Edexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) PhysicsAndMaths Tutor.com KF Diagram NOT accurately drawn B ee D 60 em The diagram represents a prism. AEFD isa rectangle. ABCD is a squate. EB and FC are perpendicular to plane ABCD. AB = 60cm. AD = 60 em. Angle ABE = 90°. Angle BAE = 30°. Calculate the size of the angle that the line DE makes with the plane ABCD. Give your answer correct to 1 decimal plas Edexcel intemal Review 1Edexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) PhysicsAndMaths Tutor.com (Total 4 marks) Diagram NOT accurately drawn Work out the surface area of the triangular prism. State the units with your answer. (Total 4 marks) Edexcel intemal Review 2Edexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) PhysicsAndMaths Tutor.com 3. The diagram shows a pyramid. The apex of the pyramid is V. Bach of the sloping edges is of length 6 em. vr Diagram NOT accurately drawn The base of the pyramid is a regular hexagon with sides of length 2 em, is the centre of the base. F E Diagram NOT accurately drawn Edexcel intemal Review 3Edexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) PhysicsAndMaths Tutor.com (a) Calculate the height of above the base of the pyramid. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures, cm @ (b) Calculate the size of angle DVA Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures, @) Edexcel intemal Review 4Edexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) PhysicsAndMaths Tutor.com (©) Calculate the size of angle AVC. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures, O} (Total 9 marks) 4. 45cm - 90 em P 60. em Q Diagram NOT accurately drawn The diagram shows a prism of length 90 em. The cross section, PORST, of the prism is a semiscircle above a rectangle. PORTis a rectangle. RSTis a semi-circle with diameter RT. PQ= RT = 600m. PT=QR=45 om. 5 Edexcel intemal ReviewEdexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) PhysicsAndMaths Tutor.com Calculate the volume of the prism, Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures. em’ (Total 4 marks) Edexcel intemal Review 6Edexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) PhysicsAndMaths Tutor.com 5. _ 20m 40 em 606m +8om> Diagrams NOT accurately drawn A rectangular tray has length 60 cm, width 40 em and depth 2.em. Itis full of water. The water is poured into an empty cylinder of diameter 8 em. Calculate the depth, in em, of water in the cylinder. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures. em (Total § marks) Edexcel intemal Review 7Edexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) PhysicsAndMaths Tutor.com 6. Diagram NOT accurately drawn Two prisms, A and B, are mathematically similar. The volume of prism A is 12 000 cm’. The volume of prism B is 49 152 em’. The total surface area of prism B is 9728 cm?, Calculate the total surface area of prism A. om? (Total 4 marks) Edexcel intemal Review 8Edexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) PhysicsAndMaths Tutor.com 1. Diagram NOT accurately drawn Two cones, P and Q, are mathematically similar. The total surface area of cone P is 24 em*. The total surface area of cone Q is 96 em? The height of cone P is 4 em. (a) Work out the height of cone Q @ Edexcel intemal Review °Edexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) PhysicsAndMaths Tutor.com The volume of cone P is 12 em’. (6) Work out the volume of cone Q. em? Q (Total $ marks) The diagram shows a cylinder and a sphere, 1 a Diagram NOT accurately drawn The radius of the base of the cylinder is 2x cm and the height of the cylinder is 4 em, The radius of the sphere is 3x em. The volume of the cylinder is equal to the volume of the sphere. Edexcel intemal Review 10Edexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) PhysicsAndMaths Tutor.com Express fin terms of x. Give your answer in its simplest form. (Total 3 marks) 120m Diagram NOT accurately drawn Edexcel intemal Review 1"Edexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) PhysicsAndMaths Tutor.com AC= 12cm Angle ABC = 90° Angle ACB = 32° Calculate the length of AB. