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Paper 1: Pure Mathematics 1
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Informationmformcandidates 5 13
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Mathematics
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Exam Board: Edexcel
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Practice Exam Papers m m
Pack contents:
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Two m fullmsets m o fm A-Levelm practice mpapers
AnswermbookmwithmmarkmschememFormu
lambooklet
(120m pages m inm all)
,Edexcel A- m
Level Mathematics m
Practice Set 1 m m
Paper 1: Pure Mathematics 1
m m m m
Timemallowed:m2mhours
Centremname Surname
Centremnumber Othermnames
Candidatem num ber Candidatemsignature
Instructionsmtomcandidates Formexaminer’smus e
• Usemblack mink m orm ball- poi ntm pen.
• Am pencilm maym bem usedm form diagram s, m sketchesm andm graphs. Q Mark Q Mark
• Writemyourm nam em andm other m detai ls min mthem spacesm provided mabove.
1 9
• Answerm allm questionsm inm them spacesm provided.
• Showmclearlym howm youm workedm out m yourm answers. 2 10
• Roundm answersm tom 3 m signifi cantm figuresm unlessm otherwisem stated. 3 11
4 12
Informationmformcandidates 5 13
• Theremarem16mquestionsminmthismpaper.
6 14
• Theremare m100m m arksmavailable m form thism paper.
• Themmarksmavai lablem aremgi ven min m bracketsm at mthem endm ofm each mquestio7n. 15
• Yoummaymgetm marksm form method, m evenmi fm yourm answermism incorrect. 8 16
Total
Advicemtomcandidates
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Writemyourmanswersminmthemspacesmprovide
d.
1 a) Givenmthatmf(x)m3=–mx4x2m–m3xm+m7,mfindmfm'(x). (2)
b)
Hencemfindm the mvaluesm ofmx m form whichm f(x) mism am decreasing m function, mgi ving m yourm an
swerminmthemform m{xm: mx m>a{}xm: mxm<mb} mwheremamandmbmaremrealmnumbersmtombemfou n d
.
(3 )
2 Amhelicopterm fliesmbetweenm3mlocations, m A, mBm andmC, mwhi chmarem position
edmsuchmthatmABm=m9mkm, mAC m=m5mkm mandmangle°.ABC m=m24
Findmthempossiblem valuesm ofmanglem ACB mtom1 m decim alm place.
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