GCSE Maths Assignment 5

GCSE Mathematics Foundation ◼ Section 5 ◼ Assignment 5

Foundation Assignment 5
Aims
This assignment will give you an opportunity to test your knowledge and
understanding of:
 indices and surds
 using data
 length and area.

Links to the assessment requirements

This assignment uses exam-type questions and will test your
understanding of the concepts you have explored in the topics listed
above. These address the following elements of the specification:
N3, N6, N7, N8, N11, A4–A5, R1, G14, G16–G17, S2, S4

How your tutor will mark your work

Your tutor will:
 check that you have answered each question
 check your workings as well as your answer
 give you feedback
 make suggestions about how you may be able to improve your work.

Are you ready to do the assignment?

Before you do the assignment, work through the topics in Section 5, completing the
activities and self-check quizzes. By doing this, you will cover all the concepts and
techniques you will need for the assignment.

What to do
Answer as many questions as you can. It is always important to show your working
in your responses. Do not use a calculator for questions 1–12. For questions 13–
17, you may use a calculator. Remember to include your name, assignment number,
and whether you are doing the Higher or Foundation assignment.

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Non-calculator questions
1 (a) Write down the value of 43.
(1 mark)
n
(b) Write down the value of 2 , when:
(i) n = 0
(ii) n = -1
(2 marks)

2 (a) Simplify the following, leaving your answers as powers of two.

(i) 24 × 23
(ii)
(2 marks)
(b) Calculate:
(i) 4-4
(ii) 160
(2 marks)

3 (a) = 6x. Find x.

(1 mark)
(b) = 5y. Find y.

(2 marks)

4 Simplify .

(2 marks)

5 Figure 5.1 is part of a railway timetable.

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Figure 5.1

(a) What time is the latest train I could catch from London Paddington:
(i) to arrive in Cardiff by 6:00pm on Saturday
(ii) to arrive in Swindon by 5:00pm on Friday?

(2 marks)
(b) What time is the first train I could catch to leave London Paddington
after 4:15pm on Sunday?
(1 mark)

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(c) I travel from Reading to Bristol Temple Meads. I catch the train at
Reading that leaves London Paddington at 3:30pm. How long does my
journey take on the following days? Give your answer in hours and
minutes.
(i) Monday
(ii) Saturday
(iii) Sunday.

(3 marks)

6 Krishan is driving from Preston to Hull for an interview.

(a) Use Figure 5.2, the mileage chart, to find how far Krishan will travel for
the round trip (i.e. there and back).
Figure 5.2

(2 marks)
(b) Krishan’s travelling expenses are paid at the following rate:

27p per mile for the first 150 miles of the journey
(round trip) plus 13.5p per mile for the remainder.

Calculate the total amount that Krishan can claim in travelling

expenses.
(4 marks)

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7 Here are Jason’s maths homework marks for his last 10 homework tasks:

8 6 4 8 1 10 8 4 9 5
(a) Write down the modal mark.

(b) Work out the median mark.

(c) Work out the range of the marks.

(d) Work out the mean mark.

(7 marks)

8 Figure 5.3, a rectangle, has a length of (x + 5) cm and a width of (x – 2) cm.

Figure 5.3

(a) If the perimeter of the rectangle is 24 cm, what is the value of x ?

(2 marks)
(b) If the area of the rectangle is 60 cm2, show that x 2 + 3x − 70 = 0.
(3 marks)

9 The Ferris wheel at Prater Park in Vienna has a diameter of 60 m.

What is its circumference? Give your answer in terms of π.

(2 marks)

10 A firm buys metal in sheets with dimensions 22 cm by 10 cm. These

sheets are cut by machine into small pieces with dimensions 3 cm by
2 cm.
Diagram 1 and Diagram 2 show the two ways in which the machine can
cut the pieces.

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Diagram 1 Diagram 2

(a) What is the largest number of small pieces that can be cut out from a
sheet using:
(i) the way shown in Diagram 1
(ii) the way shown in Diagram 2?
(4 marks)
(b) James cuts out the pieces by hand so that he can cut more pieces than
the machine.
(i) Complete the diagram below (Figure 5.4) to show how James cuts
out all his pieces.
Figure 5.4

(2 marks)
(ii) What is the largest number of pieces that James can cut from one
sheet? Explain how you know that is the largest number of pieces.

(2 marks)

11 Which of the following is an example of continuous data?

A - the number of pages in a book

B - the weight of a book

C - the cost of a book.

(1 mark)

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12 Three-tenths of the area of the shape below (Figure 5.5) is shaded.

Calculate the shaded area.
Figure 5.5

AQA Specimen Paper (2001)

(4 marks)

Calculator questions
13 Evaluate

(2 marks)

14 In Kensington Gardens, London, there is a pond for model boats. It is

called the Round Pond. The distance round the pound is 2400 m.
Assuming that the pond is circular, what is its diameter?
(2 marks)

15 Figure 5.6 shows a circle of diameter 10 cm, with a square drawn outside
it.

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Figure 5.6

What is the area of:

(a) the square
(2 marks)
(b) the circle
(2 marks)
(c) the shaded part?
(2 marks)

16 As a part of a statistics survey, the heights of all the pupils in a Year 7 class
were measured. Three of the measurements were recorded as follows in
Table 5.1:

Table 5.1

Pupil Height

A 1.26 m

B 1.3 m

C 1.09 m

(a) Which of these pupils is the tallest?

(1 mark)
(b) Calculate the mean height of the three pupils, giving your answer to
the nearest cm.
(2 marks)

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(c) The median height for the whole class was 1.54 m. What does this tell
you about pupils A, B and C?
(1 mark)

17 Table 5.2 shows the age distribution of 60 women taking part in a

marathon.
Table 5.2

Age (a years) Frequency

20 ≤ a < 30 14

30 ≤ a < 40 27

40 ≤ a < 50 15

50 ≤ a < 60 4

(a) Write down the modal class.

(1 marks)
(b) Calculate an estimate of the mean age of these women.

(3 marks)
Total marks for Foundation Assignment 5 = 69

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When you have completed your assignment, submit it to your tutor for marking.
Your tutor will send you helpful feedback and advice to help you progress through
the course.

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