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Y10 Exam

Mathematics A
Paper 2
All Tiers
29 May 2018 – Period 5 Paper Reference
Time: 50 minutes
Y10/18/All
You must have: Total Marks
Ruler graduated in centimetres and millimetres, protractor, compasses,
pen, HB pencil, eraser, and calculator. Tracing paper may be used.

Instructions
 Use black ink or ball-point pen.
 Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name and Mathematics teacher.
 Answer all questions.
 Without sufficient working, correct answers may be awarded no marks.
 Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
 Calculators may be used. All GDCs must be placed in EXAM MODE or similar
 You must NOT write anything on the formulae page.
Anything you write on the formulae page will gain NO credit.

Information
 The total mark for this paper is 50.
 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.
 Check your answers if you have time at the end.
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 Answer ALL THIRTEEN questions.
Write your answers in the spaces provided

(Total for Question 1 is 3 marks)

(Total for Question 2 is 3 marks)

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(Total for Question 3 is 2 marks)

5 (a) Simplify ab – 5g + 5ab – 2g

...................................................... (2)
(b) Simplify t8 ÷ t3

...................................................... (1)
(c) Factorise fully 2x2y + 4xy2

...................................................... (2)
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(d) Expand and simplify (w – 5)

...................................................... (2)
(Total for Question 5 is 7 marks)
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(Total for Question 6 is 3 marks)

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(Total for Question 7 is 3 marks)

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(Total for Question 8 is 4 marks)

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 9 ABCDEFGHI
15 ABCDEFGHI is a regularis9-sided
a regularpolygon.
9-sided polygon.

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I B

Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
H C

G
D

F E

The vertices
The vertices B and
B and E are
E are joinedwith
joined withaastraight
straight line.
line.
Work out the size of angle BEF.
WorkYou
outmust
the size
showofhow
angle
youBEF.
get your answer.

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You must show how you get your answer.

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(Total for Question 9 is 4 marks)
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(Total for Question 15 is 4 marks)

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(Total for Question 10 is 5 marks)

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19 Machine A and machine B make bottles.
11 Machine A and machine B make bottles.
The probability that a bottle made by machine A is faulty is 0.02
The probability that a bottle made by machine A is faulty is 0.02.

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The probability that a bottle
The probability made made
that a bottle by machine B isBfaulty
by machine is 0.05
is faulty is 0.05.
(a) Complete
(a) the probability
Complete tree diagram.
the probability tree diagram.

machine A machine B
faulty
0.05

faulty
0.02
........ ............

not faulty

faulty

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........ ............

......... ...........

not faulty

........ ............

not faulty
(2)

Shazia takes at random one bottle made by machine A and one bottle made by machine B. (2)

(b) Work out the probability that at least one of these bottles is faulty.
Shazia takes at random one bottle made by machine A and one bottle made by machine B.
(b) Work out the probability that at least one of these bottles is faulty.

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...................................................... (3)
(Total for Question 11 is 5 marks)

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(3)

(Total for Question 19 is 5 marks)

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12 The table gives information about the heights of 35 girls.

Height (h metres) Frequency

1.30 ⩽ h < 1.40 11
1.40 ⩽ h < 1.50 9
1.50 ⩽ h < 1.60 7
1.60 ⩽ h < 1.70 6

1.70 ⩽ h < 1.80 2

(a) Find the class interval that contains the median.

...................................................... (1)
(b) Work out an estimate for the mean height.

...................................................... m (4)
(Total for Question 12 is 5 marks)

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(Total for Question 13 is 3 marks)

End of Paper: Total Marks = 50

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