AQA SET 1A Foundation Paper 1

Mathematics
Paper 1
(Non-Calculator)
Foundation Tier
AQA GCSE
SET 1A
Mathematics Paper 1 | Non-Calculator | Foundation Tier | AQA GCSE | Set 1A
Mathematics Paper 1 (Non-Calculator) Foundation Tier AQA

GCSE SET 1A
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 not 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.
This practice paper is based on the topics from the advanced information for the Summer 2022 exam series.
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 Convert 5.6 km to metres
Circle your answer.
56 m 5600 m 560 m 56000 m
[1 mark]
2 Red and blue counters are in the ratio 3:4. What fraction of the counters are blue?
Circle your answer.
[1 mark]
3 Simplify fully the ratio 12:42
Circle your answer
6:21 1:4 4:14 2:7
[1 mark]
4 A triangle has two angles of 45 each. Circle two terms which describe the triangle.
Scalene Isosceles Right angled Equilateral
[2 marks]
5 Write the correct symbol from <, > or = in each of these statements.
204 +11 _________ 240 - 25
177 _________ 170
-8 _________ 6
[3 marks]
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1
6 Work out the size of the angles marked m and n.
Answer m =
[2 marks]
Answer n =
[1 mark]
7 Name the parts of the circle indicated below.
Circle your answers.
(a)
(b)
a. Diameter Radius Tangent Chord
b. Sector Segment Arc Circumference
[2 marks]
2
8 Here are 5 numbers:
24 1 2 10 6
(a) Choose three numbers to make the answer to this calculation as large as possible
_________ + _________ - _________
[1 mark]
(b) Choose two numbers to make the answer to this calculation as small as possible
_________ _________
[1 mark]
(c) Choose three numbers to make this calculation correct.
_________ - _________ _________ = - 2
[2 marks]
3
9 Ricky earns £10 per hour. He records the number of hours he works in the table below:
Day Hours
Monday 5
Tuesday 3
Thursday 6.5
Saturday 3.5
(a) How much does Ricky earn this week?
Answer £____________________________________
[2 marks]
(b) The following week Ricky earns £200.
Of the £200, he spends 40% on clothes and a further £22.50 on a game for his games console. Ricky wants
to buy a tablet costing £100. Does Ricky have enough money left? Show how you decide.
[2 marks]
4
10 Felicity says that
(a) Explain Felicity’s mistake.
[1 mark]
(b) Work out the correct answer to .
Answer ____________________________________
[2 marks]
11 Calculate
(a) - 6 - 8
Answer ____________________________________
[1 mark]
(b) (-6)
Answer ____________________________________
[1 mark]
5
12 Zaid’s shop stocks 20 different flavours of ice cream.

(a) Marwa likes 12 of the flavours.
What fraction of the flavours does Marwa like?
Answer ____________________________________
[1 mark]
(b) Linda likes 14 of the flavours. What percentage of flavours does Linda not like?
Answer ____________________________________
[2 marks]
13 Four numbers have a mode of 4, a median of 5 and a mean of 6.
Fill in the boxes with the four numbers.
[3 marks]
6
14 (a) On the grid below plot the lines y = -x and x = -2
-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6
[3 marks]
(b) State the coordinates where the two lines intersect.
Answer ( _____ , _____ )

[1 mark]
15 Gary has 24 sweets. He eats of them.
Ben has 30 sweets. He eats of them.
Who has the most sweets left? Show your working.
Answer ____________________________________
[3 marks]
7
16 The straight line graph shows the cost, in £, of hiring a taxi to travel a distance in miles.
Cost
Miles
The y-intercept of the graph is 5.
Give an interpretation of this y-intercept.
Answer ________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
17 Wendy is designing a game. She wants to design a spinner using the numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 where
Every number is used at least onc
The probability of getting an odd number is greater than the probability of getting an even numbe
The probability of getting a 3 is
The probability of getting a 2 is
Complete the spinner so that it meets these requirements.
[3 marks]
8
18 A wooden block has a volume of 240 cm and a density of 0.6 g/cm.
Find the mass of the wooden block.
[2 marks]
Answer ____________________________________g
19 The nth term of a sequence is 4n - 1.
The nth term of another sequence is 3n + 2.
Write down the first two terms that appear in both sequences.
[3 marks]
Answer ____________________________________
9
20 Complete the two way table showing the gender and eye colour of the students in a school.
Blue Brown Green Total

Male 21 67
Female 37 31 15
Total 64 150
[2 marks]
21 Estimate the answer to
[3 marks]
Answer ____________________________________
22 The graph shows the sales of ice cream in a week measured against the temperature in °C.
[1 mark]
Ice cream sales
Temperature °C
Which point could be described as an outlier?
Circle your answer
A B C D
10
23 Max, Eloise and Callie have some marbles. Max has twice as many marbles as Eloise. Callie has two less
marbles than Eloise. Altogether they have 38 marbles. Work out how many marbles each child has.
[4 marks]
Answer Max = _____________ Eloise = _____________ Callie = _____________
24 A coin is flipped and a 5 sided spinner labelled 1 to 5 is spun.
List the possible outcomes. The first is done for you.
[2 marks]
H1,
25
12
10
-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
-2
-4
Mark says that the transformation to get from shape A to shape B is a translation of
Is Mark correct? Explain your answer.

