MrJacksonMaths GCSE Foundation A
MrJacksonMaths GCSE Foundation A
For Edexcel
GCSE Mathematics
Paper 1A (Non-Calculator)
Foundation Tier
Time: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Materials required
Ruler, protractor, compasses,
pen, pencil, eraser.
Tracin paper ma! "e used.
Instructions and Information for Candidates
#rite !our name in the "o$ at the top o% the pae.
Ans&er all the 'uestions in the spaces pro(ided in this 'uestion paper.
The mar)s %or each 'uestion and %or each part o% a 'uestion are sho&n in "rac)ets.
The total num"er o% mar)s %or this paper is 100. There are *+ 'uestions in this paper.
Calculators must not be used.
Advice to Candidates
,ho& all staes in an! calculation.
#or) steadil! throuh the paper. -o not spend too lon on one 'uestion.
.% !ou cannot ans&er a 'uestion, lea(e it and attempt the ne$t one.
Return at the end to those !ou ha(e le%t out.
Written by Shaun Armstrong
Only to be copied for use in the purchaser's school or college
EF1A 09 age 1 ! "hurchill #aths $imited
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GCSE Mathematics
/ormulae: /oundation Tier
Area of a trapezium 0
1
*
(a 1 b)h
olume of a prism 0 area o% cross section lenth
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cross
lenth
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300 400 500 600 700
10 30 *0 50 40
0 * 1 3 5
Ans#er A$$ T%E&T' EIG(T questions.
%rite )our ans#ers in the spaces provided.
'ou must #rite do#n all the sta*es in )our #or+in*.
'ou must &,T use a calculator.
". (a)
#rite do&n the num"er sho&n "! the arro&.
88888888
-".
(")
#rite do&n the num"er sho&n "! the arro&.
88888888
-".
(c)
-ra& an arro& on the diaram to sho& the num"er 370.
-".
-Total / mar+s.
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3+
b
a
0. -iaram &,T
accuratel! dra&n
(a) (i) #or) out the si9e o% anle a.
88888888
(ii) :i(e a reason %or !our ans&er.
8888888888888888888888888888888
8888888888888888888888888888888
-0.
(") (i) #or) out the si9e o% anle b.
88888888
(ii) :i(e a reason %or !our ans&er.
8888888888888888888888888888888
8888888888888888888888888888888
-/.
-Total 1 mar+s.
EF1A 09 age ' ! "hurchill #aths $imited
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!/
!2
/. The radius o% the ;oon is 1737 )m.
(a) #rite the num"er 1737 in &ords.
888888888888888888888888888888888
888888888888888888888888888888888
-".
The a(erae distance o% the ;oon %rom the <arth is three hundred and eiht!-%our
thousand, three hundred and ninet!-nine )ilometres.
(") #rite the num"er three hundred and ei*ht)3four thousand4 three hundred and
ninet)3nine in %iures.
8888888888
-".
-Total 0 mar+s.
2. (a) (i) #rite the num"er 6+34 correct to the nearest hundred.
8888888888
(ii) #rite the num"er 30.16 correct to 1 decimal place.
8888888888
-0.
(") #rite each roup o% num"ers in order o% si9e.
,tart &ith the smallest num"er.
(i) 7 =* =+ 3
888888888888888888
(ii) 0.+4 0.0> 0.4+ 0.135
888888888888888888
-0.
-Total 2 mar+s.
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1. The incomplete pictoram sho&s the num"er o% letters recei(ed "! ;r. 3ro&n on each
da! in one &ee).
?e!: represents * letters
(a) #rite do&n the num"er o% letters ;r. 3ro&n recei(ed on
(i) ;onda!,
88888888
(ii) #ednesda!.
88888888
-0.
;r. 3ro&n recei(ed + letters on /rida!.
(") ,ho& this on the pictoram.
-".
;r. 3ro&n recei(ed a total o% 3* letters in the &ee).
(c) #or) out ho& man! letters he recei(ed on ,aturda!.
88888888
-0.
-Total 1 mar+s.
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;onda!
Tuesda!
Thursda!
#ednesda!
