GCSE Mathematics

Practice Paper 2024

Paper 1 (Non-Calculator)

Higher Tier

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 Answer ALL questions.
Write your answers in the spaces provided.
You must write down all the stages of your working.

1. Work out 6.34 × 5.2

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(3 marks)

2. The front elevation and the plan of a solid are shown on the grid.
On the grid, draw the side elevation of the solid from the direction of the arrow.

(2 marks)

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3. a) Work out 2 + 1
7 4

1 3
………………………..
b) Work out 1 ÷ (2 marks)
5 4

Give your answer as a mixed number in its simplest form.

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(2 marks)

4. Christian puts tins into small boxes and into large boxes.
He puts 6 tins into each small box.
He puts 20 tins into each large box.
Christian puts a total of 3000 tins into the boxes so that
number of tins in small boxes : number of tins in large boxes = 2 : 3
Christian says that less than 30% of the boxes filled with tins are large boxes.
Is Christian correct? You must show all your working.

(5 marks)

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5. There are 1200 students at a school.

Miley is helping to organise a party.

She is going to order pizza.

Miley takes a sample of 60 of the students at the school.

She asks each student to tell her one type of pizza they want.

The table shows information about her results.

a) Work out how much ham pizza Miley should order.

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(1 mark)

b) Write down any assumption you made and explain how this could affect your
answer.

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(2 marks)

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6.

A storage tank exerts a force of 10 000 newtons on the ground.

The base of the tank in contact with the ground is a 4m by 2m rectangle.
Work out the pressure on the ground due to the tank.

……………………………..……… newtons / m2
(2 marks)

7. There are only blue pens, green pens and red pens in a box.

The ratio of the number of blue pens to the number of green pens is 2 : 5
The ratio of the number of green pens to the number of red pens is 4 : 1

There are less than 100 pens in the box.

What is the greatest possible number of red pens in the box?

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(3 marks)

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8. In a sale, normal prices are reduced by 20%.
The normal price of a coat is reduced by £15
Work out the normal price of the coat.

£ ……….………………………..
(2 marks)

9. 4 red bricks have a mean weight of 5 kg.

5 blue bricks have a mean weight of 9 kg.
1 green brick has a weight of 6 kg.

Donna says,
"The mean weight of the 10 bricks is less than 7 kg."

Is Donna correct?
You must show how you get your answer.

(3 marks)

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10. a) Complete the table of values for 𝑦 = 6𝑥 − 𝑥 3

(2 marks)

b) On the grid, draw the graph of 𝑦 = 6𝑥 − 𝑥 3 for values of x from −3 to 3

(2 marks)

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11. A company has to make a large number of boxes.
The company has 6 machines.
All the machines work at the same rate.
When all the machines are working, they can make all the boxes in 9 days.
The table gives the number of machines working each day.

Work out the total number of days taken to make all the boxes.

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(3 marks)

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12. Angel recorded the heights, in centimetres, of some girls.
She used her results to work out the information in this table.

Angel drew this box plot for the information in the table.
The box plot is not fully correct.

Write down the two things Aisha should do to make the box plot fully correct.

1 ......................................................................................................................................

.........................................................................................................................................

2 ......................................................................................................................................

.........................................................................................................................................

(2 marks)

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13. Solve the simultaneous equations
2𝑥 – 4𝑦 = 19
3𝑥 + 5𝑦 = 1

𝑥 = ...........................................................

𝑦 = ...........................................................
(4 marks)

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14. The diagram shows a solid shape.
The shape is a cone on top of a hemisphere.

The height of the cone is 10 cm.

The base of the cone has a diameter of 6 cm.
The hemisphere has a diameter of 6 cm.
The total volume of the shape is 𝑘𝜋 cm3, where k is an integer.
Work out the value of k.

𝑘 = …………………………………………………
(4 marks)
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15. The diagram shows a sector of a circle of radius 18 cm.

The length of the arc is 4𝜋 cm.

Work out the value of 𝑥.

𝑥 = ……………………………..………..
(3 marks)

16. √5(√8 + √18) can be written in the form 𝑎√10 where 𝑎 is an integer.
Find the value of 𝑎.

𝑎 = …………………………….…..
(3 marks)

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17. A, B, C and D are points on the circumference of a circle, centre O.
ADE and BCE are straight lines.

Work out the size of angle CDE.

Give a reason for each stage of your working.

x = ……………………..………..
(4 marks)

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18. Solve + =1
2𝑥−1 𝑥−1
𝑝±√𝑞
Give your answer in the form where p and q are integers.
2

……………………………..………
(4 marks)

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19. 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is a rhombus.

𝑀 and 𝑁 are points on 𝐵𝐷 such that 𝐷𝑁 = 𝑀𝐵.

Prove that triangle 𝐷𝑁𝐶 is congruent to triangle 𝐵𝑀𝐶.

(3 marks)

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20. There are only 𝑛 red balls and (𝑛 + 1) blue balls in a bag.
Ellie takes at random 2 balls from the bag.
𝑛
Show that the probability that both balls are the same colour is
2𝑛+1

(4 marks)

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21. Here is triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶.

Find the size of angle 𝐴𝐵𝐶.

You must show all your working.

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(4 marks)

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4 −2 2
(5 ) ×(4 )
9 3
22. Work out the value of
2−3

You must show all your working.

……………………………………..
(4 marks)

23. The graph of 𝑦 = 𝑓(𝑥) is shown on the grid.

a) On the grid, draw the graph with equation 𝑦 = 𝑓(𝑥 + 1) – 3

(2 marks)
Point 𝐴(– 2, 1) lies on the graph of 𝑦 = 𝑓(𝑥).
When the graph of 𝑦 = 𝑓(𝑥) is transformed to the graph with equation
𝑦 = 𝑓(– 𝑥), point A is mapped to point B.
b) Write down the coordinates of point B. ( ................ , ................ )
(1 mark)

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24. The centre of a circle is the point with coordinates (−1, 3)
The point A with coordinates (6, 8) lies on the circle.
Find an equation of the tangent to the circle at A.
Give your answer in the form 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏𝑦 + 𝑐 = 0 where a, b and c are integers.

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(4 marks)

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