Maths

Mathematics
Paper 2
(Calculator)
Foundation Tier
Edexcel GCSE
SET 2
Mathematics Paper 2 | Calculator | Foundation Tier | Edexcel GCSE | Set 2
Mathematics Paper 2 (Calculator) Foundation Tier Edexcel

GCSE SET 2
Name
Total marks
Paper length: 1hr 30mins
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

You must show all your working
Diagrams are NOT accurately drawn, unless otherwise indicated
Calculators may be used.
Information
The total mark for this paper is 8
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.
You must have: Ruler graduated in centimetres and millimetres, protractor, pair of
compasses, pen, HB pencil, eraser. Tracing paper may be used.
Please note, this practice paper is an example to help revision, these topics can be tested in other ways and other topics
may be included in the actual papers
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1 Write 0.75 as a fraction in its simplest form.
(Total for Question 1 is 1 mark)
2 Change 230 centimetres to metres.
3 Write down two factors of 21.
4 Find the value of 2.1 .
5 Here is a list of numbers.
3 12 16 25 27 30
From the list write down a cube number.
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1
6 Ben and Maizy go to the cinema. Here is the price list.
Ticket £4.99
Popcorn £2.50
Sweets £1.95
Crisps £1.70
Drinks £2.10
Ben and Maizy buy a ticket each.
Ben has popcorn and a drink.
Maizy has sweets and a drink.
They pay together with a £20 note.
How much change do they get?
(Total for Question 6 is 3 marks)
7 Nia is n years old. Nia is twice as old as Ifan.
Write an expression, in terms of n, for Ifan’s age.
2
8 The pictogram shows information about the number of year 7 students who had school dinners on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Monday
Key:
Tuesday
Wednesday
Represents
8 students
Thursday
On Thursday, 20 students had school dinners.
(a) Use this information to complete the pictogram.
(1)
There are 56 students in year 7.
(b) Lily says that on Tuesday more than half of the students in year 7 had school dinners.
Is Lily correct?
Explain how you know.
(2)
3
9 Here is a number machine.
Input Output
(a) Work out the output when the input is 5.
(1)
Willow is going to create a different number machine.
She wants the output to be 16 when the input is 3.
(b) Complete the number machines below to show two different combinations of functions she could use.
Input Output
Input Output
(2)

10 Here is a list of numbers.
4 11 7 9 4 1 2 6
(a) Work out the mean.
(2)
(b) Work out the median.
(2)
(c) One number is picked at random.
What is the probability it is a square number?
(2)
11 Harry gets paid £11.20 per hour.
On Monday he starts work at 09 15 and finishes at 16 45.
(a) How much does Harry get paid on Monday?
£
(2)
It takes Harry 12 minutes to walk to the bus station. He gets off the bus at Kingfisher Close
and it then takes him 4 minutes to walk home.
Here is a section of the bus timetable.
Bus station Kingfisher Close

16 48 17 02
17 03 17 17
17 18 17 32
(b) What is the earliest Harry could arrive home on Monday?
(3)

12 (a) Solve x + 11 = 20
(1)
(b) Solve -5=6
(2)
13 Here are the test results of three students.
Jack
Yasmin
Sam
Yasmin says ‘I have done the best as I got the highest mark’.
By comparing the fractions, decide whether Yasmin is correct.
You must show all of your working.
14 Here is a triangle.
The angles in the triangle are in the ratio 2:3:4.

Work out the size of the smallest angle.
°
15 (a) Calculate
Write down all the figures on your calculator display.
(2)
(b) Round your answer to part (a) to 3 significant figures.
(1)
16 Here is a cuboid.
Lianne says the volume of the cuboid is 0.1 × 4 × 7 = 2.8cm .

