Section: ……………………………………………. Teacher: D.

Shibraj Deb
Mount Royal Academy Mount Royal Academy

Name: ……………………………………………… Day# 50/60 Subject: Mathematics A

I. D. #.................................................. Class: IX
Date# 10/5/2020

Marks obtained# Duration: 2hours (9.00 – 11.00)

Term#03/19/2020

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International GCSE Mathematics

Formulae sheet – Foundation Tier
 Answer ALL TWENTY ONE questions.

Write your answers in the spaces provided.

You must write down all the stages in your working.

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1. a) Write as a decimal.
100

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(1)

48
b) Write as a fraction in its simplest form.
60

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(1)

17
c) Write as a mixed number.
10

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(1)

There are 840 tickets available for a concert.

1
of these tickets have not been sold.
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d) How many of the tickets have been sold?

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 (2)

(Total for Question 1 is 5 marks)

2. The bar chart gives information about the total number of medals won by each of six countries at the

2016 Olympic Games.

a) Which of these countries won the fewest total number of medals?

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(1)

Great Britain won 27 gold medals.

b) How many of the medals won by Great Britain were not gold medals?
 ....................................................... (2)

c) Write down the ratio of the total number of medals won by Russia to the total number of medals won
by Germany.

Give your ratio in its simplest form.

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(2)

The USA won

46 gold medals

37 silver medals

38 bronze medals

d) What fraction of the total number of medals won by the USA were gold medals?

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(2)
 (Total for Question 2 is 7 marks)

3. i) Write down the mathematical name of this 3-D shape

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ii) How many faces does the shape have?

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iii) How many vertices does the shape have?

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(Total for Question 3 is 3 marks)

4. a) Change 650 centimeters into meters.

...................................................... meters

(1)

Mimosa has a 6 kg sack of rice and some empty bags.

She fills each bag with 475 grams of rice from the sack.

b) How many bags can Mimosa completely fill with rice?

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(4)
 (Total for Question 4 is 5 marks)

5. a) Simplify 6x+ 8x – 3x.

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(1)

b) Simplify 4e× 5f

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(1)

c) Solve 8p= 24

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(1)

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(1)

e) Simplify 10t + 4d – 3t + 2d

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(2)
 (Total for Question 5 is 6 marks)

6. The two-way table shows some information about where 50 people went for their last holiday.

a) Complete the table. (3)

b) What percentage of these 50 people were female and went on holiday in Africa?

....................................................... %

(2)

(Total for Question 6 is 5 marks)

7. 3 kg of potatoes and 2 kg of apples cost a total of £7.33

4 kg of potatoes cost £3.80.

Work out the cost of 1 kg of apples.

£.......................................................
 (Total for Question 7 is 4 marks)

8.

ABCD is a quadrilateral

ADE is an equilateral triangle.

DCF is a straight line.

Work out the size of angle EAB.

Give a reason for each stage of your working.

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(Total for Question 8 is 5 marks)

9. You can use this graph to change between temperatures in degrees Celsius (°C) and temperatures in
degrees Fahrenheit (°F).

The temperature in Dubai on Monday increased by 20 °C from midnight to midday.

a) What is this temperature increase in degrees Fahrenheit?

....................................................... °F
 (2)

QUESTION 9 IS CONTINUED ON THE NEXT PAGE

Maninder says,

“30 °C is the same as 86 °F; therefore 60 °C will be the same as 172 °F.”

b) Is Maninder correct?

Give a reason for your answer.

(Total for Question 9 is 3 marks)

10. (a) Find the Lowest Common Multiple (LCM) of 12 and 20

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(2)

b) Find the Highest Common Factor (HCF) of 24 and 56

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 (2)

(Total for Question 10 is 4 marks)

11.

A wooden box measures 30 cm by 15 cm by 32 cm.

The box has a lid.

Carton measures 5 cm by 5 cm by 5 cm.

James has 110 cartons.

He wants to put all these cartons in the box and be able to shut the lid.

Can James put all 110 cartons in the box and shut the lid?

Show your working clearly.

 (Total for Question 11 is 3 marks)

12.

a) Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle A onto triangle B .
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(1)

(Total for Question 12 is 4 marks)

13. There are some people in a cinema

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(Total for Question 13 is 5 marks)

14. The accurate scale drawing shows the positions of two ships, Land M.

a) Find the bearing of ship M from ship L.

.......................................................°

(1)

The scale of the drawing is 1 cm to 5 km.

Ship P is 40 km from Land on a bearing of 240° from M.

(b) On the diagram, mark with a cross (×) the position of ship P. (3)
 (Total for Question 14 is 4 marks)

15. The table shows information about the weights, in kg, of 40 parcels.

a) Write down the modal class.

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(1)

b) Work out an estimate for the mean weight of the parcels.

 ....................................................... Kg

(4)

(Total for Question 15 is 5 marks)

16. (a) Simplify y5× y9

 (Total for Question 16 is 9 marks)

17. Here is a Venn diagram.

a) Write down the numbers that are in the set

(i) A

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(1)

(ii) B ∪ C
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(1)

QUESTION 17 IS CONTINUED ON THE NEXT PAGE

One of the numbers in the Venn diagram is picked at random.

(c) Find the probability that this number is in set C ’.

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(2)

(Total for Question 17 is 5 marks)

18. (a) Write 8 × 104 as an ordinary number.

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(1)
.......................................................

(2)

(Total for Question 18 is 3 marks)

 (3)

b) Show, by shading on the grid, the region that satisfies all three of the inequalities

Label the region R. (2)

(Total for Question 19 is 5 marks)

20.
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(Total for Question 20 is 4 marks)

21. Chao bought a boat for HK$160 000

The value of the boat depreciates by 4% each year.

a) Work out the value of the boat at the end of 3 years.

Give your answer correct to the nearest HK$.

HK$......................................................

(3)

Julian gets a salary increase of 5%

Her salary after the increase is HK$252 000

(b) Work out Julian’s salary before the increase.

HK$.......................................................

(3)

(Total for Question 21 is 6 marks)

TOTAL FOR PAPER IS 100 MARKS