November 1999 Edexcel GCSE Paper 5 (Higher Level)
Time: 2 hours
Answer all TWENTY questions. You must write down all stages of your working.
1. (a) Solve the inequality 4x - 3 > 2. [2]
(b) Write down the smallest whole number satisfying the above inequality. [1]
2. Car P and car Q travel from Amfield to Barton. Car P averages 10 kilometres for each litre
of petrol. It needs 45 litres of petrol for this journey. Car Q averages 4 kilometres for each
litre of petrol. Work out the number of litres of petrol car Q needs for the same journey. [3]
3. A park has an outdoor swimming pool. The scatter graph on the answer sheet shows the
maximum temperature and the number of people who used the pool on ten Saturdays in
summer.
(a) Draw a line of best fit on the scatter graph. [2]
(b) The weather forecast for the next Saturday gives a maximum temperature of 27°C. Use
your line of best fit to estimate the number of people who will use the pool. [1]
4. In the diagram, AB =19.5 cm, AC = 19.5 cm and BC = 16.4 cm.
Angle ADB = 90°, and BDC is a straight line. Calculate the
length of AD, giving your answer in centimetres, correct to 1
decimal place. [4]
5. The formula Q = (f2 + 2g2) ÷ (f-3g) can be used to calculate the
value of Q. Jane uses the formula to estimate the value of Q without using a calculator when
f= 9.04 and g = 1.8.
(a) Write down approximate values for f and g that Jane could use to estimate the value of
Q. [1]
(b) Work out the estimate for the value of Q that these approximate values give. [2]
6. Describe fully the single transformation that will map triangle A onto triangle B. [3]
7. The diagram shows a rectangular pond and a path. The outside
edges of the path form the rectangle ABCD. The length, in
metres, of AB is 2x + 4. The length, in metres, of BC is 2x + 3.
(a) Write down, in terms of x, an expression for the
perimeter of the rectangle ABCD. Write your expression
in its simplest form. [2]
(b) The area of the pond is 12 m2. Show that the area, in m2,
of the path is 4x2 + 14x. [3]
(c) Use the expression 4x2 + 14x to find the area of the path
when x = 1.2. [2]
8. Paul flies is helicopter from Ashwell. He flies due west for
4.8km, and then he flies due south for 7.4km to Birton.
Calculate the three figure bearing of Birton from Ashwell. [4]
9. A clothes shop has a sale. All the original prices are reduced by 24% to give the sale price.
The sale price of a jacket is £36.86. Work out the original price of the jacket.[3]
10. The cumulative frequency table gives information about the heights, in centimetres, of some
students at Bax School.
Height (in cm) Cumulative frequency
h < 135 0
135 ≤ h < 140 2
135 ≤ h < 145 10
135 ≤ h < 150 29
135 ≤ h < 155 70
135 ≤ h < 160 115
135 ≤ h < 165 143
135 ≤ h < 170 156
135 ≤ h < 175 163
(a) On the grid on the answer sheet, draw a cumulative frequency graph for the data in the
table. [2]
Use your cumulative frequency graph to find:
(b) the median height [1]
(c) the number of students with a height less than 151cm. [2]
11. (a) Expand x(x+4) [1]
(b) Solve the simultaneous equations x + 8y = 5
3x - 4y = 8 [4]
12. Esther and Nathan are going to a café for a meal. The probability Esther will order a pizza
is 0.8; the probability that Nathan will order a pizza is 0.7.
(a) Draw a tree diagram to illustrate this information. [2]
(b) Work out the probability that Esther and Nathan will both order a pizza. [2]
(c) Work out the probability that only one of them will order a pizza. [2]
13. Simplify (a)-(d):
(a) 14a6 ÷ 2a2 [2]
(b) c9d-2 x c-3d [2]
(c) (p-2)-4 [1]
(d) (25m6)½ [2]
(e) Solve the equation x2 - 6x - 27 = 0 [3]
(f) Factorise 2y2 - 11y + 12 [2]
14. A,B,C,D and E are points on the circumference of a circle. SAT
is the tangent to the circle at A. AB=BC and AE is parallel to
CD. Also, angle ECD = 48o.
(a) Calculate the size of the angle ABC. Give reasons for your
answer. [2]
(b) Calculate the size of the angle TAB. Give reasons for your
answer. [3]
15. On journeys between home and school, Steven either walks or catches a bus. The
probability that Steven will walk to school is 0.6 If Steven walks to school, the probability
that he will walk back home is 0.85. If he catches the bus in to school, the probability that
he will walk back home is only 0.45.
(a) Calculate the probability that on a particular day Steven will both walk to school and
walk back home. [2]
(b) Calculate the probability that on a particular day Steven will take the bus home after
school. [3]
16. The answer sheet shows a sketch of the graph y = 1 + 16x - x 3 for the values 0≤ x≤ 4,
together with a table of values for some points on the graph.
(a) Using four trapeziums with equal widths, calculate an estimate of the area of the region
enclosed by the curve, the x-axis, and the lines x=0 and x=4. [3]
(b) Use your answer to part (a) to find an estimate of the area of the region enclosed by the
curve y = 2 + 16x - x3, the x-axis, and the lines x=0 and x=4. [1]
17. (a) Calculate the size of the angle ABC, giving your answer
correct to one decimal place. [3]
(b) Calculate the area of triangle ABC, giving your answer in
cm2, correct to 3 significant figures. [2]
(c) Calculate the size of angle BAC, giving your answer correct
to one decimal place. [5]
18. (a) Calculate the standard deviation of the four numbers 2, 4, 6
and 8. [2]
Write down the standard deviation of:
(b) 2x, 4x, 6x, and 8x. [1]
(c) 2+x, 4+x, 6+x, and 8+x. [1]
19. The table shows the number of hours of sunshine and the rainfall, in centimetres, in each of
six places one day in December.
No of hours of sunshine Rainfall in cm
Anglesey 5.7 0.06
Birmingham 4.4 0.35
Folkstone 3.6 0.42
Guernsey 7.2 0.08
Jersey 6.5 0.17
Torquay 6.9 0.04
The number of hours of sunshine is given correct to one decimal place. The rainfall is given
correct to the nearest 0.01cm.
(a) Write down the lower bound of the number of hours of sunshine Anglesey. [1]
(b) Write down the upper bound of the rainfall in Torquay. [1]
(c) Calculate the lower bound of the sum of the number of hours of sunshire in
Birmingham and in Folkstone. [2]
(d) Calculate the greatest possible difference between the rainfall in Guernsey and the
rainfall in Jersey. [2]
20. (a) Factorise x2 - 4y2 [1]
(b) Solve the simultaneous equations: x2 - 4y2 = 24
x + 2y = 6 [4]
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