MATHS GCSE REVISION QUESTIONS
Paper 6
               (up to) Grade B

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Question 1:    

Change 56 miles to kilometres.

5 miles = 8 kilometres
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Question 2:    

       A school has 1400 pupils.
       675 of the pupils are girls.
       3/5 of the girls like sport.
       4/5 of the boys like sport.

Work out the total number of pupils in the school who like sport

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Question 3, 4 and 5:    

Mary made x cakes.
She put 5 sweets on top of each cake.


Qu3: Write down an expression, in terms of x, for the number of sweets she used

a)      5 + x	b)      5x
c)      5/x	d)      5-x

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Qu 4: Fred made 4 more cakes than Mary.

Write down an expression, in terms of x, for the number of cakes Fred made.

a)      x + 4	b)      x - 4
c)      x + 5	d)      x - 5

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Qu 5: Fred also put 5 sweets on each of his cakes.

Write down an expression, in terms of x, for the number of sweets Fred used.

a)      5(x + 4)	b)      5(x - 4)
c)      5(x + 5)	d)      5(x - 5)

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Question 6 and 7:    

The graph below can be used to convert between two temperature scales, Fahrenheit (^oF) and Celsius (^oC).



Qu 6: Use the graph to convert 50 ^oF to degrees Celsius.

a)      120	b)      122
c)      10	d)      8

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Qu 7: Use the graph to convert –10 ^oC to degrees Fahrenheit.

a)      -28	b)      6
c)      -14	d)      14

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Question 8:    
Solve       7x + 18 = 74

x = (8)

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Question 9:    
Solve       4(2y – 5) = 32

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Question 10    

Solve       5p + 7 = 3(4 – p)

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Question 12:    

Amy bought 17 footballs for a total cost of £50.83.
James bought 11 footballs

The cost of each football bought by Amy and James was the same.
Work out how much James paid for his 11 footballs.

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Question 14:    

Calculate     2.4³
write down all figures

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Question 17:    
Simplify       4x + 7y + 2x – 3y

a)      6x - 3y	b)      11x - y
c)      11x + 4y	d)      6x + 4y

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Question 18:    
Simplify       2pq + pq

a)      2p2q2	b)      2(pq)2
c)      3pq	d)      2pq

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Question 19:    
Factorise       3t – 12

a)      3t(t - 4)x	b)      3t(1 - 4)
c)      3(t - 6)	d)      3(t - 4)

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Question 20:    
Expand and simplify       3(2x – 1) – 2(2x – 3)

a)      2x + 6	b)      2x + 3
c)      8x + 6	d)      8x - 6

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Question 21:    

Complete the table of values for

y = 2x² + 4x + 3

x	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
y	9	a	1	b	9	c	33

a)      a = 33, b = 9, c = 19	b)      a = -19, b = 3, c = 19
c)      a = 3, b = 3, c = 19	d)      a = 3, b = 3, c = -19

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Question 22 and 23:    

Wayne bought an engagement ring for Tracy.
The total cost of the ring was £420 plus VAT at 17 ½ %      (17 and half % ).

Qu 22: Work out the cost of the ring.

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Qu 23:
Wayne invited 96 people to an engagement party.

Only 60 of the people invited came to the party.

Express 60 as a percentage of 96.

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Question 26:    

      

Calculate an estimate for the mean length of reign.

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Question 27 and 28:    

             A floppy disk can store 1 440 000 bytes of data.

Qu 27 Write the number 1 440 000 in standard form.

a)      0.0144 x 108	b)      0.144 x 106
c)      1.44 x 106	d)      14.4 x 105

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Qu 28:              A hard disk can store 2.4 x 10⁹ bytes of data.

Calculate the number of floppy disks needed to store the 2.4 x 10⁹ bytes of data

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Question 29: and 30   



Qu 29: Calculate the size of angle BCA.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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Qu 30: Calculate the length of the rope BD.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures

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