WJEC GCSE Numeracy Unit 1: Non-calculator Foundation November 2018 question paper 3310U10-1

Gary Smith buys a car from Rob Marsh. Look at the cheque below. It is from Gary Smith to Rob Marsh.

Write the number four thousand and thirty five, in figures.

Write it in the box on the cheque.

Rob Marsh estimates this amount to be ten thousand pounds. Is this a good estimate?

Yes No

Give a reason for your answer.

Rob Marsh’s last statement of his bank account is shown below.

The balance of the account on 29th October is –£21.00.

Explain what this means.

Rob Marsh expects £50.00 to go into his account on 30th October.

What will be the new balance of his bank account?

Circle either TRUE or FALSE for each of the following statements.

What was the modal number of matches won?

What is the range of the total number of points gained?

After the wedding, Lowri and Jack are going on their honeymoon to Greece. The total cost of the honeymoon is £3400.

They pay a deposit of £1000.

The holiday company then reduces the money they have left to pay by 10%.

The rest of the money they owe will be paid in 20 equal monthly payments.

How much will they need to pay each month?

What is 5:45 p.m. in 24-hour clock time?

Circle your answer.

15:45 05:45 13:45 07:45 17:45

Ffion is making a box for a present.

The box is a cuboid. Ffion draws a sketch of a net of the cuboid.

Write down the height, length and width of the box.

Height is_{……........ ……} cm Length is_{……........ ……} cm Width is_{……........ ……} cm

After Ffion has finished making the box, she cuts and sticks coloured string along each edge of the finished box.

The string costs 3p for every 2 cm. How much will Ffion spend on the string?

You must show all your working.

Cost of the string is_{…………........ ………………}

In some schools, pupils complete a cycling test. This involves cycling around cones and knowing how you should ride safely on the road.

The diagram shows part of the route that cyclists follow.

What is the range?

Circle your answer.

0 1 2 3 4 5

What is the median?

Circle your answer.

0 1 2 3 4 5

Rob puts some books and a weight on a set of balance scales. All the books are identical.

What is the mass of one book?

Rob balances some identical dictionaries. 10 dictionaries are on one side. 2 dictionaries and a 3200 g weight are on the other side.

Let the mass of one dictionary be x grams.

Use the information above to write an equation in terms of x.

Find the total mass of all 12 dictionaries.

The total mass of all 12 dictionaries is_........ g

Tref-tiles sells boxes of small wall tiles. Three different boxes are available.

Catrin is buying a very large quantity of these small tiles to cover all the walls in her bathroom. Which box offers the best value for money?

You must show all your working.

Tref-tiles has 5 boxes of tiles on special offer. All the tiles in each box are identical.

3 of these boxes contain tiles that tessellate. Manon is asked to select these 3 boxes.

Which 3 boxes should Manon select?

Box_{........ ……}, box_{........ ……} and box_{........ ……}

Complete each of the statements below.

‘In July 2005, two of the 8 towns had the same number of people. The percentages of rubbish recycled in these two towns were

........ % and........ %.’

‘The town with the least number of people had set a target of recycling 45% of rubbish for July 2005. This small town beat this target by........ %’

Explain why it is not reasonable to use this data to estimate the percentage of rubbish

recycled in a town of 9000 people.

A badge is made using a metal button, a pin and sticky tape.

Elwyn decides to buy metal buttons and pins to make badges, so that there are no metal buttons or pins left over. He wants to buy the least possible number of packs of metal buttons and bags of pins.

Show that Elwyn should buy 4 packs of metal buttons and 7 bags of pins.

You must show all your working.

What is the maximum number of badges Elwyn can possibly make using 4 packs

of metal buttons and 7 bags of pins?

How many rolls of sticky tape should Elwyn buy?

Number of rolls of sticky tape_........

Elwyn sells all the badges he makes for 50p each.

Calculate the maximum profit he would make.