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1. Annasara receives 32% of the money. 2. The mean number of sweets in the boxes is 9. 3. After 3 years the value of the car is £33438.

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Practice GCSE Maths Paper

1. Annasara receives 32% of the money. 2. The mean number of sweets in the boxes is 9. 3. After 3 years the value of the car is £33438.

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1. Donatella, Annasara and Sky share some money.

Donatella takes 2/10 of the money.

Annasara and Sky share the rest of the money in the ratio 2:3.

What percentage does Annasara receive?

(Total for Question 1 is 4 marks)

2. There are 24 packets of sweets and 12 boxes of sweets in a delivery parcel.

The mean number of sweets in all the packets and boxes is 23.

The mean number of sweets in all the packets is 30.

Work out the mean number of sweets in the boxes.

(Total for Question 2 is 3 marks)


3. Kirsty buys a car for £39000.

The value of the car depreciates by 5% each year.

Work out the value of the car after 3 years.

(Total for Question 3 is 3 marks)

4. There are 3 times as many black pens as white pens and 5 times as many white pens
as brown pens in a box.

Write down the ratio of the number of black pens to white pens to brown pens.

(Total for Question 4 is 2 marks)


5. There are 40 counters in a bag.

34 of the counters are pink.

6 of the counters are purple.

Marcia takes two of the counters at random.

Work out the probability that the two counters are different colours.

(Total for Question 5 is 4 marks)


6.

ABC and EDC are straight lines.

EA is parallel to DB.

EC = 5.4 m. DC = 3.6 m.

DB = 1.2 m. AC = 6.3 m.

a) Work out the length of AE.

b) Work out the length of AB.


(Total for Question 6 is 4 marks)
7. On Thursday, some adults and children were at the theatre.

The ratio of the number of adults to children was 2:3.

Each person had a seat in the Circle or had a seat in the Stalls.
5⁄ of the children had seats in the Stalls.
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52 children had seats in the Circle.

There are exactly 700 seats in the theatre.

On this particular Thursday, were there people on more than 50% of the seats?

You must show how you get your answer.

(Total for Question 7 is 5 marks)

8. The total surface area of a cube is 726 km².

Work out the volume of the cube.


(Total for Question 8 is 3 marks)
9. The table shows the probabilities that a biased six-sided dice will land on the
numbers one to six.

The probability of rolling a 1 is missing from the table.

Number on dice 1 2 3 4 5 6
Probability 0.13 0.13 0.12 0.19 0.26

Nicola rolls the biased dice 200 times.

Work out an estimate for the total number of times the dice will land on a 1 or a 6.

(Total for Question 9 is 3 marks)

10. Umar buy a pack of 8 bottles of cola.

The pack costs £3.20.

Umar sells all the bottles for 50p each.

Work out Umar's percentage profit.

Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

(Total for Question 10 is 3 marks)


11. A plane is travelling at a speed of 297 miles per hour.

Work out an estimate for the number of seconds the plane takes to travel 1 mile.

State whether your answer is an overestimate or underestimate. You must give a


reason.

(Total for Question 11 is 3 marks)

12. M is the point on a line segment AB such that AM:MB = 2:3.

A is the point (4, -1).

M is the point (10, -5).

Find the coordinates of B.

(Total for Question 12 is 3 marks)


13. 30% of a number is 120.

Work out the number.

(Total for Question 13 is 2 marks)

14. The table shows the probabilities that a biased six-sided dice will land on the
numbers one to six.

The probability of rolling a 2 is missing from the table.

Number on dice 1 23 4 5 6
Probability 0.18 0.15 0.18 0.24 0.14

Robinder rolls the biased dice 250 times.

Work out an estimate for the total number of times the dice will land on a 2 or a 4.

(Total for Question 14 is 3 marks)


15. Work out 2.16 × 3.7.

(Total for Question 15 is 3 marks)

16. The total surface area of a cube is 864 mm².

Work out the volume of the cube.

(Total for Question 16 is 3 marks)


17. Ghadi travels from the UK to France every year.

In 2004, the exchange rate was £1 = 1.4€.

In 2007, the exchange rate was £1 = 1.49€.

In 2004 Ghadi changed £900 into euros.

How many pounds did Ghadi have to change in 2007 to get the same number of
euros as she did in 2004?

(Total for Question 17 is 3 marks)

18. The total surface area of a cube is 1350 km².

Work out the volume of the cube.

(Total for Question 18 is 3 marks)


19. A bonus of £3000 is shared by 15 people who work for a company.

40% of the bonus is shared equally between 5 managers.

The rest of the bonus is shared equally between 10 salesmen.

A salesmen says, "If the bonus is shared equally between all 15 people I will get at
least 15% more money."

Is the salesman correct? Show how you get your answer.

