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Official 2019 Paper 2

20 questions · 75 min · Difficulty 46

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  1. Question 1Find the coefficient of the x^4 term in the expansion of x^2(2x+frac1x)^6
  2. Question 2(2x+1) and (x-2) are factors of 2x^3+px^2+q. What is the value of 2p+q?
  3. Question 3a, b and c are real numbers. Given that ab=ac, which of the following statements must be true? - I a=0 - II b=0 or c=0 - III b=c
  4. Question 4Consider the following conjecture: > If N is a positive integer that consists of the digit 1 followed by an odd number of 0 digits and then…
  5. Question 5Consider the following statement about the positive integers a, b and n: > (*): ab is divisible by n The condition either a or b is…
  6. Question 6A student attempts to solve the equation cos x+sin xtan x=2sin x-1 in the range 0≤ x≤2π. The student's attempt is as follows: cos x+sin…
  7. Question 7For which one of the following statements can the fact that 12^2+16^2=20^2 be used to produce a counterexample?
  8. Question 8a, b and c are real numbers with a 0 - III dfrac cb>dfrac ab
  9. Question 9A large circular table has 40 chairs round it. What is the smallest number of people who can be sitting at the table already such that the…
  10. Question 10PQRS is a quadrilateral, labelled anticlockwise. Which one of the following is a necessary but not sufficient condition for PQRS to be a…
  11. Question 11An arithmetic series has n terms, all of which are integers. The sum of the series is 20. Which of the following statements must be true? -…
  12. Question 12Most students in a large college study Mathematics. A teacher chooses three different students at random, one after the other. Consider…
  13. Question 13A student approximates the integral ∫_a^bsin^2 x d x using the trapezium rule with 4 strips. The resulting approximation is an…
  14. Question 14Consider the following statements about the polynomial p(x), where a<b: - I p(a)≤ p(b) - II p'(a)≤ p'(b) - III p"(a)≤ p"(b) Which of these…
  15. Question 15The numbers a, b and c are each greater than 1. The following logarithms are all to the same base: log(ab^2c)=7 log(a^2bc^2)=11…
  16. Question 16The graph of the quadratic y=px^2+qx+p where p>0, intersects the x-axis at two distinct points. In which one of the following graphs does…
  17. Question 17A multiple-choice test question offered the following four options relating to a certain statement: Given that exactly one of these options…
  18. Question 18Consider the following inequality: (*): a|x|+1≤|x-2| where a is a real constant. Which one of the following describes the complete set of…
  19. Question 19Find the value of the expression √(8-4√2+1)+√(9-12√2+8)
  20. Question 20When the graph of the function y=f(x), defined on the real numbers, is reflected in the y-axis and then translated by 2 units in the…