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Maths · OCR J560 · Paper 5: Non-calculator · Higher · June 2017

OCR GCSE Maths Paper 5: Non-calculator Higher June 2017 question paper J560/05

1h 30m 100 marks

Calculators may not be used

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OCR J560 · Paper 5

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Question 3

Last year, Katie earned £16 200. Her total loan repayments were £6400.

Katie estimates that the ratio of her loan repayments to her earnings is approximately 3: 8.

Is she correct? Show your reasoning.

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Question 4

Rashid invests money into an account which pays a fixed rate of compound interest each year. The value, £ V, of his investment after t years is given by the formula

Question 4, shown as an image
(a)

How much money did Rashid invest?

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(b)

What rate of compound interest is paid each year?

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(c)

Circle the graph that best represents the growth in Rashid’s account.

Figure for question 4

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Question 7

The population of a village is in the following ratios.

• men: children = 11: 3

• women: children = 5: 2

(a)

Find the ratio men: women. Give your answer in its simplest form.

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(b)

There are 36 children in the village.

Find the total population of the village.

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Question 9

George is the manager of a shoe shop. He samples 50 of his customers and asks them about the one style of shoe they would buy next. The table shows his results.

Style of shoeNumber of customers
Laced shoes18
Boots15
Sandals8
Trainers5
Other4

George buys 1000 pairs of shoes with the number of each style based on his survey results.

How many pairs of sandals should he buy? Write down any assumption you make about his sample.

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Question 12

Helen delivers parcels. On Tuesday, Helen delivered 20% more parcels than on Monday. On Wednesday, Helen delivered 50% fewer parcels than on Tuesday. On Wednesday, Helen delivered 72 parcels.

Calculate the number of parcels that Helen delivered on Monday.

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Question 14

John has

• 8 different shirts

• 6 different hats

• 4 different scarves.

(a)

On Monday, he picks a shirt, a hat and a scarf.

Show that there are 192 different combinations he can pick.

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(b)

John thinks that if he picks just two of the three items of clothing there will be more than 192 combinations.

Is he correct? Show your reasoning.

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Question 15

(a)

Simplify fully.

(b)

There are two errors in Sam’s method for finding the value of 64 fraction shown below.

Find the cube root of 64 and then multiply by 2. The cube root of 64 is 4 and then 4 x 2 = 8. The negative power makes the answer negative so answer equals –8. Describe these errors and then give the correct value of 64 fraction

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Question 20

The diagram shows some land in the shape of a quadrilateral, ABCD.

Figure for question 20

AB = 3 km, AD = 5 km, CD = 12 km and angle BAC = 30°.

The land is sold for £10 million per square kilometre.

Calculate the total cost of the land.

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