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures. em (Total 3 marks) 10. Diagram NOT accurately drawn Edexcel intemal Review 2Edexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) PhysicsAndMaths Tutor.com A cone has a base radius of 5 em and a vertical height of 8 em, (a) Calculate the volume of the cone. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures. Q Here is the net of a different cone. 4 B Diagram NOT accurately drawn Edexcel intemal Review 43Edexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) PhysicsAndMaths Tutor.com The net is a sector of a circle, centre O, and radius 15 em, Reflex angle AOB = 216° The net makes a cone of slant height 15 em. (b) Work out the vertical height of the cone. o (Total 6 marks) 11, A cuboid has length 3 em, width 4 em and height 12 em. 12cm Diagram NOT accurately drawn Edexcel intemal Review 14Edexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) PhysicsAndMaths Tutor.com ‘Work out the length of PQ. em, (Total 3 marks) 12. The volumes of two mathematically similar solids are in the ratio 27 : 125 The surface area of the smaller solid is 36 em”, Work out the surface area of the larger solid. cm? (Total 3 marks) Edexcel intemal Review 45Edexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) PhysicsAndMaths Tutor.com D. Sem B . Diagram NOT accurately drawn The diagram shows a tetrahedron. AD is perpendicular to both AB and AC. AB = 10cm. AC=8em, AD = Sem. Angle BAC = 90° Calculate the size of angle BDC. Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place. (Total 6 marks) Edexcel intemal Review 6Edexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) PhysicsAndMaths Tutor.com 14. hom Diagram NOT accurately drawn A cylinder has base radius x em and height 2x em. Acone has base radius x em and height em, The volume of the cylinder and the volume of the cone are equal Find h in terms of x. Give your answer in its simplest form, (Total 3 marks) Edexcel intemal Review "7Edexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) 15, 10m 3em ‘Sem The diagram shows a solid cuboid. The cuboid has length 10 em, width 8 em and height 5 em. The cuboid is made of wood The wood has a density of 0.6 grams per cm’. Work out the mass of the cuboid. Edexcel intemal Review PhysicsAndMathsTutor.com Diagram NOT accurately drawn grams (Total 4 marks) 18Edexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) PhysicsAndMaths Tutor.com 16. vy D Fp G (10, 4, 8) o 4 x Diagram NOT accurately drawn The diagram shows a cuboid. The coordinates of the vertex F are (10, 4, 8). (@) Write down the coordinates of the vertex E. ay (b) Find the coordinates of the midpoint of OE. 6 : . ) @) (Total 3 marks) Edexcel intemal Review 19Edexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) 17, Fand Gare two points on 2 3-D coordinate grid. Point Fis (2, 3, 3). Point G is (6, -1, 4). ‘Which are the coordinates of the midpoint of the line segment FG? (4,2, 3%) 21%) 1-4 (4,2, 4) A B c D 18. The diagram shows a cuboid on a 3-D grid. 3 P 2 1 9 T 2 3 4/5 76% lH PhysicsAndMathsTutor.com 41,4) (Total 1 mark) Diagram NOT accurately drawn P and Q are two vertices of the cuboid. Which are the coordinates of the midpoint of the line segment PQ? (63,2) 1A) 3.2) G3) A B c D Edexcel intemal Review G14) (Total 1 mark) 20Edexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) PhysicsAndMaths Tutor.com 19. Diagram NOT accurately drawn The diagram shows a cuboid drawn on a 3-D grid Vertex A has coordinates (5, 2, 3). (a) Write down the coordinates of vertex F, a Edexcel intemal Review otEdexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) Band D are vertices of the cuboid. (b) Work out the coordinates of the midpoint of BD. 20, A cuboid is shown on a 3-D grid. Sy “HG, 0, 0) PhysicsAndMathsTutor.com es eneees) @) (Total 4 marks) Diagram NOT accurately drawn The point G has coordinates (0, 3, 4) The point Hf has coordinates (5, 0, 0) Which are the coordinates of the midpoint of the line segment GHP? 1 11 5,34) 25,34) 25,15,2) 10, 6,8 ¢ ) ( 2 ) Qs ) a ) A B c D Edexcel intemal Review 1 5.15.2) 615.2) (Total 1 