Edexcel GCSE Foundation November 2023 Paper 1 (non-calculator)
27 questions · 80 marks. Every question from the paper, recreated, with the official mark scheme, an annotated worked solution and a shadow question (the same skill with new numbers). Open the paper in the Ultimate Exam Question Finder to present it, print it or build a set.
Question 1 (1 mark)
Here is a list of numbers.
2 4 4 7 8
Work out the range of these numbers.
(1 mark)
Question 2 (1 mark)
Work out 120 – 89
(1 mark)
Question 3 (1 mark)
Simplify 3 × a × 4
(1 mark)
Question 4 (1 mark)
Measure the size of the angle marked x.
Diagram: An angle marked x, with a protractor placed on it.
(1 mark)
Question 5 (1 mark)
Work out 1/5 of 300
(1 mark)
Question 6 (3 marks)
There are 3 litres of oil in a can.
Jermaine uses 700 millilitres of the oil.Work out the amount of oil left in the can.
Give your answer in millilitres.(3 marks)
Question 7 (2 marks)
Matt is drawing a scale diagram.
1 cm represents 5 m.(a)
He draws a line 3 cm long.
What real distance does the line represent?
(1 mark)
(b)
The real distance between two points is 20 m.
What is the distance between the two points on the scale diagram?
(1 mark)
Question 8 (6 marks)
Miss Bailey asked 24 students where they each wanted to go on a school trip.
Here are the results.
museum castle castle farm farm castle farm farm
castle farm castle castle castle farm castle museum
museum farm castle museum museum museum castle castle(a)
Complete the frequency table.
Place Tally Frequency castle farm museum (2 marks)
(b)
Write down the place that is the mode.
(1 mark)
(c)
Draw a bar chart to show the results.
Diagram: A blank squared grid, 10 squares wide and 15 squares tall.
(3 marks)
Question 9 (3 marks)
Selina has a bag of 22 counters.
5 of the counters are blue.
9 of the counters are red.
8 of the counters are pink.Selina takes at random a counter from the bag.
Write down the probability that Selina
(i)
takes a red counter,
(1 mark)
(ii)
does not take a pink counter,
(1 mark)
(iii)
takes a white counter.
(1 mark)
Question 10 (3 marks)
Here are the ingredients needed to make 20 peanut butter cookies.
Makes 20 cookies 250 g peanut butter 200 g sugar 2 small eggs Derek wants to make 60 cookies.
He has 900 g of peanut butter.Does Derek have enough peanut butter to make 60 cookies?
You must show how you get your answer.(3 marks)
Question 11 (2 marks)
Diagram: A squared grid, 15 squares wide and 12 squares tall. A shaded triangle has a base 2 squares long and a height of 3 squares, with its top corner above the middle of the base.
On the grid, draw an enlargement of the triangle with a scale factor of 3
(2 marks)
Question 12 (6 marks)
P = 2g + 4h
(a)(i)
Work out the value of P when g = 3 and h = 5
(2 marks)
(ii)
Work out the value of g when P = 38 and h = 3
(2 marks)
(b)
V = 3r – q
Work out the value of V when r = -3 and q = 2
(2 marks)
Question 13 (4 marks)
Chloe is making scrunchies.
Chloe has a large number of hair bands.
Each hair band costs 8p.She buys 100 g of wool for £3
Chloe uses 1 hair band and 5 g of wool to make each scrunchy.
She makes as many scrunchies as she can.Work out the total cost of each scrunchy that she makes.
Give your answer in pence.(4 marks)
Question 14 (3 marks)
On the grid, draw the graph of y = 4x – 1 for values of x from –2 to 2
Diagram: A graph.
(3 marks)
Question 15 (4 marks)
Steve is buying a car.
The car costs £12 000Steve pays 25% of the cost as a deposit.
He pays the rest of the cost in 20 equal monthly payments.How much is each monthly payment?
(4 marks)
Question 16 (2 marks)
Shah takes an exam.
The exam is out of 60 marks.Shah needs to score at least 70% of the marks to pass the exam.
He scores 45 marks.Show that Shah passes the exam.
(2 marks)
Question 17 (3 marks)
Work out 3/5 ÷ 1/6
Give your answer as a mixed number.(3 marks)
Question 18 (3 marks)
Work out 6.3 × 2.4
(3 marks)
Question 19 (4 marks)
(a)(i)
Write down the value of 5⁰
(1 mark)
(ii)
Write down the value of 5⁻²
(1 mark)
(b)
Write (2⁵ × 2⁴)/(2^text3) in the form 2ⁿ where n is an integer.
(2 marks)
Question 20 (4 marks)
(a)
Write 156 as a product of its prime factors.
(2 marks)
(b)
Find the highest common factor (HCF) of 156 and 130
(2 marks)
Question 21 (4 marks)
The mean length of 5 sticks is 4.2 cm.
Nawal measured the length of one of the sticks as 7 cm.
(a)
Work out the mean length of the other 4 sticks.
(3 marks)
(b)
Nawal made a mistake.
The stick was not 7 cm long.
It was 17 cm long.How does this affect your answer to part (a)?
(1 mark)
Question 22 (2 marks)
The point P lies on the line AB.
Use ruler and compasses to construct an angle of 90° at P.
You must show all your construction lines.Diagram: A horizontal line AB, 11 cm long, with the point P marked on it 4.5 cm from A.
(2 marks)
Question 23 (4 marks)
The diagram shows an isosceles triangle ABD and the straight line ABC.
Diagram: Triangle ABD with BA = BD (marked with dashes). The line CBA is straight, with C beyond B. Angle DAB is x°, angle ABD is y° and angle DBC is w°.
BA = BD
x : y = 2 : 1
Work out the value of w.
(4 marks)
Question 24 (5 marks)
Mano has three shelves of books.
There are x books on shelf A.
There are (3x + 1) books on shelf B.
There are (2x – 5) books on shelf C.There is a total of 44 books on the three shelves.
All the books have the same mass.
The books on shelf B have a total mass of 7500 g.Work out the total mass of the books on shelf A.
(5 marks)
Question 25 (2 marks)
A piece of glass has a mass of 27 g and a volume of 10 cm³
Work out the density of the piece of glass.
(2 marks)
Question 26 (3 marks)
Work out an estimate for (5.7 × 8.2)/0.26
(3 marks)
Question 27 (3 marks)
(a)
Expand and simplify (3x + 2)(2x – 5)
(2 marks)
(b)
Factorise x² – 16
(1 mark)
Questions © Pearson Education, recreated by Mr Barton Maths for teaching. Each question is credited to its board, series, paper and number.