MATHS GCSE REVISION QUESTIONS
Paper 1
(up to) Grade B
NON CALCULATOR
Some questions are Multiple Choice.
Pick the one Correct answer and the put number 1, 2, 3 or 4 in the box
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Question 1:
Simplify 6g + 4g
1.
10g
2
2.
24g
3.
10
4.
10g
ans =
1
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Question 2:
Simplify 3m x 5p
1.
8mp
2
2.
15mp
3.
15m
4.
15(mp)
2
ans =
2
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Question 3:
Expand and simplify 2(3x + 4) – 3(4x – 5)
1.
-6x + 23
2.
-6x - 7
3.
18x - 7
4.
18x + 23
5.
6x - 7
6.
6x + 23
ans =
3
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Question 4:
Write these numbers in order of size.
Start with the smallest number.
0.57; 0.068; 0.6; 0.66; 0.605
1.
0.57, 0.068, 0.6, 0.605, 0.66
2.
0.57, 0.6, 0.605, 0.66, 0.606
3.
0.068, 0.57, 0.6, 0.605, 0.66
4.
0.068, 0.57, 0.605, 0.66, 0.6
ans =
4
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Question 5:
Write these numbers in order of size.
Start with the smallest number.
6; –7; –10; 3; –5
1.
3, -5, 6, -7, -10
2.
-10, -7, -5, 3, 6
3.
6, 3, -5, -7, -10
4.
3, 6, -10, -7, -5
ans =
5
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Question 6:
Mary has 10 boxes of drawing pins
She counted the number of drawing pins in each box
The table gives the information:
Number of
drawing pins
frequency
28
2
29
2
30
5
31
1
Work out the mean number of pins in a drawing box
ans (1 d.p.) =
6
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Question 7 and 8:
Qu 7:
Fred packs pencil in boxes
He pack 10 pencils in each box
Fred packs x boxes of pencils
Find the expression in terms of x for the number of pencils Fred packs
1.
10x
2.
10 + x
3.
x ÷ 10
4.
10 ÷ x
ans =
7
Qu 8:
Fred also packs pens in boxes
He pack 5 pencils in each box
Fred packs y boxes of pens
Find the expression in terms of x and y, for the total number of pencils and pens Fred packs
1.
10x + 5y
2.
10 + x + 5 + y
3.
15 + xy
4.
x ÷ 10 + y ÷ 10
ans =
8
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Question 9:
Fred spent 1/3 of his pocket money on a football.
He spent 1/4 of his pocket money on a ticket for a football match.
Work out the fraction of his pocket money that he had left.
1.
5 / 7
2.
10 / 12
3.
5 / 12
4.
7 / 12
ans =
9
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Question 10 and 11:
Qu 10:
Work out the value for angle x
ans x =
10
o
Qu 11:
Work out the value for angle y
ans y =
11
o
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Question 12:
When x = 2, what is the value of 4x
3
.
ans =
12
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Question 13:
Work out the value of 3(x + 1)
2
when x = 4.
ans =
13
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Question 14:
Here is a part of a travel graph of David's journey to the shop and back
Work out David's speed for the first 30 minutes of his journey (in km/h)
ans =
14
km/h
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Question 15, 16 and 17
(
Remember
)
Qu 15:
Using the information that 95 × 125 = 11875
write down the value of 9.5 × 12.5
ans =
15
Qu 16:
write down the value of 0.95 × 125000
ans =
16
Qu 17:
write down the value of 11.875 ÷ 9.5
ans =
17
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Question 18:
David bought a car for £22 000.
Each year the value of the car depreciated by 10%.
Work out the value of the car two years after he bought it.
ans = £
18
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Question 19:
Solve 7p + 2 = 5p + 8
ans p =
19
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Question 20:
Solve 7r + 2 = 5(r – 4)
ans r =
20
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Question 21:
Here are the first 5 terms of an arithmetic sequence.
8, 14, 20, 26, 32
Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of the sequence.
1.
7n + 1
2.
6n + 2
3.
2n + 6
4.
8n + 6
ans =
21
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Question 22:
1. -2, -1, 0, 1, 2
2. -1, 0, 1
3. -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2
4. -2, -1, 0, 1
ans =
22
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Question 23:
A spaceship travelled for 7 × 10
2
hours at a speed of 5 × 10
4
km/h.
Calculate the distance travelled by the spaceship.
Give your answer in standard form.
1.
35 x 10
6
2.
12 x 10
6
3.
1.2 x 10
6
4.
3.5 x 10
7
ans =
23
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Question 24:
One month an aircraft travelled 2 × 10
5
km.
The next month the aircraft travelled 3 × 10
4
km.
Calculate the total distance travelled by the aircraft in the two months.
Give your answer as an ordinary number.
ans =
24
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Question 25:
Work out the value of (2
2
)
3
ans =
25
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Question 26:
Work out the value of
ans =
26
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Question 27:
Work out the value of
ans =
27
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Question 28 and 29:
Qu 28:
ans =
28
o
Qu 29:
ans =
29
o
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Question 30:
Expand and simplify (a + b)
2
1.
a
2
+ b
2
2.
a
2
+ ab + b
2
3.
(a + b)(a + b)
4.
a
2
+ 2ab + b
2
ans =
30
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1. 0.57, 0.068, 0.6, 0.605, 0.66 2. 0.57, 0.6, 0.605, 0.66, 0.606 3. 0.068, 0.57, 0.6, 0.605, 0.66 4. 0.068, 0.57, 0.605, 0.66, 0.6