(Total for Question 19 is 5 marks)

20. Elera and Charlotte cycled along the same 80 km route.

Elera took 2 hours to cycle the 80 km.

Charlotte started to cycle 15 minutes after Elera started to cycle.

Charlotte caught up with Elera when they had both cycled 20 km.

Elera and Charlotte both cycled at constant speeds.

Work out Charlotte's speed.


(Total for Question 20 is 5 marks)
Mark Scheme - Total Marks: 67
Question 1 (4 marks) Question 11 (3 marks)

After Donatella takes her share there is 80% left. 1 hour is 60 × 60 = 3600 seconds.

There 2 + 3 = 5 parts to share between Annasara and 297 ≈ 300.


Sky.
Estimated time to travel 1 mile is 3600 ÷ 300 = 12
80% ÷ 5 = 16% per part. seconds.

Annasara receives 16 × 2 = 32% of the money. This is an underestimate as the speed has been
rounded up.
Question 2 (3 marks)
Question 12 (3 marks)
Total sweets = 23 × (24 + 12) = 828
A(4, -1), (7, -3), M(10, -5), (13, -7), (16, -9), B(19,
Total sweets in packets = 30 × 24 = 720 -11).
Total sweets in boxes = 828 - 720 = 108 B is the point (19, -11).
Mean sweets per box = 108 ÷ 12 = 9 Question 13 (2 marks)
Question 3 (3 marks) 10% is given by 120 ÷ 3 = 40.

39000 × 0.953 = £33438 100% is 40 × 10 = 400.

Question 4 (2 marks) Question 14 (3 marks)

The ratio of black pens to white pens is 3:1. P(Rolling a 2) = 1 - 0.89 = 0.11.

The ratio of white pens to brown pens is 5:1. P(Rolling a 2 or 4) = 0.11 + 0.18 = 0.29.

So the ratio of black pens to white pens to brown pens 250 × 0.29 = 72.5.
is 15:5:1.
Robinder can expect to roll a 2 or a 4 an estimated 73
Question 5 (4 marks) times.

P(pink and purple) = 34/40 × 6/39 = 204/1560


Question 15 (3 marks)
2.16 × 3.7 = 7.992.
P(purple and pink) = 6 /40 × 34/39 = 204/1560
Question 16 (3 marks)
P(different colours) = 408/1560
The area of one face is 864 ÷ 6 = 144 mm².
Question 6 (4 marks)
The side length of the cube is √144 = 12 mm.
a) Length scale factor is 5.4 ÷ 3.6 = 1.5. The total volume is 12 × 12 × 12 = 1728 mm³.
AE = 1.2 × 1.5 = 1.8 m.
Question 17 (3 marks)
b) BC = 6.3 ÷ 1.5 = 4.2 m.
AB = 6.3 - 4.2 = 2.1 m. Total euros in 2004 was 900 × 1.4 = 1260.00€.

Question 7 (5 marks) Total pounds needed in 2007 was 1260.00 ÷ 1.49 =


£845.64.
1⁄ represents the 52 children in the Circle so 5⁄6
6
Question 18 (3 marks)
represents the 260 children in the stalls.

There were 52 + 260 = 312 children in total which The area of one face is 1350 ÷ 6 = 225 km².
represents 3 parts of the total number of people.
The side length of the cube is √225 = 15 km.
One part represents 312 ÷ 3 = 104 people so there The total volume is 15 × 15 × 15 = 3375 km³.
were 104 × 2 = 208 adults.

There were 208 + 312 = 520 people in total at the Question 19 (5 marks)
theatre.
Currently the bonus would be spilt as follows:
50% of 700 = 350 seats.
Managers receive 5 × £240.

Yes, more than 50% of the seats were taken. Salesmen receive 10 × £180.

Question 8 (3 marks) 15% of £180 = £27.

Salesman bonus + 15% = £207.


The area of one face is 726 ÷ 6 = 121 km².
If the bonus was divided equally each person would
The side length of the cube is √121 = 11 km. receive £200.

The total volume is 11 × 11 × 11 = 1331 km³. No, the salesman is not correct.

Question 9 (3 marks) Question 20 (5 marks)


Elera's speed = 40 km/h.
P(Rolling a 1) = 1 - 0.83 = 0.17.
Elera's time for 20 km = 30 minutes.
P(Rolling a 1 or 6) = 0.17 + 0.26 = 0.43.
Charlotte's time for 20 km = 15 minutes.
200 × 0.43 = 86.

Nicola can expect to roll a 1 or a 6 an estimated 86 Charlotte's speed = 80 km/h.


times.

Question 10 (3 marks)

Umar paid £3.20 ÷ 8 = 40p per bottle.

He made 50 - 40 = 10p proft per bottle.

Percentage profit is s10⁄40 × 100 = 25%.

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