November 2000 Edexcel GCSE Paper 6 (Higher Level)

Time: 2 hours – WITH calculator

Answer all TWENTY ONE questions. You must write down all stages of your working.
Question 1
Tracey and Wayne share £7200 in the ratio 5:4. Work out how much each receives. [3]
Question 2
ABCDEFGH is a regular octagon (see answer sheet). O is the centre of the octagon. Calculate the size of angle AOF
[3]
Question 3
Use your calculator to find the value of √(47.32 - 9.12)
(a) Write down all the figures on your calculator display.
[2]
(b) Write your answer to part (a) correct to 2 significant figures. [1]

Question 4
(a) Expand and simplify 4(x + 3) + 3(2x - 3) [2]
(b) Expand and simplify (2x - y)(3x + 4y) [1]
Question 5
n is a whole number such that 6 < 2n < 13. List all the possible values of n. [3]

Question 6
75 boys took part in a darts competition. Each boy threw darts until he hit the centre of the dartboard. The numbers of darts
thrown by the boys are grouped in the frequency table on the answer sheet.
(a) Work out the class interval which contains the median. [2]
(b) Work out an estimate for the mean number of darts thrown by each boy
[4]

Question 7
In a sale all the prices are reduced by 30%. The sale price of a jacket is £28. Work out the price of the jacket before the sale.

[3]
Question 8
Mr Hulme chose 10 boys and 10 girls at random from his school. He counted the numbers of different vowels in their first names.
This table shows the results:
Number of different vowels in first name One Two Three Four Five
Number of boys 3 4 2 1 0
Number of girls 2 3 4 0 1
There are 100 pupils in the school. Ther are 480 boys and 520 girls. Estimate the number of pupils in the school who have exactly
three different vowels in their first names. [4]

Question 9
Solve the simultaneous equations 2x + 5y = -1
6x – y = 5
[4]
Question 10
Please refer to the quadrilateral ABCD shown on the answer sheet.
(a) Calculate the length of DC. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures. [3]
(b) Calculate the size of angle DBC. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures. [3]
(c) Calculate the length of AB. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures. [3]

Question 11
Helen and Joan are taking a swimming test. The probability that Helen will pass the swimming test is 0.95
The probability that Joan will pass the swimming test is 0.8 The two events are independent.
(a) Complete the tree diagram on the answer sheet. [2]
(b) Work out the probability that both Helen and Joan will pass the swimming test. [2]
(c) Work out the probability that one of them will pass the swimming test and the other one will not pass the swimming test
[3]

Question 12
Find the solutions of the equation x2 – 4x – 1 = 0 giving your solutions correct to 3 dp
[3]

Question 13
Rearrange 4y = k(2 – 3y) to write y in terms of k [3]
Question 14
y is inversely proportional to x2 y = 3 when x = 4
(a) Write y in terms of x (b) Calculate the value of y when x = 5
[5]

Question 15
The depth of water, d metres, at the entrance to a harbour is given by the formula d = 5 – 4sin(30t)° where t is the time in hours
after midnight on one day.
(a) On the axes on the answer sheet, draw the graph of d against t for 0 ≤ t ≤ 12 [3]
(b) Find the two values of t, where 0 ≤ t ≤ 24, when the depth is least [1]

Question 16
The graph on the answer sheet represents the velocity, v metres per second, at time t seconds of a car for the first 40 seconds of its
journey.
(a) Use the graph to calculate an estimate for the acceleration of the car when t = 10. State the units of this acceleration.
[4]
(b) Calculate an estimate for the distance, in metres, travelled by the car in the first 40 seconds of its journey.
[3]
Question 17
Mrs Smith asked the Year 11 students at her school how long they had spent revising Maths the evening before their maths exam.
The unfinished histogram and frequency table on the answer sheet give information about their responses. No student revised for
less than 20 minutes. No student revised for 95 minutes or more.
(a) Use the histogram to complete the table [2]
(b) Use the table to complete the histogram [2]

There are 147 students in Year 11. Mrs Smith took a stratified sample of 28 of these students according to revision time. She
compared their exam marks with their revision times.
(c) Calculate the number of students in the sample who spent at least 85 minutes revising. [2]

Question 18
The diagram on the answer sheet shows the shape PQRST. RST is a circular arc with centre P and radius 18cm.
(a) Calculate the length of the arc RST. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures. [2]
(b) PQR is a semicircle with centre O. Calculate the total area of the shape PQRST. Give your answer correct to 3 significant
figures. [3]

Question 19
Bill has a rectangular sheet of metal as shown on the answer sheet. The length of the rectangle is exactly 12.5 cm and the width of
the rectangle is exactly 10 cm. Bill cuts out a trapezium. Its dimensions, shown in the diagram, are correct to the nearest
millimetre. He throws away the rest of the metal sheet. Calculate the greatest possible area of the rectangular sheet he throws
away.
[5]

Question 20
Please refer to the answer sheet. The area of the triangle ABC is 450 m2. Calculate the perimeter of the triangle ABC and give
your answer to 3 significant figures.
[5]
Question 21
The mean of the five consecutive integers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 is 3. So the square of the mean of the consecutive integers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 is 9.
The mean of the squares of those five consecutive integers 12, 22, 32, 42, 52 is 11.

Show algebraically that the square of the mean of any five consecutive integers is always 2 less than the mean of the squares of
those five consecutive integers.
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