AQA GCSE Maths Paper 3: Calculator Foundation November 2023 question paper 8300/3F
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AQA 8300 · Paper 3F
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Question 2
Write down the value of the digit 7 in 34 728
[1 mark]
Question 3
Write down the name of a triangle with three equal sides.
[1 mark]
Write down the name for the straight line inside this circle.
[1 mark]
Question 4
Write down all the factors of 45
[2 marks]
Question 5
d = g2 – 2h
Work out the value of d when g = 15 and h = 63
[2 marks]
Rearrange m = n + k to make n the subject.
n =
[1 mark]
Question 6
Here is a right-angled triangle on a centimetre grid.
Write down the coordinates of the midpoint of the longest side.
[1 mark]
Work out the area of the triangle.
[1 mark]
Question 7
The total cost of broadband for 5 months is £99.20
At the same monthly rate, work out the total cost of broadband for 2 years.
[3 marks]
Question 8
Here is a cuboid.
Work out the volume of the cuboid. Give your answer to 1 decimal place.
[2 marks]
Question 9
Nicki asked 30 people to name their favourite crisp flavour. Here are the results.
| Salt and Vinegar | 16 |
| Ready Salted | 7 |
| Cheese and Onion | 5 |
| Prawn Cocktail | 2 |
Nicki drew this pictogram to represent the results.
What two mistakes has Nicki made?
[2 marks]
Question 10
Sanjit buys 1.75 kg of potatoes and 4 kg of leeks. The total cost is £9.03 The potatoes cost 84p per kg
Work out the cost per kg of the leeks.
Answer £ per kg
[4 marks]
Question 11
Simplify fully 2 x + 9 y + 1 + 8 x – 5 y – 7
[3 marks]
Circle the expression that is equivalent to 0.5a2
[1 mark]
Question 12
Here are the subjects available in year 12 at a school.
Students choose three subjects. They cannot choose more than one subject from a block. Lian decides to study Maths not to study Geography, Chemistry, Physics or ICT.
By listing, show that there are seven groups of three subjects that Lian could choose.
[3 marks]
Question 13
There are 1400 students at a college. A student is chosen at random.
The probability that the student is taking a GCSE resit is 0.09
How many of the students are taking a GCSE resit?
[2 marks]
The probability that the student is studying A-levels is 0.67 Core Maths is 0.48
Show that some students are studying A-levels and Core Maths.
[2 marks]
Question 14
Des delivers takeaways to houses A, B and C.
Des drives from T to A and back and from T to B, then B to C, then C to T.
Des is paid 40p for each mile he drives and £1.35 for each house he delivers to.
How much is Des paid in total for this work?
[4 marks]
Question 15
Here are two number machines.
The outputs are the same.
Work out the value of a.
[4 marks]
Question 16
Which is closer in value to 2.5
You must show your working.
[3 marks]
Question 17
A computer game has five levels. Each level has a maximum number of points. These maximum numbers form an arithmetic progression. The table shows the numbers for the first three levels.
| Level 1 | 400 |
| Level 2 | 750 |
| Level 3 | 1100 |
| Level 4 | |
| Level 5 |
Your score is the total of the points you achieve in each of the five levels. Isaac’s best score is 1250 points less than the highest possible score.
Work out his best score.
[4 marks]
Question 18
A walking group has 210 members. One week, the group organised a walk on Wednesday and a walk on Saturday. The frequency tree shows how many members went on the walks.
Show the information on the Venn diagram.
ξ = 210 members W = members who went on the Wednesday walk S = members who went on the Saturday walk
[4 marks]
Question 19
The length of a line is 8 cm to the nearest centimetre.
Complete the error interval.
[2 marks]
Question 20
Which of these is an estimate? Tick one box.
[1 mark]
Question 21
Carly’s total annual pay = salary + bonus
| Salary | Bonus | |
| Last year | £26 000 | £4000 |
| This year | 6% increase | 9% decrease |
Work out the percentage change in her total annual pay. State whether it is an increase or a decrease.
[4 marks]
Question 22
The first two cube numbers are 1 and 8
Show that the 3rd cube number can be written as the sum of three different prime numbers.
[3 marks]
Question 23
Use trigonometry to work out the size of angle w.
w = °
[3 marks]
Question 24
Two bags contain only green discs and yellow discs. Bag A contains 1 green disc and 4 yellow discs. Bag B contains 3 green discs and 7 yellow discs. One disc is picked at random from each bag.
Complete the tree diagram with the correct probabilities.
[2 marks]
Work out the probability that both discs are green.
[2 marks]
Question 25
Solve these simultaneous equations.
7 x + 2 y = 100 3 x + 2 y = 48
[3 marks]
Question 26
An open cardboard cylinder has radius 1.9 cm and height 10.2 cm
Harry assumes that the net of the cylinder is a rectangle with length l cm
Work out the area of this rectangle.
[3 marks]
In fact, the net is a parallelogram, not a rectangle. Not drawn
What does this mean about the area of the net? Tick one box.
[1 mark]
What does this mean about the perimeter of the net? Tick one box.
[1 mark]
Question 27
AF, BC, DE and DF are straight lines. BC and DE are parallel.
p is three times r.
Work out the size of angle p.
[3 marks]
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