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MATHEMATICS
Paper 2

Practice paper – Set 1 Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes

Materials
• You must have the AQA Formulae for A-level Mathematics booklet.
• You should have a graphical or scientific calculator that meets the
requirements of the specification.

Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Pencil should be used for drawing.
• Answer all questions.
• You must answer each question in the space provided for that question.
If you require extra space, use an AQA supplementary answer book;
do not use the space provided for a different question
• Show all necessary working; otherwise marks for method may be lost.
• 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 80.

Advice
• Unless stated otherwise, you may quote formulae, without proof, from the booklet.
• You do not necessarily need to use all the space provided.

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Section A

Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

(a b)
5
4 2

1 Simplify 1

(a 3b ) −3 2

Circle your answer.

[1 mark]

a19b ab 4 ab a19b 4

2 Find the solution of the inequality

( 3 − x ) ( x + 4) < 0
Circle your answer.
[1 mark]

x < −4 x < −3
−4 < x < 3 −3 < x < 4
x>3 x>4

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8
 x
3 (a) Find the first three terms, in ascending powers of x, of the expansion of  3 − 
 2
[3 marks]

3 (b) Use your expansion to estimate the value of 2.9958.

[2 marks]

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4 (a) (i) Express as a single logarithm

1
loga 36 − loga 81 + 2loga 4 − 3loga 2
2
[3 marks]

4 (a) (ii) Hence find the value of a, given

1 3
loga 36 − loga 81 + 2loga 4 − 3loga 2 =
2 2
[1 mark]

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4 (b) Solve the equation 9e

2x
= 16 , expressing your answer in the form ln p where p is a
rational number.
[2 marks]

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5 The points A and B have coordinates (1, –2) and (5, 6) respectively.

Given that the point with coordinates (p, p + 8) lies on the perpendicular bisector of AB,
find the value of p.
[4 marks]

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6 Differentiate f ( x) = 3 x 4 from first principles.

Fully justify your answer.
[5 marks]

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7 The curve with equation y = x3 – 7x + 6 is sketched below.

The curve intersects the x-axis at the points A (–3, 0), B (1, 0) and C.

7 (a) Find the coordinates of C.

[1 mark]

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∫(x − 7 x + 6 ) dx
3
7 (b) Find

[2 marks]

7 (c) Find the total area of the shaded regions enclosed by the curve and the x-axis.
[4 marks]

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8 Two models are proposed for the value of a car.

8 (a) The first model suggests that the value of the car, V pounds, is given by
V = 18 000 − 6000 t , where t is the time in years after the car was first purchased.

8 (a) (i) State the value of the car when it was first purchased.
[1 mark]

dV
8 (a) (ii) Find V and when t = 4
dt
[3 marks]

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8 (a) (iii) Interpret your answers to (a)(ii) in the context of the model.
[2 marks]

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8 (b) The second model that is proposed suggests that the value of the car, V pounds, is
−t
given by V = ab , where t is the time in years after the car was first purchased.

When t = 0, both models give the same value for V.

When t = 4, both models give the same value for V.

Find the value of a and the value of b.

[3 marks]

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8 (c) Explain, with a reason, which model is likely to be the better model over time.
[2 marks]

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9 A company plans to manufacture a flour shaker with a capacity of 200 cubic centimetres.
The company models the flour shaker as a cylinder with base radius r centimetres and
height h centimetres, attached to a hemisphere at one end, as shown in the diagram
below.

It can be assumed that the flour shaker will be made from a material of negligible
thickness.
4
For a sphere radius r, surface area = 4 πr and volume = πr 3
2

3
5πr 2 400
9 (a) =
Show that the total surface area A of the flour shaker is A +
3 r
[4 marks]

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9 (b) In order to minimise the cost of production, the company wishes to minimise the surface
area.

Find the dimensions of the flour shaker when it has the minimum surface area.
Fully justify your answer.
[7 marks]

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9 (c) State one limitation of the model and suggest an improvement.

[2 marks]

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Section B

Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

10 In which of the following sampling methods does every member of the population have
an equal chance of being selected?
Circle your answer.
[1 mark]

Convenience Simple random

Cluster sampling Quota sampling
sampling sampling

11 Estimate the standard deviation of the times given in this frequency table.

Time (minutes) Frequency

5 ≤ t < 10 4

10 ≤ t < 20 2

20 ≤ t < 25 6

25 ≤ t < 40 1

Circle your answer.

[1 mark]

7.3 7.8 8.5 9.2

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12 (a) The events A and B are such that P(A) = 0.4 and P(B) = 0.5
A and B are mutually exclusive.

Find P(A ∪ B).

[1 mark]

12 (b) The events C and D are such that P(C) = 0.8 and P(D) = 0.3.
C and D are independent.

12 (b) (i) Find P(C ∪ D)

[3 marks]

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12 (b) (ii) Find P( C ′ ∩ D′ )

[1 mark]

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13 The data in this question is taken from the large data set.
The scatter diagram below shows the purchased quantities of concentrated soft drinks
(low calorie) against purchased quantities of concentrated soft drinks (not low calorie) in
London.
Each dot represents a different year.

13 (a) Describe the nature of the relationship shown by this graph.

[2 marks]

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13 (b) Charlotte studies the graph, and says “Over time the purchased quantity of low calorie
soft drinks is decreasing.”

Using your knowledge of the large data set, explain with a reason whether Charlotte is
likely to be correct.
[2 marks]

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14 The discrete random variable Y has probability distribution given by:

Y 0 1 2 3 4

P(Y = y) a b c 0.1 0.15

where a, b and c are constants.

P(Y = 1) = P(Y ≥ 3)

P(Y = 0) = P(Y = 2) ─ 0.1

Find the values of a, b and c.

[4 marks]

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15 It is given that X ~ B(5, p) and P(X = 3) = P(X = 4)

15 (a) Find the value of p, given that 0 < p < 1

[3 marks]

15 (b) Explain how you have used 0 < p < 1 in your answer to part (a).
[1 mark]

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16 A garden centre claims that 90% of a particular type of seed will produce yellow flowers.
Xavier randomly selects 40 of these seeds and 32 produce yellow flowers.
Xavier wants to use a binomial distribution to model the number of yellow flowers
produced.

16 (a) State, in context, two assumptions necessary for the binomial distribution to be
applicable in this case.
[2 marks]

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16 (b) Xavier claims that the garden centre is overstating the proportion of these seeds that will
produce yellow flowers.

Carry out a hypothesis test at the 5% significance level to investigate Xavier’s claim.
[6 marks]

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