Calculator Practice Paper Due in 11.03
Calculator Practice Paper Due in 11.03
Calculator Practice Paper Due in 11.03
Practice Tests: YR 10
Paper 2F/3F (Calculator)
Time: 1 hour
You should have: Ruler graduated in centimetres and millimetres,
protractor, pair of compasses, pen, HB pencil, eraser, calculator.
Tracing paper may be used.
Instructions
Use black ink or ball-point pen.
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
centre number and candidate number.
Answer all questions.
Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
Information
The total mark for this paper is
Questions are in order of mean difficulty as found by students achieving Grade 4.
The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
Advice
Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
Keep an eye on the time.
Try to answer every question.
Check your answers if you have time at the end.
Answer ALL questions.
Write your answers in the spaces provided.
You must write down all the stages in your working.
(a)
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(1)
(b) 143
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(1)
(Total for Question 1 is 2 marks)
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£.....................................................
(Total for Question 2 is 3 marks)
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3 Brigid recorded the distance she ran on each of three days.
Day Distance
Monday 5950 m
Tuesday 14.5 km
Wednesday 9000 m
Brigid set herself the target of running a total of at least 30 km on these three days.
Show that Brigid did not achieve her target.
(a) Use the rule to work out the number of minutes it will take to cook Jakub’s chicken.
....................................................... minutes
(2)
The following week Jakub buys another chicken.
He uses the rule and works out that it will take 2 hours 40 minutes to cook this chicken.
....................................................... kg
(3)
(Total for Question 4 is 5 marks)
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5 Work out the value of
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(Total for Question 5 is 2 marks)
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6 Q = 5v2 – w
Q = .....................................................
`(Total for Question 6 is 2 marks)
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7 The diagram shows a trapezium.
....................................................... m2
(Total for Question 7 is 2 marks)
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8 Here are the first five terms of a number sequence.
1 7 13 19 25
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(1)
(ii) Explain how you worked out your answer.
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(1)
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(1)
(Total for Question 8 is 3 marks)
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9 Sophia spends a total of £6.30 on cheese.
She buys 500 g of Cheddar cheese and 200 g of Stilton cheese.
The cost of the Cheddar cheese is £9.20 for 1 kg.
£.......................................................
(Total for Question 9 is 4 marks)
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11 Here is a biased spinner.
When the spinner is spun once, the probabilities that it lands on red or on yellow or on
green are given in the table.
(a) Work out the probability that the spinner lands on red or on yellow.
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(1)
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(3)
(Total for Question 11 is 4 marks)
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12 Here is a list of seven numbers.
5 16 23 27 50 160 240
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(1)
(ii) a factor of 80
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(1)
Two numbers in the list are prime numbers.
(b) Work out the sum of these two prime numbers.
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(2)
(Total for Question 12 is 4 marks)
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13 Here are five cards.
Each card has a number written on it.
x = .......................................................
(Total for Question 13 is 3 marks)
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16 Molly uses this number machine to work out the amount of tax that she has to pay on
the money she earns.
When Molly works n hours the amount of tax she has to pay is £T
Find a formula for T in terms of n
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(Total for Question 16 is 3 marks)
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17 Jane bought a new car for £18 000
The car depreciates in value by 15% each year.
£.......................................................
(Total for Question 17 is 3 marks)
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18 Write 1200 as a product of powers of its prime factors.
Show your working clearly.
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(Total for Question 18 is 3 marks)
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19 The language department of a college has 180 students.
Each student studies exactly one of French, German, Italian or Spanish.
15 students study French.
45% of the students study German.
.......................................................%
(Total for Question 19 is 4 marks)
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21 Bella and Millie share some money in the ratio 5 : 2
Bella receives £10.50 more than Millie.
Work out the total amount of money they share.
£.......................................................
(Total for Question 21 is 3 marks)
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22 Alberto, Bill, Candela and Diana are four friends.
Here is some information about the height of each of these friends.
Candela ....................................................... cm
Diana ....................................................... cm
(Total for Question 22 is 3 marks)
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23 The diagram shows a shape made from a square ABCD and 4 identical semicircles.
As shown in the diagram, the semicircles have AB, BC, CD and DA as diameters.
The area of the square is 36 cm2
....................................................... cm2
(Total for Question 23 is 4 marks)
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TOTAL FOR PAPER IS 80 MARKS