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Mathematics A Paper 2 (Calculator) Foundation Tier PiXL Live Mock Paper Time: 1hour 45 minutes

Edexcel GCSE in Mathematics Mock Papers © Edexcel Limited 2010 67

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Edexcel GCSE

Mathematics APaper 2 (Calculator)

Foundation TierMock PaperTime: 1 hour 45 minutes

You must have: Ruler graduated in centimetres and millimetres, protractor, pair of compasses, pen, HB pencil, eraser, calculator. Tracing paper may be used.

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Instructions• Use black ink or ball-point pen.• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name, centre number and candidate number.• Answer all questions.• Answer the questions in the spaces provided – there may be more space than you need.• Calculators may be used.• If your calculator does not have a ! button, take the value of ! to be 3.142

unless the question instructs otherwise.

Information• The total mark for this paper is 100. • The marks for each question are shown in brackets – use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.• Questions labelled with an asterisk (*) are ones where the quality of your written communication will be assessed – you should take particular care on these questions with your spelling, punctuation

and grammar, as well as the clarity of expression.

Advice• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.• Keep an eye on the time.• Try to answer every question.• Check your answers if you have time at the end.

Answer ALL questions.

Write your answers in the spaces provided.

You must write down all stages in your working.

Q1.

(a) Write the number 8 million in figures.

………………………………. (1)

(b) Write the number 7102 in words.

………………………………. (1)

(c) Write the number 15.46 correct to one decimal place.

………………………………. (1)

(Total 3 marks)

Q2. Write down the name of each of these two 3-D shapes.

(i) (ii)

(i)……………………………………………… (ii) ……………………………………..

(Total 2 marks)

Q3. The pictogram shows the number of plates sold by a shop on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of one week.

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday Key: represents 10 plates

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

(a) Work out the number of plates sold on Monday.

..................................... (1)

(b) Work out the number of plates sold on Tuesday.

..................................... (1)

The shop sold 40 plates on Friday. The shop sold 25 plates on Saturday.

(c) Use this information to complete the pictogram. (2)

(Total 4 marks)

Q4. (a) Here is a right-angled triangle.

Mark the right angle with a letter R. (1)

(b) Here is a trapezium.

Mark an acute angle with a letter A. (1)

(c) On the grid, draw a kite.

(1)

(Total 3 marks)

Q5. (a) Simplify m + m + m + m

........................ (1)

(b) Simplify p × q × 4

........................ (1)

(c) Expand 5(3x – 2)

.................................... (1)

(Total 3 marks)

Q6. (a) Shade one more square to make a pattern with 1 line of symmetry.

(1)

(b) Shade one more square to make a pattern with rotational symmetry of order 2

(1)

(Total 2 marks)

Q7. The table gives information about the prices and the features of five mobile phones. The ticks ( ) in the table show the features of each phone.

Feature

Mobile phone Price Camera MP3 FM Radio Video

Astra £24.97

Crystal £24.97

Pixar £39.97

Spark £34.23

Tacco £34.97

(a) Which of the five mobile phones is the most expensive?

................................. (1)

(b) Which of the mobile phones have MP3?

................................. (1)

(c) Which mobile phone has Video but not FM Radio?

................................. (1)

Mirza has a monthly plan for his mobile phone. Each month, he pays a total of £9.79 plus the cost of any extra minutes. Last month, Mirza used 112 minutes.

Monthly Plan

For £9.79 per month you get:

100 minutes and unlimited texts.

Extra minutes: 24.5p each

(d) Work out how much he paid in total last month.

£ ......................................... (4)

(Total 7 marks)

Q8.

Diagram NOT accurately drawn

(a) (i) Write down the value of x.

x = ...............................

(ii) Give a reason for your answer.

................................................................................................................

................................................................................................................ (2)


This diagram is wrong.

(b) Explain why.

.........................................................................................................................

......................................................................................................................... (1)

(Total 3 marks)

Q9. Jeff lives in Bath.

He works in an office in London.

Jeff leaves his home in Bath at 07 10, he catches a train in Bath at 07 35.

The train takes 1 hour 35 minutes to get to London.

It then takes Jeff 40 minutes to get to his office.

At what time does Jeff get to this office?

(Total 3 marks)

Q10. John cleans carpets of different areas. He uses this graph to work out the cost of cleaning a carpet.

A carpet has an area of 30 m2.

(a) Use the graph to find the cost of cleaning this carpet.

£ .................................. (1)

It costs £150 to clean another carpet.

(b) Use the graph to find the area of this carpet.

.............................. m2

(1)

A rectangular carpet has a length of 8.6 m. It has a width of 5 m.

(c) Work out the cost of cleaning this carpet.

£ .................................. (3)

(Total 5 marks)

Q11. Here are some patterns made from sticks.

(a) Complete Pattern number 4.

(1)

(b) Complete the table.

Pattern number 1 2 3 4 5

Number of sticks 3 6 9

(2)

Jenny wants to find the number of sticks in Pattern number 100.

(c) Write down a method she could use.

.........................................................................................................................

......................................................................................................................... (1)

(Total 5 marks)

Q12. This formula is used to predict the adult height of a baby girl.

H =

H = adult height of girl (cm) F = height of father (cm) M = height of mother (cm)

Karen and Keith have a baby girl.

