yr 10 predicted paper

Question 1 Write 0.31 as a fraction

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(1 mark)

Question 2 Write the number 6739 correct to the nearest hundred.

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(1 mark)

Question 3Simplify fully 7𝑎 + 3𝑎 − 4𝑎

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(1 mark)

Question 4 Write 14 as a decimal.

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(1 mark)

Question 5 Write down the smallest even cube number.

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(1 mark)

Question 6 The table shows part of a train timetable from Weymouth to London Waterloo.

Sally lives in Weymouth.

She has a meeting in Southampton at 12 00

When Sally arrives at Southampton she takes 25 minutes to travel to her meeting.

What is the time of the latest train she can take from Weymouth?

................ : ................

(1 mark)
Question 7 Ray and Clare are pupils at different schools.
They each did an investigation into their teachers’ favourite colours.

Here is Ray’s bar chart of his teachers’ favourite colours.

Write down two things that are wrong with Ray’s bar chart.

(2 marks)

Question 8 Work out the size of the angle marked 𝑥 .

°
𝑥 = ..........................

(2 marks)

Question 9 Work out the size of the angle marked 𝑦 .

°
𝑦 = ..........................

(2 marks)
Question 10 Nassim buys petrol from his local garage.
The garage has a diagram for converting gallons to litres.

Use the diagram to convert 2 gallons to litres.

.......................... litres

(1 mark)

Question 11 Solve 𝑥 − 3 = 12
𝑥 = ..........................

(1 mark)

Question 12 Solve 6𝑥 = 24
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(1 mark)

Question 13 Here is a cuboid. Calculate the volume of the cuboid.

.......................... 𝑐𝑚3

(2 marks)
Question 14 A letter is taken from Box A and a number is taken from Box B.

Write down all the possible outcomes.

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(2 marks)

Question 15 Tulips cost 85p each. Sara has £20 to spend on tulips.
She buys the greatest possible number of tulips.

Work out the number of tulips Sara buys.

.......................... tulips

(2 marks)

Question 16 The table gives information about the drinks sold in a cafe one day.
Complete the table in preparation for drawing a pie chart.

Drink Frequency Size of angle

Hot chocolate 20
Soup 15

Coffee 25

Tea 30

(3 marks)

Question 17 𝑤 = 3𝑥 + 4𝑦 𝑥=7 𝑦 = −1

Work out the value of 𝑤 .

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(2 marks)

Question 18 𝑇 = 2𝑚 + 30 𝑇 = 40

Work out the value of 𝑚 .

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(2 marks)
Question 19 Josh and Alice both play their guitars in a band.
The band plays for 90 minutes.

Josh plays his guitar for 80% of this time.

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Alice plays her guitar for 6 of this time.

Who plays the guitar for the longer time, Josh or Alice?

(3 marks)

Question 20 Write the ratio 21: 14 in its simplest form.

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(1 mark)

Question 21 A path is made of white tiles and grey tiles.

1
4
of the tiles are white. Write down the ratio of white tiles to grey tiles.

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(1 mark)

Question 22 Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle A onto triangle B.

(2 marks)
Question 23 In 2001, the club’s total income was £1000.
The club spent 60% of its total income on a hall.
It spent a further £250 on prizes.

Work out the ratio of the amount spent on the hall : the amount spent on prizes.

Give your answer in its simplest form.

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(3 marks)

Question 24 Write 136 as a product of its prime factors.

136 = ..........................

(3 marks)

Question 25 Simon can see two lights, light A and light B.

Light A flashes every 15 seconds. Light B flashes every 18 seconds.

At 10 pm, both lights flash at the same time.

How many more times will both lights flash at the same time in the next 4 minutes?

.......................... times

(3 marks)

Question 26 There are 60 students at a college.

20 students study both French and Spanish.
13 students study French but not Spanish.
A total of 43 students study Spanish.

Complete the Venn diagram for this information.

𝑎 = ............... 𝑏 = .................. 𝑐 = ................. 𝑑 = ..................

