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Silver Level
Model Answers 2

Level IGCSE
Subject Maths
Exam Board Edexcel
Difficulty Level Silver
Booklet Model Answers 2

Time Allowed: 56 minutes

Score: / 46

Percentage: /100
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1 Here are two supermarket price tickets.

Diagrams NOT
2 cm accurately drawn

6 cm

The two supermarket price tickets are mathematically similar.

The area of the smaller ticket is 7 cm2.
Calculate the area of the larger ticket.

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(Total for Question is 2 marks)

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8( x − 3) 2
2 (a) Simplify
4( x − 3)

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(2)
(b) Factorise a 2 −144

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(2)
(c) Make q the subject of the formula p = q − 5r

q = .................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2)
4
(d) Solve =5
y−4

y = .................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)

(Total for Question is 9 marks)

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3 The diagram shows triangle ABC.

Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
C Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
28º 10.2cm

134º

A B

Angle BCA = 28°

Angle CAB = 134°
BC =10.2 cm.
Calculate the length of AB.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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(Total for Question is 3 marks)

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4 Q Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

3.4 cm

P R
5.8 cm

Triangle PQR has a right angle at Q.

PQ = 3.4 cm and PR = 5.8 cm.
(a) Work out the size of angle QRP.
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

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°
(3)
The length 5.8 cm, of PR, is correct to 2 significant figures.
(b) (i) Write down the upper bound of the length of PR.

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(ii) Write down the lower bound of the length of PR.

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(2)

(Total for Question is 5 marks)

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5 A bank pays compound interest of 6% per annum on its savings accounts.

Julia invests $7500 for 3 years.
Calculate the total interest gained after 3 years.
Each year the percentage increase is equal to an multiple of 1.06
3 years
7500 x 1.06 x 1.06 x 1.06 = 8932.62

Total interest = 8932.62 - 7500 =1432.62

8932.62. . . . .1432.62
$ ................................. ........................

(Total for Question 5 is 3 marks)

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6 Make y the subject of 3(y + 2x – 1) = x + 5y

Expand:
3y + 6x -3 = x +5y
6x -3 -x = 5y -3y
5x-3 = 2y
5x -3 = y
2

5x -3
2
y = ..................................... .........................

(Total for Question is 3 marks)

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7 ABCD and APQR are two similar quadrilaterals.

PQ = 9 cm.
BC = 6 cm.
AD = 5 cm.
QR = 12 cm.
9 cm
P Q
Diagram NOT
B C accurately drawn
6 cm

12 cm

5 cm

D
R

(a) Find the length of DC.

Scale factor big - small = 6/9

6/9 x 12 = 8
8
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(2)
(b) Find the length of AR.

AR x sf = AD
ADx9 /6 = AR
5 x 9/6 = 7.5 7.5
The area of the quadrilateral ABCD is 32 cm2. ............................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cm
(2)
(c) Calculate the area of the shaded region.

Area scale factor = length scale factor squared

Small area x (9/6) = PARQ

32 x 81/36 = PARQ =72 40

Shaded = PARQ - ABCD =72-32 =40 .............................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cm2
(3)

(Total for Question is 7 marks)

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8
Q R

Diagram NOT
41° accurately drawn
T

34°

P, Q, R and S are points on the circumference of a circle.

PR and QS intersect at T.
Angle QPR = 34° and angle PRS = 41°
(a) (i) Find the size of angle PQS.

41
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°

(ii) Give a reason for your answer.

Angles in the same segment are equal

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(2)
(b) (i) Find the size of angle PTS.

180 -41 -34 = 105= QTP

QTP + PTS = 180

180-105 = 75
75
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°

(ii) Explain why T cannot be the centre of the circle.

Angle at the center is not twice the angle at the circumference
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(2)

(Total for Question is 4 marks)

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9 (a) There are 32 students in a class.

All the students are either left-handed or right-handed.
The ratio of the number of left-handed students to the number of right-handed
students is 1 : 7
Work out the number of right-handed students.
Ratio is per 8 students
32/8 = 4
7 left hand students per unit value, 7 x 4 = 28

28
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(2)
(b) Sajid makes a scale model of a lorry.
He uses a scale of 1 : 32
The length of Sajid’s model lorry is 45 cm.
Chitra makes a scale model of the same lorry.
She uses a scale of 1 : 72
Work out the length of Chitra’s model lorry.

Actual length = 32x45 = 1440

New scale = 1440 /72 = 20

20
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(3)

(Total for Question is 5 marks)

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10 Express 200 as a product of powers of its prime factors.

Divide by prime factor until you are left with a prime.

2x100
2x2x50
2x2x2x25
2x2x2x5x5

2x5

2x5
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(Total for Question is 3 marks)

y3 × y n
11 = y6
y
Find the value of n.

n = ...........................................

(Total for Question is 2 marks)