FDPR Mixed Context

Edexcel

AQA

Foundation November 2024 Paper 3 Q9

EdexcelCurrent spec5 marksFDPR Mixed Context

9 There are 200 people at a party.

\(\dfrac{2}{5}\) of the people are children.
The rest of the people are adults.

35% of the children are vegetarian.
45% of the adults are vegetarian.

How many of the people are not vegetarian? (5)

Foundation June 2025 Paper 2 Q22

AQACurrent spec4 marksFDPR Mixed Context

22 A group of adults and students go to a theme park.

Here are the prices.

Adult£24.50
Student£16.25
One adult free with every 5 students

In the group there are 48 students.

The total price for the group is £927

How many adults are in the group? [4 marks]

Foundation June 2025 Paper 2 Q9

AQACurrent spec4 marksFDPR Mixed ContextFractions

9 The table shows information about two workers on one day.

Total working time
(hours)
Working time spent online
(minutes)
Zeke8200
Margot4110
(a) Margot started work at 10:30am

What time did she finish? [1 mark]

(b) Zeke says he spent more than one quarter of his total working time online.

Is he correct? [3 marks]

Tick a box.

  • Yes
  • No

Show working to support your answer.

Foundation June 2025 Paper 1 Q7

AQACurrent spec4 marksFDPR Mixed Context

7 Vinyl records cost £25 each.

Offer
Buy one and get another for half price

Arif wants to buy two vinyl records.

He saves £8 every Saturday.

(a) Assume the offer is permanent.

How many Saturdays does Arif need to save for?

You must show your working. [3 marks]

(b) In fact, the offer is only for 1 week and there are no new offers.

What does this mean about the number of Saturdays he needs to save for?

Tick one box. [1 mark]

  • It is less than the answer to part (a)
  • It is the same as the answer to part (a)
  • It is greater than the answer to part (a)
  • It is not possible to tell

Foundation June 2025 Paper 1 Q6

AQACurrent spec3 marksFDPR Mixed Context

6 Quin buys 200 toys for £4 each.

He sells the toys for £5 each.

What is the least number of toys he must sell to make a profit? [3 marks]

Foundation June 2025 Paper 3 Q5

AQACurrent spec4 marksFDPR Mixed ContextPercentages

5

(a) Complete the table to show equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages. [3 marks]
FractionDecimalPercentage
0.550%
\(\dfrac{1}{10}\)10%
\(\dfrac{2}{5}\)0.4
(b) What percentage of this grid is shaded? [1 mark]
Grid of 4 rows of 5 squares. The top 3 rows are shaded

Foundation November 2024 Paper 2 Q10

AQACurrent spec3 marksFDPR Mixed ContextRounding

10

(a) Write \(\dfrac{3}{8}\) as a percentage. [1 mark]
(b) Work out \(\dfrac{15}{32}\) as a decimal.

Give your answer to 2 decimal places. [2 marks]

Foundation November 2024 Paper 1 Q5

AQACurrent spec2 marksFDPR Mixed Context

5 Put these values in order of size, starting with the smallest. [2 marks]

80% 0.7 \(\dfrac{3}{4}\)

Foundation June 2024 Paper 2 Q10

AQACurrent spec6 marksDecimalsFDPR Mixed Context

10

(a) Leema buys 2 metres of linen at £8.50 per metre.

She also buys 5 metres of cotton.

The total cost is £38

What is the cost of one metre of cotton? [4 marks]

(b) Buttons cost 65p each.

The greatest number of buttons Leema can buy with £5 is 7

She says,

“The greatest number of buttons I can buy with £10 is 14 because £10 is double £5”

Is she correct?

Tick a box.

  • Yes
  • No

Show working to support your answer. [2 marks]

Foundation June 2024 Paper 1 Q8

AQACurrent spec4 marksFDPR Mixed Context

8

Apples25p each
Oranges60p each

Salma has £10 to buy apples and oranges.

