GCSE Mathematics

Practice Booklet Set 2

Paper 3 (Calculator)

Foundation Tier

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 Answer ALL questions.
Write your answers in the spaces provided.
You must write down all the stages of your working.

1. a) Write down the value of 7 in the number 1074

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(1 mark)
b) Write down the value of 3 in the number 16.35

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(1 mark)

2. There are 15 pencils in a pack and 40 pens in a box.

What is the smallest amount of packs of pencils and boxes of pens you would need
to buy to have the same amount of each?

Packs of pencils ………………………..

Boxes of pens ………………………..

(3 marks)

3. Find the highest common factor (HCF) 0f 72 and 90

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(2 marks)

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4. A washing machine costs £640 plus 20% VAT
James pays a £68 deposit and the rest in 10 equal monthly instalments
Work out the cost of each monthly payment.

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(4 marks)

5. a) 6.4 has been rounded to one decimal place.

Write the error interval.
…………… ≤ 6.4 < …………..
(2 marks)
b) 6.4 has been truncated to one decimal place.
Write the error interval.

…………… ≤ 6.4 < …………..

(2 marks)

3 4.3×𝑡𝑎𝑛39𝑜
6. a) Work out √
23.4−6.06

Write down all the digits on your calculator display.

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(2 marks)
b) Round your answer to part (a) to 2 decimal places.
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(1 mark)

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7. James works in a restaurant.
The table gives his rates of pay.

Day Rate of pay

Monday to Friday £8.40 per hour

Weekend £11.20 per hour

James worked for 20 hours last week.

James worked 8 of these hours at the weekend.
Show that James was paid less than £200 last week.

(3 marks)

8. a) Change 265cm into metres

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b) Change 4.7kg into grams (1 mark)

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(1 mark)
c) Change 2400𝑚𝑚3 into 𝑐𝑚3

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(2 marks)

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9. Here is a number machine.

Input ×3 −4 Output

a) Work out the output when the input is 4.

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(1 mark)
b) Work out the input when the output is 11.

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(1 mark)
c) Show that there is a value of the input for which the output is the same value
as the input.

(2 marks)

30𝑥 2 𝑦 3
10. a) Simplify
6𝑥𝑦 2

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(2 marks)
b) Simplify (2𝑥 2 𝑦)3

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(2 marks)

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 𝑥
11. a) Make 𝑥 the subject of 𝑦 = + 5
3

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𝑥+5 (2 marks)
b) Make 𝑥 the subject of 𝑦 =
3

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(2 marks)

12. 𝑎 = 5𝑏 + 2𝑐
𝑏 = 3 and 𝑐 = −2

Find the value of 𝑎.

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(2 marks)

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13. Here is the graph of 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 − 4

a) Write down estimates for the roots of 𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 − 4 = 0

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(2 marks)
2
b) Write down the coordinates of the turning point of 𝑦 = 𝑥 − 2𝑥 − 4

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(1 mark)

14. a) Find an expression in terms of 𝑛 for the sequence: 3 , 7 , 11 , 15 , 19

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(2 marks)
b) Hence find the 50th term of the sequence in part (a)

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(1 mark)

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15. a) Find an expression in terms of 𝑛 for the sequence 6 , 11 , 16 , 21 , 26

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(2 marks)
b) Will 84 be in the sequence?
You must explain your answer.

(1 mark)

16. Find the nth term expression for the sequence 4 , 50 , 100 , 500

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(2 marks)

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17. The diagram shows a rectangular wall.

1.8m

6m

Frank is going to cover the wall with rectangular tiles.

Each tile is 60 cm by 30 cm.
3
of the tiles will be white.
5
Some of the tiles will be green.
The rest of the tiles will be blue.
The ratio of the number of green tiles to the number of blue tiles will be 1 : 3
Assuming there are no gaps between the tiles, how many tiles of each colour will
Frank need?

white tiles ...........................................................

green tiles ...........................................................
blue tiles ...........................................................

(5 marks)

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18. A house rises in value by 3%.
The value of the house increases by £7500.
Work out the value of the house before the increase.

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(2 marks)

19. Write the following numbers in ascending order.

1 6
0.3 28% 0.295
4 25

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(2 marks)

20. Share £240 in the ratio 5:7

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(2 marks)

21. Craig and Ian share some money in the ratio 8:3
Craig receives £32
How much does Ian receive?

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(2 marks)

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22. Emily and James share some money in the ratio 4:7
James receives £21 more than Emily.
How much do they share between them?

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(2 marks)

23. a:b is in the ratio 3:5

b:c is in the ratio 2:1
Work out the ratio a:b:c

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(2 marks)

24. Maria, Dylan and Kate share £3000

The ratio of the amount Maria gets to the amount Dylan gets is in the ratio 5:4
Kate gets 1.5 times the amount Dylan gets.
Work out the amount of money that Dylan gets.

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(4 marks)

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 25. A car has to travel 30 miles along a motorway in 24 minutes.
Will the car have to travel faster than 70mph to get there in 24 minutes?
You must show how you get your answer.

