Edexcel GCSE Maths Paper 2: Calculator Foundation November 2024 question paper 1MA1/2F

Write 17% as a fraction.

Write 140 minutes in hours and minutes.

Write these numbers in order of size. Start with the smallest number. 0.57 0.507 0.5 0.05

Write down the mathematical name of this polygon.

Find the number that is exactly halfway between –2 and 8

Jo uses beads to make bracelets. For each bracelet she uses 5 red beads and 7 white beads. Jo has 52 red beads and 80 white beads. Work out the greatest number of bracelets Jo can make. You must show all your working.

Here are the ages, in years, of 8 children. 14 10 10 13 15 9 15 10

Work out the mean age.

Work out the range of the ages.

One of the children is chosen at random.

On the probability scale below, mark with a cross () the probability that this child has an age of 15

Junaid says that 20 is a square number because 10² = 20

Is Junaid correct? Give a reason for your answer.

Chloe says, “ When you divide an even number by an even number the answer is always an even number.”

Write down an example to show that Chloe is wrong.

There are 90 red counters and 150 yellow counters in a bag. Write down the ratio of the number of red counters to the number of yellow counters. Give your ratio in its simplest form.

Here is a square.

The square has a perimeter of 40 cm. Five of these squares are used to make the shape below.

Work out the perimeter of this shape.

Simplify 2x × 3y

Simplify 3d – 4e + 2d + e

180 tickets are sold for a concert. 60% of the tickets are child tickets. The rest of the tickets are adult tickets. The total cost of the 180 tickets is £1944 Each child ticket costs £8 Work out the cost of each adult ticket.

ABC is a triangle.

BCD is a straight line. Show that triangle ABC is isosceles. Give a reason for each stage of your working.

Amy walked from her home to the skate park. The travel graph of Amy’s walk to the skate park is shown below.

Time On the way to the skate park Amy stopped at her friend’s house.

How far is it from her friend’s house to the skate park?

Amy stayed at the skate park for 2 hours. Then she walked home at a steady speed. She took 1 hour 30 minutes to walk home.

Complete the travel graph.

A map has a scale of 1: 25 000 On the map, a road has a length of 14 cm. Work out the real length of the road. Give your answer in kilometres.

Aisha has two boxes of sweets, box A and box B. In box A, there are only 10 red sweets and 30 green sweets. In box B, there are only 7 red sweets and 18 green sweets. Aisha is going to take at random a sweet from box A and a sweet from box B. Which box gives Aisha the greater probability of taking a red sweet, box A or box B? You must show how you get your answer.

Last year Emma’s car insurance cost £285 This year her car insurance costs 7% less.

Work out the cost of Emma’s car insurance this year.

Peter sells bikes. Each month he is paid £1700 plus a bonus. The bonus is 5% of the total value of the bikes he sells that month. Last month Peter was paid £2100

Work out the total value of the bikes he sold last month.

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

Factorise fully 15w² – 5w

On the number line below, show the set of values of x for which –2 x ≤ 4

20Use your calculator to work out the value of

Write down all the digits on your calculator display.

The scatter graph shows information about some ships. It shows the length and the width of each ship.

What type of correlation does this scatter graph show?

Draw a line of best fit on the scatter graph. A different ship has a length of 194 metres.

Use your line of best fit to find an estimate for the width of this ship.

In London, a 200 g Choci bar costs £3.50 In Zurich, a 360 g Choci bar costs 7.20 Swiss francs. The exchange rate is £1 = 1.25 Swiss francs. In which city is the Choci bar the better value for money, in London or in Zurich? You must show how you get your answer.

E = {odd numbers between 0 and 20} A = {3, 9, 15, 17} B = {5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19} Tom was asked to draw a Venn diagram for this information. Here is his answer.

Write down two things Tom should do to make his answer fully correct.

Complete the table of values for y = x² – 2x – 3

On the grid, draw the graph of y = x² – 2x – 3 for values of x from –2 to 4

The cost of a first class stamp increased from 76p to 85p. The cost of a second class stamp increased from 65p to 66p. Filip says, “ The percentage increase in the cost of a first class stamp is more than 7 times the percentage increase in the cost of a second class stamp.” Is Filip correct? You must show all your working.

The diagram shows triangle ABC.

In the diagram, all measurements are in centimetres. AC = BC The perimeter of the triangle is 72 cm. Work out the area of the triangle.

271.25 × 10^–12 = k × (4 10^–20) Work out the value of k. Give your answer in standard form.

The diagram shows a solid cylinder with base radius 3 cm and height 10 cm.

The cylinder is made from steel. It has a mass of 2250 g. Work out the density of the steel. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.