find:
∫ 𝑥 cos 2𝑥 d𝑥
(4)

(b) Hence, or otherwise, find:

∫ 𝑥 cos 2 𝑥 d𝑥

(3)

(Total 7 marks)

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