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MATHEMATICS 0862/02
Paper 2 April 2024
1 hour

You must answer on the question paper.

You will need: Geometrical instruments

Tracing paper (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
• Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
• Do not write on any bar codes.
• You should show all your working in the booklet.
• You may use a calculator.

INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 50.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

This document has 16 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.

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1 It will take 7 workers 6 days to pick some mangoes.

Calculate how many workers are needed to pick these mangoes in 3 days.

[1]

2 Calculate.
54 ÷ 6

[1]

3 The mass of a baby is 4 kg.

Each month the mass of the baby increases by 15% of its mass from the previous month.

Find the mass of the baby after 2 months.

kg [2]

4 In a game Oliver can either lose or draw or win.

The probability Oliver loses the game is 50%.
The probability Oliver draws the game is 20%.

Work out the probability Oliver wins the game.

% [1]

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5 Anastasia has four fair spinners, A, B, C and D.

1 2 2 3 5 1
3 2
2
4 3 1 4 4
3

A B C D

She spins one of the spinners 1200 times and gets an even number 486 times.

Write down the letter of the spinner she is most likely to have used.

[1]

6 Here is a mapping diagram for the function y = 4x2

Input (x) Output (y)

10 ................

................

100
................

Complete the mapping diagram with three different values. [3]

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7 Here is a calculation.

a a
1.5 × 1.5 × 28 = × × 28 = a × a × b
2 2

Find the value of a and the value of b.

a=

b=
[2]

8 Carlos sells previously owned clothes.

He will ask his customers one of these questions, A or B.

A On a scale of 1 to 10, what number would you choose to represent the condition
of the clothes?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Very poor Excellent

B Which word(s) would you choose to represent the condition of the clothes?

Very poor Average Excellent

Carlos wants to work out a mean value to represent the condition of the clothes.

Tick () to show which question Carlos should ask his customers and the reason why.

Question A because it asks for quantitative data

Question A because it asks for qualitative data

Question B because it asks for quantitative data

Question B because it asks for qualitative data

[1]

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9 Yuri enlarges square ABCD by a scale factor of 2

y
5
4 B C

3
2
A D
1

0 1 2 3 4 5 x

Point A does not move when the square is enlarged.

Draw a ring around the coordinates of the centre of enlargement.

(0, 0) (2, 2) (2, 4) (4, 2) (4, 4)

[1]

10 The diagram shows a solid metal cylinder with a radius of 4.1 cm and a height of 7 cm.

4.1 cm

NOT TO
7 cm
SCALE

The cylinder is melted and the metal is made into cubes.

The side length of each cube is 2 cm.

Calculate the number of whole cubes that are made.

[3]

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11 The pie chart shows information about the different types of pizzas sold in a restaurant.

40°
60°

110°
150°

Meat Vegetable

Tomato Cheese

A total of 324 pizzas are sold.

Mia says, ‘20 more cheese pizzas are sold than meat pizzas.’

Tick () to show if Mia is correct or not correct.

You must show your working.

Correct Not correct

[2]

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12 The diagram shows a right-angled triangle.

NOT TO
SCALE
y cm

y cm

Find an expression, in terms of y, for the area of the triangle.

cm2 [1]

13 A polygon has 7 sides.

The sizes of the 6 largest interior angles of the polygon add up to 855º.

Calculate the size of the smallest interior angle.

° [2]

14 Solve.
56
= 8
y +1

y= [2]

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15 The graph shows the exchange rate between US dollars ($) and Japanese yen (¥).

(25, 3300)
Japanese
yen (¥)

0
US dollars ($)

Angelique changes $40 into Japanese yen.

Calculate how many Japanese yen Angelique receives.

¥ [2]

 2
16 Triangle ABC is translated by the vector   to make triangle DEF.
1 
 −3 
Then triangle DEF is translated by the vector   to make triangle GHI.
7

Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle ABC onto triangle GHI.

[2]

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17 Rajiv bisects an angle.

Here is his construction.

There are arcs missing from his construction.

Construct the missing arcs accurately on the diagram. [1]

18 The ratio of the sizes of the angles in a triangle is 5 : 8 : 3

Tick () to show if the triangle is right-angled or not right-angled.

You must show your working.

Right-angled Not right-angled

[2]

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19 Complete the table of values for 3y + 5x = 60

x 0 6

y 0

On the grid, draw the graph of 3y + 5x = 60

y
22

20

18

16

14

12

10

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 x
[3]

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20 The diagram shows a semicircle with a radius of 3 cm.

NOT TO
SCALE
3 cm

Tick () to show the area of the semicircle correct to the nearest cm2.

14 cm2 19 cm2 28 cm2 57 cm2

[1]

21 Here is a table of values for points that all lie on the same straight line.

x 5 6 7 11 14

y 27 32 37 57

Complete the table.

[1]

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22 Solve the inequality.

2x + 20 ≤ 16

[2]

23 Expand and simplify.

x (x + 4) + (x – 3) (x + 5)

[3]

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24 Temperature is measured in °C and in °F.

9c
The formula f = + 32 is used to convert c °C to f °F.
5
The approximate formula f = 2c + 30 is also used to convert c °C to f °F.

Mike says,

‘There is a value of c where these two formulae give an equal value of f . ’

Find the value of c to show that Mike is correct.

c= [3]

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25 Safia has two bags of sweets.

Each bag contains red sweets and green sweets only.
She takes one sweet at random from each bag.

The probability that she takes a red sweet from the first bag is 0.3
The probability that she takes a red sweet from both bags is 0.12

First bag Second bag

red P(red from both bags) = 0.12

............

red
0.3
............ green

red
............

............ green

............ green

Complete the five missing probabilities on the tree diagram.

[3]

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26 The diagram shows a garden in the shape of a hexagon.

16 m

NOT TO
SCALE

20 m

9m
8m

16 m

Eva builds a fence along all 6 sides of the garden.

The fence costs $23 per metre.

Calculate the total cost of the fence.

$ [4]

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