mark) 22Edexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) PhysicsAndMathsTutor.com 21. aay k| M, O R Q Diagram NOT accurately drawn The diagram shows a cuboid on a 3-D grid. The coordinates of the vertex M are (6, 2, 3) What are the coordinates of the midpoint of LN? 6,2,3) 1,3) A B c D E (Total 1 mark) 2, 3cm Sem 3em Som Som Diagram NOT accurately drawn The solid shape, shown in the diagram, is made by cutting a hole all the way through a wooden cube The cube has edges of length $ em. The hole has a square cross section of side 3 em. Edexcel intemal Review 23Edexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) PhysicsAndMaths Tutor.com (a) Work out the volume of wood in the solid shape, om Q The mass of the solid shape is 64 grams. (b) Work out the density of the wood. . grams per em’ Q) (Total 4 marks) 23. What are the coordinates of the midpoint of the line joining P (-3, 2, 4) to Q (5, 1, 8)? (15,6) 2,-1.4) (8,-1.4) (1,-0.5, 2) (2,3, 12) A B c D E (Total 1 mark) Edexcel intemal Review 24Edexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) PhysicsAndMaths Tutor.com 24, The diagram shows a cuboid drawn on a 3-D grid, y B (2,3, 4) 0 c R D Diagram NOT accurately drawn The base of the cuboid is OCDR. The point Cis on the x-axis, The point R is on the z-axis A=(2,3,4). ‘What is the area of the face ABCD ? 9 6 8 24 12 A B c D E (Total 1 mark) Edexcel intemal Review 25Edexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) PhysicsAndMathsTutor.com 1 22.2° 4 EB = 60 «tan 30° BD = \(60" + 607) tan BDE = 34.64 + 84,85 OR EB=60xtan30° (= 34.64) ED? = 60? «(2 ©0830 ED = {8400 = (91.65) EB_) Angle = sin’ ( ]=222 8400 MI for EB = 60 * tan30 MI for BD = \(60" + 60°) MI for tan BDE ~ “34.64""= “84.85 AI 22,17 = 22.21 MI for EB = 60 xtan 30° oe ‘MI for fully correct method for ED 34.84" \ 34.84 MI for sin BDE (oe) Tea) Al 22.17- 22.21 (4) 2. 264em? 4 1 2x4 x6x8 ord 2 8x946%9410%9 or 72+ 54+ 90 ML attempt to find the area of one face; L 5 XOX 8 or (8 ¥ 9) oF (5 * 9) or (10% 9) or 72 oF 54 or 90 or 24 or 48 ML all five faces with an intention to add Al cao numerical answer of 264 BI (indep) cm? with or without numerical answer 4 (a) 5.66 2 @-2=32 M1 for 6 — 32) AI5.65 ~ 5.66 Edexcel intemal Review 6Edexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) () 38.9 ZN. 2 DVA=2x =) sin OR cos vA = © +6 16 2x6x6 = 38 rR . pva-~cos"( 8) ~38.94 \72) 2 at sis 2 o¢ 6 MI for DVA AI 38.9 ~ 38.95 OR M1 for (cos DVA =) MI for DVA AI 38.9 - 38.95 Edexcel intemal Review PhysicsAndMathsTutor.com arEdexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) © 33.6 AC = 2+ Aca Vid oR AN=2> sin 60= 3 OR N= JaPa1 = 1B 6 +6? -12 2x6x6 2-2 2% 2x cosl20° cos AVC= cos ave = 2 72 V3 AVC=2% cos! ° using VN ‘MI for any valid method for AC or AN or VN where N is the midpoint of AC Al for AC ~ 12 or AC = VI2 (= 3.46...) or AN ~ V3 (E1.73..Jor VN = 33 (-5.74.) MI (indep) for correct method to find angle AVC AI 33.55 ~ 33.6 Edexcel intemal Review PhysicsAndMathsTutor.com (9) 28Edexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) 4 CB x 1x 302+ 60345)» 99 (1/2. 2827.43 + 2700) x 90 (1413.7. + 2700) « 90 4113.7... x 90 = 370234.5. = 370000 Cross-section approach: M1 for(% x) x 30°" (= 2827.4 or 1413.7) or 60 * 45 (2709) M1 for * a x) 30°” + 60 * 45 (complete method) M1 for “any area” * 90 or 4110-4115 AL for 370 000 to 370300 Volume approach: M1 for (hoy 30° or 60 x45 MI for ies x) x 30°” x 90 (= 127234 or 254468) or 60 * 45 * 90 (= 243000) M1 for addition of two volumes AI for 370 000 to 370300 (370 235) 5. 60x 40%2 4800 4800" nx 4? xh "4800" 265..." = 95.5 M160 x 40 «2 Al for 4800 M1 for 2 * # or 50.265. M1 for "4800" + “nx” A1 95,49 — 95.5 Edexcel intemal Review PhysicsAndMathsTutor.com 4 4) 5 (51 29Edexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) PhysicsAndMaths Tutor.com 491s2 6 > 9 4.096 4 12000 M1 for eX or 4.096 0€ 12000 4.096 or 1.6 “1.67 or 2.56 3800 M1 for 14.096 or 1.6 0¢ MI for “1.6” or2.56 o€ Al for 3800 cao (4) 2 @ 3 (by 12*27=96 2 M1 for 2° or 8 Al cao 5] Edexcel intemal Review 30Edexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) PhysicsAndMaths Tutor.com 8 n(2xtho Sane 4 aos 4 nax) h=3__ = Ox) 9. sin32= 23 12 AB= 12 sin 32 AB = 6.35903... 