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Maths · AQA 8300 · Paper 3: Calculator · Foundation · June 2018

AQA GCSE Maths Paper 3: Calculator Foundation June 2018 question paper 8300/3F

1h 30m 80 marks

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AQA 8300 · Paper 3F

30 questions
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Question 6

Saj wants to go to all 19 home games at a football club. For each game, a ticket costs £28 A season ticket costs £379 and gives entry to all 19 home games. In total, how much does Saj save by buying a season ticket?

[3 marks]

Question 9

A music app has a shuffle play function. This means that songs are played in a random order without repeat.

(a)

Ruth puts 10 songs on shuffle play. One of them is her favourite song. Write down the probability that her favourite song plays first.

[1 mark]

(b)

Ted puts songs A, B and C on shuffle play. List all the possible orders of songs A, B and C. One has been done for you.

A B C

[2 marks]

Question 11

Jo has a full cup of coffee.

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She drinks some of it.

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She says, “Half of the coffee is still in the cup, because 5 cm is half of 10 cm” Is she correct?

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Give a reason for your answer.

[1 mark]

Question 12

A takeaway sells 10-inch pizzas and 12-inch pizzas. Here is some information about the numbers sold in two weeks.

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(a)

In each week a proportion of the pizzas sold were 10-inch. In which week was this proportion greater? Show working to support your answer.

[2 marks]

(b)

The table shows the profit or loss the takeaway makes on each pizza.

Normal price Offer price
10-inch£3.74 profit 51p loss
12-inch£5.29 profit 4p loss

In week 1 the total profit was £1895.55 At the end of week 1 the takeaway spent £175 on adverts. Was the increase in profit in week 2 more than the cost of the adverts? You must show your working.

[4 marks]

Question 22

Here is a rule for a sequence.

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(a)

Here is a sequence that follows this rule. 2 10 6 ……. ……. ……. Show that the 6th term is the first one that is not a whole number.

[3 marks]

(b)

A different sequence follows the same rule. The 1st term is 4 The 3rd term is 9.5 4 ……. 9.5 Work out the 2nd term.

[3 marks]

Question 26

Investment A Save £150 per month for 2 years. 2.5% interest is added to the total amount saved. Investment B Invest £3500 Compound interest is added at 3% per year. After 2 years, how much more is investment B worth than investment A?

[4 marks]

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