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Maths B · Edexcel 4MB1 · Paper 2 · regional · January 2023

Edexcel IGCSE Maths B Paper 2 January 2023 question paper 4MB1/02R

2h 30m 100 marks

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Edexcel 4MB1 · Paper 2 (R)

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Question 1

Rory buys and sells jewellery.

Rory buys a necklace for $180

He sells the necklace for $230

(a)

Calculate, to 3 significant figures, Rory’s percentage profit.

(2)

(b)

Rory sells a bracelet for $203

This price represents a 16% profit on his cost price.

Calculate the cost price of the bracelet.

(2)

(c)

Rory travelled by plane from New York to Dubai to buy some jewellery.

The total flight time for the journey was 12 hours 48 minutes.

The average speed for the journey was 860 km/h

Calculate the total distance, in kilometres, travelled by the plane.

(3)

(d)

Rory bought some earrings for a total cost of 91 750 dirhams.

Using the exchange rate,

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calculate the total cost of the earrings in dollars.

(2)

Question 2

(a)

Write 76 000 000 in standard form.

(1)

(b)

Write 8.3maths symbol10–4as an ordinary number.

(1)

(c)

Calculate (3maths symbol10147) maths symbol (6maths symbol10122)

Give your answer in standard form.

(2)

(d)

Write 1.6maths symbol1041as a product of its prime factors.

Show your working clearly.

(3)

Question 3

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Figure 1 shows a solid right circular cone.

The radius of the base of the cone is 8 cm.

The volume of the cone is 320πcm3

The total surface area of the cone is kπcm2

Calculate the value of k

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(5)

Question 4

Trapeziums P and Q are drawn on the grid opposite.

(a)

Describe fully the single transformation that maps trapezium P onto trapezium Q

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(3)

(b)

On the grid, draw and label trapezium A

(2)

(c)

Trapezium P is transformed to trapezium B by a rotation of 90° clockwise about the point (5, 2)

On the grid, draw and label trapezium B

(2)

(d)

Trapezium C is the image of trapezium Q under the transformation with matrix M where

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On the grid, draw and label trapezium C

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Turn over for a spare grid if you need to redraw your trapeziums.

Only use this grid if you need to redraw your trapeziums.

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(3)

Question 5

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Figure 2 shows right triangular prism ABCDEF

AB = 5 cm DF = 8 cm AF = 7 cm maths symbolCBA = 90°

(a)

Calculate the volume, in cm3 to the nearest whole number, of the triangular prism.

(4)

(b)
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Figure 3 shows a shaded shape made by removing triangle PTQ from rectangle PQRS

QR = 12 cm SR = 25 cm maths symbolPTQ = 90° maths symbolTQR = 20°

Calculate the perimeter, in cm to the nearest whole number, of the shaded shape.

(4)

Question 6

Ted has two boxes of buttons, Box A and Box B

There are 20 buttons in Box A and 20 buttons in Box B

There are 13 white buttons in Box A

There are 9 white buttons in Box B

Ted takes at random a button from Box A and a button from Box B

(a)

Complete the probability tree diagram.

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(2)

(b)

Calculate the probability that Ted takes at least one white button.

(3)

(c)

Ted also has a bag of buttons.

There are 30 buttons in the bag.

There are x white buttons in the bag.

Ted takes at random a button from Box A, a button from Box B and a button from the bag.

The probability that of the 3 buttons Ted has, 2 of the buttons are white is fraction

Work out the value of x

Show clear algebraic working.

(4)

Question 7

The function g is defined as

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(a)

Find the value of x that must be excluded from the domain of g

(1)

(c)

The function f is defined as

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(2)

(d)

Express the inverse function f–1 in the form f–1:x maths symbol...

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(4)

Question 8

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(a)

Complete the table of values for y = fraction x3 – 5x – 3

x–4–3–2–101234
y–15–1.5–7.59

(3)

(b)

On the grid opposite, plot the points from your completed table and join them to form a smooth curve.

(3)

(c)

By drawing a suitable straight line on your grid, find estimates, to one decimal place, of the solutions to the equation

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Turn over for a spare grid if you need to redraw your graph.

Only use this grid if you need to redraw your graph.

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(3)

Question 9

(a)(i)

Solve the inequality 5y – 7 maths symbol 2y – 13

(2)

(a)(ii)

Hence, represent on the number line at the top of the next page, the values of y

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(1)

(b)(i)

Solve the inequality 4x2 + 4x – 35 < 0

(3)

(b)(ii)

Hence find the values of x for which

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–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5

(1)

Question 11

A curve C and a straight line L are drawn on a grid.

C has equation y = 5x2 – 16x – 5

L has equation y + 5x = 7

(a)

Find the coordinates of the points of intersection of C and L

Show clear algebraic working.

(5)

(b)

P is the point on the curve with equation y = 5x2 – 16x – 5 with x coordinate 2

The line Q is the tangent to the curve at the point P

The line Q crosses the x‑axis at the point X and the y‑axis at the point Y The point M lies on Q and is such that XM = MY

Calculate the coordinates of the point M

Give your coordinates as exact values.

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(5)

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