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Maths · AQA 8300 · Paper 2: Calculator · Foundation · June 2017

AQA GCSE Maths Paper 2: Calculator Foundation June 2017 question paper 8300/2F

1h 30m 80 marks

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AQA 8300 · Paper 2F

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Question 6

A swimming pool has three changing rooms, Male, Female and Family. The pictogram shows the number of people using each changing room during one hour.

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8 people used the Male changing room.

(a)

Complete the key.

[1 mark]

(b)

How many people used the Female changing room?

[1 mark]

(c)

The manager has bought lockers for the changing rooms. Why should she not use these results to decide where to put them?

[1 mark]

Question 8

Here is a map of a town. Scale: 1 cm represents 200 m

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(a)

Which place is exactly North West of the Station? Circle your answer. Cinema Town Hall Library Park Monument

[1 mark]

(b)

Circle the three-figure bearing of the Monument from the Park.

090° 180° 270° 360°

[1 mark]

(c)

What is the distance, in metres, from the Cinema to the Station?

[3 marks]

(d)

Why might the shortest walking distance from the Cinema to the Station be greater than your answer to part (c)?

[1 mark]

Question 12

Lee sells ice creams. The table shows the midday temperature and his sales for five days.

Day 1Day 2Day 3Day 4Day 5
Temperature (°C)3026172220
Sales (£)18015080130120
(a)

He draws this scatter graph and line of best fit.

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Write down two mistakes he has made.

[2 marks]

(b)

Lee wants to work out the range of the five temperatures. His calculation is 30 – 20 = 10 Is his method correct? Tick a box.

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Give a reason to support your answer.

[1 mark]

(c)

The table shows Lee’s costs.

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Work out his total profit for the five days.

[5 marks]

Question 13

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Work out the size of angle x.

[2 marks]

Answer
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Question 15

Here are some numbers. 10 13 15 20 27 39

10 15 20 is an arithmetic progression. Use three of the numbers to make a different arithmetic progression. Describe the rule.

[2 marks]

Question 16

The counters in a bag are red or blue. One fifth of the counters are red. Work out the ratio red counters: blue counters Circle your answer. 1: 4 1: 5 4: 5 1: 6

[1 mark]

Question 18

Ellen works for a company that sells cars. Her monthly pay is

• a salary of £1470

• 28% of the total profit the company makes from her sales

• a £250 bonus if she sells at least 15 cars.

The table shows information about the cars she sold last year.

Total cost to the companyTotal income for the companyNumber of months when she sold at least 15 cars
£464 500£538 0003

Was Ellen’s total pay for the year more than £40 000? You must show your working.

[6 marks]

Question 19

Ben and Katy throw darts at a target. Ben’s ratio of hits to misses is 5: 1 Katy’s ratio of hits to misses is 3: 1 Ben says, “5 is bigger than 3, so I must have more hits than Katy.” Give an example to show that this might not be true.

[2 marks]

Question 20

A code has 4 digits. Each digit is a number from 0 to 9 Digits may be repeated. The code starts 5 4 1

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(a)

Joe chooses a number at random for the last digit. Write down the probability that he chooses the correct number.

[1 mark]

(b)

Amy knows the last digit is odd but not 7 She chooses a different odd number at random. What is the probability that she chooses the correct number?

[1 mark]

Question 21

Eva thinks she can save water by having a shower instead of a bath. Eva’s shower uses 10.8 litres per minute lasts for 8 minutes. Eva assumes that the water in her bath is in the shape of this cuboid.

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Question 21, shown as an image
(a)

Using Eva’s assumption, work out how many litres of water she saves by having a shower instead of a bath.

[5 marks]

(b)

A shows the water level before Eva gets into the bath. B shows the cuboid in the empty bath.

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What does this tell you about the amount of water saved?

[1 mark]

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