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CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICS 0607/42

Paper 4 (Extended) May/June 2023

2 hours 15 minutes

You must answer on the question paper.

You will need: Geometrical instruments

INSTRUCTIONS
● Answer all questions.
● Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
● Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
● Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
● Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
● Do not write on any bar codes.
● You should use a graphic display calculator where appropriate.
● You may use tracing paper.
● You must show all necessary working clearly and you will be given marks for correct methods, including
sketches, even if your answer is incorrect.
● Give non-exact numerical answers correct to 3 significant figures, or 1 decimal place for angles in
degrees, unless a different level of accuracy is specified in the question.
● For r, use your calculator value.

INFORMATION
● The total mark for this paper is 120.
● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

This document has 20 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.

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Formula List

- b ! b 2 - 4ac
For the equation ax 2 + bx + c = 0 x=
2a

Curved surface area, A, of cylinder of radius r, height h. A = 2rrh

Curved surface area, A, of cone of radius r, sloping edge l. A = rrl

Curved surface area, A, of sphere of radius r. A = 4rr 2

1
Volume, V, of pyramid, base area A, height h. V = Ah
3

Volume, V, of cylinder of radius r, height h. V = rr 2 h

1
Volume, V, of cone of radius r, height h. V = rr 2 h
3

4
Volume, V, of sphere of radius r. V = rr 3
3

A a b c
= =
sin A sin B sin C

b a 2 = b 2 + c 2 - 2bc cos A
c

1
Area = bc sin A
2

B a C

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Answer all the questions.

1 For each of these sequences, find the next term and an expression for the nth term.

(a) 17 14 11 8 5 …

next term ................................................

nth term ................................................ [3]

1 2 3 4 5
(b) …
2 3 4 5 6

next term ................................................

nth term ................................................ [2]

(c) 4 8 16 32 64 …

next term ................................................

nth term ................................................ [3]

(d) - 2 5 24 61 122 …

next term ................................................

nth term ................................................ [3]

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2 The population of a species of bird is estimated to be decreasing by 4% per year.

At the end of 2020 the population was 4.32 million.

(a) Find the population at the end of 2019.

..................................... million [2]

(b) Calculate an estimate for the population at the end of 2025.

..................................... million [2]

(c) Find the year in which the population is first expected to be below 2 million.

................................................. [4]

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3
y
9
8
7
6
5
C
4
3
B A
2
1
x
–6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
–1
–2
–3
–4
–5
–6
–7

(a) Reflect triangle A in the line y =-1. [2]

-5
(b) Translate triangle A by the vector e o. [2]
3
(c) Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle A onto triangle B.

.....................................................................................................................................................

..................................................................................................................................................... [3]

(d) Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle A onto triangle C.

.....................................................................................................................................................

..................................................................................................................................................... [3]

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4 The masses, m kg, of 160 students are recorded in the table.

Mass, m kg 40 1 m G 50 50 1 m G 60 60 1 m G 70 70 1 m G 80 80 1 m G 90 90 1 m G 100
Frequency 6 18 66 40 18 12

(a) Draw a cumulative frequency curve for these results.

160

140

120

100
Cumulative
frequency
80

60

40

20

0 m
40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Mass (kg)
[4]

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(b) Use your cumulative frequency curve to estimate

(i) the median

............................................. kg [1]

(ii) the interquartile range.

............................................. kg [2]

(c) The masses of 60% of the students lie in the range p kg 1 m kg G 80 kg .

Use your cumulative frequency curve to estimate the value of p.

p = ................................................. [3]

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5 (a) The diagram shows a regular pentagon with sides of 10 cm and centre O.

B
10 cm

A C
NOT TO
O SCALE

E D

(i) Find angle AOB.

Angle AOB = ................................................. [1]

(ii) Show that OA = 8.51 cm correct to 3 significant figures.

[3]

(iii) Find the area of the pentagon.

.......................................... cm 2 [2]

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(b)
V

NOT TO
18 cm SCALE
B

A C
O

E 10 cm D

The regular pentagon in part (a) is the base of a pyramid.

