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Pearson Edexcel Level 1/Level 2 GCSE (9–1)

Monday 11 November 2024
Morning (Time: 1 hour 30 minutes) Paper
reference 1MA1/3H
Mathematics
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Paper 3 (Calculator)
Higher Tier

You must have: Ruler graduated in centimetres and millimetres, Total Marks
protractor, pair of compasses, pen, HB or B pencil, eraser,
calculator, Formulae Sheet (enclosed). Tracing paper may be used.

Instructions
•• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
If pencil is used for diagrams/sketches/graphs it must be dark (HB or B).
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
centre number and candidate number.
•• Answer all questions.
Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
• You must show all your working.
• Diagrams are NOT accurately drawn, unless otherwise indicated.
• Calculators may be used.
• 3.142 unless the question
If your calculator does not have a π button, take the value of π to be
instructs otherwise.
Information
•• The total mark for this paper is 80
The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
Advice
•• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
Try to answer every question.
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 Answer ALL questions.
Write your answers in the spaces provided.

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You must write down all the stages in your working.

1 The table shows information about the times, in minutes, 100 people took to complete a
bike race.

Time (t minutes) Frequency

120  t < 140 12

140  t < 160 28

160  t < 180 30

180  t < 200 22

200  t < 220 8

On the grid below, draw a frequency polygon for this information.

30

20

Frequency

10

0
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Time (t minutes)

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 2 (a) Write 3.402 × 105 as an ordinary number.
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(b) Write 0.8026 in standard form.

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(Total for Question 2 is 2 marks)

3 Use ruler and compasses to construct the bisector of angle ABC.

You must show your construction lines.

C
B

(Total for Question 3 is 2 marks)

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4 Dan is playing cards.
The probability that he will win a game of cards is 0.3

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Dan plays two games of cards.
(a) Complete the probability tree diagram.

Game 1 Game 2

wins
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wins

0.3

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wins
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does not win

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(b) Work out the probability that Dan does not win either game.

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(Total for Question 4 is 4 marks)

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 5 Robyn buys a total of 240 pens and pencils, where

number of pens : number of pencils = 3 : 5

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Robyn pays 9p for each pen.

She sells each pen for 11p.
Robyn pays 6p for each pencil.
She sells each pencil for 10p.
Robyn sells all of the pens and pencils.
Work out Robyn’s percentage profit.
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
You must show all your working.

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(Total for Question 5 is 5 marks)

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6 The stem and leaf diagram shows the test scores of 23 students from School A.

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4 1 2 4 4 5 7
Key:
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3 0 represents 30
6 0 8 8 9 9

7 1 3 9

23 students from School B did the same test.

Their median score was 56
The range of their scores was 47
Compare the distribution of the test scores of the students from School A with the
distribution of the test scores of the students from School B.

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(Total for Question 6 is 4 marks)

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 7 Jana used her calculator to find the value of a number t.
The answer on her calculator began 10.2
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Complete the error interval for t.

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(Total for Question 7 is 2 marks)

8 ABC is a right-angled triangle.

A B

7.6 cm

62°

Calculate the length of AB.

Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

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(Total for Question 8 is 2 marks)

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9 (a) Simplify fully 2x 3 y 5 × 7x 2 y

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(b) Simplify (m2)–3

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(1)

(Total for Question 9 is 3 marks)

10 In a sale, the normal prices are reduced by 15%

Amina buys a dress in the sale for £46.75
Work out the normal price of the dress.

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(Total for Question 10 is 2 marks)

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4.7 m

B
O

The sector has a perimeter of 34.3 m.

Find the size of the reflex angle AOB.
Give your answer correct to the nearest degree.

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(Total for Question 11 is 3 marks)

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12 Rudi invests £4500 in a savings account.
He gets compound interest at a rate of

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2.4% for the first year
1.8% for each extra year.
(a) Work out the value of Rudi’s investment at the end of 3 years.

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Bruna buys a car for £7500
The value of the car depreciates by x% each year.
At the end of 2 years the value of the car is £4107
(b) Work out the value of x.

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(Total for Question 12 is 6 marks)

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BE and CD are parallel.
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E
A

BE = 4.2 cm
CD = 6.3 cm
AC = 10.8 cm
Work out the area of trapezium BCDE.

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(Total for Question 13 is 3 marks)

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14 Prove algebraically that 0.462 can be written as
495

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(Total for Question 14 is 3 marks)

2  2 p  3
15 Make p the subject of the formula t=
5  2p

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(Total for Question 15 is 4 marks)

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DCE is a straight line.
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E
B has coordinates (2, −4)
E has coordinates (12, −6.5)
Work out the coordinates of D.
You must show all your working.

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(Total for Question 16 is 5 marks)

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17 Here is triangle ABC.

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14.6 cm

A 18.2 cm

7.9 cm

Work out the area of triangle ABC.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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(Total for Question 17 is 4 marks)

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 18 Maria wants to find an estimate for the number of frogs in a lake.
On Saturday she catches 40 of the frogs.
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She puts a tag on each frog and releases them.

On Monday she catches 55 of the frogs.
11 of the frogs have tags.
(a) Work out an estimate for the total number of frogs in the lake.
You must show all your working.

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(b) State one assumption you have made.

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(Total for Question 18 is 4 marks)

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Curved surface l h
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area of cone
r

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The radius of the base of the cone is of the height of the cone.
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The total surface area of the cone is 54π cm2
Work out the height of the cone.

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(Total for Question 19 is 4 marks)

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y 2 = 3x 2 + 4
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y + 2x = 7
Give your solutions correct to 3 significant figures.

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(Total for Question 20 is 4 marks)

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21 Here is the graph of y = f (x)

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(a) On the grid, draw the graph of y = −f (x)

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The point marked P is a turning point on the graph.

The graph of y = sin x° is translated to give the graph of y = sin (x + 180)° + 4
Following the translation the point P, shown on the graph above, moves to point R.
(b) Find the coordinates of R.

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(Total for Question 21 is 4 marks)

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22 Here is a velocity-time graph for an aeroplane.

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80

60

Velocity (m/s)

40

20

0
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Time (s)

Work out an estimate for the distance the aeroplane travelled in the first 30 seconds.
Use 3 strips of equal width.

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(Total for Question 22 is 3 marks)

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showing the coordinates of the turning point, in terms of p, and the coordinates of the
intercept with the y-axis.
You must show all your working.

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(Total for Question 23 is 5 marks)

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