6.36 10. (a) = X ax S?x B= nx 2S xR +3 = 209 209-210 Edexcel intemal Review ox 3 pot 2 MI for x(2s)*h=n(3x)* (condone absence of brackets) MI (dep) for valid algebra that gets to h = ax (condone one error in powers of numerical constants) Al cao 3 AB AB M1 sin 32 = 28 (accept sin 48. 72 GceentSin Ty MI 12 * sin 32 oF 12 * 0.5299, AL accept 6.359 6.360 SC Gradians 5.78(1...) Radians 6.62 Get MIMIA0 or Use of Sine Rule sin32_ sin90 AB oy AB 2 sin32 sin90 Ap —12i032 ‘in0 AB ~ 6359-636 Al SC Gradians 3.85(..) Radians 7. 40(..) MIMIAO [3] 2 1 Mi for = Xx x8 Al for 209 ~ 210 3Edexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) (b) Base radius = 216 « 15=9 360 Height = 1s? - M1 for 216 * 360 Al for 9 M1 for N(1S? ~ “9 Al cao s where "9" < 15 1, 344+ 12?= 169 169 = 13 MI for 3° + 4 or 3? + 12? or # + 12 or a? + 12? (where a is the length of their base diagonal) MI for 3° +4 +12? AI for 13 cao 12. Volume 27 : 125 Length 3:5 = 100 Area 9:25 MI for recognising need for cube root of 27 or 125 MI for recognising need to square their scale factor Al for 100 Edexcel intemal Review PhysicsAndMathsTutor.com (6) BI BI 32Edexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) PhysicsAndMaths Tutor.com 13. DC? = 5°48"; DC= 489 DB? = 5? + 10; DB = W125 BC? 8° + 107; BC= i64 89 4125—164 cos CDB = "3S" 9.23702 2x89 x 125 =163 6 MI (DC. =) 5? + 8 or DC= 89 = 9.4(3) M1 (DB? =) 52 + 1?or DB = VT25 = 11.108) M1 (BC) = 82 + 1?or BC = VI64 = 12.8(1) '89°4125'~'164" ‘M2 cos CDB = ==> 2 Lao aS" AL 76.2 * 76.3 MI correct sub into cosine rule on formula sheet NTR? = SBT" + STIS” — 2x ABT x TIS" x c08 x MI correct rearrangement to cos CDB = AI 76.2-76.3 (6) 2 1 ay 14. e7QH= Talo 6x . 3 MI for a correct volume formula in terms of x, e.g. m°(2x) or fet Al for x(2x) = tah or 3x20 (2x) = mh or (2x) = fen (or better) Al for 6x cao (3) Edexcel intemal Review 33Edexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) PhysicsAndMaths Tutor.com 15, 10x 5% 8(=400) 4 “400” * 0.6 = 240 M2 for 10 x 5 x 8 (= 400) (M1 for two of 10, 5, 8 seen as part of a volume calculation) MI for “400” * 0.6 Al cao (4) 16. (@) (10,4,0) 1 BI cao () (10+2,4+2,0) 2 (52,0) M1 for two correct coordinates or for two of “10” * 2, “0” + 2, fifrom (a) AL fifrom (a) If the answer to (a) is correct, ie (10, 4, 0), then in part (b): (6, 2, 0) gets 2 marks (52,4), (5, 4, 0), (10, 2, 0) all get 1 mark for two correct coordinates. (5, 4, 4), (10, 2, 8), (10, 4, 0) all get 0 marks. If the answer to (a) is incorrect, for example (4, 10, 8), then in part (b) (2, 5, 4) gets 2 marks, following through; ie dividing each of the coordinates by 2 2.5.0), 4,5, 4), (2. 6,4) all get 1 mark for two “correct” coordinates. 5, 4,4), 2, 2, 8), 4, 5, 0) all get 0 marks (3) 17. (1 18. (1) Edexcel intemal Review 34Edexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) 19, 20. a. 2, (@) ) @ (5,2, 0) B1 for (5, 2, 0) cao (2 2+0 343) PhysicsAndMathsTutor.com 27272) (5.3) : zo BI for (0,2,3) or for (5,0,3) or for (0,0,3) seen or implied y XyptR, Vtds Ze MI for (ute fede fo [ 2 spn ($.t8) 0 BI SC for (, y, 3) Alternative mark scheme BI for each coordinate correct. (4) tt) (0 S-5x3x3 125-45 (5% 5-3«3)x5 (25-9) «5 16 x5 80 2 M1 for attempt to find volume of cube (e.g. 5 * 5 * n where n#6) and subtract volume of the hole (e.g. 3 * 3 * n where n#6) (needs to be dimensionally correct) Al cao Alternative method MI for attempt to find area of the cross section and multiply by the depth of the prism (depth #6) Al cao 35 Edexcel intemal ReviewEdexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) PhysicsAndMaths Tutor.com (b) 64+80 08 2 MI ft 64» "80" Al fi (10 2 sf or better) 4] 2. 