Level 3 Certificate MATHEMATICAL STUDIES Paper 2B Critical Path
and Risk Analysis 2024
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Level 3 Certificate
MATHEMATICAL STUDIES
Paper 2B Critical Path and Risk Analysis
Wednesday 24 May 2024 Afternoon Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
Materials For Examiner’s Use
For this paper you must have:
l a clean copy of the Preliminary Material and the Formulae Sheet (enclosed) Question Mark
l a scientific calculator or a graphics calculator
l a ruler. 1
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Instructions
l Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Pencil should only be used for drawing. 3
l Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
l Answer all questions.
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l You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside
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the box around each page or on blank pages.
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If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of 6
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s).
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l Show all necessary working; otherwise, marks for method may be lost.
l Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want TOTAL
to be marked.
l The final answer to questions should be given to an appropriate degree
of accuracy.
l You may not refer to the copy of the Preliminary Material that was available
prior to this examination. A clean copy is enclosed for your use.
Information
l The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
l The maximum mark for this paper is 60.
l You may ask for more answer paper or graph paper, which must be tagged
securely to this answer booklet.
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1 The table shows information about the top four teams in the 2020 Olympic Games.
Number of medals
Number of
competitors
Rank Team Gold Silver Bronze
1 United States 39 41 33 613
2 China 38 32 18 406
3 Japan 27 14 17 556
4 Great Britain 22 20 22 376
1 (a) Work out the ratio of gold medals to bronze medals for the United States.
Circle your answer.
[1 mark]
11 : 13 13 : 11 24 : 11 13 : 24
1 (b) A British newspaper made the following claim.
Great Britain won more medals per competitor than the United States.
Does the data support this claim?
Show working to support your answer.
[3 marks]
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and Risk Analysis 2024
Please write clearly in block capitals.
Centre number Candidate number
Surname __________________________________________________________________________
Forename(s) __________________________________________________________________________
Candidate signature ________________________________________________________________________
I declare this is my own work.
Level 3 Certificate
MATHEMATICAL STUDIES
Paper 2B Critical Path and Risk Analysis
Wednesday 24 May 2024 Afternoon Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
Materials For Examiner’s Use
For this paper you must have:
l a clean copy of the Preliminary Material and the Formulae Sheet (enclosed) Question Mark
l a scientific calculator or a graphics calculator
l a ruler. 1
2
Instructions
l Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Pencil should only be used for drawing. 3
l Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
l Answer all questions.
4
l You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside
5
the box around each page or on blank pages.
l
If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of 6
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s).
7
l Show all necessary working; otherwise, marks for method may be lost.
l Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want TOTAL
to be marked.
l The final answer to questions should be given to an appropriate degree
of accuracy.
l You may not refer to the copy of the Preliminary Material that was available
prior to this examination. A clean copy is enclosed for your use.
Information
l The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
l The maximum mark for this paper is 60.
l You may ask for more answer paper or graph paper, which must be tagged
securely to this answer booklet.
(Jun2413502B01) 1350/2B
G/TI/Jun24/E4
, 2
Do not write
outside the
There are no questions printed on this page box
DO NOT WRITE ON THIS PAGE
ANSWER IN THE SPACES PROVIDED
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G/Jun24 /1350/2B
, 3
Do not write
outside the
Answer all questions in the spaces provided. box
1 The table shows information about the top four teams in the 2020 Olympic Games.
Number of medals
Number of
competitors
Rank Team Gold Silver Bronze
1 United States 39 41 33 613
2 China 38 32 18 406
3 Japan 27 14 17 556
4 Great Britain 22 20 22 376
1 (a) Work out the ratio of gold medals to bronze medals for the United States.
Circle your answer.
[1 mark]
11 : 13 13 : 11 24 : 11 13 : 24
1 (b) A British newspaper made the following claim.
Great Britain won more medals per competitor than the United States.
Does the data support this claim?
Show working to support your answer.
[3 marks]
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______________________________________________________________________________________
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______________________________________________________________________________________
_
______________________________________________________________________________________
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______________________________________________________________________________________
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______________________________________________________________________________________
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