MATHS GCSE REVISION QUESTIONS
Test 3
Aiming for grades 5/4 (old grade C)
Non Calculator


For multiple choice questions place a, b, c or d in the box.
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Question 1:
1a)
A quadrilateral has been drawn on centimetre squared paper



What is the special name of this quadrilateral?

a)      square b)      kite
c)      rectangle d)      parallelogram
e)      rhombus f)      trapezium
     (1)

1b)
Which of the following statements (about quadrilaterals) is FALSE ?

a)      A rectangle is also a parallelogram
b)      A trapezium is also a parallelogram
c)      A rhombus is also a parallelogram
d)      A rhombus is also a kite

     (2)
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Question 2:
a) Work out 80 ÷ 10
     (3)

b)
Write these numbers in order of size.
Start with the smallest number.

2.8      4.71      0.6      13.4

a)      2.8,    4.71,    0.6,    13.4
b)      13.4,    4.71,    2.8,    0.6
c)      0.6,    2.8,    4.71,    13.4
d)      0.6,    2.8,    13.4,    4.7
     (4)

2c)
Write    7/10    as a decimal.
     (5)

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Question 3:
 Here is a regular pentagon.



What is the order of rotational symmetry of this pentagon?

     (6)

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Question 4:

 What type of angle is this?


a)      acute b)      obtuse
c)      reflex d)      right angle
     (7)

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Question 5:


a)
 Work out the value of x.
x = o      (8)

b)
 The reason for your answer is
a)      Angles on a straight line add up to 90o
b)      Angles on a straight line add up to 180o
c)      Angles on a straight line add up to 270o
d)      Angles on a straight line add up to 360o
     (9)

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Question 6:
 a)
 Simplify     m + m + m

a)      m3 b)      3m
c)      m3 d)      m(m + 1)
     (10)

b) Simplify 5x + 4y – 3x + 2y

a)      2x + 2y b)      2x + 4y
c)      2x - 6y d)      2x + 6y
     (11)

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Question 7:
 Here are some patterns made from dots.




a)
 How many dots are needed for Pattern number 4?
     (12)

b):
 How many dots are needed for Pattern number 10?
     (13)

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Question 8:

 Fred is planning a disco party at his Youth Club.

Here are his costs.
Mobile Disco          £330
Hire of room           £70
Food           £12 per person

Fred charges £18 per ticket.
He sells 100 tickets.

What profit does Fred make?
£ =      (14)

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Question 9:
 The table shows the highest and the lowest temperature
in Chelmsford and in Edinburgh on the same day.

a)
 Work out the difference between the lowest temperature
in Chelmsford and the lowest temperature in Edinburgh.
O C (15)
b)
 Work out the difference between the highest temperature
in Chelmsford and the lowest temperature in Chelmsford.
O C (16)

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Question 10:
(Fractions written as follows    1/2    2/3    4/5   etc)
 a)What is

     (17)
b)

 What is

     (18)

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Question 11
a)
 Write down the number of edges of the cuboid.
     (19)
b)
 Calculate the volume of the cuboid.
 cm3     (20)

c)
      (21)

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Question 12
 There are 120 students in Yr 10
A teachers wants to buy a memory stick for each student

Cost of Memory Sick is:
£2 each but 1 free memory stick for every 20 bought

What is the minimum price the teacher must pay so every student
receives a memory stick

£      (22)

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Question 13
 Mary is baking several apples pies
For the crust part she uses

sugar, butter and flour in the ratio of 1:3:6

Mary uses 100g of apples to every 200 g of crust topping
Mary will use 2 kg of apples, altogether

What is the amount of sugar, butter and flour she will use
sugar    =      g (23)
butter   =      g (24)
flour     =      g (25)

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Question 14:

Using the equation    y = 2x + 3    to plot 5 points on a graph
between x = -2 to x = 2

What are the coordinates for the 5 points?
(x is already shown)

(-2,   )(26)
(-1,   )(27)
(0,   )(28)
(1,   )(29)
(2,   )(30)

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Question 15 (remember no calculator)

   Work out         241 x 23 =         (31)

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Question 16

Here is a cuboid

Cuboid has a width of 5 cm and a length of 10 cm.
The volume of the cuboid is 300 cm3
Work out the height of the cuboid
  cm     (32)

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Question 17

a) What is the LCM of 15 and 30?           (33)
b) What is the LCM of 6 and 7?              (34)
c) What is the HCF of 15 and 45?           (35)
d) What is the HCF of 32 and 48?           (36)

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Question 18
a)
A person travels 20 km in 30 minutes.
What is the person's speed in km/h ?
     (37)

b)
A person travels 1 km in 1 minutes.
What is the person's speed in km/h ?
     (38)

c)
A person travels 10 km in 6 minutes.
What is the person's speed in km/h ?
     (39)

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Question 19
IF      432      ×      42      =      18144

Use this statement to help you work out a), b), and c)

a)    What is 4.32 x 42          =      (40)
b)    What is 4.32 x 4.2         =      (41)
c)    What is 18144 ÷ 4320   =      (42)

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Question 20

a)    What is 56.32 × 1000 =      (43)
b)    What is 12.4 ÷ 1000   =      (44)

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Question 21
Here is a sequence of numbers

2,         6,         10,        14,         18

What is the Nth term

a)       4n b)       4n + 2
c)       6n d)       6n + 2
e)       6n - 2 f)       4n - 2
    (45)

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Question 22

a)         What is 0.001 as a percentage   %    (46)
b)         What is 2.35 as a percentage   %    (47)
c)         What is 110% as a decimal       (48)

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Question 23

Calculate the size of the angle marked y

y = o     (49)

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Question 24

Find the value of x

3x + 4 = 14 - 7x
x =     (50)

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