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Mathematics · WJEC 3300 · Unit 1: Non-calculator · Foundation · June 2024

WJEC GCSE Mathematics Unit 1: Non-calculator Foundation June 2024 question paper 3300U10-1

1h 30m 65 marks

Calculators may not be used

Practise the past exam questions by topic

WJEC 3300 · Unit 1F

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Question 3

In this question, you will be assessed on the quality of your organisation, communication and accuracy in writing.

Alex has four bags of beads. Three of these bags contain 65 beads each. The fourth bag contains 405 beads.

Alex pours all the beads from the four bags into an empty box.

Then, Alex shares all these beads equally between the four bags.

How many beads are there in each bag?

You must show all your working.

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Question 4

Matilda asked 10 of her friends which was their favourite sport.

They each chose one of rugby, hockey or cricket. Matilda showed the results of her survey in the bar chart below.

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Matilda chooses one of her friends at random.

(a)

Describe the chance that the friend’s favourite sport is cricket.

Circle the best expression from those below.

impossible unlikely an even chance likely certain

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(b)

Describe the chance that the friend’s favourite sport is rugby.

Circle the best expression from those below.

impossible unlikely an even chance likely certain

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Question 11

Ifan has chosen four odd numbers.

Some of the numbers are the same and some of them are different. Ifan’s numbers are all less than 10.

Both the mode and the mean of Ifan’s numbers are 7.

What numbers has Ifan chosen?

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Question 16

In a game, each competitor will have 20 attempts at throwing a ball into a bucket.

They will get 1 point for every ball that lands in the bucket.

Sioned wants to keep a record of the total points for each competitor. She decides to show the results in a table with the total points recorded in groups of equal width.

(a)

She starts to draw a table using five groups, as shown below.

Figure for question 16

Explain why these groups will not be suitable.

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(b)

Sioned considers using the table shown below. She decides that it is suitable for recording all the total points in groups of equal width

Fill in the two missing numbers in the top row.

Figure for question 16

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(c)

Finally, Sioned decides to use the groups shown in the table below. The results for the first 100 competitors are shown in the table.

Total points0 to 23 to 56 to 89 to 1112 to 1415 to 1718 to 20
Number of competitors5101722231211

One of these 100 competitors is chosen at random.

(c)(i)

What is the probability that this competitor scored 6, 7 or 8 points?

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(c)(ii)

Explain why the following statement may be incorrect.

The probability that this competitor scored 19 points is. fraction

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Question 18

Ahmed organises a game using two fair spinners, as shown below.

The first spinner shows the values 10, 20, 30 and 40. The second spinner shows the values 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.

Figure for question 18

In the game, the two spinners are spun and the values shown are added to give a score. For example, the spinners above score 32.

Ahmed charges £1 for each attempt at the game. Any player who scores 43 or more wins £5.

Calculate Ahmed’s expected profit when this game is played 100 times.

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