AQA GCSE Maths Paper 1: Non-calculator Foundation November 2018 question paper 8300/1F

Work out (–3) + (–8) Circle your answer.

–5 5 –11 11

What does the longest bar in a bar chart represent? Circle your answer.

mean median mode range

Work out 1.1 – 0.15 Circle your answer.

0.95 1.05 0.85 1.085

On a circle, which of these is always longer than the diameter? Circle your answer.

chord arc radius circumference

Work out 83 × 26

The cost of 3 calendars is £18 Work out the cost of 5 calendars.

A helicopter blade does 3206 full turns in 7 minutes. Work out the number of full turns per minute.

At a cinema, films are shown on Screen 1 and Screen 2 Customers pay full price or child price. There are three times as many customers in Screen 2 as Screen 1 68 customers paid child price. Complete the frequency tree.

x is a positive integer. 35 ÷ x is a positive integer. Work out the four possible values of x.

A fair dice has six sides, numbered 1 to 6 After it is rolled, five of the numbers can be seen.

Write down the probability that one of these five numbers is 2

Work out the greatest possible sum of the five numbers.

Circle your answer.

Work out 4 + 3 × 5 – 1 Circle your answer.

16 18 28 34

The n th term of a sequence is 5 n – 2 Work out the 3rd term. Circle your answer.

51 5 123 13

Trapezium ABCE is made from parallelogram ABCD and isosceles triangle ADE.

Work out the size of angle AED.

a: b = 1: 6 a: c = 3: 1 How many times bigger is b than c ?

Laura wants to work out 3% of 1700 Her method is 1700 × 0.3 Is her method correct? Tick a box.

Give a reason for your answer.

Laura also wants to work out of 60 Her answer is 58 Is her answer correct? Tick a box.

Give a reason for your answer.

Here are five shapes, A to E.

In the Venn diagram, ξ is the set of all shapes Q is the set of quadrilaterals R is the set of shapes which always have rotational symmetry.

Complete the Venn diagram with the letters A to E.

a = 7 and b = 2 Work out the value of – a

Solve 3 x – 8 = 19

x =

Here are five number cards.

Two of the five cards are picked at random. Work out the probability that the total of the two numbers is more than 30

Complete the table of values for y = x²

Draw the graph of y = x² for values of x from –2 to 2

Two consecutive whole numbers are n and n + 1

Simplify n – (n + 1)

Multiply out n (n + 1)

The two numbers are added. Show that the answer must be an odd number.

Circle the value of cos 30°

Give your answer as a mixed number.

A ship is sailing in a straight line from its home port. The distance-time graph shows 4 hours of the journey.

Work out the speed of the ship during these 4 hours.

Kim works at an airport in the UK. She records the number of planes landing between 10 am and 2 pm each day. The table shows the data for the first 10 days in January.

The airport was affected by fog on one of the days. Which day do you think it was? Give a reason for your answer.

Kim uses the data to predict how many planes will land at the airport in a year. In her method, she uses an estimate of 150 planes in each 4-hour period throughout the day assumes the same number of planes each day. Work out her prediction.

In fact, fewer planes land in winter than in summer fewer planes land at night than during the day. What does this tell you about Kim’s prediction? Tick one box.

Give a reason for your answer.

The sum of the angles in any quadrilateral is 360° For example, in a rectangle 4 × 90° = 360° Zak writes, 5 × 90° = 450° so the sum of the angles in any pentagon must be 450° Is he correct?

Show working to support your answer.

Work out the value of a.

Work out the percentage increase from 80 to 280

Solve x² – x – 12 = 0