Spring Assessment A

Year 11

Mathematics
Paper 1 (Non-Calculator)
Foundation Tier
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You should have:

A pen, pencil, ruler and an eraser.
Tracing paper may be used.

Information
• The total mark for this paper is 50
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets.
• Answer all questions in the spaces provided – there may be more space than you need.
• You must show all your working.
• Diagrams are not accurately drawn, unless otherwise indicated.
• Calculators may not be used.
• Check your answers if you have time at the end.

This assessment has been designed by White Rose Maths.

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1 Here are some digit cards.

2 4 5 9

Alex arranges the cards to make a 4-digit number.

What is the greatest 4-digit odd number that Alex can make?

(2 marks)

2 50 students were asked to pick their favourite school sport.

The table shows their choices.

Football Athletics Basketball Cricket

15 18 10 7

a) How many students chose football or athletics?

(1 mark)

b) What percentage of the students chose cricket?

(1 mark)

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3 a) Simplify 4a + 3b + 7a – b

(2 marks)

b) Expand y(y – 3)

(1 mark)

c) Expand and simplify (x + 6)(x + 1)

(2 marks)

4 A jug contains 1 litre 200 ml of juice.

The juice is poured into 4 glasses.
There is the same amount of juice in each glass.
How much juice is in each glass?

(2 marks)

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5 a) What fraction of the shape is shaded?

(1 mark)
3
b) Shade more squares so that of the shape is shaded.
4
(1 mark)

6 A bag of 4 apples costs £2.20

How much do 24 apples cost?

(2 marks)

7 What is 5% of 3 hours?
Give your answer in minutes.

(2 marks)

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8 A jumper costs twice as much as a shirt.
The cost of two jumpers and one shirt is £75
How much does a jumper cost?

(3 marks)

9 a) Factorise 4c – 10

(1 mark)

b) Factorise fully 6m3 + 12m2

(2 marks)

c) Factorise y2 + 10y + 16

(2 marks)

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10 A box contains red and blue counters.
There are 40 counters in total.
There are 8 more red counters than blue counters.
What is the ratio of red to blue counters?
Give your answer in its simplest form.

(3 marks)

11 Aisha has £70 more than Brett and £95 more than Scott.
Dani has £30 more than Brett.
Who has the least amount of money?
Explain your reasoning.

(2 marks)

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12 The diagram shows a prism.

diagram not
4 cm drawn accurately

2 cm

7 cm
10 cm

9 cm

Work out the volume of the prism.

(4 marks)

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13 a) Find the sum of the interior angles of a hexagon.

(1 mark)

b) The diagram shows part of a regular 12-sided polygon.

diagram not
x drawn accurately

Work out the size of the angle marked x.

(3 marks)

14 Here are the first five terms of a sequence.

1, 7, 13, 19, 25 …
Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of the sequence.

(2 marks)

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15
y
7

3 P

x
–6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
–1

–2

–3

–4

–5

–6

–7

a) Reflect triangle P in the x-axis.

Label your new triangle Q.
(2 marks)

b) Reflect triangle Q in the line x = –1

Label your new triangle R.
(2 marks)

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16 Use a ruler and pair of compasses to accurately construct the perpendicular
bisector of line segment AB.
You must show all of your construction lines.

A B

(2 marks)

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17 The total mass of 3 crates and 5 boxes is 18 kg.
The total mass of 4 crates and 3 boxes is 18.5 kg.
Work out the total mass of 2 crates and 1 box.

(4 marks)

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