/rida!
,aturda!
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!5
!6
5. -iaram &,T
accuratel! dra&n
#or) out the (olume o% this prism made %rom centimetre cu"es.
88888888 cm
3
-Total 0 mar+s.
6. #or) out
(a) 4 1 * = >
8888888888
-".
(") 3 6 1 5
8888888888
-".
(c) *0 = + *
8888888888
-0.
-Total 2 mar+s.
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!7
!8
7. A "a contains 3 red counters, 4 "lue counters and * !ello& counters.
A counter is pic)ed at random %rom the "a.
#or) out the pro"a"ilit! that the counter pic)ed is
(a) red,
8888888888
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(") not red,
8888888888
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(c) reen.
8888888888
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-Total / mar+s.
8. Tari'@s "ic!cle has three ears.
The num"ers o% teeth on the ears are in the ratio 4 : 6 : 7
.n total there are 36 teeth on the ears.
#or) out ho& man! teeth are on the middle ear.
88888888
-Total / mar+s.
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!""
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"9. =1 x A 3
x is an inteer.
#rite do&n all the possi"le (alues o% x.
888888888888
-Total 0 mar+s.
"". The ta"le sho&s the temperature recorded at (arious times in one da!.
Time + am 10 am 1* noon * pm 5 pm 6 pm
Temperature =3 C 1 C 5 C 4 C 3 C =1 C
(a) Bo& much did the temperature increase "! "et&een + am and 10 amC
8888888888 C
-".
(") Bo& much did the temperature decrease "! "et&een * pm and 6 pmC
8888888888 C
-".
The temperature decreased "! 3 C "et&een 6 pm and + pm.
(c) #or) out the temperature at + pm.
8888888888 C
-".
-Total / mar+s.
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T
:
;
S
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"0.
,i$ riht-anled trianles are sho&n on the rid.
(a) #hich t&o trianles are conruentC
88888 and 88888
-".
(") (i) #hich trianle is an enlarement o% trianle :=
8888888
(ii) #rite do&n the scale %actor o% the enlarement.
8888888
-0.
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(c) Dn the rid, rotate the shaded trianle >0 cloc)&ise a"out the point mar)ed &ith
a cross.
-0.
-Total 1 mar+s.
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"/. The ta"le i(es in%ormation a"out the num"er o% "edrooms in 7*0 houses.
&umber of
>edrooms
Frequenc)
1 100
* 3*0
3 *50
5 60
-ra& an accurate pie chart to sho& this in%ormation.
-Total 2 mar+s.
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"2. Bere are some %ractions.
1
*
1
5
7
+
3
5
1
4
*
3
#rite do&n the %raction %rom this list that is
(a) the larest,
8888888888
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(") e'ual to 74E,
8888888888
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(c) closest in (alue to
3
4
,
8888888888
-".
(d) closest in (alue to 0.*3
8888888888
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-Total 2 mar+s.
EF1A 09 age 1& ! "hurchill #aths $imited
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#eiht o% potatoes (w ))
0 0.4 1.4 1.0 *.0 *.4 3.0
0
10
30
*0
50
/re'uenc!
!"1
"1. A supermar)et records the &eiht (w )) o% loose potatoes "ouht "! 100 customers.
The results are sho&n in the ta"le.
#eiht o% potatoes (w )) /re'uenc!
0.4 A w 1.0 6
1.0 A w 1.4 *1
1.4 A w *.0 35
*.0 A w *.4 *3
*.4 A w 3.0 16
(a) #hat percentae o% these customers "ouht more than *.4 ) o% potatoesC
8888888 E
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The median &eiht o% potatoes "ouht lies in the inter(al 1.4 A w *.0
(") <$plain ho& !ou can tell this %rom the ta"le.
888888888888888888888888888888888
888888888888888888888888888888888
888888888888888888888888888888888
-".
(c) Dn the rid, dra& a %re'uenc! diaram to represent the data in the ta"le.
-0.
-Total 2 mar+s.
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"5. Bere are some patterns made &ith dots.
Pattern num"er 1 Pattern num"er * Pattern num"er 3
(a) .n the space "elo&, dra& Pattern num"er 5.