(3 marks)
Question 27 There are 60 students at a college.
20 students study both French and Spanish.
13 students study French but not Spanish.
A total of 43 students study Spanish.

Here is a completed Venn diagram for this information:

One of the students at the college is to be selected at random.

Write down the probability that this student studies neither French nor Spanish.

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(1 mark)

Question 28 100 adults were asked how they keep fit. Each adult goes to the gym or runs or cycles.
45 of these adults are female.
30 of the 52 adults who go to the gym are female.
35 adults run.
9 males cycle.

How many females run?

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(3 marks)

Question 30 £85.75 is being shared between Zayn and Edith in the ratio 3: 4 .

How much money would each of them get?

Zahn gets £ ..........................

Edith gets £ ..........................

(2 marks)

Question 31 The table shows some of the value os 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 − 1 for −2 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 1 .

Complete the table.

𝑥 -2 -1 -0.5 0 1
𝑦 = 𝑥2 + 𝑥 − 1 .................. -1 -1.25 .................. ..................
(2 marks)
Question 32
Complete the table of values for 𝑦 = 𝑥 3 + 3𝑥

𝑥 −2 −1 0 1 2
𝑦 −14 .................. 0 .................. ..................

(2 marks)

Question 33

Work out the value of 𝑥 .

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

.......................... cm

(3 marks)

Question 34

Calculate the size of angle 𝑓 .

.......................... °

(3 marks)
Question 35
The diagram shows a storage chest.
It is in the shape of a prism.

On the grid below, draw an accurate front elevation of the storage chest.
Use the scale 1 cm represents 20 cm and start from the dot.

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(2 marks)

Question 36

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(2 marks)
Question 37

DEF is a right-angled triangle.

DF = 13.5 cm and DE = 8.9 cm.
Calculate the length of EF.

.......................... cm

(3 marks)

Question 38
The shape below is a quarter-circle.

Determine its area, giving your answer to 3 significant figures.

.......................... 𝑐𝑚2
Answers

Question 1
31
100

Question 2
6700

Question 3
6𝑎

Question 4
0.25

Question 5
8

Question 6
10 ∶ 03

Question 7
"missing colour OR missing a colour OR colour is missing OR missing label OR one missing OR 1 missing OR 6 missing
OR six missing OR missing a number" and "missing colour OR missing a colour OR colour is missing OR missing label
OR one missing OR 1 missing OR 6 missing OR six missing OR missing a number"

Question 8
°
𝑥 = 145
Question 9
°
𝑦 = 56

Question 10
any value in the range 9 litres to 9.2 litres

Question 11
𝑥 = 15

Question 12
𝑥 = 4

Question 13
87.75 𝑐𝑚3

Question 14
P6 , Q2 , Q6 , R2 , R6

Question 15
23 tulips
Question 16
Drink Frequency Size of angle
Hot chocolate 20 80
Soup 15 60
Coffee 25 100
Tea 30 120

Question 17
𝑤 = 17

Question 18
𝑚 = 5

Question 19
Alice

Question 20
3∶ 2

Question 21
1∶ 3
Question 22
"rotation", "90" and "(-2, -1) OR (-2,-1) OR -2, -1 OR -2,-1"

Question 23
12 ∶ 5

Question 24
136 = 23 × 17

Question 25
2 times

Question 26
𝑎 = 13 and 𝑏 = 20 and 𝑐 = 23 and 𝑑 = 4

Question 27
4
60

Question 28
11
Question 29
9

Given that the line of best fit is drawn, the answer below differs to the accepted answer on DFM.

Question 30
Zahn gets £ 36.75 and Edith gets £ 49

Question 31
𝑥 -2 -1 -0.5 0 1
𝑦 = 𝑥2 + 𝑥 − 1 1 -1 -1.25 -1 1

Question 32
𝑥 −2 −1 0 1 2
𝑦 −14 -4 0 4 14

Question 33
5.13 cm
Question 34
°
47.0

Question 35

Question 36

Question 37
10.2 cm

Question 38
12.6 𝑐𝑚2