0A io 24. E 1 1. Mathematics A Paper 6 3D trigonometry questions have been rare on paper 6, so it was a pleasure to see good attempts, Candidates first had to use tangent in triangle EBA to find EB. Once they had located angle EDB, the approach was to find either BD, by using Pythagoras in triangle ABD, or to use a combination of cosine (to find £4) and Pythagoras in triangle AED to find ED. ‘A very common error was to think that the required angle was EDA. Mathematics B Paper 19 This question was poorly done. Many candidates failed to make their method of solution clear. A number of candidates thought that they had to find angle EDA rather than angle EDB. 2, Specification A Higher 1 ier Many candidates were able to score at least half the marks for this question- one mark for ‘working out the area of any face and one mark for giving the units. Common errors were due to simple arithmetic errors (such as‘9 * 6 = 52°), finding the area of only four of the faces, and finding the volume of the prism, Some candidates, taking a minimalist approach, simply calculated 1 x6 x8 x9. 2 Intermediate Tier Weaker candidates confused volume with surface area, giving an answer of 216, whilst some merely added lengths of edges together. A predictable common etror was in calculating the atea of the triangular face as 8 * 6 (ignoring the 1/2). It was surprising to find some candidate failed to give the units with their answer, even when prompted. Edexcel intemal Review 36Edexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) PhysicsAndMaths Tutor.com Specification B A fully correct answer was rare, some failing to give the correct units but more often failing to find the area of each of the five faces. The most common mistake was an answer of 48 for the area of one triangle. Arithmetic errors were common (usually in working out 6 * 9 or 8 x 9) and some only considered four faces, usually omitting the base. A small number of candidates found, of tried to find, the volume of the prism by mistake. These sometimes could be awarded one mark for correctly finding the area of the triangular cross Many ignored the request for units, while for some this was their only mark gained, 3. Specification A This was a multi-step 34 trigonometry/Pythagoras question. Candidates needed to be able to identify the correct triangles to work in, For part (a) most chose triangle AOV and found 6” Some misunderstood the notion of height and found the altitude of triangle VBC from 6” For part (b) The preferred triangles were either VAD with the use of the cosine formula or triangle AOV with the use of sin, Many candidates who adopted the first approach were unable to rearrange correctly the given formula into the form cos V = Common misconception were to assume that angle AVD was double angle BVC, or that it was three times angle BVC, For part (c), the preferred triangle was AVC. Initially candidates had to use the cosine rule in triangle ABC, or equivalent, to find the length of AC. Then a second use of the cosine rule in the altemative form yields the angle AVC. One common misconception in this part was to assume that AC could be found by using Pythagoras. Another was to assume that angle AVC was double angle BVC, Specification B Very few fully correct solutions were seen to this question. Candidates should be encouraged to include labelled sketches of the triangles used in questions of this nature, Pythagoras's theorem ‘was frequently incorrectly used in part (a) with many candidates obtaining a value for the height that was longer than the length of the hypotenuse in their right angled triangle. In parts (b) and (c) the most successful candidates were those who sketched the relevant triangle and worked from that. There were two main approaches to part (b) either the cosine rule was used to find the required angle directly or trigonometry was used to find half the required angle. Candidates who used the cosine rule often had trouble rearranging it appropriately so that the angle could be found. Only a very small minority of candidates were able to identify a triangle that contained the requited angle in part (c) 4, Many candidate made a valiant attempt at this unstructured question, but there were too many considerations and decisions to be taken, and it was perhaps inevitable that at some stage candidates would fail to make a correct decision, These included using 60 as the radius, failing to halve for a