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Maths · OCR J560 · Paper 5: Non-calculator · Higher · November 2020

OCR GCSE Maths Paper 5: Non-calculator Higher November 2020 question paper J560/05

1h 30m 100 marks

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OCR J560 · Paper 5

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Question 4

Dora has the following number cards.

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She takes a card at random, replaces the card and then takes a second card. She adds the numbers on the two cards she has taken and records the total.

(a)

Complete the following table to show all of her possible totals.

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(b)

Find the probability that her total is

Question 5

Charlie and Jasmine share cartons of apple juice. Charlie drinks fraction of a carton every day. Jasmine drinks fraction of a carton every day.

Any apple juice left in a carton at the end of the day is used the following day.

The cost of a carton is 70p. Charlie and Jasmine buy just enough cartons to last them for 10 days.

How much do they spend in total for these cartons? Give your answer in £. Show your working.

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Question 6

A clock chimes every 20 minutes. A light flashes every 8 minutes. The clock chimes and the light flashes together at 08:00.

How many times between 08:01 and 12:30 will the clock chime and the light flash together? Show your working.

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Question 7

A pattern is made from four congruent right-angled triangles.

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The line AC is parallel to the x-axis. The point A has coordinates (4, 9) and the point B has coordinates (17, 12).

Work out the coordinates of point C and point D.

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Question 8

A weather forecast says

• the probability that it will rain on Monday is 0.55

and

• the probability that it will rain on Tuesday is 0.25.

Ella draws a tree diagram to show this information.

Monday Tuesday

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Write down three errors that Ella has made with her tree diagram.

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Question 10

Each day, Eve records how long it takes her to complete a puzzle.

On Friday, she took 50% less time than on Thursday. On Saturday, she took 20% less time than on Friday. On Saturday, she takes 36 minutes to complete the puzzle.

How many minutes did she take to complete the puzzle on Thursday? Show your working.

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Question 12

The price, £ P, of a car is £20 000 in 2019. The price is expected to decrease by 5% each year after 2019.

(a)

Jasmine says

This means the price in 2021 is expected to be £18 000.

She is incorrect. Explain her error and work out the correct answer.

The correct answer is £........

[4]

(b)(i)

Write a formula for P in terms of n, where n is the number of years after 2019.

[2]

(b)(ii)

Circle the graph that best represents the price, £ P, of the car n years after 2019.

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Question 16

(a)

The masses, m kg, of some parcels are shown below.

4 15 14 11 12 3 1 18 13 2 16 10

Jack constructs this grouped frequency table to record the masses.

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Explain why Jack’s table is unsuitable to record the masses.

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(b)

The histogram summarises the times taken, in minutes, by some students to complete a

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(b)(i)

Show that 70 students took between 45 and 70 minutes to complete the race.

[2]

(b)(ii)

Calculate an estimate of the mean time taken to complete the race. Show your working.

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Question 17

The graphs of y = x and y = - 2 are drawn on the grid.

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The region R satisfies the following inequalities.

y ⩾ - 2 y ⩽ x y < 4 - 2 x

By drawing one more line, find and label the region R.

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Question 18

The diagram shows a triangular field PQR which is used to grow organic carrots.

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Question 18, shown as an image

PQ = 100 m, PR = 80 m and angle RPQ = 30°.

In recent years, an average of 2.5 kg of carrots has been harvested from each square metre of the field.

(a)

Use this information to work out the total mass of carrots that might have been harvested from the field in 2019.

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(b)

Why might the answer to part (a) be unreliable?

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