She buys

9 apples
and
as many oranges as possible.

How many oranges does she buy? [4 marks]

Foundation June 2024 Paper 3 Q5

AQACurrent spec3 marksDecimalsFDPR Mixed Context

5 Complete each statement using one of these symbols. [3 marks]

\(\lt\)    \(=\)    \(\gt\)

2.54\(\ldots\ldots\ldots\)2.508
0.25\(\ldots\ldots\ldots\)\(\dfrac{1}{4}\)
2\(\ldots\ldots\ldots\)\(\dfrac{5}{2}\)

Foundation November 2023 Paper 2 Q23

AQACurrent spec5 marksFDPR Mixed ContextFractions

23 Three shops sell the same type and size of lip balm stick.

Shop A: £2.39 each. Shop B: £3.08 each, buy one, get one half price. Shop C: pack of 4, was £11.40, now one sixth off

Which shop is the best value for 8 sticks and what is the total cost in that shop?

Show working to support your answer. [5 marks]

Shop \(\ldots\ldots\ldots\)   Total cost £ \(\ldots\ldots\ldots\)

Foundation June 2017 Paper 2 Q18

AQACurrent spec6 marksFDPR Mixed ContextPercentages

18 Ellen works for a company that sells cars.

Her monthly pay is

  • a salary of £1470
  • 28% of the total profit the company makes from her sales
  • a £250 bonus if she sells at least 15 cars.

The table shows information about the cars she sold last year.

Total cost
to the company
Total income
for the company
Number of months when
she sold at least 15 cars
£464 500£538 0003

Was Ellen’s total pay for the year more than £40 000?

You must show your working. [6 marks]

Higher June 2017 Paper 1 Q18

AQACurrent spec3 marksFDPR Mixed ContextPercentages

18 Bottles of drink are for sale at three shops.

The normal price of a bottle is the same at each shop.

Shop A
Buy 1 bottle
Get 2 more bottles at half price
Shop B
Buy 2 bottles
Get 3 more bottles at half price
Shop C
30% off a bottle

What is the cheapest way to buy exactly 8 bottles?

You can buy from more than one shop.

You must show your working. [3 marks]

Foundation June 2017 Paper 2 Q12

AQACurrent spec8 marksFDPR Mixed ContextPercentages

12 Lee sells ice creams.

The table shows the midday temperature and his sales for five days.

Day 1Day 2Day 3Day 4Day 5
Temperature (°C)3026172220
Sales (£)18015080130120
(a) He draws this scatter graph and line of best fit.
Scatter graph titled Ice cream sales and temperature. Temperature (°C) 0 to 30 across, Sales (£) 0 to 180 up. Crosses at (17, 60), (20, 120), (22, 130), (26, 150) and (30, 180). A straight line is drawn from about (4, 89) to (31, 151)

Write down two mistakes he has made. [2 marks]

(b) Lee wants to work out the range of the five temperatures.

His calculation is \(\quad 30 - 20 = 10\)

Is his method correct?

Tick a box. [1 mark]

  • Yes
  • No

Give a reason to support your answer.

(c) The table shows Lee’s costs.
Ingredients15% of sales
Fuel£7 per day

Work out his total profit for the five days. [5 marks]

Foundation June 2017 Paper 3 Q12

AQACurrent spec2 marksFDPR Mixed Context

12 Put these probabilities in order, starting with the least likely.

\[44\% \qquad\qquad \frac{1}{4} \qquad\qquad 0.404 \qquad\qquad \frac{4}{10}\]

[2 marks]

Foundation June 2017 Paper 1 Q8

AQACurrent spec6 marksFDPR Mixed Context

8 Nadia has £5 to buy pencils and rulers.

Prices
Pencils8p each
Rulers30p each

She says,

“I will buy 15 pencils.
Then I will buy as many rulers as possible.
With my change I will buy more pencils.”

How many pencils and how many rulers does she buy? [6 marks]