FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION (2024 – 2025)

Grade – IX (IGCSE) Div. – _____________

Mathematics 0580/42
Paper 4 (Extended) Duration – 2 hour

You must answer on the question paper. 8 October 2024

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●The total mark for this paper is 100.

● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

This document has 21 pages.

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List of formulas

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1. Write these in order of size, starting with the smallest

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18.4% 1.83 × 10−1 5−1
27

………………<……………….<……………….<……………………… [2]

2. The cost of each visit to a car park is shown in the table

(a) Samarth arrives at 11 40 and leaves at 1530.

Find the cost of his visit.

$ ................................................... [1]
(b) Radhika leaves the car park at 1750 and pays $8.50.
(i) Work out the earliest time she could have arrived at the car park.

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

(ii) Work out the change she receives from a $20 note.

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

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(c) Dhruv bought a weekly car park ticket for $26.
That week, he visited the car park four times.
These are the lengths of time he parked his car for.
Work out how much he saved by buying a weekly ticket.

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

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3. Write as
8

(a) a decimal.

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

(b) a percentage.

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

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4. Georgiana is travelling by train from Redtown to Teignley.
Georgiana travels on two trains.
The first train goes from Redtown to Southford.
The second train goes from Southford to Teignley
She has written down some information about the times of her trains.

(a) Write 13 45 using the 12-hour clock.

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

(b) Work out how long the first train should take to travel from Redtown to
Southford.
Give your answer in hours and minutes.

....................h....................min [1]

(c) The first train arrives at Southford 46 minutes late.

By how many minutes has Georgiana missed her second train?

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

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5. A circular garden has diameter 11.4m.
Draw the garden accurately, using a scale of 1cm represents 1.5m
Scale: 1 cm to 1.5 m
[2]

6. 𝑦 is inversely proportional to (𝑥 + 3)2

When 𝑥 = 2, 𝑦 = 8.
Find 𝑦 when 𝑥 = 7.

𝑦 = ...................................................[3]

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7.

Using a ruler and compasses only, construct this triangle.

Leave in your construction arcs.
[2]

8. Shade the correct region in each Venn diagram.

[2]

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9. Tomas has two cars.
(a) The value, today, of one car is $21000.
The value of this car decreases exponentially by 18% each year.
Calculate the value of this car after 5 years.
Give your answer correct to the nearest hundred dollars.

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

(b) The value, today, of the other car is $15000.

The value of this car increases exponentially by 𝑥% each year.
After 12 years the value of the car will be $42190.
Calculate the value of 𝑥.

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

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10.

The diagram shows a rhombus.

(a) Write down the order of rotational symmetry.

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

(b) On the diagram, draw all the lines of symmetry.

[2]

11. Darpan runs a distance of 12km and then cycles a distance of 26km.
His running speed is x km/h and his cycling speed is 10km/h faster than his
running speed. He takes a total time of 2 hours 48 minutes.
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(a) An expression for the time, in hours, Darpan takes to run the 12 km is .
x
Write an equation, in terms of x, for the total time he takes in hours.

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

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 (b) Show that this equation simplifies to 7𝑥 2 − 25𝑥 − 300 = 0.

[4]

(c) Use the quadratic formula to solve 7𝑥 2 − 25𝑥 − 300 = 0.

You must show all your working.

𝑥 = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............. [4]

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(d) Calculate the number of minutes Darpan takes to run the 12km.

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

12. Using a straight edge and compasses only, construct the equilateral triangle

ABC. The base AB has been drawn for you.

[2]

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13. Solve

1 9
+ =1
𝑥+1 𝑥+9

𝑥 = .............................. or 𝑥 = .............................. [5]

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14. The fares for a train journey are shown in the table below.

(a) For the standard fare, write the ratio adult fare: child fare in its simplest form.

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

(b) For an adult, find the percentage increase in the cost of the standard fare to
the premier fare.

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

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 (c) For one journey from London to Marseille,
the ratio number of adults: number of children = 11: 2.
There were 220 adults in total on this journey.
All of the children and 70% of the adults paid the standard fare.
The remaining adults paid the premier fare.
Calculate the total of the fares paid by the adults and the children.

$ ................................................... [5]

15. A train takes 35 seconds to completely cross a bridge.

The average speed of the train during this crossing is 90km/h.
The length of the train is 95 metres.
Calculate the length, in metres, of this bridge

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

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16. Factorise completely.

(a) 15p2 q2 − 25q3

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

(b) 4fg + 6gh + 10fk + 15hk

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

(c) 81k 2 − m2

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

17. Simplify

(a) (5𝑥𝑦 2 )3

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

− 13
27𝑥12
(b) ( )
64𝑦3

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

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18. A dressmaker measures a length of fabric as 600m, correct to the nearest
5 metres.
He cuts this into dress lengths of 9m, correct to the nearest metre.
Calculate the largest number of complete dress lengths he could cut.

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

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(a) Write down the mathematical name for the type of angle a.

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

(b) Measure angle a

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

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20. (a) Factorise 𝑦 2 + 5𝑦 − 84

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

(b)

The area of the rectangle is 84 𝑐𝑚2

Find the perimeter.

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

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21. Simplify

𝑥 2 − 25
𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 − 35

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

22. On a map with scale 1: 25000, the area of a lake is 33.6 square centimetres.

Calculate the actual area of the lake, giving your answer in square kilometres.

................................................... km2 [2]

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23. 𝑥 is an integer.

A = {𝑥 ∶ 𝑥 is an odd number}
B = {𝑥 ∶ 𝑥 is a multiple of 3}
C = {𝑥 ∶ 𝑥 is a prime number}

(a) Complete the Venn diagram to show this information. [3]

(b) List the elements of

(i) 𝐴 ∩ 𝐶
……………………………………………..[1]
′
(ii) (𝐵 ∩ 𝐶)

…………………………………………….[1]
(c) Find n(A ∩ B ∩ C).

…………………………………………….[1]

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24. 𝑦 is directly proportional to (𝑥 − 1)2 .
When 𝑥 = 5, 𝑦 = 4.
Find 𝑦 when 𝑥 = 7.

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

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