-".
(") Bo& man! dots &ill there "e in
(i) Pattern num"er 4,
8888888888
(ii) Pattern num"er 10.
8888888888
-0.
(c) /ind an e$pression, in terms o% n, %or the num"er o% dots in Pattern num"er n.
8888888888
-/.
-Total 5 mar+s.
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!"7
"6. Ric) is i(en these %our num"er cards.
(a) ,ho& ho& he can use three o% the cards to ma)e this a correct calculation.
-0.
(") ,ho& ho& he can use all %our cards to ma)e this a correct calculation.
-0.
-Total 2 mar+s.
"7. There are * roups in the %inal o% a school Battle of the Bands competition.
<ach student in classes 11 F, 11 ? and 11 2 can (ote to decide the &inner.
The t&o-&a! ta"le sho&s in%ormation a"out the num"er o% (otes each "and recei(ed.
Complete the t&o-&a! ta"le.
-Total 0 mar+s.
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* > 7 4
3 0
1 6+ 0
11 F 11 2 11 ? Total
Total
Creeper
The /use
1*
*4
11
14
*>
37
+5
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!"8
6 cm
3 cm
!09
"8. -iaram &,T
accuratel! dra&n
The diaram sho&s a riht-anled trianle.
(a) #or) out the area o% the trianle.
8888888888 cm
*
-0.
The trianle is the cross-section o% a prism o% lenth + cm.
(") #or) out the (olume o% the prism.
8888888888 cm
3
-0.
-Total 2 mar+s.
09. (a) #rite do&n the (alue o%
>
88888888
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(") #rite 4
*
4
5
as a po&er o% 4
88888888
-".
-Total 0 mar+s.
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!0"
=6
=5
O
=*
*
5
6
y
=* =1 1 * 3 x
0". (a) Dn the rid, dra& the raph o% y 0 *x = 3
-/.
(") Gse !our raph to sol(e the e'uation *x = 3 0 1.5
x 0 8888888888
-".
-Total 2 mar+s.
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!00
!0/
00. (a) #or) out 540 = 136
8888888888
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(") #or) out an estimate %or
10.* 7.+6
+.+> 4.>
8888888888
-0.
-Total / mar+s.
0/. (a) <$pand 3(x 1 5)
8888888888
-".
(") /actorise y
*
1 7y
8888888888
-".
(c) #or) out the (alue o% *p = 3q &hen p 0 1* and q 0 4.
8888888888
-0.
-Total 2 mar+s.
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!02
0
4
14
10
*0
Ae
(da!s)
0 *0 60 50 +0 100 1*0
Beiht
(cm)
02. The ta"le sho&s the ae in da!s and the heihts in centimetres o% eiht plants.
Ae (da!s) 36 114 6+ *3 101 64 3+ >1
Beiht (cm) 11.4 *0.* 16.7 7.6 1>.3 1*.+ 10.4 16.3
The %irst si$ pairs o% (alues ha(e "een plotted on the scatter raph "elo&.
(a) Plot the last t&o pairs o% (alues on the scatter raph.
-".
(") Gse !our raph to estimate the ae o% another plant o% the same t!pe &hen it
reached a heiht o% 14 cm.
88888888da!s
-0.
-Total / mar+s.
EF1A 09 age %0 ! "hurchill #aths $imited
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!01
!05
x
C B
A
35
01. -iaram &,T
accuratel! dra&n
.n the diaram, AB 0 AC and anle ABC 0 35.
/ind the si9e o% the anle mar)ed x.
88888888
-Total / mar+s.
05. #or) out 5
1
4
= 1
*
3
88888888
-Total / mar+s.
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!07
!06
A C
B
06.
ABC is a trianle.
,hade the reion inside the trianle &hich is nearer to point A than point C and less
than 4 cm %rom the point C.
-Total 2 mar+s.
07. ,ol(e
(i) *t = 1 0 1>
t 0 8888888888
-0.
(ii) 4p 1 > 0 p = 3
p 0 8888888888
-/.
-Total 1 mar+s.
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