Edexcel GCSE Foundation November 2023 Paper 2 (calculator)
30 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)
Write down two factors of 18
(1 mark)
Question 2 (1 mark)
Write 0.9 as a fraction.
(1 mark)
Question 3 (1 mark)
Change 7 metres to centimetres.
(1 mark)
Question 4 (1 mark)
Write down a square number that is between 10 and 50
(1 mark)
Question 5 (1 mark)
Work out 50% of 240
(1 mark)
Question 6 (2 marks)
Lydia works for 4 hours.
She is paid £50How much is Lydia paid per hour?
(2 marks)
Question 7 (2 marks)
Here is a 3-D shape.
Diagram: A cone standing on its circular base, with the hidden back half of the base dashed.
(a)
Write down the name of this 3-D shape.
(1 mark)
(b)
In the space below, draw a sketch of a triangular prism.
(1 mark)
Question 8 (4 marks)
Curtis needs to buy some items for his sports club.
Here are the prices.
Item Price Footballs £9.50 each Hockey sticks £30 for 2 Cricket bats £23 each Tennis balls £5 for 4 Curtis needs to buy
5 footballs
6 hockey sticks
2 cricket bats
4 tennis balls.Curtis has £200 to spend.
Show that Curtis can buy all the items he needs.
(4 marks)
Question 9 (2 marks)
Harris is buying a shirt and a tie.
He has a choice of three colours of shirt and a choice of three styles of tie.
Shirt Tie White (W) Plain (P) Blue (B) Striped (S) Grey (G) Checked (C) Harris is going to choose one shirt and one tie.
List all the possible combinations Harris can choose.
(2 marks)
Question 10 (2 marks)
There are 24 red counters and 40 blue counters in a bag.
Write down the ratio of the number of red counters to the number of blue counters in
the bag.
Give your ratio in its simplest form.(2 marks)
Question 11 (2 marks)
Rima is going to roll a fair 6-sided dice.
(a)
Choose the word that best describes the probability that the dice will land on the
number 3impossible unlikely evens likely certain
(1 mark)
(b)
Choose the word that best describes the probability that the dice will land on an
odd number.impossible unlikely evens likely certain
(1 mark)
Question 12 (2 marks)
A car travels at an average speed of 37 miles per hour for 3 hours.
Work out the distance that the car travels in the 3 hours.
(2 marks)
Question 13 (2 marks)
Milo is trying to find the area of this rectangle.
Diagram: A rectangle with sides 5 cm, 4 cm, 5 cm and 4 cm.
He writes,
“The area is 400 cm² because 5 × 4 × 5 × 4 = 400”
(a)
Explain what is wrong with Milo’s method.
(1 mark)
(b)
Anya works out the area of a shape.
Her answer is 86 cm.
Explain why her answer cannot be fully correct.
(1 mark)
Question 14 (4 marks)
3 kg of flour costs £4.05
5 kg of flour and 6 kg of sugar cost £11.85
Work out the cost of 2 kg of flour and 5 kg of sugar.
(4 marks)
Question 15 (3 marks)
Martha and Nabeel share £120
Martha gets 72% of the money.
She spends 30% of the money she gets.How much money does Martha have left?
(3 marks)
Question 16 (4 marks)
160 people were asked to choose their favourite type of book.
They each chose from romance or adventure or horror or thriller.85 of these people were children.
The rest were adults.19 of the 33 people who chose romance were children.
34 of the 76 people who chose adventure were adults.
7 adults chose thriller.The number of children who chose thriller was the same as the number of adults who
chose horror.Work out the total number of people who chose horror.
You must show how you get your answer.(4 marks)
Question 17 (3 marks)
Here are the heights, in cm, of 16 sunflowers.
168 173 172 180 162 191 183 160
178 184 197 177 172 186 188 180Show this information in a stem and leaf diagram.
Diagram: An empty stem and leaf frame with four rows, and an empty box headed Key.
(3 marks)
Question 18 (3 marks)
(a)
Work out (9.8 + 6.8)/(4.2 × 2.1)
Give your answer as a decimal.
Write down all the figures on your calculator display.(2 marks)
(b)
Write your answer to part (a) correct to 2 decimal places.
(1 mark)
Question 19 (4 marks)
The diagram shows a quadrilateral ABDE and an equilateral triangle BCD.
Diagram: A diagram.
CB is parallel to DE.
Angle AED = 132°
Work out the size of the angle marked x.
You must give a reason for each stage of your working.(4 marks)
Question 20 (4 marks)
(a)
Complete the table of values for y = x² – x – 2
x –2 –1 0 1 2 3 y 4 –2 (2 marks)
(b)
On the grid, draw the graph of y = x² – x – 2 for values of x from –2 to 3
Diagram: A graph.
(2 marks)
Question 21 (2 marks)
Diagram: A graph.
Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle A onto triangle B.
(2 marks)
Question 22 (6 marks)
(a)
Expand and simplify 3(2y – 5) + 7(y + 2)
(2 marks)
(b)
Factorise fully 6x² + 15x
(2 marks)
(c)
Make g the subject of the formula f = 3g + 11
(2 marks)
Question 23 (4 marks)
Karen is organising a party for a charity.
She spends
£100 on food
£120 on a hall
£80 on a DJ.Karen sells 54 tickets for the party.
Each ticket costs £7.50Work out the percentage profit Karen makes for the charity.
(4 marks)
Question 24 (2 marks)
Andrew invests £4500 in a savings account for 2 years.
The account pays compound interest at a rate of 3.4% per year.Calculate how much Andrew has in this savings account at the end of the 2 years.
(2 marks)
Question 25 (3 marks)
Solve 5x – 14 = 52 – x
(3 marks)
Question 26 (4 marks)
Chris, Debbie and Errol share some money in the ratio 3 : 4 : 2
Debbie gets £120
Chris then gives some of his share to Debbie and some of his share to Errol.
The money that Chris, Debbie and Errol each have is now in the ratio 2 : 5 : 3
How much money did Chris give to Errol?
(4 marks)
Question 27 (2 marks)
The bearing of port B from port A is 147°
Work out the bearing of port A from port B.
(2 marks)
Question 28 (4 marks)
The diagram shows an empty tank in the shape of a cylinder.
Diagram: A cylinder with radius 15 cm and height 43 cm.
The cylinder has radius 15 cm and height 43 cm.
Water flows into the tank at a rate of 0.47 litres per minute.
Calculate the number of minutes it will take to completely fill the tank.
Give your answer correct to the nearest minute.(4 marks)
Question 29 (2 marks)
ABC is a right-angled triangle.
Diagram: A diagram.
Calculate the length of AB.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.(2 marks)
Question 30 (3 marks)
Solve the simultaneous equations
3x + y = -4.5
4x + 3y = -3.5(3 marks)
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