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2025 Pearson Edexcel GCE In A Level Further Mathematics (9FM0) Paper 3A Further Pure Mathematics 1 ACTUAL QUESTION PAPER AND MARKING SCHEME MERGED

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Further Mathematics
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PAPER 3A: Further Pure Mathematics 1

Marks




Candidates may use any calculator permitted by Pearson regulations. Calculators
must not have the facility for symbolic algebraic manipulation, differentiation and
integration, or have retrievable mathematical formulae stored in them.
Instructions


Use black ink or ball‑point pen.
If pencil is used for diagrams/sketches/graphs it must be dark (HB or B).
centre number and candidate number.
Answer all questions and ensure that your answers to parts of questions are
clearly labelled.
Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
You should show sufficient working to make your methods clear.
Answers without working may not gain full credit.
Inexact answers should be given to three significant figures unless otherwise stated.


A booklet ‘Mathematical Formulae and Statistical Tables’ is provided.
• There are 9 questions in this question paper. The total mark for this paper is 75.
– 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.

• Check your answers if you have time at the end.
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,1. (a) Given that
2
y = ecosec x

complete the table below with the value of y corresponding to x = 2, giving your
answer to 2 decimal places.


x 1.5 1.75 2 2.25 2.5

y 2.73 2.81 5.22 16.31

(1)
(b) Use Simpson’s rule, with all the values of y in the completed table, to estimate, to
one decimal place, the value of
2.5 2



cosec x
e dx
1.5
(3)
(c) Using your answer to part (b) and making your method clear, estimate the value of
2.5 2



cot x
e dx
1.5
(2)




2

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,Question 1 continued




(Total for Question 1 is 6 marks)

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2. The Taylor series expansion of f(x) about x = a is given by
 
 f(x) = f(a) + (x – a)f ′(a) + (x  a)2 (x  a)r (r) 
f ′′(a) + ... + f (a) + ...


2! r!

Given that

d2 y dy
2
 3  2xy  4 (I)
dx dx

(a) show that

d4 y dy d2 y d3 y
a  bx c
dx4 dx dx2 dx3

where a, b and c are integers to be determined.
(4)
dy
Hence, given that y = 1 and = 1 when x = 2
dx
(b) determine a Taylor series solution, in ascending powers of (x – 2), up to and
including the term in (x – 2)4, of the differential equation (I), giving each coefficient
in simplest form.
(4)




4

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