Edexcel GCSE Maths Paper 2: Calculator Foundation November 2023 question paper 1MA1/2F

Write down two factors of 18

Write 0.9 as a fraction.

Change 7 metres to centimetres.

Write down a square number that is between 10 and 50

Work out 50% of 240

Lydia works for 4 hours. She is paid £50 How much is Lydia paid per hour?

Here is a 3-D shape.

Write down the name of this 3-D shape.

In the space below, draw a sketch of a triangular prism.

Curtis needs to buy some items for his sports club. Here are the prices.

Curtis needs to buy 5 footballs 6 hockey sticks 2 cricket bats 4 tennis balls. Curtis has £200 to spend. Show that Curtis can buy all the items he needs.

Harris is buying a shirt and a tie. He has a choice of three colours of shirt and a choice of three styles of tie.

Harris is going to choose one shirt and one tie. List all the possible combinations Harris can choose.

There are 24 red counters and 40 blue counters in a bag. Write down the ratio of the number of red counters to the number of blue counters in the bag. Give your ratio in its simplest form.

Rima is going to roll a fair 6‑sided dice.

Choose the word that best describes the probability that the dice will land on the

Choose the word that best describes the probability that the dice will land on an odd number.

A car travels at an average speed of 37 miles per hour for 3 hours. Work out the distance that the car travels in the 3 hours.

Milo is trying to find the area of this rectangle.

He writes, “The area is 400 cm² because 5 × 4 × 5 × 4 = 400”

Explain what is wrong with Milo’s method.

Anya works out the area of a shape. Her answer is 86 cm.

Explain why her answer cannot be fully correct.

3 kg of flour costs £4.05 5 kg of flour and 6 kg of sugar cost £11.85 Work out the cost of 2 kg of flour and 5 kg of sugar.

Martha and Nabeel share £120 Martha gets 72% of the money. She spends 30% of the money she gets. How much money does Martha have left?

160 people were asked to choose their favourite type of book. They each chose from romance or adventure or horror or thriller. 85 of these people were children. The rest were adults. 19 of the 33 people who chose romance were children. 34 of the 76 people who chose adventure were adults. 7 adults chose thriller. The number of children who chose thriller was the same as the number of adults who chose horror. Work out the total number of people who chose horror. You must show how you get your answer.

Here are the heights, in cm, of 16 sunflowers.

Show this information in a stem and leaf diagram.

Give your answer as a decimal. Write down all the figures on your calculator display.

Write your answer to part (a) correct to 2 decimal places.

The diagram shows a quadrilateral ABDE and an equilateral triangle BCD.

CB is parallel to DE. Angle AED = 132° Work out the size of the angle marked x. You must give a reason for each stage of your working.

Complete the table of values for y = x² – x – 2

On the grid, draw the graph of y = x² – x – 2 for values of x from −2 to 3

Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle A onto triangle B.

Expand and simplify 3 (2 y − 5) + 7 (y + 2)

Factorise fully 6x² + 15x

Make g the subject of the formula f = 3g + 11

Karen is organising a party for a charity. She spends £100 on food £120 on a hall £80 on a DJ. Karen sells 54 tickets for the party. Each ticket costs £7.50 Work out the percentage profit Karen makes for the charity.

Andrew invests £4500 in a savings account for 2 years. The account pays compound interest at a rate of 3.4% per year. Calculate how much Andrew has in this savings account at the end of the 2 years.

Solve 5 x − 14 = 52 − x

Chris, Debbie and Errol share some money in the ratio 3: 4: 2 Debbie gets £120 Chris then gives some of his share to Debbie and some of his share to Errol. The money that Chris, Debbie and Errol each have is now in the ratio 2: 5: 3 How much money did Chris give to Errol?

The bearing of port B from port A is 147° Work out the bearing of port A from port B.

The diagram shows an empty tank in the shape of a cylinder.

The cylinder has radius 15 cm and height 43 cm. Water flows into the tank at a rate of 0.47 litres per minute. Calculate the number of minutes it will take to completely fill the tank. Give your answer correct to the nearest minute.

ABC is a right-angled triangle.

Calculate the length of AB. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

Solve the simultaneous equations 3 x + y = −4.5 4 x + 3 y = −3.5