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Edexcel GCSE Maths Paper 3: Calculator Higher June 2017 question paper 1MA1/3H

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Edexcel 1MA1 · Paper 3H

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Question 3

The table shows some information about the dress sizes of 25 women.

Dress sizeNumber of women
82
109
128
146
(a)

Find the median dress size.

(1)

(b)

3 of the 25 women have a shoe size of 7

Zoe says that if you choose at random one of the 25 women, the probability that she has either a shoe size of 7 or a dress size of 14 is fraction because

Is Zoe correct? You must give a reason for your answer.

(1)

Question 4

Daniel bakes 420 cakes. He bakes only vanilla cakes, banana cakes, lemon cakes and chocolate cakes. fraction of the cakes are vanilla cakes. 35% of the cakes are banana cakes. The ratio of the number of lemon cakes to the number of chocolate cakes is 4:5

Work out the number of lemon cakes Daniel bakes.

(5)

Question 6

The density of apple juice is 1.05 grams per cm3.

The density of fruit syrup is 1.4 grams per cm3.

The density of carbonated water is 0.99 grams per cm3.

25 cm3 of apple juice are mixed with 15 cm3 of fruit syrup and 280 cm3 of carbonated water to make a drink with a volume of 320 cm3.

Work out the density of the drink. Give your answer correct to 2 decimal places.

(4)

Question 9

The box plot shows information about the distribution of the amounts of money spent by some male students on their holidays.

Figure for question 9
(a)

Work out the interquartile range for the amounts of money spent by these male students.

(2)

(b)

The table below shows information about the distribution of the amounts of money spent by some female students on their holidays.

SmallestLower quartileMedianUpper quartileLargest
Money spent (£)60180300350650

On the grid above, draw a box plot for the information in the table.

(2)

(c)

Chris says,

“The box plots show that the female students spent more money than the male students.”

Is Chris correct? Give a reason for your answer.

(1)

Question 10

Naoby invests £6000 for 5 years. The investment gets compound interest of x % per annum.

At the end of 5 years the investment is worth £8029.35

Work out the value of x.

(3)

Question 17

A train travelled along a track in 110 minutes, correct to the nearest 5 minutes.

Jake finds out that the track is 270 km long. He assumes that the track has been measured correct to the nearest 10 km.

(a)

Could the average speed of the train have been greater than 160 km/h? You must show how you get your answer.

(4)

(b)

Jake’s assumption was wrong. The track was measured correct to the nearest 5 km.

Explain how this could affect your decision in part (a).

(1)

Question 18

Figure for question 18

A, B and C are points on a circle of radius 5 cm, centre O. DA and DC are tangents to the circle. DO = 9 cm

Work out the length of arc ABC. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

(5)

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