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I HAVE SELECTED 1 QUESTION FROM EACH OF THE MAJOR
TOPICS LISTED BELOW.
Stats Mechanics
1. Correlation 8. Velocity-time graphs
2. Measures of Central Tendency 9. Constant Acceleration/Vectors
3. Probability 10. Variable Acceleration/Vectors
4. Discrete Distributions 11. Projectiles
5. Binomial & Hypothesis Tests 12. Dynamics
6. Normal & Hypothesis Tests 13. Connected Particles
7. Normal Approximation 14. Moments
N.B. There are other topics that have not made this list. To name a
few: large data set, sampling, outliers, cumulative frequency,
histograms, tree diagrams, modelling, displacement-time graphs,
constant and variable acceleration without vectors.
14 Questions – 154 Marks

1. Correlation
(Total for question = 9 marks)

2. Measures of Central Tendency
Gill buys a bag of logs to use in her stove. The lengths, l cm, of the 88 logs in the bag are summarised in
the table below.
A histogram is drawn to represent these data.

The bar representing logs with length has a width of 1.5 cm and a height of 4 cm.
(a) Calculate the width and height of the bar representing log lengths of
(3)
(b) Use linear interpolation to estimate the median of l
(2)
The maximum length of log Gill can use in her stove is 26 cm.
Gill estimates, using linear interpolation, that x logs from the bag will fit into her stove.
(c) Show that x = 62
(1)
Gill randomly selects 4 logs from the bag.
(d) Using x = 62 , find the probability that all 4 logs will fit into her stove.
(2)
The weights, W grams, of the logs in the bag are coded using y = 0.5w - 255 and summarised by
n = 88 ∑ y = 924 ∑ y2 = 12 862
(e) Calculate
(i) the mean of W
(3)
(ii) the variance of W
(3)

3. Probability
The Venn diagram shows the events A, B, C and D, where p, q, r and s are probabilities.
(a) Write down the value of

(i) P(A)
(ii) P(AΙB)
(iii) P(AΙC)
(3)
(b) find the exact value of q and the exact value of r

(6)
(c) find the exact value of s

(2)

4. Discrete Distributions

5. Binomial & Hypothesis Tests
Superbounce is a manufacturer of tennis balls.
It knows from past records that 10% of its tennis balls fail a bounce test.
(a) Find the probability that from a random sample of 10 of these tennis balls
(i) at least 4 fail the bounce test
(ii) more than 1 but fewer than 5 fail the bounce test.
(4)
The managing director makes changes to the production process and claims that these changes will
reduce the probability of its tennis balls failing the bounce test.
After the changes were made a random sample of 50 of the tennis balls were tested and it was found that 2
failed the bounce test.
(b) Test, at the 5% significance level, whether or not this result supports the managing director's claim.
(4)
In a second random sample of n tennis balls it was found that none failed the bounce test. As a result of
this sample, the managing director's claim is supported at the 1% significance level.
(c) Find the smallest possible value of n
(3)

6. Normal & Hypothesis Tests

7. Normal Approximation
The probability that a person completes a particular task in less than 15 minutes is 0.4
Jeffrey selects 20 people at random and asks them to complete the task. The random variable, X,
represents the number of people who complete the task in less than 15 minutes.
(a) Find P(5 ≤ X< 8)
(3)
Mia takes a random sample of 140 people.
Using a normal approximation, the probability that fewer than n of these 140 people complete the task in
less than 15 minutes is 0.0239 to 4 decimal places.
(b) Find the value of n
Show your working clearly.
(6)

8. Velocity-time graphs
Two small children, Ajaz and Beth, are running a 100 m race along a straight horizontal track.
They both start from rest, leaving the start line at the same time.
Ajaz accelerates at 0.8 m s–2 up to a speed of 4 m s–1 and then maintains this speed until he crosses the
finish line.
Beth accelerates at 1 m s–2 for T seconds and then maintains a constant speed until she crosses the finish
line.
Ajaz and Beth cross the finish line at the same time.
(a) Sketch, on the same axes, a speed-time graph for each child, from the instant when they leave the start
line to the instant when they cross the finish line.
(3)
(b) Find the time taken by Ajaz to complete the race.
(4)
(c) Find the value of T
(4)
(d) Find the difference in the speeds of the two children as they cross the finish line.
(2)