The sloping edges, VA, VB, VC, VD, and VE, are each of length 18 cm.

(i) Calculate the perpendicular height, VO, of the pyramid.

VO = ............................................ cm [3]

(ii) Calculate the volume of the pyramid.

.......................................... cm 3 [2]

(iii) A geometrically similar pyramid has volume 1500 cm 3 .

Calculate the length of a side of the base of this pyramid.

............................................ cm [3]

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6
y
9

0 x
–6 6

–9

x 2 + 3x
f (x) =
(x - 2) (x + 1)

(a) On the diagram sketch the graph of y = f (x) for values of x between - 6 and 6. [3]

(b) Write down the equations of the asymptotes parallel to the y‑axis.

............................................................................... [2]

(c) Find the zeros of the graph of y = f (x) .

................................................. [2]

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(d) g (x) = x - 3

(i) On the diagram sketch the graph of y = g (x) for - 6 G x G 6 . [1]

(ii) Use your graphs to solve f (x) = g (x) .

.............................................................................. [3]

(iii) Solve g (x) 2 f (x) .

............................................................................................................................................. [3]

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7 A is the point ( - 8 , 2) and C is the point (8, 10).

y
C NOT TO
SCALE

O x

(a) Find the equation of the line AC.

................................................. [3]

(b) N is the point (4, 8).

Show that N lies on AC.

[1]

(c) Find the equation of the line that is perpendicular to AC and passes through N.

................................................. [3]

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(d) A and C are two vertices of a quadrilateral ABCD.

B is the point (2, 12).
D is the reflection of B in the line AC.

(i) Find the coordinates of D.

( ...................... , ...................... ) [2]

(ii) Write down the name of the special quadrilateral ABCD.

................................................. [1]

(iii) Find the length AC.

................................................. [2]

(iv) Find the area of the quadrilateral ABCD.

................................................. [3]

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8 A ship sails from port A at a constant speed of 18 km/h on a bearing of 040°.

A motorboat sails in a straight line at a constant speed from port B to intercept the ship.

Port B is 30 km due south of port A.

The ship leaves port A at 08 20 and the motorboat leaves port B at 08 30.
The motorboat intercepts the ship at point C at 09 50.

North
C
NOT TO
SCALE

40°

30 km

(a) Find the speed of the motorboat.

......................................... km/h [5]

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(b) Find the bearing on which the motorboat sails.

................................................. [3]

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P E R C E N T I L E
Asa and Bernice have these 10 letter cards.
A, E, I, O and U are vowels. All other letters are consonants.

(a) Asa picks a card at random.

Write down the probability that Asa’s card shows the letter T.

................................................. [1]

(b) Asa replaces his card.

Bernice picks two cards at random without replacement.

Calculate the probability that both of Bernice’s cards are vowels.

................................................. [2]

(c) Bernice replaces her cards.

Asa picks 3 cards at random without replacement.

Calculate the probability that Asa’s cards can be arranged to spell the word PEN.

................................................. [3]

(d) Asa replaces his cards.

Bernice picks cards at random with replacement until she first gets a consonant.
48
The probability that she first gets a consonant on her nth pick is .
3125
Find the value of n.

................................................. [3]

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10 (a) Simplify.
3x - 5y + 4x - 6y

................................................. [2]

(b) Expand.
x (x + 2)

................................................. [1]

(c) Factorise.
10ab + 8ac - 15b 2 - 12bc

................................................. [2]
2 5
(d) - =3
2x + 1 x - 3

(i) Show that 6x 2 - 7x + 2 = 0 .

[4]

(ii) Solve 6x 2 - 7x + 2 = 0 .
You must show all your working.

x = .................. or x = .................. [3]

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11 f (x) = 2x + 5 g (x) = 1 - 3x

(a) Find f (- 2) .

................................................. [1]

(b) Solve f (g (x)) = 19 .

................................................. [3]

(c) Find g -1 (x) .

g -1 (x) = ................................................. [2]

g (x)
(d) y =
f (x)
Find x in terms of y.

x = ................................................. [3]

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