semicircle, quoting the formula for circumference instead of area, and multiplying the wrong dimensions together. Handling circular formulae is a general weakness. Most candidates picked up two marks for showing methods which included finding the area of a cuboid volume, or showing an appreciation that the volume was up of an area multiplied by 90. At the final stage candidates again showed their inability to round to 3 significant figures. Edexcel intemal Review orEdexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) PhysicsAndMaths Tutor.com 5. Virtually all candidates were able to calculate the volume of water in the rectangular tray. Most then went on to divide this volume by something (either 8 or x* 8 or x4? ), with many then getting the full 5 marks, Once source of error was of those who correctly wrote 4800 divided by 4800 16x but who incorrectly calculated this as xn, 6, This type of question is always found difficult by the candidature, Many candidates assume that volume scales in the same way as length and get one mark for comparing volumes. For candidates that are aware of different scale factors, some selected the wrong process - for example, squaring the volume scale factor to get the area scale factor. 7. This question was not answered well. The vast majority of candidates that attempted this question were able to find the scale factor 4 of the enlargement, usually by dividing 96 by 24 or by ratios, but few of these knew how to proceed from this to the linear scale factor 2 in part (a) and the volume scale factor 8 in part (b). Most candidates simply multiplied the height by 4 to get 16cm in part (a), and multiplied the volume by 4 to get 48cm? in part (b). ‘Very few candidates attempted to use the area and volume formulae for a cone. 8, Few candidates were able to achieve full marks in this question. A surprising number of candidates used incorrect formulae, particularly for the sphere, indicating that many candidates ‘were perhaps unfamiliar with the contents of the formula page, By far the most common error was the omission of the implied brackets for the powers of 2x and 3x, so that only the x’s were squated and cubed. Of those who tried to deal with the numbers a very common error was 3*=9. The use of algebra to make i the subject of the formula was a problem for some candidates- subtraction often taking the place of division. It ‘was encouraging to see that candidates are now much happier dealing with x by not replacing it with a decimal approximation. 9. The direct method isto use sine = PPP. and many candidates used this to get full marks. A wP minority of candidates fell to temptation from the formula sheet and used the sine rule in the triangle. They were generally less successful, but those that did get the correct answer got full marks. Edexcel intemal Review 38Edexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) PhysicsAndMaths Tutor.com 10, Part (a) proved to be straightforward. However, part (b) proved to be challenging, In particular ‘many candidates could not visualise how the sector could tum into the curved surface of the cone and consequently concentrated on the 144” instead of the 216°, Many candidates assumed that the base radius of the cone had to be Sem and then worked out 15° + 15°, mistaking the position of the right angle, Of those that got the correct answer, most did it by finding the are length of the sector and then realising that this would become the circumference of the base of arclenght 2x common successful approach was to calculate the area of the sector and then use the formula for area of sector me15 the cone. They then found the radius of the base (9em) from A correct, but less, the curved surface area of the cone to find the radius from 11. The majority of candidates recognised the need to use Pythagoras in some part of this question, ‘but few were able to do as the single calculation ya? +b? +c? Some candidates had difficulty visualising the right angled triangle for the base diagonal, and thought that they could calculate this by halving the area of the base. Poor arithmetic