WJEC GCSE Mathematics Unit 2: Calculator-allowed Foundation November 2023 question paper 3300U20-1

Write down the next term in each of the sequences below.

53, 80, 107, 134,_........

24, 72, 216, 648,_........

Write the special name for the line drawn on each of the circles below.

Which of these angles is the largest acute angle?

Circle your answer.

175° 45° 355° 85° 95°

Which of these angles is the smallest obtuse angle?

Circle your answer.

95° 75° 275° 105° 185°

The line AB is shown below.

Draw a line, parallel to AB, through the point C.

Arwel writes a list of six numbers:

3 3 4 4 5 6

Arwel adds another number to his list. The mode of his seven numbers is an odd number.

What number does Arwel add to his list?

The number that Arwel adds to his list is_{………........ …………..}

Ffion writes a list of seven numbers:

3 8 4 1 2 8 9

What is the median of Ffion’s seven numbers?

The median of Ffion’s seven numbers is_{………........ …………..}

Marc writes down two numbers:

2 7

Marc adds another number to his list. The mean of his three numbers is 5.

What number does Marc add to his list?

You must show all your working.

The number that Marc adds to his list is_{………........ …………..}

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

Dylan and Angharad make cuboids and cubes out of centimetre cubes.

Dylan makes the cuboid below.

Angharad makes a cube with edges of length 4 cm.

How many more centimetre cubes does Angharad use than Dylan?

You must show all your working.

Write 27 minutes and 11 seconds in seconds.

27 minutes and 11 seconds =_{……………........ ………} seconds

Write your answer correct to the nearest thousand.

Calculate 4% of £250.

Laura thinks of a number.

What is 50% of Laura’s number?

50% of Laura’s number is_{……………........ ………}

Write an expression, in terms of x, to represent each of the following.

5 more than x

x less than 3

half of x

What is 32 km approximately equal to?

Circle your answer.

16 miles 20 miles 32 miles 51 miles 64 miles

A pencil case contains some pens. One pen is chosen at random. The probability that the chosen pen is blue is 45%.

What is the probability that the chosen pen is not blue?

Dewi throws a fair six-sided dice. What is the probability that Dewi throws a prime number?

Circle your answer.

A number machine is shown below.

Calculate the OUTPUT when the INPUT is 1·5.

A decimal number is written on a card.

You have three clues to help you work out the number on the card. Clue 1: The number is between 5 and 12 inclusive. Clue 2: The number is a multiple of 2·3. Clue 3: The square of the number is greater than 50 but less than 120.

What is the decimal number on the card?

Give your answer correct to the nearest 10.

Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

Kamal worked for a total of 36 hours in one week.

On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, he worked the same number of hours each day. On both Thursday and Friday, he worked for half as long as he did on any of the first three days. He did not work on Saturday or Sunday.

How many hours did Kamal work for on Friday?

Kamal worked for_{…………........ ………………….} hours on Friday

Translate the triangle 6 squares to the left and 2 squares down.

The shape below has a total length of 35 cm. The shape is cut into three parts, A, B and C.

The length of A is of the total length of the shape. The lengths of B and C are in the ratio 1: 6.

Find the length of each part of the shape.

You must show all your working.

The diagram below shows the graph of the straight line y = 2 x + 4 for values of x from –3 to 3.

The diagram shows two circles that fit in a rectangle.

The centre of the small circle is directly below the centre of the large circle. The diameter of the small circle is 8 cm. The radius of the large circle is 2 cm greater than the radius of the small circle.

Calculate the total area of the shaded parts of the rectangle.