WJEC GCSE Numeracy Unit 2: Calculator-allowed Foundation November 2023 question paper 3310U20-1

He records the number of steps he takes each day from Monday to Friday.

Has Glen achieved his target to walk at least 10 000 steps every day?

Give a reason for your answer.

Yes No

Glen’s second target was to walk at least 50 000 steps from Monday to Friday.

By how many steps did he beat this target?

Approximately how many steps did Glen walk on Tuesday?

Give your answer correct to the nearest 100.

Jamil works in Cardiff from Monday to Friday.

He travels by train from Bridgend to Cardiff and back each day.

The table below shows the times of the trains from Bridgend to Cardiff.

On a Tuesday, Jamil must be at work by 9 a.m. for a meeting. His office is a 10-minute walk from the station.

What is the latest train that Jamil could catch from Bridgend to be on time for the

meeting?

Using the information in the table above, complete the following sentence.

The train that departs from Bridgend at_{…………………………………} takes the longest

time to travel to Cardiff.

This train takes_{…………………………………} minutes to travel from Bridgend to Cardiff.

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

Jamil buys his lunch on his way to work every day from Monday to Friday. Each day, he buys a sandwich, an orange juice and a bag of crisps.

Last week, Jamil bought his lunch from Caz’s Café every day from Monday to Friday. This week, he plans to buy his lunch from Simon’s Sandwiches every day from Monday to Friday.

In total, how much less will Jamil pay for his lunches this week than he paid last week?

You must show all your working.

Siân belongs to a local running club.

One weekend, Siân plans to run along some local paths. • On Saturday, she plans to run from Aber to Cwm. • On Sunday, she plans to run from Aber to Borth and then to Dinas.

Siân wants to work out the total distance for each run before she starts.

Siân uses the map below. The scale of the map is 1 cm represents 0·5 miles.

Scale: 1 cm represents 0· 5 miles

How many miles is it from Aber to Cwm?

How many miles is it from Aber to Borth and then to Dinas?

Siân trains at her local rugby pitch, which is shown below. Siân runs complete laps around the outside of the pitch.

Siân wants to run at least 5000 m.

What is the smallest number of complete laps that Siân needs to run?

You must show all your working.

Alys thinks that she will be a European shoe size 37.

Is Alys correct?

Give a reason for your answer.

Yes No

Ellie sends candles in boxes to her customers. She uses the following table to calculate the cost of postage.

A customer orders 3 large candles, 2 medium candles and 4 small candles.

Ellie packs these candles in a box. The mass of the empty box and packaging is 280 g.

Ellie sends the parcel ‘Signed’ and ‘1st class’.

Calculate the cost of sending the parcel.

You must show all your working.

Miss Jardon’s electricity bill is shown below.

Complete the bill to find the total amount that Miss Jardon owes.

Miss Jardon 34 Heol Ysbyty

Amount due to pay £_........

A report from a Saturday newspaper is shown below.

Mean rainfall for the last 5 days is 42 mm

Mid Wales had significant rainfall over the last 5 days. 40 mm of rain fell on Monday, 37 mm on Tuesday and 39 mm on Wednesday. Thursday was the wettest day, when 48 mm of rain fell. Rain fell again on Friday. The mean rainfall per day for these 5 days was 42 mm.

Calculate the rainfall for Friday.

You must show all your working.

Rainfall on Friday was_........ mm

It did not rain on Saturday or Sunday in this week.

Calculate the mean rainfall per day for the week.

Mean rainfall per day for the week is_........ mm

The diagram below shows a flowerbed at Maggie’s house. Maggie’s mum will pay her £2.50 per m² to weed the flowerbed.

Calculate how much Maggie will get paid for the weeding.

Treviso is a company that designs and builds bicycles.

Treviso has designed this new bike frame. The missing angles need to be calculated.

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

Each wheel on Treviso’s new bike has a diameter of 29 inches.

What is the diameter of each wheel in millimetres?

Jac is planning to visit the Empire State Building in New York.

The elevators in the Empire State Building were designed to move at a rate of 0·366 kilometres per minute.

Complete the following statement.

The elevators in the Empire State Building were designed to move

at_........ metres per second.