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AS
MATHEMATICS
Paper 1
Thursday 15 May 2025 Afternoon Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
Materials For Examiner’s Use
You must have the AQA Formulae for A‑ level Mathematics booklet. Question Mark
You should have a graphical or scientific calculator that meets the
requirements of the specification. 1
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Instructions 3
Use black ink or black ball‑ point pen. Pencil should only be used for drawing. 4
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. 5
Answer all questions.
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You must answer each question in the space provided for that question.
If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of 7
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s). 8
Do not write outside the box around each page or on blank pages. 9
Show all necessary working; otherwise marks for method may be lost. 10
Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work that you do not want 11
to be marked.
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Information 13
The marks for questions are shown in brackets. 14
The maximum mark for this paper is 80. 15
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Advice
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Unless stated otherwise, you may quote formulae, without proof, from
the booklet. 18
You do not necessarily need to use all the space provided. 19
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Section A
Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
1 Identify the expression that is equivalent to tan x
Circle your answer.
[1 mark]
cos x sin x
sin2x + cos2x sin2x – cos2x
sin x cos x
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2 Find the value of log b 2
b
Circle your answer.
[1 mark]
1 1
–2 – 2
2 2
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3 The polynomial p(x) is given by
p(x) = 2x3 – ax2 + 6x + 2a
It is given that (x – 2) is a factor of p(x)
Find the value of a by using the factor theorem.
[3 marks]
Turn over for the next question
Turn over U
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4 Solve the equation
2tan 3θ – 3 = 0
for 0° ≤ θ ≤ 180°
Give your answers to the nearest degree.
[3 marks]
5 Jayven claims that for two real numbers a and b
a
if a > b , then it must be true that >1
b
By using a counter example, show that Jayven is not correct.
[2 marks]
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