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A shop assistant works for 7 hours each day for 5 days. The shop assistant is paid the same amount for each hour they work. In the 5 days, the shop assistant earns £448.
The distance of a car race is 420 km. A car completes the first 210 km at an average speed of 150 km/h. The same car completes the final 210 km at an average speed of 100 km/h.
Show that the average speed of the car for the whole race is less than 125 km/h.
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Paper 4 June 2025 Higher tier, Question 9, also on the Foundation paperHigherPaper 4 · June 2025 · Question 9Also on Foundation5 marks
Ryan makes a journey of 200 miles from his home to the coast. of the journey is on roads with a speed limit of 40 miles per hour. 40% of the journey is on roads with a speed limit of 50 miles per hour. The remainder of the journey takes a time of 1 hour 30 minutes.
Ryan leaves home at 08 50 and does not exceed the speed limits on the journey.
Find the earliest time that Ryan could arrive at the coast. You must show your working.
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(b)
Write down an assumption you have made when working out the answer to part (a).
When Layla walks to school she always takes 28 minutes. When Layla cycles to school her speed is double her walking speed.
(a)
One day Layla leaves home at 08 20 and cycles to school.
Find the time that Layla arrives at school.
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(b)
On another day Layla cycles half-way to school. She walks the rest of the way at her normal walking speed.
Find how many minutes Layla takes to get to school on this day.
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Paper 3 June 2024 Foundation tier, Question 21, also on the Higher paperFoundationPaper 3 · June 2024 · Question 21Also on Higher7 marks
1 cm on a map represents 150 km in real life.
(a)
Below is part of the map showing City A and City B.
Heidi is planning to walk from City A to City B for charity.
Heidi measures the straight-line distance on the map from City A to City B accurately as 5 cm. Heidi says she will walk from City A to City B at an average speed of 2.5 km / h for 10 hours per day.
(a)(i)
Use this information to work out how many days Heidi needs to complete the walk from City A to City B.
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(a)(ii)
Explain why the information used in part (i) is likely to give an underestimate for the number of days Heidi needs to complete the walk.
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(b)
Yoshi writes the scale of the map, 1 cm represents 150 km, as the ratio 1: 150.
Explain Yoshi’s error and write the scale correctly in the form 1: n.
The correct answer is 1:........
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Paper 4 June 2024 Higher tier, Question 5, also on the Foundation paperHigherPaper 4 · June 2024 · Question 5Also on Foundation3 marks
The same dog food is sold in three different sized packs. The diagram shows the price of each pack.
Which pack is the best value for money? Show how you decide.
A lift can travel at a maximum speed of 9.83 m / s, correct to 3 significant figures. The lift travels a distance of 174 m, correct to the nearest metre, between the ground floor and the top floor of a building.
(a)
Use the above information to work out the shortest possible time for the lift to travel between the ground floor and the top floor. You must show your working.
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(b)
Explain why your answer to part (a) may not be possible to achieve.
Ryan makes a journey of 200 miles from his home to the coast. of the journey is on roads with a speed limit of 40 miles per hour. 40% of the journey is on roads with a speed limit of 50 miles per hour. The remainder of the journey takes a time of 1 hour 30 minutes.
Ryan leaves home at 08 50 and does not exceed the speed limits on the journey.
Find the earliest time that Ryan could arrive at the coast. You must show your working.
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(b)
Write down an assumption you have made when working out the answer to part (a).
A bronze ornament has a volume of 198 cm3. The density of bronze is 8.9 g/cm3.
By rounding each value correct to one significant figure, work out an estimate for the mass of the bronze ornament.
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Paper 6 June 2024 Higher tier, Question 4, also on the Foundation paperHigherPaper 6 · June 2024 · Question 4Also on Foundation7 marks
1 cm on a map represents 150 km in real life.
(a)
Below is part of the map showing City A and City B.
Heidi is planning to walk from City A to City B for charity.
Heidi measures the straight-line distance on the map from City A to City B accurately as 5 cm. Heidi says she will walk from City A to City B at an average speed of 2.5 km / h for 10 hours per day.
(a)(i)
Use this information to work out how many days Heidi needs to complete the walk from City A to City B.
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(a)(ii)
Explain why the information used in part (i) is likely to give an underestimate for the number of days Heidi needs to complete the walk.
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(b)
Yoshi writes the scale of the map, 1 cm represents 150 km, as the ratio 1: 150.
Explain Yoshi’s error and write the scale correctly in the form 1: n.
Heidi and Yoshi compete in the same car race. Heidi completes the race in 6 hours. Heidi’s average speed was 50 miles per hour. Yoshi’s average speed was 48 miles per hour.
Calculate how long it took Yoshi to complete the race. Give your answer in hours and minutes.
A farmer keeps sheep in a rectangular field measuring 120 m by 180 m. The farmer can keep up to 20 sheep per hectare in the field. 1 hectare is 10 000 square metres.
Work out the maximum number of sheep the farmer can keep in the field.
A block made of iron is in the shape of a cuboid. The block is 3.1 cm by 4.9 cm by 2.2 cm. The density of iron is 7.87 g / cm3. Sam thinks that the mass of the block is about 2.4 kg.
Use estimation to decide if Sam’s answer is reasonable. Show how you decide.
A plane flies from London to Tokyo. The distance is 9600 km, correct to the nearest 100 km. The plane travels at an average speed of 820 km/h, correct to the nearest 10 km/h.
Calculate the shortest possible flight time of the plane. Give your answer in hours and minutes, correct to the nearest minute. You must show your working.
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Paper 1 June 2022 Foundation tier, Question 24, also on the Higher paperFoundationPaper 1 · June 2022 · Question 24Also on Higher5 marks
A machine can dig, on average, 2 cm of tunnel each minute. It operates 24 hours each day.
