GCSE MATHS HOMEWORK 2

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Section 1: Non-Calculator. You must show appropriate working to get full marks

1 Work these out showing your method, simplify your answer where possible.

a. =

b. =

c. =

d. =
(8 Marks)

2 Penny, Queenie and Raj share a cake. Penny receives of the cake and Queenie

receives of the cake. What fraction of the cake does Raj receive?

(3 Marks)

3 Work out a. …………………………………….………….

b. ……………………………………………….

c. ……………………………………………….

d. ………………………………………………
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4 a. Write 132 as a product of prime factors.

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b. Write 72 as a product of prime factors.

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c. Hence/otherwise, Find the Highest Common Factor (HCF) of 132 and 72

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(6 Marks)

5 a Write 72% as a fraction in its simplest form.

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b Write as a percentage.

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c Work out 30% of £75.

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(6 Marks)
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6 a Work out 55% of £240.

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b Work out 5% of 500 metres.

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c Work out 18% of 300.

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(6 Marks)

7 Write each of the following ratios in their simplest form.

3 3
d 5 : 4

(8 Marks)
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8 Bernard says,

“When you halve a whole number that ends in 8, you always

get a number that ends in 4”

(a) Write down an example to show that Bernard is wrong.

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(1)
Alice says,
“Because 7 and 17 are both prime numbers, all whole numbers that end in
7 are prime numbers.”

(b) Is Alice correct?

You must give a reason with your answer.

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(1)
(2 Marks)

9 Work out 247 × 63

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(3 Marks)

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10 A unit of gas costs 4.2 pence.

On average Ria uses 50.1 units of gas a week.

She pays for the gas she uses in 13 weeks.

(a) Work out an estimate for the amount Ria pays.

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(3)
(b) Is your estimate to part (a) an underestimate or an overestimate?
Give a reason for your answer.

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(1)
(4 Marks)

11 On a map, 1 cm represents 5 km.

a Work out the real distance between two towns if the distance on the map is
i 5 cm

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ii 3.7 cm

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b Work out the distance between two towns on the map if their real distance apart is
i 12.5 km

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ii 8 km

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(8 Marks)
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12 Jackie makes scarves from material which costs her £120. She sells them for £150.
Work out the percentage profit or loss Jackie makes in selling the scarves.

(3 Marks)

Section 2: Calculator for questions 13 and 14only, but you must still show
Working to get full marks

13 The cost of a new television is £552.

This cost includes Value Added Tax (VAT) at 20%.
Work out the cost of the television before VAT was added

(3 Marks)

14 A printing machine is bought for £8500.

Each year the value of the machine depreciates by 12%.
Work out the value of the machine after four years.
Give your answer to the nearest pound.

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15 Work out the values of these. Leave answer as a fraction or mixed number in best
form:
a ……………

b ……………

c ……………

d ……………

(9 Marks)

16 Express each of these as a single number in standard form.

a =

b =

c =

d =

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Section 3: Extension Higher Questions

17 a Work out the value of . Give your answer in the form , where a
and b are integers.

b Express in the form , where k is an integer.

(6 Marks)
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18 What is 8 3

(3 Marks)
19 Estimate 3.73 × √ 28

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Marks) (Total
100 Marks)

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