Edexcel GCSE Maths Paper 3: Calculator Foundation June 2019 question paper 1MA1/3F
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Edexcel 1MA1 · Paper 3F
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Question 2
Write down a multiple of 8 that is between 41 and 60
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Question 3
Change 1.5 kilometres to metres.
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Question 4
Here is a list of numbers. 4 6 9 10 15 27 30 40 From the list, write down all the numbers that are powers of 3
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Question 7
There are four types of counter in a bag. The table shows the number of each type of counter in the bag.
There are more green counters than red counters. How many more?
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Question 8
Here is the gauge for the fuel tank of a car.
The fuel tank holds 52 litres of fuel when the tank is full. The tank is full of fuel. Work out how many more litres of fuel are needed to fill the tank.
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Question 9
Simplify 4e + 6f + 7e f
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Question 10
Bill has 400 counters in a bag. He gives 35 of the counters to Sameena 50 of the counters to Henry 75 of the counters to Lucas What fraction of the 400 counters is left in Bill’s bag? Give your fraction in its simplest form.
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Question 11
The table shows the costs of sending a parcel by the Express service and by the Rapid service.
| Type of service | Cost |
| Express | £15.25 |
| Rapid | £35.38 |
Brendan has to send 12 parcels. It will be cheaper to send the parcels by the Express service than by the Rapid service.
Luke wants to send 21 parcels by the Express service. He does the calculation 20 £15 £300 to estimate the cost.
Explain why Luke’s calculation shows the actual cost will be more than £300
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Question 12
Ali, Ben and Cathy share an amount of money in the ratio 6: 9: 10 What fraction of the money does Ben get?
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Question 13
The first term of a sequence of numbers is 24 The term-to-term rule of this sequence is ‘add 8’ Josie says, “No number in this sequence is in the 5 times table.”
Give an example to show that Josie is wrong.
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Is 85 a number in this sequence? Give a reason for your answer.
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Question 14
Give your answer as a decimal. Write down all the figures on your calculator display.
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Question 15
You can use this rule to work out the total hire charge, in pounds (£), for hiring a 3D printer for a number of weeks.
Mia wants to hire a 3D printer for 4 weeks.
Zahir hires a 3D printer. The total hire charge is £680
For how many weeks does Zahir hire the 3D printer?
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Question 16
Here is a rectangle.
The 6-sided shape below is made from two of these rectangles.
Work out the perimeter of this 6-sided shape.
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Question 17
The accurate scale diagram shows a telephone mast and a box.
The box has a real width of 1.5 metres.
Find an estimate for the real height, in metres, of the telephone mast.
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Question 18
The table shows information about the numbers of points scored by 30 students in a quiz.
| Number of points | Frequency |
| 0 | 4 |
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 5 |
Work out the total number of points scored.
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Question 19
Make x the subject of the formula y x + 4
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Question 20
The diagram shows a square ABDE and an equilateral triangle BCD.
Work out the size of angle EBC.
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Question 21
Liz goes on holiday to South Africa. Liz wants to change £850 into South African rand. She wants to get as many 200 rand notes as possible. The exchange rate is £1 18.53 rand. Work out the greatest number of 200 rand notes that Liz can get for £850
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Question 22
In October Sally drove 560 miles in her car. The car travelled 34.5 miles for each gallon of petrol used. Petrol cost £1.08 per litre. 1 gallon 4.55 litres. Work out the cost of the petrol the car used in October.
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Question 23
Costcorp sells packets of mints to shop owners. On Monday three shop owners buy mints from Costcorp. Each shop owner buys small packets, medium packets and large packets of mints. Alan buys 400 packets of mints. 32 % are small packets. 40 % are large packets. Beryl buys 500 packets of mints.
Charlie buys 150 small packets of mints so that number of small packets: number of medium packets 3: 4 Work out the total number of medium packets of mints these shop owners buy. You must show all your working.
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Question 24
E {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9} A {1, 5, 6, 8, 9} B {2, 6, 9}
Complete the Venn diagram to represent this information.
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A number is chosen at random from the universal set E.
Find the probability that the number is in the set A B
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Question 25
Katy invests £200 000 in a savings account for 4 years. The account pays compound interest at a rate of 1.5 % per annum. Calculate the total amount of interest Katy will get at the end of 4 years.
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Question 26
The table shows information about the heights of 80 plants.
| Height (h cm) | Frequency |
| 10 h | 7 |
| 20 h | 13 |
| 30 h | 14 |
| 40 h | 12 |
| 50 h | 16 |
| 60 h | 18 |
Find the class interval that contains the median.
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On the grid, draw a frequency polygon for the information in the table.
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Question 27
Sean has drawn a time series graph to show the numbers, in thousands, of visitors to a fun park.
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
Write down two things that are wrong or could be misleading with this graph.
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Question 28
The diagram shows a hexagon. The hexagon has one line of symmetry.
117°
Angle ABC 117° Angle BCD 2 angle CDE Work out the size of angle AFE. You must show all your working.
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