(a)
Work out how many days it should take to dig a tunnel of length 3.5 km. Give your answer to the nearest day.
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(b)
The machine actually digs an average of 2.5 cm of tunnel each minute for most of the time and an average of 1.5 cm each minute for the rest of the time.
How would this affect your answer to part (a) ?
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Paper 3 June 2022 Foundation tier, Question 18, also on the Higher paperFoundationPaper 3 · June 2022 · Question 18Also on Higher3 marks
The mass of a stone is 680 g. The density of the stone is 1.6 g / cm3.
(a)
Work out the volume of the stone.
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Write 1.6 g / cm3 in kg / m3.
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Paper 4 June 2022 Higher tier, Question 6, also on the Foundation paperHigherPaper 4 · June 2022 · Question 6Also on Foundation5 marks
A machine can dig, on average, 2 cm of tunnel each minute. It operates 24 hours each day.
(a)
Work out how many days it should take to dig a tunnel of length 3.5 km. Give your answer to the nearest day.
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(b)
The machine actually digs an average of 2.5 cm of tunnel each minute for most of the time and an average of 1.5 cm each minute for the rest of the time.
A shop sells the same milk in three different sized cartons. The diagram shows the price of each carton.
(a)
Which carton is the best value for money? Show how you decide.
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(b)
A student only buys milk on a Saturday morning. They use 120 ml of milk each day. Any unused milk has to be thrown away at the end of the following Friday.
Show that it is cheaper for the student to buy the milk they need in 300 ml cartons than in
A solid metal sphere has mass 235 g. The density of the metal is 7.78 g/cm3.
Show that the surface area of this sphere is 46.9 cm2, correct to 3 significant figures. You must show your working. [For a sphere with radius r: Volume = r3 Surface area = 4π r2.]
A truck is used to transport some wood panels. Each wood panel is a cuboid measuring 2.4 m by 1.2 m by 1.8 cm. The density of each wood panel is 750 kg/m3.
The truck can carry 15 tonnes of these wood panels.
Calculate the maximum number of wood panels that the truck can carry. Show how you decide.
A truck is used to transport some wood panels. Each wood panel is a cuboid measuring 2.4 m by 1.2 m by 1.8 cm. The density of each wood panel is 750 kg/m3.
The truck can carry 15 tonnes of these wood panels.
Calculate the maximum number of wood panels that the truck can carry. Show how you decide.
A bee flies from its hive to a flower at a constant speed of 7.5 metres per second for 10 seconds. The bee then takes 15 seconds to fly back to the hive. Assume the bee always flies in a straight line.
(a)
Ignoring the time spent at the flower, work out the overall average speed of the bee in its flight from the hive to the flower and back.
(a)........ metres per second
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(b)
If the bee is not assumed to fly in a straight line, how might your answer be affected?
Viraj cycled from his home to visit his aunt. He drew this graph to show his journey. He stopped at a shop 7 km from his home.
(a)
State one assumption that Viraj made when he drew his graph.
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For how long did Viraj stop at the shop?
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(c)
Work out Viraj’s average speed between his home and the shop. Give your answer in metres per minute.
(c)........ metres per minute
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(d)
How can you tell, without doing any calculations, that Viraj’s average speed between his home and the shop is greater than his average speed between the shop and his aunt?
Each tile is a square measuring 50 cm by 50 cm. The tiles are only sold in packs of ten. Each pack costs £20. Tim pays for fitting at a rate of £7.50 per square metre, with any fraction of a square metre rounded up.
The graph shows information about the speed of a vehicle during the final 50 seconds of a journey. At the start of the 50 seconds the speed is k metres per second. The distance travelled during the 50 seconds is 1.35 kilometres.
(a)
Work out the average speed of the vehicle during the 50 seconds. Give your answer in metres per second.
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(b)
Work out the value of k.
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(c)(i)
Calculate the gradient of the graph in the final 10 seconds of the journey.
Trish and Marc both cycled the same distance. Trish completed the distance in 2 hours. Her average speed was 16 miles per hour. Marc completed the distance in 4 hours.
Lillian works 7 hours each day for 5 days a week. She earns £420 each week.
(a)
How much does she earn per hour?
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(b)
Lillian decides that she is going to work 7 hours each day for only 4 days a week. Her earnings are to be reduced by 20%. Lillian thinks that this reduction is reasonable.
(b)(i)
Explain why a reduction of 20% is reasonable.
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How much will Lillian earn working 4 days a week?
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Paper 2 June 2017 Foundation tier, Question 15, also on the Higher paperFoundationPaper 2 · June 2017 · Question 15Also on Higher3 marks
The graph shows Mia’s journey from her home to university.
Calculate Mia’s average speed for the whole journey.
A village has a population of 4200 and a population density of 700 people per km2. An estate is built next to the village. The estate has an area of 2 km2 and a population density of 800 people per km2.
Work out the population density for the village and the estate together.
A sculpture is formed from a cylinder resting on top of a cuboid. The cylinder has radius 45 cm and height 80 cm. The cuboid measures 90 cm by 90 cm by 150 cm.
The sculpture is made of granite. The granite has a density of 2.7 g/cm3.
Calculate the total mass of the sculpture in tonnes.
The object below is made from a square-based pyramid joined to a cuboid.
The base of the cuboid and the base of the pyramid are both squares of side 4 cm. The height of the cuboid is 8 cm and the total height of the object is 13 cm. The total mass of the object is 158 g.
The cuboid is made from wood with density 0.67 g/cm3. The pyramid is made from granite.
Calculate the density of the granite. [The volume of a pyramid is × area of base× perpendicular height.]
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