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Pearson Edexcel Centre Number Candidate Number
Level 1 / Level 2
GCSE (9–1)
Mathematics
Paper 2 (Calculator)
Higher Tier
Thursday 8 June 2017 – Morning Paper Reference
Time: 1 hour 30 minutes 1MA1/2H
You must have: Ruler graduated in centimetres and millimetres, Total Marks
protractor, pair of compasses, pen, HB pencil, eraser, calculator.
Tracing paper may be used.
Instructions
• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
• centre
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
number and candidate number.
• Answer all questions.
• Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
• You must show all your working.
• Diagrams are NOT accurately drawn, unless otherwise indicated.
• Calculators may be used.
• If3.142
your calculator does not have a ʌ button, take the value of ʌ to be
unless the question instructs otherwise.
Information
• The total mark for this paper is 80.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
Advice
• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
• Keep an eye on the time.
• Try to answer every question.
• Check your answers if you have time at the end. Turn over
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, Answer ALL questions.
Write your answers in the spaces provided.
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You must write down all the stages in your working.
1 The table shows the probabilities that a biased dice will land on 2, on 3, on 4, on 5 and on 6
Number on dice 1 2 3 4 5 6
Probability 0.17 0.18 0.09 0.15 0.1
Neymar rolls the biased dice 200 times.
Work out an estimate for the total number of times the dice will land on 1 or on 3
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(Total for Question 1 is 3 marks)
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, 2 On Saturday, some adults and some children were in a theatre.
The ratio of the number of adults to the number of children was 5 : 2
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Each person had a seat in the Circle or had a seat in the Stalls.
3
of the children had seats in the Stalls.
4
117 children had seats in the Circle.
There are exactly 2600 seats in the theatre.
On this Saturday, were there people on more than 60% of the seats?
You must show how you get your answer.
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(Total for Question 2 is 5 marks)
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Surname Other names
Pearson Edexcel Centre Number Candidate Number
Level 1 / Level 2
GCSE (9–1)
Mathematics
Paper 2 (Calculator)
Higher Tier
Thursday 8 June 2017 – Morning Paper Reference
Time: 1 hour 30 minutes 1MA1/2H
You must have: Ruler graduated in centimetres and millimetres, Total Marks
protractor, pair of compasses, pen, HB pencil, eraser, calculator.
Tracing paper may be used.
Instructions
• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
• centre
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
number and candidate number.
• Answer all questions.
• Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
• You must show all your working.
• Diagrams are NOT accurately drawn, unless otherwise indicated.
• Calculators may be used.
• If3.142
your calculator does not have a ʌ button, take the value of ʌ to be
unless the question instructs otherwise.
Information
• The total mark for this paper is 80.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
Advice
• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
• Keep an eye on the time.
• Try to answer every question.
• Check your answers if you have time at the end. Turn over
P48148RA
©2017 Pearson Education Ltd.
6/6/6/6/6/7/1/
*P48148RA0124*
, Answer ALL questions.
Write your answers in the spaces provided.
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
You must write down all the stages in your working.
1 The table shows the probabilities that a biased dice will land on 2, on 3, on 4, on 5 and on 6
Number on dice 1 2 3 4 5 6
Probability 0.17 0.18 0.09 0.15 0.1
Neymar rolls the biased dice 200 times.
Work out an estimate for the total number of times the dice will land on 1 or on 3
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
......................................................
(Total for Question 1 is 3 marks)
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
2
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, 2 On Saturday, some adults and some children were in a theatre.
The ratio of the number of adults to the number of children was 5 : 2
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
Each person had a seat in the Circle or had a seat in the Stalls.
3
of the children had seats in the Stalls.
4
117 children had seats in the Circle.
There are exactly 2600 seats in the theatre.
On this Saturday, were there people on more than 60% of the seats?
You must show how you get your answer.
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
(Total for Question 2 is 5 marks)
3
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