Write down two mistakes Lily has made.
1.
2.
17 Make p the subject of the formula h = 6p - 7

18 120 people go to the zoo.
64 of the people are children.
15 of the adults have season passes.
of the people bought day tickets.
(a) Complete the frequency tree for this information.
Day Ticket
Adult
120 Season Pass
Day Ticket
Children
Season Pass
(4)
(b) One of the children is picked at random. What is the probability that the child has a season pass?
(2)
10
19 The diagram shows a solid prism.
Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
(a) On the centimetre square grid, draw the plan of the solid prism.
(2)
(b) Write down the number of vertices that this prism has.
(1)
11
20 On the grid below, draw the graph of y = 3x - 1 for values of x from -1 to 3.
10
-1 1 2 3
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6
12
21 This scatter diagram shows information about the cooking times of a variety of cakes.
60
50
Cooking times (mins)
40
30
20
10
0
600 650 700 750 800 850 900 950 1000
Mass (g)
Here is some information about another three cakes.
Mass (g) 750 850 700
Cooking time (mins) 35 50 20
(a) Plot this information on the scatter diagram.
(2)
(b) What type of correlation does this scatter diagram show?
(1)
(c) Use the scatter diagram to estimate the cooking time of a cake which weighs 900g.
mins
(2)
13
22 Here is a rectangle and a trapezium.
The area of the rectangle is 40% greater than the area of the trapezium.
Work out the length of the rectangle.
cm
23 A box holds 12 doughnuts.
It takes 500g of flour to make 20 doughnuts.
Linda needs to make 4 boxes of doughnuts and she has 1.5kg of flour.
Does Linda have enough flour to make 4 boxes of doughnuts?
You must show how you decide.

14
24 Solve the simultaneous equations
3a + 2b = 20
4a - 3b = 12.5
15
25 ABCD is a quadrilateral made from two right angled triangles.
Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
Work out the size of angle x.
Give your answer to 1 decimal place.

16
26 Here are four graphs.
0 0
0 0
Write down the letter of the graph that could have equation:
17
27 Here are two column vectors.
On the grid below, draw and label the vector 2a + b

18
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Mathematics Paper 2 (Calculator) Foundation Tier Edexcel

Paper length: 1hr 30mins

centre number and candidate number

– there may be more space than you need

– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.

Mathematics Paper 2 | Calculator | Foundation Tier | Edexcel GCSE | Set 2

1 Write 0.75 as a fraction in its simplest form.

(Total for Question 1 is 1 mark)

2 Change 230 centimetres to metres.

(Total for Question 2 is 1 mark)

3 Write down two factors of 21.

(Total for Question 3 is 1 mark)

4 Find the value of 2.1 .

(Total for Question 4 is 1 mark)

5 Here is a list of numbers.

From the list write down a cube number.

(Total for Question 5 is 1 mark)

© Third Space Learning 2023. You may photocopy this page.

6 Ben and Maizy go to the cinema. Here is the price list.

Ben and Maizy buy a ticket each.

Ben has popcorn and a drink.

Maizy has sweets and a drink.

They pay together with a £20 note.

How much change do they get?

(Total for Question 6 is 3 marks)

7 Nia is n years old. Nia is twice as old as Ifan.

Write an expression, in terms of n, for Ifan’s age.

(Total for Question 7 is 1 mark)

© Third Space Learning 2023. You may photocopy this page.

Tuesday and Wednesday.

On Thursday, 20 students had school dinners.

(a) Use this information to complete the pictogram.

There are 56 students in year 7.

Explain how you know.

(Total for Question 8 is 3 marks)

© Third Space Learning 2023. You may photocopy this page.

9 Here is a number machine.

(a) Work out the output when the input is 5.

Willow is going to create a different number machine.

She wants the output to be 16 when the input is 3.

(Total for Question 9 is 3 marks)

Mathematics Paper 2 | Calculator | Foundation Tier | Edexcel GCSE | Set 2

10 Here is a list of numbers.

(a) Work out the mean.

(b) Work out the median.

(c) One number is picked at random.

What is the probability it is a square number?

(Total for Question 10 is 6 marks)

© Third Space Learning 2023. You may photocopy this page.

Mathematics Paper 2 | Calculator | Foundation Tier | Edexcel GCSE | Set 2

11 Harry gets paid £11.20 per hour.

On Monday he starts work at 09 15 and finishes at 16 45.

(a) How much does Harry get paid on Monday?

Here is a section of the bus timetable.

Bus station Kingfisher Close

(b) What is the earliest Harry could arrive home on Monday?

(Total for Question 11 is 5 marks)

Mathematics Paper 2 | Calculator | Foundation Tier | Edexcel GCSE | Set 2