GCSE Higher Maths Practice Paper 2 (Calculator)

Edexcel Specification
Mark Scheme
Types of marks: Abbreviations:
M method marks cao cannot accept other
A accuracy marks ft follow through
B unconditional accuracy marks oe or equivalent
(independent of M marks) d marks dependent on prior working

No working: Other:
If no working is shown, then correct answers score If the correct answer has clearly been obtained
full marks and incorrect answers score no marks. from incorrect working, award zero marks.

1. 3 marks total

M1 3 × 5 and 7 × 2 3 marks

or 10 × 2 and 3 × 3

or 5 × 10 and 7 × 3

A1 29

A1 cm²

2. 2 marks total

A1 Correct plan view. 2 marks

A1 Correct side elevation.

3. 3 marks total

M1 3x + 3p = y 3 marks

M1 3x = y − 3p
y − 3p
A1 x = 3 oe.

Do not accept y − 3p ÷ 3

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4. 6 marks total

A2 7, -5, -1, 7 2 marks

[A1 3 correct values.]
10
A1 All coordinates plotted correctly. 2 marks

dA1 Coordinates joined with smooth curve.

× × Note: this A1 can only be awarded if at least 4 points
are plotted correctly.
5

0 5

× ×

-5 × ×

A1 x = 0.5 to 0.9 inclusive. 2 marks

A1 x = 2.2 to 2.6 inclusive.

5. 3 marks total

M1 Correct bearing of R from P (± 3°). 3 marks

M1 Correct bearing of R from Q (± 3°).
A1 for correct location of boat clearly marked.

6. 3 marks total

M1 Midpoints calculated as 21, 27, 35, 47.5, 63.5 and attempt to multiply their 3 marks
midpoints by the frequencies 4 × 21 + 5 × 27 + 8 × 35 + 9 × 47.5 + 4 × 63.5 [=
1180.5]
"1180.5"
M1 ft.
30
A1 39.35 years cao.

7. 3 marks total

M1 1950 × 1.03³ [= 2130.82] or fully correct equivalent method to calculate 3 marks

compound interest.
M1 2000 + (2000 × 0.025 × 3) [= 2150] or fully correct equivalent method to
calculate simple interest.
dA1 Bank Account B with justification.

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8. 3 marks total

M1
800
= 16 3 marks
50
A1 16 × 16 = 256 cao.

A1 Assumption: the same proportion of people will want cheese sandwiches

as in the sample.

9. 4 marks total

M1 Fully correct method to work out the height of the pyramid: 4 marks

8.5² − 3² [= 7.95…]
1
M1 3 × 6² × "their 7.95…" [= 95.43…]

M1 “their 95.43…” × 300

A1 28 630.8 g cao.

10. 3 marks total

Equation Graph A3 All correctly matched. 3 marks

y = 3x − 4 B A2 One error or omission.

y = 2x C A1 Two errors or omissions.

y = x³ − 2x E

y = x² + 3x − 1 A

y=3−x D

11. 4 marks total

ε M2 Fully correct Venn diagram. 4 marks

physics maths
[M1 No more than one error
or omission.]
24 12 38
M1 Denominator of 50.
12
A1 50 oe.
6

12. 2 marks total

M1 103% or 1.03 seen or fully correct method for calculating reverse percentages. 2 marks

250 000 ÷ 1.03

A1 £242 718.45 cao.

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13. 3 marks total

Method one: 3 marks

M2 for correctly listing multiples of ratios and moving three from Rupert to Alisha.

(M1 for one error)

5:7  8:4

10:14  13:11

15:21  18:18

20:28  23:25

25:35  28:32 which simplifies to 7:8

A1 Alisha had 25 and Rupert had 35 sweets.

Method two:
M1 5x + 3 or 7x – 3 seen.

M1 (5x + 3) = 7x − 3 oe. and attempt to solve to get x = 5

A1 Alisha had 25 and Rupert had 35 sweets.

14. 3 marks total

M1 Calculating second difference to be 2, and n² seen. 3 marks

M1 Finding the difference between the two sequences:

-2, 4, 10, (16, 22)

A1 n² + 6n – 8

15. 5 marks total

a. M1 (3x − 2)² or (3x − 2)(3x − 2) 2 marks

A1 9x² − 12x + 4

b. Method one: 3 marks

M1 9x² − 12x − 12 = 0

M1 (9x + 6)(x − 2) = 0 or 9x + 6 = 0 and x − 2 = 0 seen.

2
A1 x = - oe. and x = 2
3

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16. 5 marks total

a. M1 Indication given that the frequency density of the first bar is 2.8 or each 3 marks
division is worth 0.2

Journey Time (x) in Minutes Frequency

10 < x ≤ 25 48
25 < x ≤ 50 35

A2 Fully correct table.

[A1 One correct frequency.]

b. A2 Fully correct histogram with frequency density scale given. 2 marks

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Journey time in minutes
[A1 One bar correct or one frequency density correctly calculated as 3.3 or 0.3]

17. 3 marks total

M1 Defining two consecutive odd numbers to be 2n + 1 and 2n + 3 (where n is 3 marks

a positive integer).

M1 Fully correct expansion of (2n + 3)² – (2n + 1)²

= 4n² + 12n + 9 – (4n² + 4n + 1)

[= 8n + 8]

Do not condone 4n² + 12n + 9 – 4n² + 4n + 1

A1 8n and 8 are both multiples of 4 or 4(2n + 2) seen.

18. 3 marks total

M1 Correct substitution into cosine rule (condone one sign error). 3 marks

a² = 47² + 35² − 2 × 47 × 35 × cos(83°)

A1 a = 55.07…

A1 137.07m cao.

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19. 4 marks total

M1
8.28
[= 9] 4 marks
0.92
M1 ( "9")³ [= 27]

M1 0.08 × “27”

A1 = 2.16m³ cao.

20. 4 marks total

a. A1 x2 = 1 (or 1.0000) 2 marks

A1 x3 = 1.4286 (accept 1.4̇28571̇)

b. M1 At least one further xn shown, for example x4=1.279… 2 marks

A1 1.3218 cao.

21. 5 marks total

M1 Correct substitution of either x or y into quadratic equation to give: 5 marks

x² + (3 − x)² = 29 or (3 − y)² + y² = 29

M1 Fully correct expansion and rearrangement to give

2x² − 6x − 20 = 0 or 2y² − 6y − 20 = 0

A1 x = -2 or 5

or y = -2 or 5

M1 Attempt to substitute both values into original linear equation ft.

A1 x = -2, y = 5 or x = 5, y = -2

Note: it must be clear which x values correspond with which y values to achieve
final A1.

22. 2 marks total

A1 θ1 = 17.5° 2 marks

A1 θ2 = 162.5°

23. 4 marks total

M1 Gradient of the radius found to be 1 = 4

4 4 marks

M1 Gradient of tangent = - 1 ft.

4
M1 Fully correct substitution of x = 1 and y = 4 into equation y = - 1x + c
4
A1 y = - 1x + 17 oe.
4 4

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