Mr M's Edexcel GCSE Mathematics 1MA0 Higher Paper 1 Answers June 2014

if i wrote 1.24 for b is it wrong? thanks
also how did you get 9b as 3 i got 300 km

i think i got about 84 in the non calculator paper, i hope to get around 83 in the calculator paper, would this add up to an A*, 167/200 altogether?

I think A* would be around 170 as the November ones were like 169 for A*

That mock paper, was too easy lol

Good luck everyone! Working out is key! SOHCAHTAO!

Found that really hard, how much out of /200 do you think for a B? Think I got around 55 on first, not sure about 2nd

No,and no :s

Mr M's Edexcel GCSE Mathematics 1MA0 Higher Paper 1 Answers June 2014


1. Fractions

a) $\frac{2}{21}$ (1 mark)

b) $\frac{4}{15}$ (2 marks)


2. Stem and leaf diagrams

0 | 5 9

1 | 3 5 6 8 9 9

2 | 1 2 3 3 5 7 8 9

3 | 1 2 4

4 | 0

Example key: 1 | 3 = 13 minutes (3 marks)


3. Sports Centre

4 females used the gym (4 marks)


4. Family Railcard

£25.60 (4 marks)


5. Questionnaire

Suitable question with time period and answer boxes (2 marks)


6. Algebra

a) $2m^2 + 6m$ (1 mark)

b) $3xy(y-2)$ (2 marks)


7. Pigs in a field

3 pigs (4 marks)


8. Planting a tree

Correct area shaded (3 marks)


9. Transformations

a) Shape with vertices at (0, -1) (-2, -1) (-2, -3) (-1, -3) (2 marks)

b) Shape with vertices at (9, 3) (9, 9) (6, 9) (2 marks)



10. Milk bottles

The 6 pint bottle is the best value for money. (3 marks)


11. Angles in polygons

36 degrees (3 marks)


12. Temperature formula

a) It is not lower than the minimum (3 marks)

b) $F=\frac{9C}{5}+32$ (3 marks)


13. Competition

A wide range of answers will be accepted - possibly between 35 and 50. (4 marks)


14. Driving in France

6 hours (4 marks)


15. Quadratic graph

a) Missing values: 2, -1, 2, 7 (2 marks)

b) Correct U shaped parabola (2 marks)

c) x =4 or x = -1 (2 marks)


16. Box plots

a) 0.75 km (2 marks)

b) 20 (2 marks)

c) The median distance in the second half was lower but the interquartile ranges were the same (other comparisons are acceptable) (2 marks)


17. Indices

a) 1 (1 mark)

b) 0.01 (1 mark)

c) $0.00273$ , $27.3 \times 10^{-3}$ , $2.73 \times 10^3$ , $273 \times 10^2$ (2 marks)


18. Simultaneous equations

x = 7 and y = -3 (3 marks)


19. Straight lines

y = 0.5x - 5 (3 marks)


20. Similar shapes

x = 6 (3 marks)


21. Circle theorems

55 degrees (3 marks)


22. More algebra

a) $27x^6y^{12}$ (2 marks)

b) $\frac{x-3}{2x-1}$ (3 marks)


23. Probability tree diagram

a) Missing numbers: $\frac{3}{10}$ , $\frac{6}{9}$ , $\frac{3}{9}$ , $\frac{7}{9}$ , $\frac{2}{9}$ (2 marks)

b) $\frac{8}{15}$ (3 marks)


24. Vectors

Proof (3 marks)


25. Surds

a) $4\sqrt3$ (2 marks)

b) 18 (2 marks)


26. Graph transformations

a) (180, 0) (1 mark)

b) (270, -1) (1 mark)

c) a = 2, b = 3, c = 1 (3 marks)



Here is a mock Paper 2 you can use as part of your revision. It is based on an analysis of the content of Paper 1.

Here are Aerosmith's answers to the mock. He is convinced they are right. I haven't checked.