AQA GCSE Mathematics Specification (8300/2F)

AQA GCSE Mathematics Specification (8300/2F) NEW SPECIMEN PAPERS PUBLISHED JUNE 2015 GCSE Mathematics Specification (8300/2F) Paper 2 Foundation tier Date Morning 1 hour 30 minutes Materials Instructions • Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Draw diagrams in pencil. • Fill in the boxes at the bottom of this page. • Answer all questions. • You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside the box around each page or on blank pages. • Do all rough work in this book. • In all calculations, show clearly how you work out your answer. Information • The marks for questions are shown in brackets. • The maximum mark for this paper is 80. • You may ask for more answer paper, graph paper and tracing paper. These must be tagged securely to this answer book. Version 1.0 8300/2F Answer all questions in the spaces provided. 1 Which of these numbers is one more than a multiple of 5? Circle your answer. [1 mark] 15 19 26 30 2 Which of these numbers has exactly three factors? Circle your answer. [1 mark] 3 4 5 6 3 Which of these numbers is 6 less than –1.4? Circle your answer. [1 mark] 8.4 7.4 2.0 4.6 4 Which shape is congruent to shape X? Circle the correct letter. X [1 mark] A B C D 5 The map shows the positions of two ships, A and B. Scale: 1 cm represents 2.5 km A B Work out the actual distance between the ships. [2 marks] Answer km 6 A gym has 275 members. 40% are bronze members. 28% are silver members. The rest are gold members. Work out the number of gold members. [3 marks] Answer Turn over for the next question 7 (a) Alan is looking at number machine problems. x + 3  5 y He says, “If I know y I can work out x. I subtract 3 then I add 5.” Does this method work? Give a reason for your answer. [1 mark] 7 (b) c × 3 + 5 d He says, “If I know d I can work out c. I divide by 3, then subtract 5.” Does this method work? Give a reason for your answer. [1 mark] 8 (a) Solve 5w  11 = 24 [2 marks] w = 8 (b) Write an expression for the total cost, in pounds, of x jumpers at £15 each and y shirts at £12 each. [1 mark] Answer 8 (c) Simplify x + x + y  y [1 mark] Answer 9 Lucy says, “3 is odd and 2 is even, so when you add a multiple of 3 to a multiple of 2 the answer is always odd.” Is she correct? Write down a calculation to support your answer. [1 mark] 10 Tom earns £9.20 per hour. He works for 24 hours each week 48 weeks each year. He pays tax if he earns more than £10 000 per year. Does Tom pay tax? You must show your working. [2 marks] 11 Three boxes contain counters. Box A Box B Box C There are 62 counters in total. The total number of counters in box A and box B is 34 The difference between the number of counters in box A and box C is 9 Work out the number of counters in each box. [3 marks] Box A Box B Box C Turn over for the next question 12 The pie chart shows information about the sales of 800 tickets. There were twice as many adult ticket sales as senior ticket sales. Ticket sales Not drawn accurately Senior 171° Child Adult 12 (a) Show that there were 140 senior ticket sales. [3 marks] 12 (b) Draw a bar chart on the grid to represent the child, adult and senior ticket sales. [4 marks] Ticket sales 13 Alice makes cards. Each card uses 42 cm of ribbon. She has 1000 cm of ribbon. 13 (a) Work out the maximum number of cards she can make. [2 marks] Answer 13 (b) How much ribbon will be left over? [1 mark] Answer cm 14 Luke saves 10p coins and 20p coins. He has three times as many 10p coins as 20p coins a total of £17 How many 10p coins does he have? [3 marks] Answer Turn over for the next question 15 A company has bikes for hire. The cost, £C, to hire a bike for n days is given by the formula C = 12 + 27 (n  1) 4 15 (a) Write down the cost to hire a bike for 1 day. [1 mark] Answer £ 15 (b) Special offer Hire a bike for £9 per day Is it cheaper to hire a bike for 7 days using the special offer? You must show your working. [2 marks] 15 (c) The graph shows the cost to hire a bike for one to five days at a different company. 40 30 Cost, £C 20 10 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 Number of days, n The cost, £C, to hire a bike for n days using this company is given by the formula C = a + b(n  1) Work out the values of a and b. [3 marks] a = b = 16 A company’s logo • is a pentagon • has exactly one line of symmetry • has sides with whole number lengths • has a perimeter of 15 cm Draw a sketch of a possible logo. Label each side with its length. [2 marks] 17 Mr Jones works for five days each week. If he uses his car to travel to work, each day he drive a total distance of 24.2 miles his car travels 32.3 miles per gallon of petrol petrol costs £1.27 per litre. If he uses the bus to travel to work, he can buy a weekly ticket for £19.50 Use 1 gallon = 4.5 litres Is it cheaper if he uses his car or the bus to travel to work? You must show your working. [5 marks] Answer 18 Here are two number machines, A and B. Input Output A  7  4 B  3 + 2 Both machines have the same input. Work out the input that makes the output of A three times the output of B. [4 marks] Answer 19 Josef runs 400 metres in 1 minute. He assumes he can run any distance at the same rate. He says, “I would run 10 000 metres in 25 minutes.” Tick a box to show whether his time to run 10 000 metres is likely to be accurate. No, the time will be longer Yes, the time will be 25 minutes No, the time will be shorter Give working and a reason to support your answer. [2 marks] 20 Which sequence is a geometric progression? Circle your answer. [1 mark] 1 2 3 4 1 2 4 7 1 2 4 8 1 2 3 5 21 This pyramid has a square base. 17.4 cm 12.9 cm Volume of a pyramid = 1 3 × area of base × perpendicular height Work out the volume of the pyramid. [3 marks] Answer cm3 22 ξ = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12} S = square numbers E = even numbers 22 (a) Complete the Venn diagram. ξ [3 marks] S E 22 (b) One of the numbers is chosen at random. Write down P (S  E) [1 mark] Answer 23 A coin is rolled onto a grid of squares. It lands randomly on the grid. To win, the coin must land completely within one of the squares. Meera and John each roll the coin a number of times and record their results. Number of wins Number of losses Meera 6 44 John 28 72 23 (a) Work out two different estimates for the probability of winning. [2 marks] Answer and 23 (b) Which of your estimates is the better estimate for the probability of winning? Give a reason for your answer. [1 mark] Answer Reason 24 In a sale, the original price of a bag was reduced by 1 5 The sale price of the bag is £29.40 Work out the original price. [3 marks] Answer £ 25 Which of these is not used to prove that triangles are congruent? Circle your answer. [1 mark] SSS SAS AAA RHS Turn over for the next question 26 E is the centre of rectangle ABCD. D Not drawn accurately C 12 cm E A 20 cm B Work out the length DE. [3 marks] Answer cm 27 Circle the equation of a line that is parallel to y = 5x – 2 y = 2x  5 y = 5x + 2 y = 3x  2 y =  1 x  2 5 [1 mark] 28 At a school number of boys : number of girls = 9 : 7 There are 116 more boys than girls. Work out the total number of students at the school. [3 marks] Answer 29 Circle the equation with roots 4 and 8 [1 mark] 4x(x  8) = 0 (x  4)(x + 8) = 0 x2  32 = 0 (x + 4)(x  8) = 0 Version 1.0 8300/2F 30 A pattern is made from two similar trapeziums. 18 cm Not drawn accurately 4 cm 25 cm 10 cm Show that the shaded area is 294 cm2 [4 marks] END OF QUESTIONS Copyright © 2015 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.