They are interested in finding out how tall their baby girl is likely to grow.

Karen has a height of 156 cm. Keith has a height of 172 cm.

(a) Use the formula to predict the adult height of their baby girl. Show clearly how you get your answer.

Height ..................................... cm (2)

John and Jenny also have a baby girl. John and Jenny are the same height.

When they use the formula to predict the adult height of their baby girl they get an answer of 162 cm.

(b) Find an estimate of Jenny’s height. Give your answer to the nearest centimetre.

Height ..................................... cm (3)

(Total 5 marks)

Q13. The pie charts show some information about the numbers of matches won, drawn and lost by a cricket team and by a hockey team last year.

The cricket team won 15 matches.

(a) How many matches did the cricket team lose?

................................. (2)

(b) Which team won the most matches last year? Tick ( ) one box to show your answer.

Cricket Hockey Not enough information

Explain your answer.

......................................................................................................................

......................................................................................................................

......................................................................................................................

...................................................................................................................... (1)

(Total 3 marks)

Q14. (a) Solve 4x = 12

x = ..................................... (1)

(b) Solve 5p – 16 = 4

p = ..................................... (2)

(c) Solve 2q – 4 = 5q + 5

q = ..................................... (2)

y = 3(2x – 1) – 2(5 + 3x)

(d) Find the value of y.

y = ..................................... (2)

(Total 7 marks)

Q15. On the grid, draw the graph of y = 2x-3 for values of x from -2 to 2.

(Total 3 marks)

Q16.


AB is parallel to CD.

(i) Write down the value of y.

.......................

(ii) Give a reason for your answer.

......................................................................................................................... (Total 2 marks)

Q17. Peter won £75 as a prize. He gave of the prize money as a present to Roger and Bethan.

Roger and Bethan shared the present in the ratio 2 : 3

Work out how much they each got.

Roger .....................................

Bethan .....................................

(Total 4 marks)

Q18*. Nilmini is going to buy some grass seed.

Grass seed is sold

in 200g boxes costing £2.50 each,

in 1000g boxes costing £10.50 each.

Which box of grass seed gives the better value for money?

You must show all your working.

(Total 4 marks)

Q19. Mary plays a game of throwing a ball at a target.

The table shows information about the probability of each possible score.

Score 0 1 2 3 4 5

Probability 0.09 x 3x 0.16 0.21 0.30

Mary is 3 times as likely to score 2 points than to score 1 point.

(a) Work out the value of x.

................................. (3)

Mary plays the game twice.

(b) Work out the probability of Mary scoring a total of 8.

................................. (3)

(Total 6 marks)

Q20.

(a) Rotate the shaded shape 90° clockwise about the point O. (2)

(b) Describe fully the single transformation that will map shape P onto shape Q.

......................................................................................................................... (2)

(Total 4 marks)

Q21. (a) Use your calculator to work out the value of Write down all the figures on your calculator display.

……………………………….. (2)

(b) Write your answer to part (a) correct to 3 significant figures

……………………………….. (1)

(Total 3 marks)

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Q22. Barbara goes on holiday to Prague. The currency in Prague is the Koruna (KC).

This graph can be used to convert between £ (pounds) and KC (Koruna). The exchange rate is £1 = 30 KC.

Barbara bought some things in London. She saw the same things on sale in Prague.

The table shows the cost in £ (pounds) and the cost in KC (Koruna).

Cost in London £ (pounds) Cost in Prague KC (Koruna)

Item

Headphones £15 450 KC

Suitcase £34 750 KC

Music player £26 810 KC

Barbara thinks the total cost of these things was more in London than in Prague.

Is she correct? Give a reason for your answer. You must show all your working.

(Total 5 marks)

Q23. Naomi wants to find out how often adults go to the cinema.

She uses this question on a questionnaire.

“How many times do you go to the cinema?”

Not very often Sometimes A lot

(a) Write down two things wrong with this question.

1 ......................................................................................................................

.........................................................................................................................

2 ......................................................................................................................

......................................................................................................................... (2)

(b) Design a better question for her questionnaire to find out how often adults go to the cinema. You should include some response boxes.

(2)

(Total 4 marks)

Q24. 10 students each took a French test and a German test. The table shows their marks.

French marks 44 30 40 50 14 20 32 34 20 45

German marks 48 35 45 54 18 22 36 38 25 50

(a) Complete the scatter graph to show the information in the table. The first 8 points in the table have been plotted for you.

German mark

French mark

60

50

40

30

20

10

10 20 30 40 50 600

××

× ××

××

×

(1)

(b) What type of correlation does this scatter graph show?

........................... (1)

(c) Draw a line of best fit on the scatter diagram. (1)

(d) Use your line of best fit to estimate

(i) the German mark for a student with a French mark of 26,

...........................

(ii) the French mark for a student with a German mark of 43.

........................... (2)

(Total 5 marks)

Q25.


The diagram shows two small circles inside a large circle. The large circle has a radius of 8 cm.

Each of the two small circles has a diameter of 4 cm.

(a) Write down the radius of each of the small circles.

............................. cm (1)

(b) Work out the area of the region shown shaded in the diagram. Give your answer correct to one decimal place.

...................................... cm2

(4) (Total 5 marks)

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