GCSE Mathematics

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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. Write down the value of the 3 in 16.35

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(1 mark)

2. Write 0.19 as a fraction.

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(1 mark)

3. Write down two factors of 35

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(1 mark)

𝑥
4. Solve = 10.5
4

𝑥 = …………………..……………..
(1 mark)

5. Here is a list of numbers

4 7 9 25 27 31 64
From the numbers in the list, write down a cube number.

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(1 mark)
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6. A shop sells pens at different prices.
The cheapest pens in the shop cost 27p each.
Lottie buys 18 pens from the shop.
She pays with a £10 note.
(a) If Lottie buys 18 of the cheapest pens, how much change should Lottie get?

£ …………..………………………
(2 marks)

Instead of buying the cheapest pens, Lottie buys 18 of the more expensive pens.
She still pays with a £10 note.
(b) How does this affect the amount of change she should get?

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(1 mark)

7. a) Write a fraction in the box to make the calculation correct.

(1 mark)

1 3
b) Find the number that is exactly halfway between and
10 5

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(2 marks)

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8. a) Ali, Ben and Cathy share an amount of money in the ratio 6 : 9 : 10
What fraction of the money does Ben get?

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(1 mark)
b) Write the ratio 4.5 : 2.25 in the form n : 1

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(1 mark)

9. Cornflakes are sold in two sizes of box.

Ellie buys 3 small boxes of cornflakes and some large boxes of cornflakes.
In total she buys 5850 g of cornflakes.
Work out the number of large boxes of cornflakes Ellie buys.

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(3 marks)

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10. A road map has a scale of 1 : 50 000
The length of a road on the map is 8.5 cm.
Work out the length of the real road in kilometres.

……………….……..…………… km
(3 marks)

11.

Reflect the shaded shape in the mirror line.

(2 marks)

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12. a) Expand 2𝑎(𝑎 + 7)

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(1 mark)
b) Factorise 14𝑏 − 7

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(1 mark)
c) Solve 9(𝑐 − 6) = 63

𝑐 = ………………………………………
d) Simplify (𝑛4 )3 (2 marks)

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(1 mark)

13. There are 24g protein in 100 g of mixed nuts.

There are 12g protein in 100 g of yogurt.
Rayan has 60 g of mixed nuts and 150 g of yogurt for breakfast.
Work out the total grams of protein in this breakfast.

……………………………………… g
(3 marks)

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14. 200 people live in a village.
23 people do not have a garden.
10 males do not have a garden.
95 people are male.
a) Use this information to complete the frequency tree.

(3 marks)
One of the people who does not have a garden is chosen at random.
b) Write down the probability that this person is female.

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(2 marks)

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15. Sharon asked each of her friends to name their favourite Olympic sport.
The table below shows information about their answers.

Draw an accurate pie chart for this information.

(3 marks)

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16. Miley is organising a party.

She spends

£100 on food and drinks

£120 on a venue
£80 on live music.

Miley sells 64 tickets for the party.

Each ticket costs £8.50

Work out Miley’s percentage profit.

Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

………….……………………. %
(4 marks)

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17. a) Write 468 000 in standard form.

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(1 mark)

b) Write 5.037 × 10−4 as an ordinary number.

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(1 mark)

18. a) Find the Highest Common Factor (HCF) of 72 and 126

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(2 marks)

A number, n, is rounded to 2 decimal places.

The result is 4.76
b) Using inequalities, write down the error interval for n.

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(2 marks)

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19. The diagram shows a quadrilateral ABDE and a triangle BCD.

134𝑜

58𝑜

CB is parallel to DE.
BD = BC
Angle AED = 134°
Work out the size of the angle marked 𝑥.
You must give a reason for each stage of your working.

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(4 marks)

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20. Here is a probability tree diagram.

Work out the probability of winning both games.

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(2 marks)

21. A gold bar has a mass of 12.5 kg.

The density of gold is 19.3 g/cm3
Work out the volume of the gold bar.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

……………………….. cm3
(3 marks)

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22. The table shows information about the daily rainfall in a town for 60 days.

Draw a frequency polygon for this information.

(2 marks)

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23. A farmer has a field in the shape of a semicircle of diameter 50 m.

The farmer asks a fencer to build a fence around the edge of the field.
The fencer tells him how much it will cost.

The fencer takes three days to build the fence.

Work out the total cost.

£ …………………………………………………..
(5 marks)

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24. a) Expand and simplify (3𝑥 + 1)(2𝑥 − 4)

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(2 marks)
b) Factorise 𝑥 2 − 16

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(1 mark)

25. Here are two column vectors.

𝒂 = (52) 3
𝒃 = (−1 )
On the grid below, draw and label the vector a − 2b

(3 marks)

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29. Farah invests £7000 for 2 years in an account paying compound interest.

The rate of interest is 1.5%

Work out the value of Farah's investment at the end of 2 years.

£ …………………………………….
(2 marks)

30. The diagram shows an empty tank in the shape of a cylinder.

The cylinder has radius 15 cm and height 43 cm.

Water flows into the tank at a rate of 0.56 litres per minute.

1000cm3 = 1 litre

Calculate the number of minutes it will take to completely fill the tank.
Give your answer correct to the nearest minute.

…………………………………………………. minutes
(4 marks)

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31. Solve the simultaneous equations
2𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 10
4𝑥 – 𝑦 = – 1

𝑥 = …………………………………….

𝑦 = …………………………………….
(2 marks)

32. ABC is a right-angled triangle.

Calculate the length of AB.

Give your answer correct to 2 decimal places.

…………………………………. cm
(2 marks)
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