Maths Exam Questions
Maths Exam Questions
Mathematics A
Paper 2F
Foundation Tier
Thursday 9 June 2016 – Morning Paper Reference
4MA0/2F
Time: 2 hours KMA0/2F
Instructions
• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
• centre
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
number and candidate number.
• Withoutallsufficient
Answer questions.
• Answer the questions working, correct answers may be awarded no marks.
• – there may be more spacein the spaces provided
than you need.
• You must NOT write anything on the formulae page.
Calculators may be used.
• Anything you write on the formulae page will gain NO credit.
Information
• The total mark for this paper is 100.
• –Theusemarks for each question are shown in brackets
this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
Advice
• Check
Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
• your answers if you have time at the end.
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International GCSE MATHEMATICS
FORMULAE SHEET – FOUNDATION TIER
adj opp
or sin cross
hyp section
h
adj lengt
opp
tan
adj
Circumference of circle = 2 r
Area of circle = r2
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Answer ALL TWENTY TWO questions.
1 10 13 16 21 27 30 33 36
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(ii) a factor of 90
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Two of the numbers in the box give 20 when written correct to the nearest 10
(b) Write down these two numbers.
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Two of the numbers in the box give 429 when multiplied together.
(c) Write down these two numbers.
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2 The bar chart shows the number of gold medals won by each of five countries at the 2014
Winter Olympic Games.
(1)
(b) Which country won 11 gold medals?
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Belarus won 5 gold medals.
(c) Draw a bar on the bar chart to show this information.
(1)
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(e) Find the ratio of the number of gold medals won by Canada to the number of gold
medals won by France.
Give your ratio in its simplest form.
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3 (a) Write down the mathematical name of this 3-D shape.
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(b) (i) Write down the mathematical name of this 3-D shape.
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Here is a solid prism made from centimetre cubes.
Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
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4 The table shows the daytime highest temperature and the daytime lowest temperature for
each of five places in Germany on one day in December.
1 –2 –5 0 –12
(a) Write these numbers in order of size.
Start with the smallest number.
(1)
(b) What temperature is halfway between 4qC and –2qC?
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(c) What temperature is 10qC lower than the daytime highest temperature in Munich?
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(d) For which place in the table is there the greatest difference between the
daytime highest temperature and the daytime lowest temperature?
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5 The diagram shows a quadrilateral ABCD on a centimetre grid.
y
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D C
A B
–4 –3 –2 –1 O 1 2 3 4 x
–1
(ii) point D.
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(b) Write down the equation of the line AB.
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(c) Work out the area of quadrilateral ABCD.
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6 Sophia buys
2 balls of wool
input +7 ×8 output
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(b) Work out the input when the output is 136
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8 The clock face shows the time in the afternoon when Jacques left school.
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11 1
10 2
9 3
8 4
7 5
6
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Jacques took 55 minutes to get home from school.
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Later that evening Jacques did his homework.
He started his homework at 18 35
He did not stop until he finished his homework at 20 15
(c) How long did it take Jacques to do his homework?
Give your answer in minutes.
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9 The pie chart shows information about the favourite film type chosen by each of the
students at a sixth form college.
romance
comedy
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(b) By measuring the appropriate angle, work out how many students chose “action” as
their favourite film type.
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10 Amit has two fair spinners, spinner A and spinner B.
Spinner A has three sections, numbered 1, 2 and 4
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2 5
3
1
4 1
2
Spinner A Spinner B
1 2 3 5
1 2 3
2 5
4 9
(2)
(b) Find the probability that the total is
(i) 5
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11 Write these fractions in order of size.
Start with the smallest fraction.
7 10 13 16 19
(1)
(b) Explain how you found your answer.
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(d) Explain why 60 cannot be a term of the sequence.
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13 (a) Solve 4p + 7 = 12
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(b) Solve 8y – 18 = 3( y + 3)
Show clear algebraic working.
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14 In a sale, all normal prices are reduced by 20%
(a) The normal price of a television set is 485 euros.
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(3)
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4.5 × 8.43
15 (a) (i) Work out the value of
7.4 + 2.3
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(b) Find the cube root of 9261
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43 + 62 = 10 x
(c) Find the value of x
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E Diagram NOT
C 63q
D
qq
F G
EFG is a triangle.
AB is parallel to CD.
(a) Write down the value of p
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(b) Write down the value of q
Diagram NOT
3xq 139q accurately drawn
164q xq
97q 156q
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17 (a) Simplify 7×e×2×d
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(1)
(b) Simplify m5 × m2
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(c) Simplify c11 ÷ c3
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(d) Simplify (a5)3
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(e) Expand and simplify 4(2x + 3) + 2(x + 5)
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y
–4 –3 –2 –1 O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 x
–1
–2
–3
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(3)
(b) On the grid, translate triangle A 5 units in the positive x direction and 4 units in the
negative y direction.
Label the new shape C.
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y
6
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5
4
3
D
2
1
–4 –3 –2 –1 O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 x
–1
–2
–3
–4
–5
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(c) On the grid, rotate triangle D 90q anticlockwise with centre (3, 1)
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19 Express 560 as a product of powers of its prime factors.
Show your working clearly.
Work out an estimate for the total amount of money raised by the students in class 9Y.
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£. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Total for Question 20 is 3 marks)
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21 (a) Complete the table of values for y = x 2 – 4x + 2
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x –1 0 1 2 3 4 5
y 2 –2 –1
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(b) On the grid, draw the graph of y = x 2 – 4x + 2 for all values of x from –1 to 5
y
8
7
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–2 –1 O 1 2 3 4 5 6 x
–1
–2
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–3
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C
60 cm
A 13.5 cm B
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(b) The length of AB is 13.5 cm correct to 3 significant figures.
Write down the lower bound of the length of AB.
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