AQA GCSE Maths Paper 1: Non-calculator Higher June 2018 question paper 8300/1H
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AQA 8300 · Paper 1H
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Question 2
Circle the vector that translates B to A.
[1 mark]
Question 3
Circle the expression that is equivalent to 3 a – a × 4 a + 2 a
[1 mark]
Question 4
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Question 6
The height of Zak is 1.86 metres. The height of Fred is 1.6 metres. Write the height of Zak as a fraction of the height of Fred. Give your answer in its simplest form.
[3 marks]
Question 7
A (0, 2) and B (6, 5) are points on the straight line ABCD.
AB = BC = CD Work out the coordinates of D.
[3 marks]
Question 8
A coin is thrown 50 times. It lands on heads 31 times.
Write down the relative frequency it lands on heads.
[1 mark]
Raj says, “The coin is biased towards heads.” Use the data to give a reason why he might be correct.
[1 mark]
Question 9
Question 10
y is inversely proportional to x. Complete the table.
| x | 12 | 6 | |
| y | 4 | 8 |
[2 marks]
Question 11
A large rectangle is made by joining three identical small rectangles as shown.
The perimeter of one small rectangle is 15 cm Work out the perimeter of the large rectangle.
[4 marks]
Question 12
Put these numbers in order from smallest to largest.
[2 marks]
Question 13
Circle the volume that is the same as 15 cm3
[1 mark]
Question 14
Patterns are made using straight lines and arcs.
More rows are added to Pattern B so that number of straight lines: number of arcs = 10: 9 How many rows are added?
[2 marks]
A different pattern is made using 20 straight lines and 16 arcs. The straight lines and arcs are made from metal. 20 straight lines cost £12 cost of one straight line: cost of one arc = 2: 3 Work out the total cost of the metal in the pattern.
[3 marks]
Question 15
A biased dice is thrown. Here are the probabilities of each score.
| Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Probability | 0.25 | 0.05 | 0.15 | 0.05 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
The dice is thrown 200 times. Work out the expected number of times the score will be odd.
[3 marks]
Question 16
The value of y is 20% more than the value of x. Circle the ratio x: y
5: 6 6: 5 4: 5 5: 4
[1 mark]
Question 17
Here is a triangle.
Circle the correct equation.
[1 mark]
Answer
Question 18
Here is a tunnel for a toy train.
The diagram below shows the cross section of the tunnel.
AD is a semicircular arc of radius 10 cm BC is a semicircular arc of radius 7 cm The length of the tunnel is 30 cm Work out the total area of all six faces of the tunnel. Give your answer in terms of π.
[5 marks]
Question 19
Type A batteries and type B batteries were tested. The cumulative frequency diagram shows information about the battery life of type A.
Estimate the interquartile range for type A.
[2 marks]
Estimate the number of type A batteries that had a battery life of more than 1600 hours.
[1 mark]
The box plot shows information about the battery life of type B.
On average, which type had the greater battery life? Tick a box.
Using data from both diagrams, state how you chose your answer.
[2 marks]
Question 20
A linear sequence starts a + 2 b a + 6 b a + 10 b …….. …….. The 2nd term has value 8 The 5th term has value 44 Work out the values of a and b.
a =
b =
[4 marks]
Question 21
Enlarge triangle ABC by scale factor –2, centre (4, 1)
[2 marks]
Question 22
Which of these represents the shaded region? Circle your answer.
[1 mark]
Question 23
A shopkeeper compares the income from sales of a laptop in March and April.
By what fraction does the income from these sales decrease in April?
[3 marks]
Question 24
Work out the value of 214 ÷ 29
2 Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
[3 marks]
Question 25
Here is a sketch of the graph of y = cos x for values of x from 0° to 360°
cos x = cos 60° Work out the value of x when 90° x
360°
[1 mark]
cos x = – cos 60° Work out the value of x when 180° ≤ x ≤ 360°
[1 mark]
Question 26
b is two thirds of c. 5 a = 4 c Work out the ratio a: b: c Give your answer in its simplest form where a, b and c are integers.
[3 marks]
Question 27
Jo wants to work out the solutions of x2 + 3x – 5 = 0 She says, ‘‘The solutions cannot be worked out because x2 + 3x – 5 does not factorise to (x + a)(x + b) where a and b are integers.’’ Is Jo correct? Tick a box.
Give a reason for your answer.
[1 mark]
Without expanding any brackets, show how to work out the exact solutions of 9(x + 3)2 = 4 Give the solutions.
[3 marks]
Question 28
Question 29
Here are sketches of two graphs.
The graph of y = x2 – 1 is translated 3 units to the left to give graph A.
The equation of graph A can be written in the form y = x2 + bx + c Work out the values of b and c.
b =
[3 marks]
The graph of y = x2 – 1 is reflected in the x-axis to give graph B. Work out the equation of graph B.
[1 mark]
Question 30
Show that the value of cos 30° × tan 60° + sin 30° is an integer.
[3 marks]
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