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Mathematics: Paper 1 (Non-Calculator) Higher Tier
Mathematics: Paper 1 (Non-Calculator) Higher Tier
Mathematics
Paper 1 (Non-Calculator)
Higher Tier
Specimen Papers Set 2 Paper Reference
Time: 1 hour 30 minutes 1MA1/1H
You must have: Ruler graduated in centimetres and millimetres, Total Marks
protractor, pair of compasses, pen, HB pencil, eraser.
Instructions
• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
• centre
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
number and candidate number.
• Answer the
Answer all questions.
• – there may bequestions in the spaces provided
more space than you need.
• Diagrams are NOTnotaccurately
Calculators may be used.
• You must show all your working drawn, unless otherwise indicated.
• out.
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.
• Keep an eye on the time.
• Checkanswer
Try to every question.
• your answers if you have time at the end.
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Answer ALL questions.
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(1)
(b) Simplify (t3)2
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9
w
(c) Simplify
w4
(1)
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2 The diagram shows a square with perimeter 16 cm.
3 cm
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2 cm
Work out the proportion of the area inside the square that is shaded.
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3 David has designed a game.
He uses a fair 6-sided dice and a fair 5-sided spinner.
The dice is numbered 1 to 6
Win £5 Win £2
roll a 5 roll a 1
and or
spin a 5 spin a 1
or
both
£. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4)
(b) Give a reason why David’s actual profit may be different to the profit he expects to
make.
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(1)
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4 Triangle ABC has perimeter 20 cm.
AB = 7 cm.
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BC = 4 cm.
By calculation, deduce whether triangle ABC is a right-angled triangle.
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5 One sheet of A3 card has area m.
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The card has a mass of 160 g per m2.
Work out the total mass of 25 sheets of A3 card.
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6 (a) Work out 2 ×3
4 3
(3)
(b) Write the numbers 3, 4, 5 and 6 in the boxes to give the greatest possible total.
You may write each number only once.
1 2
+
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7 A shop has a sale.
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9 Here is a cuboid.
2x
3x
10 y is inversely proportional to x
When x = 1.5, y = 36
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11 A solid is made by putting a hemisphere on top of a cone.
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x Volume of cone = πr h h
3
r
5x
r
4
Volume of sphere = πr 3
3
2x
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12 ABCD is a parallelogram.
A D
B C
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13 Mr Brown gives his class a test.
The 10 girls in the class get a mean mark of 70%
The 15 boys in the class get a mean mark of 80%
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Nick says that because the mean of 70 and 80 is 75 then the mean mark for the whole
class in the test is 75%
Nick is not correct.
Is the correct mean mark less than or greater than 75%?
You must justify your answer.
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14 Show that
(4 − 3 ) (4 + 3 ) simplifies to 13
13
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15 (a) Find the value of 8 × 106
(1)
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(b) Find the value of 144 × 64 2 3
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1
(c) Solve 32 x =
x = .......................................................
(2)
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17 Solve x2 – 6x – 8 = 0
Write your answer in the form a ± b where a and b are integers.
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P Q
L M
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19 The histogram shows information about the time taken by cyclists to finish a cycle race.
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3x + 6 x+5
20 Show that 2
÷ 3 simplifies to ax where a is an integer.
x − 3 x − 10 x − 25 x
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22 The line l is a tangent to the circle x2 + y2 = 40 at the point A.
A is the point (2, 6).
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