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General Certificate of Secondary Education 2–3

Higher Tier
4–5

6–7
Mathematics 43601H
8–9
Unit 1 Higher Tier

Practice Paper Set 1 Specification 4360

For this paper you must have:

H 10 – 11

TOTAL

 a calculator
 mathematical instruments.
 mathematical instruments.
Time allowed
 1 hour

Instructions
 Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Draw diagrams in pencil.
 Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
 Answer all questions.
 You must answer the questions in the space provided. Do not write outside the
box around each page or on blank pages.
 Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work that you do not want to
be marked.

Information
 The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
 The maximum mark for this paper is 54.
 The quality of your written communication is specifically assessed
in questions 1, 5 and 7.
These questions are indicated with an asterisk ()
 You may ask for more answer paper and graph paper.
These must be tagged securely to this answer booklet.

Advice
 In all calculations, show clearly how you work out your answer.

Practice Paper Set 1/43601H

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Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

1 The table shows the cost and length of different bus journeys across a city.

Length of
journey (miles) 1.8 2.1 2.2 2.5 3.2 3.7 4.0 4.6 5.8 6.4

Cost of journey 0.90 0.80 1.50 1.60 2.00 2.20 2.40 2.90 3.10 3.40
(£)

1 (a) Draw a scatter diagram for the data on the grid below.

4.00

3.50

3.00

2.50
Cost of
journey (£) 2.00

1.50

1.00

0.50

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0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5 6 6.5 7
length of journey (miles)

(2 marks)

(b) Estimate the cost of bus journey of length 5 miles.

Give your answer to the nearest ten pence.

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Answer £ …………………………… ( 2 marks)

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2 (a) Match each data collection method to one situation.

The first one is done for you.

Watch how people join a queue Data Logging

Obtain opinions on school uniform Observation

Collect data on heart rate after exercise Experiment

Record number of people entering and Questionnaire

leaving a shop

(2 marks)

2 (b) In a questionnaire, the age and gender of the people asked are needed.

Write two questions, each with a suitable response section, to achieve this.

Question 1

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3 College A has the same number of students as College B.

In College A there are 45 males for every 100 students.

In College B there are 95 males for every 200 students.

3 (a) Work out the ratio of males in College A to females in College A.

Give your answer in its simplest form.

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Answer ............................................................................. (2 marks)

3 (b) Which College has more female students?

Show how you decide.

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4 In an experiment a coin is flipped 100 times.

Heads appears 61 times.

4 (a) The same coin is tossed once more.

4 (a) (i) If the coin is fair, write down the probability that it lands on heads.

Answer ......................................................................... (1 mark)

4 (a) (ii) If the coin is biased, estimate the probability that the coin lands on heads.

Answer ......................................................................... (1 mark)

4 (b) Do you think the coin is fair?

Tick a box.

Don’t
Yes No
know

Give a reason for your answer.

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4 (c) The coin is now flipped another 100 times.

Tick the box which indicates the chance that the same outcome (61 heads) will happen.

Impossible

Unlikely

Evens

Likely

Certain

Give a reason for your answer.

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5 The length of stay of cars in a car park is monitored.

The times, to the nearest minute, of the first 27 cars to park in one day are:

29 37 6 55 18 59 44 38 50
58 67 40 26 48 37 55 69 55
18 50 58 41 32 48 29 58 66

5 (a) Use an ordered stem-and-leaf diagram to show the data.

Remember to complete the key.

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5 (b) There is a one-hour limit for cars to stay in the car park.
Given this information, comment on the data collected.

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5 (c) Nearby street parking also has a one-hour limit.

Here is information about the length of stay of the first 27 cars to park on the
street that day.

Shortest stay Lower quartile Median Upper quartile Longest stay

5 minutes 16 minutes 30 minutes 39 minutes 55 minutes

5 (c) (i) Use suitable diagrams to show both distributions on the same grid below.
Remember to label each diagram clearly.

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5 (c) (ii) Compare the length of stay of cars in the car park with cars on the street.

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6 The mean of 5 numbers is 25% of the largest number.

Find a possible set of numbers.

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Answer ............... and ............... and ............... and ............... and ............... (2 marks)

7 In September 2009, the rate of Value Added Tax (VAT) was 15%.

7 (a) A bed costs £ 287.49 including VAT.

Work out the cost of the bed before VAT is added.

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Answer £ ....................................................................... (3 marks)

7 (b) A shop claims:

“We have taken 15% off our prices before we put VAT on.
This is the same as not paying any VAT”.

Is this claim true?

You must show your working.

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8 Use your calculator to find the cube root of 5.689 × 10
Give your answer to an appropriate degree of accuracy.

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9 Applicants for a job are called in for interview at random.

There are 20 applicants waiting.
40% of these are female.
Two-thirds of the male applicants are applying for their first job.

Work out the probability that the next two applicants interviewed are both males who
are applying for their first job.

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10 (a) The table shows information about the size of eggs and percentages of eggs sold
in a supermarket in the UK.

Classification of Eggs UK

Minimum Maximum Percentage

Size
weight weight of sales
Small - 53 g 10
Medium 53 g 63 g 22
Large 63 g 73 g 53
Extra Large 73 g - 15

You may assume no eggs are less than 33 g or more than 103 g.

Draw a fully labelled histogram to show the data.

Frequency
density

0 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110

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10 (b) The table shows egg size classification for the USA.

Classification of Eggs USA Minimum weight per egg (ounces)

Jumbo 2.5
Extra large 2.2
Large 2.0
Medium 1.7
Small 1.5
Pewee 1.2

Use the table in part (a) or otherwise to estimate the percentage of eggs sold in the
UK which would be classified as Jumbo in the USA.
You are given that 1 ounce = 28.35 g

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