proved an obstacle for some, typically when calculating 12? or ¥169 . A small number of candidates were able avoid any calculations and simply wrote down the length of the diagonal from their knowledge of 3, 4, 5 and 5, 12, 13 Pythagorean triangles, 12, About a quarter of the candidates recognised the need to find the linear scale factor of the enlargement by taking the cube root of the ratio, but only the best went on to square this to find the area scale factor. A common incomplete approach was 27 : 125 =3:5, so $436 = 60 A common incorrect approach was 27: 125 =3: 15(sic), $0.3 * 12: 15 12= 6 : 180, 13. Although as a whole this was a challenging question to finish off the paper, many candidates recognised that they had to find the 3 sides of the triangle. This many of them succeeded in doing by employing Pythagoras 3 times. (Unfortunately, many found BC to be 6 em). The next stage was much more difficult. Many assumed that the median of triangle CDB was also perpendicular to the base and thus lost all the remaining marks. Others tried to use the cosine rule from the formula page but were unable to perform the correct algebraic manipulations to isolate the cosine. Candidates who had taken the trouble to learn the cosine rule in this form who generally more successful Edexcel intemal Review 39Edexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) PhysicsAndMaths Tutor.com 14, 15. 16. Many candidates were able to score one mark for writing a correct formula for the volume of the cone or the volume of the cylinder in terms of x, and some were able to equate two correct formulae, but few could rearrange the equation accurately to find A in terms of x. A common 2 ecror here was 2% =2.y. A small number of candidates were able to compare the two volume ()° formulae and simply write down the answer without working, There were many interesting approaches to this question. Many tried to find the surface area rather than the volume and some tried to divide by the density rather than multiply by 0.6. Only about 35% of candidates obtained the fully correct answer of 240 grams though 40% of candidates achieved partial suecess. Part (a) of this question was not answered well, many giving the coordinates of F as their answer for E. The wrong answer (10, 0, 8) was also popular. In part (b), many candidates realised that the midpoint of OE could be found by simply halving their coordinates of E, gaining full marks. However the answers to parts (a) and (b) were often completely unrelated, 17. No Report available for this question. 18. No Report available for this question. 19. Candidates realised what was required in this question but could not often carry out the ‘execution of the task, In part (a) it was common to see a repetition of the coordinates of A whilst in (b) some candidates gained credit for realising that the z coordinate was in the same plane as ABCD and so gained a mark for using 3. Edexcel intemal Review 40Edexcel GCSE Maths - 2D and 3D Shapes (H) PhysicsAndMaths Tutor.com 20. No Report available for this question. 21, No Report available for this question. 22, Fully correct answers to this question were only given by 23% of candidates. In part (a) it was common to see the volume of the Sem cube being given correctly but then incorrect calculations for the hole were frequently seen, Some candidates thought the hole was a 3 em cube and not a square prism with length Sem. Where candidates tried to subtract two sensible volumes they were awarded a mark, however it was quite common to see candidates try to subtract Jem? away from 125em* and therefore achieve no marks, In part (b) full marks were awarded for dividing the mass of 64 grams by the volume calculated in part (a) and 39% of candidates scored 2 marks usually for doing this. A large number of candidates divided volume by mass or multiplied mass and volume and so gained no credit. It ‘was disappointing to see 39% of candidates gaining no marks at all in this question. 23. No Report available for this question. 24, No Report available for this question, Edexcel intemal Review 4