WJEC GCSE Numeracy Unit 2: Calculator-allowed Foundation November 2022 question paper 3310U20-1

Billy belongs to a local walking club.

He asked 35 people in the club which Welsh mountain they liked to walk up the most. He recorded the information shown below.

Draw a bar chart to show Billy’s data.

Use the square grid on the opposite page.

Complete the following sentence.

The difference between the number of people who liked walking up Cadair Idris

and the number who liked walking up Pen y Fan is_........ .

Billy says,

“The modal choice of mountain is Pen y Fan.”

Explain why Billy is not correct.

Billy went for a walk up Pen y Gadair Fawr.

Pen y Gadair Fawr is 800 metres high.

Calculate the height of Pen y Gadair Fawr in feet.

Pen y Gadair Fawr is_........ feet high.

The walk took Billy 3 hours and 45 minutes. He started his walk at 10:30 a.m. At what time did he finish his walk?

Give your answer using the 24-hour clock.

Look at the table below. It gives the temperature at 6 a.m. each day for a week in March at Pen y Gadair

Use the information in the table above to complete the following statements.

The day with the lowest temperature is_........

The range of these temperatures is_........

The median of these temperatures is_........

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

Mrs Smith is planning to hold a tea party in her garden.

The costs for the party are shown in the table below.

Mrs Smith has already saved £250 towards the cost of the party.

How much more money does Mrs Smith need for the party?

You must show all your working.

her bunting is shown below.

Make an accurate drawing of the pattern for the bunting.

One side has already been drawn for you.

Mrs Smith is planning to use a number of identical rectangular tables for her party. There will be 18 people at the party, including Mrs Smith.

Six chairs fit around one table, as shown in the diagram below.

She would like all the tables to be joined together.

All the tables must be joined together either:

• with their shorter sides touching or • with their longer sides touching.

Mrs Smith wants to use the least number of tables possible. Draw a diagram in the space below to show how the tables and chairs for the 18 people

at the party should be arranged.

The new lifeboat cost £2.2 million.

How much of the cost of this lifeboat was funded from government sources?

Write your answer in figures only.

1800 medals were awarded to RNLI crew members in recent years. The distribution of the medals is shown accurately in the pie chart below.

What fraction of the medals awarded were bronze?

Circle your answer.

How many gold medals were awarded?

You must show all your working.

Viktor runs a plumbing company that is based abroad.

In April 2022, the rate of VAT that Viktor had to pay on goods increased to 23%. In May 2022, Viktor bought goods worth 4000 euros before VAT. If he had bought the goods before April, the VAT would have been 800 euros.

How much more VAT did Viktor pay on the goods in May than he would have done if he

had bought them before April?

Viktor pays 3600 euros towards his tax bill. The exchange rate is £1 = 1.11 euros. How much is 3600 euros in pounds?

Give your answer correct to the nearest penny.

Iwan recorded his gas usage for a week. His meter reading was 21 345 kWh at the start of the week. His meter reading was 21 640 kWh at the end of the week.

Gas costs 7.2p per kWh. VAT at 5% is payable on the cost of any gas used.

Calculate the total cost of Iwan’s gas for the week.

You must show all your working.

For the first 7 days of October, the mean daily outside temperature at midday where Iwan lives was 13·2°C. The temperatures at midday for the next 2 days of October were 12·2°C and 12·4°C.

Calculate the total of the temperatures for the first 7 days. Hence, calculate the mean midday temperature for the first 9 days of October.

You must show all your working.

The mean midday temperature for the first 9 days of October was_{……........ ………………..} °C

The plan of the streets where Iwan lives is shown below.

Find the size of each of the angles a, b and c.

The frequency diagrams below show the lengths of time that men and women spent training in the gym on Friday.

Time spent training – Men

Time spent training – Women

Freddie says he spent exactly 1 hour 25 minutes training in the gym on Friday.

Explain how you know that Freddie is not telling the truth.

How many men spent less than 20 minutes training in the gym on Friday?

Circle your answer.

12 14 54 6 20

How many women spent less than 40 minutes training in the gym on Friday?

Circle your answer.

14 26 34 38 76

Gwen says,

“A greater proportion of women than men spent between 40 and 60 minutes training in the gym on Friday.”

Is Gwen’s statement true or false?

True False

You must show all your working to support your answer.

Lena’s flight left Havana on Monday at 17:40 local Havana time.

On what day and at what time did this flight arrive in Gatwick?

Give your answer in UK time.