Edexcel IGCSE Higher Tier Mathematics Paper 3 – November 2010

4 1  9  2  8  3  0  4  4  5
1. Mean 
25
66
  2.64
25

2. (a) (i) 4(c  3)  4c  12

(ii) d (d 2  4)  d 3  4d

(iii) 3x  2 x 2  x(3  2 x)

3. BAC  70 (isosceles triangle)

ABC  180  70  70  40 (angles in a triangle add to 180)
x  40 (alternate angles)

4. (a) Area    8.92  248.8455541 m 2

(b) Area  250 m 2 (2 sf)

3
6 6 1 3
5. (a) 4   
7 7 4 2 14

2 2 17 5 51 25 26 1
(b) 3  1      1
5 3 5 3 15 15 15 15

6. (a) 7 x  3  2 x  4
5 x  7
x   75
x  1 52

16  5 y
(b) 2
3
16  5 y  6
5 y  10
10
y 2
5
7. (a) (i) Mr Smith’s hats

(ii) 0

(b) (i) B  C  B

(ii) Mr Smith’s favourite shirt  A

x
8. (a)  tan 36
9
x  9 tan 36
x  6.54 (3 sf)

(b) y  102  4.52

 79.75
 8.93 (3 sf)

9. (a) Mean of 4 means they add to 3  4  12

Median of 5 means the other two add to 7
To be all different means they are 1 and 6
The three numbers are 1, 5, 6

(b) 5, 5, 7, 12 (last number is 8 or more)

x 15
10. (a) 
14 21
15
x   14  10
21

y 21
(b) 
18 15
21
y   18
15
y  25.2

11. (a) Median is 15 cm (read across from 20 and down)

(b) Upper quartile  35 (read across from 30 and down)

Lower quartile  6.5 (read across from 10 and down)
Interquartile range  35  6.5  28.5 cm

(c) 36 have length less than 44cm so 4 have length more than 44cm.
12.
2 x  5 y  13 (1)
6 x  3 y  3 (2)
6 x  15 y  39 (3)  3  (1)
18 y  36 (2)  (3)
y  2
2 x  5  (2)  13
2x  3
x  1.5

13. (a) x 2  8 x  15  ( x  3)( x  5)

(b) x 2  49  ( x  7)( x  7)

14. (a) x  0.25 or 3.75 (read across from 2 and down)

(b) Draw on y  x  1 (goes through (0,1) and (3,4))

Meet at x  0.45 and x  4.55

15. Volume  Cylinder  Hemisphere

2
  1.52  4    1.53
3
 35.3 cm (3 sf)
3

dy
16. (a)  3x 2  6 x  24
dx

(b)
dy
0
dx
3x 2  6 x  24  0
x2  2 x  8  0
( x  4)( x  2)  0
x  4  0 or x  2  0
x  4 or x  2
x  4, y  (4)3  3  (4) 2  24  (4)  80
x  2, y  23  3  22  24  2  28
Coordinates are (4,80) and (2, 28)
 (a) P(sum  3)  P(1,1,1)   16  
3 1
17. 216

(b) P(1, not 1,not 1)  P(not 1,1,not 1)  P(not 1, not 1,1)

 16  56  56  56  16  65  65  65  16  75
216  25
72

100( y  x)
18. P
x
Px  100( y  x)
Px  100 y  100 x
Px  100 x  100 y
x( P  100)  100 y
100 y
x
P  100

sin A sin 40

19. 
5 6
5sin 40
sin A   0.535656341
6
A  32.4
B  180  32.4  40  107.6
1
Area   6  5  sin107.6  14.3 cm 2 (3 sf)
2

1 1
20. (a)  4  24
16 2
1
(b) 2  3 8  8 3

a a a a
(c)    a 1
a a a
21. (a) y  2x 1
2x 1  y
2x  y 1
y 1
x
2
x 1
f 1 ( x) 
2

(b) (2  x) 2  x 2
4  4 x  x2  x2
4x  4  0
4 x  4
x  1