(3 marks)

25. David travels from Birmingham to Glasgow.

He drives at an average speed of 70mph for the first 3 hours.
He then drives a further 150 miles at an average speed of 30mph.
Work out his average speed from Birmingham to Glasgow.

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(4 marks)

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26. Julie drove from her home to the airport.
She waited at the airport and then drove home.
Here is the distance-time graph for her journey.
Distance from home (km)

Time of day

a) What is the distance from Julie’s home to the airport?

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b) How many minutes did it take Julie to get home from the airport? (1 mark)

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c) Work out Julie’s average speed on her journey home from the airport. (1 mark)
Give your answer in kilometres per hour.

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(3 marks)

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27. Robin is describing a shape to her friend Lilly.
Robin says,
“The shape has four sides. It only has one pair of parallel sides”
a) What shape is Robin describing?

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(1 mark)
Lilly then describes a shape.
Lilly says,
“The shape has four sides. It has two pairs of equal opposite sides. The opposite
sides are parallel.”
Robin says there are two possible shapes.
b) Is she correct? Explain your answer.

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(2 marks)

28. Here is a quadrilateral.

a) Write down the order of rotational symmetry of this quadrilateral.

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(1 mark)
b) Write down the number of lines of symmetry for this quadrilateral.

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(1 mark)

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29. Below is a circle with a diameter of 8cm

8cm

a) Work out the area of the circle.

Give your answer correct to 2 decimal places.

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(2 marks)
b) Work out the circumference of the circle.
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

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(2 marks)

30. Below is a cylinder with a base radius of 4cm and a height of 15cm.

4cm

15cm

a) Work out the volume of the cylinder.

Give your answer correct to 2 decimal places.

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(3 marks)
b) Work out the surface area of the cylinder.
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

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(3 marks)

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31. Below is a hemisphere with a radius of 8cm.

8cm

a) Work out the volume of the hemisphere.

Give your answer correct to 2 decimal places.

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(3 marks)
b) Work out the surface area of the hemisphere.
Give your answer correct to 2 decimal places.

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(3 marks)

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32. a) Work out the size of length 𝑥. Give your answer to 1 decimal place.

𝑥
6𝑐𝑚
43𝑜

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(2 marks)
b) Work out the size of length 𝑥. Give your answer to 1 decimal place.

9𝑐𝑚
𝑥
36𝑜

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(2 marks)

33. Work out the size of angle 𝐴𝐵𝐶. Give your answer to 1 decimal place.

𝐴
13𝑐𝑚

𝐶 𝐵
7𝑐𝑚

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(2 marks)

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34.

Work out the size of angle 𝐵𝐴𝐷.

Give your answer to 1 decimal place.

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(3 marks)

35. A square has an area of 81𝑐𝑚2

Work out the perimeter of the square.

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(2 marks)

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36. The diagram shows the plan of a floor.

15 𝑚

8𝑚

𝑥𝑚
3𝑚

The area of the floor is 138𝑚2 .

Work out the value of 𝑥.

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(3 marks)

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37.
E
A B
x

F
C D
110o

AB and CD are parallel lines.

Angle GFD = 110o
Find the size of angle AEF.

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(2 marks)

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38.
E
A B
x

F
C D
105o H

AB and CD are parallel lines.

EFH is an isosceles triangle.
Angle GFD = 105o
Find the size of angle AEF.
Give a reason for each stage of your working.

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(3 marks)

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39. 𝑎 = (−2
5
3
) and 𝑏 = (−1 )
Write down 2𝑎 − 𝑏 as a column vector.

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(2 marks)

40. The vector 𝑎 and 𝑏 are shown on the grid.

a) On the grid, draw and label the vector −2𝑎

(1 mark)
b) Work out 𝑎 + 2𝑏 as a column vector.

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(2 marks)

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41. 60 people each took a driving test one day.
21 of these people were women.
18 of the 60 people failed their test.
27 of the men passed their test.
One of the men is chosen at random.
Work out the probability that this man failed his test.

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(4 marks)

42. The table shows the probability of picking different counters from a bag.

Colour Red Blue White black

Probability 0.2 0.5

a) The probability of white and black is the same, complete the table.

(1 mark)

b) There are 60 counters in the bag, how many are white?

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(2 marks)

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43. 100 students are in a year group.
42 of these students are boys.
8 of the 100 students wear glasses.
52 of the girls do not wear glasses.
One of the students is chosen at random.
Work out the probability of choosing a boy who wears glasses.

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(4 marks)

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44. In Adam's garden, the flowers are only red or white or yellow or blue.
The chart shows the number of red flowers, the number of white flowers and the
number of yellow flowers.

The total number of flowers is 30

Work out the number of blue flowers.

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(2 marks)

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45. Fran asks each of 40 students how many books they bought last year.
The information is shown in the diagram below.

Show that an estimate for the mean number of books is 9.5

You must show all your working.

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(4 marks)

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