Mathematics: analysis and approaches
Standard level
Paper 1
15 May 2025
Zone A afternoon Zone B afternoon Zone C afternoon
Candidate session number
1 hours 30 minutes
Instructions to candidates
Write your session number in the boxes above.
Do not open this examination paper until instructed to do so.
You are not permitted access to any calculator for this paper.
Section A: answer all questions. Answers must be written within the answer boxes provided.
Section B: answer all questions in the answer booklet provided. Fill in your session number on
the front of the answer booklet, and attach it to this examination paper and your cover
sheet using the tag provided.
Unless otherwise stated in the question, all numerical answers should be given exactly or
correct to three significant figures.
A clean copy of the mathematics: analysis and approaches SL formula booklet is required
for this paper.
The maximum mark for this examination paper is [80 marks].
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for a correct method, provided this is shown by written working. You are therefore advised to show all
working.
Section A
Answer all questions. Answers must be written within the answer boxes provided. Working may be
continued below the lines, if necessary.
1. [Maximum mark: 5]
Consider a geometric sequence {𝑢𝑛} satisfying 𝑢3 = 9 and 𝑆3 = 𝑢1 + 𝑢2 + 𝑢3 = 13
Find the first term 𝑢1 and the common ratio r.
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2. [Maximum mark: 7]
Solve the equation
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3.
Evaluate:
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4. [Maximum mark: 6]
A box contains 4 red balls and 2 green balls. Two balls are drawn at random
(a) Let A be the event that the first ball drawn is red, and B be the event that the second
ball drawn is green. Find [3]
(b) Let C be the event that exactly one of the two balls drawn is red. Find [3]
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5. [Maximum mark: 5]
Find the coefficient of 𝑥3 in the expansion of
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6. [Maximum mark: 7]
The following diagram shows triangle ABC, with AB = 5 , BC = x and AC = 2x .
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A
2x
x
B 5 C
Given that
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Give your answer in the form 2 where 𝑝, 𝑞, 𝑟 ∈ .
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Section B
Answer all questions in the answer booklet provided. Please start each question on a new page.
10. [Maximum mark: 15]
A sequence is defined recursively by 𝑢1 = 2, 𝑢𝑛+1 = 𝑟 ⋅ 𝑢𝑛 + 3, for 𝑛 ∈ ,𝑛 ≥ 1
where 𝑟 is a constant such that 𝑟 > 0.
(a) Write down the values of 𝑢2 and 𝑢3 in terms of 𝑟. [2]
(b) Show that 𝑢𝑛 can be written in the form 𝑢𝑛 = 𝐴 ⋅ 𝑟𝑛 + 𝐵, where 𝐴 and 𝐵 are constants. [5]
(c) Given that , find an expression for in terms of 𝑘, 𝑟. [4]
(d) The sum of the first 𝑘 terms of the sequence is 254 when 𝑟 = 2. Find the value of 𝑘. [4]
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11. [Maximum mark: 13]
A teacher randomly selects 5 students to sit a standardized test. Each student independently has a
probability of 0.7 of passing the test. Let X be the number of students who pass.
(a) State the probability distribution followed by X and calculate P(X = 3). [2]
(b) Calculate P(X ≥ 3). [2]
(c) Determine the expected value E(X) and the variance Var(X). [3]
(d) Let Y be the number of students tested until the first pass occurs. [3]
(i) State the probability distribution of Y.
(ii) Calculate P(Y = 1).
(iii) Calculate P(Y ≤ 3).
(e) Given that at least one student passes among the first four tested, find the conditional
probability that exactly two of those four students pass. [3]
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12. [Maximum mark: 17]
Let .
(a) Show that and hence find the coordinates of the stationary
points of . [4]
(b) Using the second derivative, classify each stationary point as a local maximum or a local
minimum. [3]
(c) Find the equation of the tangent to the curve at . [3]
(d) Sketch the graph , including all intercepts and stationary points [5]
(e) Calculate the exact area of the region enclosed by the curve . [2]
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