9. Constant Acceleration/Vectors

10. Variable Acceleration/Vectors
A particle P of mass 1.5 kg moves under the action of a single force F newtons.
At time t seconds, t ≥ 0, P has velocity v ms–1, where
v = (5t2 – t3)i + (2t3 – 8t)j
(a) Find F when t = 2
(4)
At time t = 0, P is at the origin O.
(b) Find the position vector of P relative to O at the instant when P is moving in the direction of the vector j
(4)

11. Projectiles
A small ball is projected with velocity (6i + 12j) ms–1 from a fixed point A on horizontal ground. The ball hits
the ground at the point B, as shown in Figure 5. The motion of the ball is modelled as a particle moving
freely under gravity.
(a) Find the distance AB.
(4)
When the height of the ball above the ground is more than h metres, the speed of the ball is less than 10
ms–1
(b) Find the smallest possible value of h.
(4)

12. Dynamics
A rough plane is inclined to the horizontal at an angle α, where tan α = 3/4

A particle P of mass 2 kg is held in equilibrium on the plane by a horizontal force of magnitude X newtons,
as shown in Figure 2. The force acts in a vertical plane which contains a line of greatest slope of the
inclined plane.
(a) Show that when X = 14.7 there is no frictional force acting on P
(3)
The coefficient of friction between P and the plane is 0.5
(b) Find the smallest possible value of X.
(8)

13. Connected Particles
One end of a light inextensible string is attached to a particle A of mass 2m. The other end of the string is
attached to a particle B of mass 3m. The string passes over a small, smooth, light pulley P which is fixed at
the top of a rough inclined plane. The plane is inclined to the horizontal at an angle α, where tan α = 3/4
Particle A is held at rest on the plane with the string taut and B hanging freely below P, as shown in Figure
4. The section of the string AP is parallel to a line of greatest slope of the plane.
The coefficient of friction between A and the plane is 1/2
Particle A is released and begins to move up the plane.
For the motion before A reaches the pulley,
(a) (i) write down an equation of motion for A,
(ii) write down an equation of motion for B,
(4)
(b) find, in terms of g, the acceleration of A,
(5)
(c) find the magnitude of the force exerted on the pulley by the string.
(4)
(d) State how you have used the information that P is a smooth pulley.
(1)

14. Moments
A ladder AB has length 6 m and mass 30 kg. The ladder rests in equilibrium at 60° to the horizontal with the
end A on rough horizontal ground and the end B against a smooth vertical wall, as shown in Figure 3.
A man of mass 70 kg stands on the ladder at the point C, where AC = 2 m, and the ladder remains in
equilibrium. The ladder is modelled as a uniform rod in a vertical plane perpendicular to the wall. The man
is modelled as a particle.
(a) Find the magnitude of the force exerted on the ladder by the ground.
(6)
The man climbs further up the ladder. When he is at the point D on the ladder, the ladder is about to slip.
Given that the coefficient of friction between the ladder and the ground is 0.4
(b) find the distance AD.
(4)
(c) State how you have used the modelling assumption that the ladder is a rod.
(1)

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14 Questions – 154 Marks

(Total for question = 9 marks)

A histogram is drawn to represent these data.

(Total for question = 14 marks)

(a) Write down the value of

(b) find the exact value of q and the exact value of r

(c) find the exact value of s

(Total for question = 11 marks)

(Total for question = 10 marks)

(Total for question = 11 marks)

(Total for question = 13 marks)

(Total for question = 9 marks)

(Total for question = 13 marks)

(Total for question = 12 marks)

(Total for question = 8 marks)

(Total for question = 8 marks)

A rough plane is inclined to the horizontal at an angle α, where tan α = 3/4

(Total for question = 11 marks)

(Total for question = 14 marks)

(Total for question = 11 marks)

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