WJEC GCSE Numeracy Unit 1: Non-calculator Foundation November 2021 question paper 3310U10-1

Amazing Snacks makes tortilla chips, as shown in this picture.

This tortilla chip has 3 sides of equal length. What is the name of a triangle that has 3 sides of equal length?

Circle your answer.

scalene isosceles right-angled equilateral quadrilateral

Maisie has been asked to design a new shape of chip. One of her designs is shown below.

Maisie thinks that the angle between the two straight edges is an obtuse angle. Do you agree?

You must use the diagram to give a reason for your answer.

Yes No

The table below shows the number of swimming medals won by 5 countries in the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.

One entry is missing.

Complete the table to show the number of Silver medals won by Canada.

Which country had a quarter of the total number of medals won by Canada?

Before 2018, the world record for the 100 metres breaststroke was 57.13 seconds. During 2018, Adam Peaty beat this world record by 3 hundredths of a second.

What was the new world record?

Alys Thomas, from Wales, won a Gold medal in the 200 metres butterfly final. Her reaction time was 0.73 seconds and her total time was 2 minutes and 5.45 seconds. The results for the race are shown below.

What is the difference in the total time between 1st and 2nd place?

What was the modal reaction time?

Mona and Rob shop online and have their weekly shopping delivered to their house.

One day, Mona writes the following shopping list and does not check the quantities.

Place a ‘×’ by the items that do not appear to have a sensible quantity. Place a ‘√’ by those that do.

One has been completed for you.

Rob visits the local shops to buy potatoes. He sees these two offers.

Explain fully which offer is the better buy.

You must include an appropriate calculation.

The prices for cupcakes at two different bakeries are shown below.

For a birthday party, Maldwyn needs 12 cupcakes.

How much will Maldwyn save by buying the 12 cupcakes from Carol’s Cakes rather than from Icing Top Cakes ?

You must show all your working.

Dean went to the gym yesterday afternoon.

The graph shows the distance Dean was from home during yesterday afternoon.

Distance from home (km)

How far away from home was Dean at 15:15?

Circle your answer.

15∙5 km 15 km 16∙5 km 16 km 17 km

At what time did Dean arrive back home?

Circle your answer.

5:30 p.m. 5:30 a.m. 5:15 p.m. 5:10 p.m. 5:00 a.m.

A water tank is filled every morning.

The graph below shows the depth of water in the tank between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. on Friday and Saturday.

Depth of water (mm)

What was the difference between the depth of water on Friday and on Saturday at

8:20 a.m.?

Consider the time interval between 8:10 a.m. and 8:50 a.m. At what time was the depth of the water in the tank the same on both Friday and

Saturday?

The tank can hold water to a depth of 400 mm.

On Saturday, at what time was the water in the tank half this depth?

8:28 a.m. 8:20 a.m. 8:35 a.m. 8:12 a.m. 8:30 a.m.

The following advertisement appeared in the Draig Newsletter.

Rowena has a guitar lesson with Mr Chen. She then decides to pay in advance for a further 5 lessons.

How much does Rowena pay in total for these 6 guitar lessons?

Dafydd wants to learn to play the saxophone.

Saxophone lessons will cost him a total of £300. He needs to pay a deposit of £18 to book the lessons.

What percentage of the total cost of the lessons is the deposit?

Three different stores sell bananas.

You can assume that the mass of a banana in each of the stores is 100 g.

Sid needs to buy 24 bananas.

Calculate how much Sid would pay in each of the stores. In which store will he be able to get 24 bananas for the least amount of money?

You must show all your working.

Use this section of a map of Wales to answer this question.

The map is drawn to scale.

Complete each of the following statements.

‘The bearing of Llanbister from Rhayader is........ °. ‘

‘The bearing of Bleddfa from Llanbister is........ °.’

Cwmbelan is 2 miles from Llanidloes.

Sioned travelled from Rhayader to Crossgates in 30 minutes. Calculate her approximate average speed. Give your answer in miles per hour (mph).

You must show all your working.