AQA GCSE Maths Paper 1: Non-calculator Foundation November 2017 question paper 8300/1F

Circle the decimal which has the same value as

0.06 0.35 0.6 3.5

How many millimetres are there in 7.5 centimetres? Circle your answer.

0.75 70.5 75 750 7500

Which of these shapes has two lines of symmetry? Circle your answer.

Semicircle Rhombus Trapezium Isosceles triangle

Circle the number that is 7 less than –12

–19 –5 5 19

Solve x – 3 = 14

x =

Solve 5 y = 45

y =

Solve 8 + w = 6

w =

Work out 9174 ÷ 11

Give your answer as a mixed number.

The diagram shows the scores given by judges during a television show.

Which score was the mode?

There were 4 judges. Each judge gave one score in each round. How many rounds were there?

A library book was due to be returned on 27 September. It was actually returned on 14 October. There is a fine of 8p for every day the book is late. Work out the total fine.

In a game, three stars are hidden at random. Each star is behind a different square on this board.

A square is chosen at random. What is the probability that there is a star behind it?

In one game, the stars are behind three consecutive squares. The squares are in one row or one column. One of the squares is E2 Write down all the possible pairs for the other two squares.

Complete the table to show equivalent fractions and percentages.

Cards in a pack are red or blue in the ratio red: blue = 2: 3 What fraction of the cards are red ? Circle your answer.

A different pack has 72 cards.

Work out the number of yellow cards.

How many edges are there on a square-based pyramid? Circle your answer.

4 5 8 12

How many faces of a triangular prism are triangles? Circle your answer.

2 3 4 5

A bus can be early, on time or late. The probability that the bus is early is 0.1 The probability that the bus is on time is 0.6 Work out the probability that the bus is late.

On the grid, draw the graph of x + y = 2 for values of x from –3 to 3

5% of a number is 31 1% of the same number is 6.2 Work out 13% of the number.

Complete the grid so that when you multiply the three numbers in any column, row or diagonal the answer is 1

A sequence has three terms. The term-to-term rule for the sequence is multiply by 8 and then add 11

The first term of the sequence is –1 Work out the third term.

The order of the three terms is reversed to make a new sequence. Work out the term-to-term rule for this sequence.

ABCD is a quadrilateral. Sides are extended as shown.

Show that x = 100°

Use 2 gallons = 9 litres to convert 17 gallons into litres.

n is an odd number. p is a prime number. In each part write down possible values of n and p so that

n + p is a square number.

np is a square number.

Joe wants to bisect angle BCD.

Here is his method. Use a pair of compasses to draw arcs of the same radius from B and D. Draw a straight line from C through the intersection of the arcs.

Write down the error in his method.

Kay wants to show all the points 3 km from point P. Scale: 1 cm represents 1 km

× P

Here is her answer. Scale: 1 cm represents 1 km

What is wrong with her answer?

Here is a rectangle.

Using a pair of compasses and a straight edge, construct one line of symmetry. Show clearly your construction arcs.

x: y = 7: 4 x + y = 88 Work out the value of x – y

Anil’s home is 1 km from a shop. He walked from home to the shop at a constant speed in 10 minutes. He stayed at the shop for 5 minutes. He walked home at a constant speed in 8 minutes. Anil drew this distance-time graph to represent his journey.

Make two criticisms of his graph.

Three whole numbers are each rounded to the nearest 10 The sum of the rounded numbers is 70 Work out the maximum possible sum for the original three numbers.

Circle the expression for the range of n consecutive integers.

Three identical isosceles triangles are joined to make this trapezium. Each triangle has base b cm and perpendicular height h cm

Work out an expression, in terms of b and h, for the area of the trapezium. Give your answer in its simplest form.

This diagram shows the same trapezium.

b: s = 2: 3 Work out an expression, in terms of b, for the perimeter of the trapezium.

Here is a quarter circle of radius 6 cm

Work out the area of the quarter circle. Give your answer in terms of π.

Write in standard form 12 500

Write as an ordinary number 3.4 × 10^–2

The four candidates in an election were A, B, C and D. The pie chart shows the proportion of votes for each candidate.

Work out the probability that a person who voted, chosen at random, voted for C.

Factorise x² – 100

Solve 7x + 6 1 + 2x