[2 marks]
11
26 (a) Write the number 4 720 000 in standard form. [1 mark]
Answer ____________________________________
(b) Write 7.1 10 as an ordinary number. [1 mark]
Answer ____________________________________
(c) Calculate (4.6 10 ) + (5.12 10 ).
Give your answer in standard form.
[2 marks]
Answer ____________________________________
27 (a) Write down the value of 7 [1 mark]
Answer ____________________________________
(b) Find the value of n [2 marks]
Answer ____________________________________
12
28 Which equation matches the graph shown?
Circle your answer.
[1 mark]
y=x y=x y= y=x
29 The shape is made from a square and a quarter-circle.
Find the perimeter of the shape in terms of .
Answer ____________________________________cm [4 marks]
13
30 A campsite needs to install a new water tap. It must be closer to reception than the shower block, but within
30 metres of the shower block. Using a scale of 1cm to 5 metres, indicate the region where the water tap can
be installed.
[3 marks]
Reception
Shower
Block
31 30 students were asked what hot drinks they liked.
16 students liked tea.
5 students liked tea and coffee
6 students liked neither tea or coffee
T is the set of students who liked drinking Tea.
C is the set of students who liked drinking Coffee.
(a) Complete the Venn diagram

[2 marks]
T C
(b) Find P(T ⋃ C). [2 marks]
Answer ____________________________________
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Mathematics

Mathematics Paper 1 (Non-Calculator) Foundation Tier AQA

Paper length: 1hr 30mins

– 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 1 | Non-Calculator | Foundation Tier | AQA GCSE | Set 1A

1 Convert 5.6 km to metres

Circle your answer.

56 m 5600 m 560 m 56000 m

Circle your answer.

Circle your answer

6:21 1:4 4:14 2:7

Scalene Isosceles Right angled Equilateral

204 +11 _________ 240 - 25

177 _________ 170

6 Work out the size of the angles marked m and n.

7 Name the parts of the circle indicated below.

Circle your answers.

a. Diameter Radius Tangent Chord

b. Sector Segment Arc Circumference

© Third Space Learning 2022. You may photocopy this page.

8 Here are 5 numbers:

_________ + _________ - _________

(c) Choose three numbers to make this calculation correct.

_________ - _________ _________ = - 2

© Third Space Learning 2022. You may photocopy this page.

(a) How much does Ricky earn this week?

© Third Space Learning 2022. You may photocopy this page.

10 Felicity says that

(a) Explain Felicity’s mistake.

© Third Space Learning 2022. You may photocopy this page.

12 Zaid’s shop stocks 20 different flavours of ice cream.

What fraction of the flavours does Marwa like?

13 Four numbers have a mode of 4, a median of 5 and a mean of 6.

Fill in the boxes with the four numbers.

© Third Space Learning 2022. You may photocopy this page.

14 (a) On the grid below plot the lines y = -x and x = -2

(b) State the coordinates where the two lines intersect.

Answer ( _____ , _____ )

15 Gary has 24 sweets. He eats of them.

Ben has 30 sweets. He eats of them.

Who has the most sweets left? Show your working.

© Third Space Learning 2022. You may photocopy this page.

Give an interpretation of this y-intercept.

Complete the spinner so that it meets these requirements.

© Third Space Learning 2022. You may photocopy this page.

18 A wooden block has a volume of 240 cm and a density of 0.6 g/cm.

Find the mass of the wooden block.

19 The nth term of a sequence is 4n - 1.

The nth term of another sequence is 3n + 2.

© Third Space Learning 2022. You may photocopy this page.

Blue Brown Green Total

21 Estimate the answer to

Which point could be described as an outlier?

Circle your answer

© Third Space Learning 2022. You may photocopy this page.

Answer Max = _____________ Eloise = _____________ Callie = _____________

24 A coin is flipped and a 5 sided spinner labelled 1 to 5 is spun.

List the possible outcomes. The first is done for you.

_____ + _ - _____

_____ - _ _____ = - 2

Answer ( _ , _ )

Answer Max = _______ Eloise = _ Callie = _______