FDPR Mixed Context

From a Foundation paper

Edexcel

Edexcel · Old spec

AQA

OCR

Foundation November 2024 Paper 3 Q9

EdexcelFoundationCurrent 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 2024 Paper 2 Q25

EdexcelFoundationCurrent spec4 marksFDPR Mixed ContextRatio & Basic Proportion

25 Andy, Luke and Tina share some sweets in the ratio \(\ 1 : 6 : 14\)

Tina gives \(\dfrac{3}{7}\) of her sweets to Andy.

Tina then gives \(12\dfrac{1}{2}\)% of the rest of her sweets to Luke.

Tina says,

“Now all three of us have the same number of sweets.”

Is Tina correct?
You must show how you get your answer. (4)

Higher June 2024 Paper 2 Q6

EdexcelHigherCurrent spec4 marksFDPR Mixed ContextRatio & Basic Proportion

6 Andy, Luke and Tina share some sweets in the ratio 1 : 6 : 14

Tina gives \(\dfrac{3}{7}\) of her sweets to Andy.

Tina then gives \(12\dfrac{1}{2}\)% of the rest of her sweets to Luke.

Tina says,

“Now all three of us have the same number of sweets.”

Is Tina correct?
You must show how you get your answer. (4)

Foundation November 2023 Paper 3 Q14

EdexcelFoundationCurrent spec2 marksFDPR Mixed Context

14 Write the following numbers in order of size.
Start with the smallest number.

\(\dfrac{7}{12}\)   0.56   57%   \(\dfrac{6}{11}\)   0.558 (2)

Foundation June 2023 Paper 1 Q14

EdexcelFoundationCurrent spec5 marksFDPR Mixed Context

14 Last week, 73% of the tickets sold at a cinema were adult tickets.

(a) What percentage of the tickets sold were not adult tickets? (1)

Some people watched a film at the cinema.

number of adults : number of children = 2 : 5

(b) What fraction of these people were adults? (1)

On Friday,

500 people watched a film at the cinema.
70% of these people were children.

On Saturday,

720 people watched the film at the cinema.
\(\dfrac{5}{8}\) of these people were children.

Kasim thinks more children watched the film on Friday than on Saturday.

(c) Is Kasim correct?
You must show how you get your answer. (3)

Foundation June 2023 Paper 1 Q10

EdexcelFoundationCurrent spec4 marksFDPR Mixed Context

10 Max sees this special offer in a shop.

Buy one large plate and get one small plate for half the normal price.

The normal price of a large plate is £2
The normal price of a small plate is 80p

Max wants to buy 6 large plates and 6 small plates using this offer.
He has £15

Has Max got enough money?
You must show how you get your answer. (4)

Higher June 2023 Paper 2 Q6

EdexcelHigherCurrent spec3 marksFDPR Mixed ContextRatio & Basic Proportion

6 Last year a family recycled 800 kg of household waste.
57% of this waste was paper and glass.

weight of paper recycled : weight of glass recycled = 12 : 7

Calculate the weight of glass the family recycled. (3)

Foundation November 2022 Paper 3 Q15

EdexcelFoundationCurrent spec5 marksFDPR Mixed Context

15 2.5 kg of onions and 2 kg of carrots cost a total of £2.36
3 kg of carrots cost £1.74

Stuart has £2
He wants to buy 4 kg of onions.

Does Stuart have enough money to buy 4 kg of onions?
You must show how you get your answer. (5)

Foundation November 2022 Paper 1 Q12

EdexcelFoundationCurrent spec5 marksFDPR Mixed ContextUnits & Time

12 Elena spent 120 minutes at a sports centre.

She played badminton for 50 minutes.
She used the swimming pool for \(\dfrac{1}{6}\) of the 120 minutes.
She used the gym for 20% of the 120 minutes.
She then spent the rest of the 120 minutes in the cafe.

(a) Work out the total time, in minutes, that Elena spent in the cafe. (4)

Elena got to the sports centre at 1.30 pm.
She had asked her friend to meet her in the cafe at 3 pm.

(b) Did Elena get to the cafe by 3 pm?
Give a reason for your answer. (1)

Foundation November 2022 Paper 3 Q7

EdexcelFoundationCurrent spec3 marksFDPR Mixed ContextFractions

7 208 bars of chocolate were sold from a shop.

\(\dfrac{1}{4}\) of these bars of chocolate were large bars.
The rest of the bars of chocolate were small bars.

All the large bars of chocolate were sold for £1 each.
All the small bars of chocolate were sold for 60p each.

Work out the total amount of money for which the 208 bars of chocolate were sold.
Give your answer in pounds. (3)

Foundation June 2022 Paper 1 Q25

EdexcelFoundationCurrent spec5 marksFDPR Mixed Context

25 A delivery company has a total of 160 cars and vans.

the number of cars : the number of vans = 3 : 7

Each car and each van uses electricity or diesel or petrol.

\(\dfrac{1}{8}\) of the cars use electricity.
25% of the cars use diesel.
The rest of the cars use petrol.

Work out the number of cars that use petrol.
You must show all your working. (5)

Higher June 2022 Paper 1 Q3

EdexcelHigherCurrent spec5 marksFDPR Mixed ContextRatio & Basic Proportion

3 A delivery company has a total of 160 cars and vans.

the number of cars : the number of vans = 3 : 7

Each car and each van uses electricity or diesel or petrol.

\(\dfrac{1}{8}\) of the cars use electricity.
25% of the cars use diesel.
The rest of the cars use petrol.

Work out the number of cars that use petrol.
You must show all your working. (5)

Foundation November 2019 Paper 1 Q12

EdexcelFoundationCurrent spec5 marksFDPR Mixed ContextRounding

12 Rehan is on holiday in the USA.

He has $200 to spend on clothes.

Rehan buys
    1 pair of trainers costing $60
    3 T-shirts costing $25 each.

He also wants to buy a jacket costing $80

(a) Has Rehan got enough money to buy the jacket?
You must show how you get your answer. (3)

The trainers cost $60
The exchange rate is $1 = £0.749

Rehan says,
    “The trainers cost less than £40”

Rehan is wrong.

(b) Using a suitable approximation, show working to explain why. (2)

Foundation June 2019 Paper 3 Q23

EdexcelFoundationCurrent spec5 marksFDPR Mixed Context

23 Costcorp sells packets of mints to shop owners.

On Monday three shop owners buy mints from Costcorp.
Each shop owner buys small packets, medium packets and large packets of mints.

Alan buys 400 packets of mints.
    32% are small packets.
    40% are large packets.

Beryl buys 500 packets of mints.
    \(\dfrac{3}{10}\) are small packets.
    \(\dfrac{1}{10}\) are large packets.

Charlie buys 150 small packets of mints so that

number of small packets : number of medium packets \(= 3 : 4\)

Work out the total number of medium packets of mints these shop owners buy.
You must show all your working. (5)

Foundation November 2018 Paper 1 Q22

EdexcelFoundationCurrent spec5 marksFDPR Mixed Context

22 A bonus of £2100 is shared by 10 people who work for a company.
40% of the bonus is shared equally between 3 managers.
The rest of the bonus is shared equally between 7 salesmen.

One of the salesmen says,

“If the bonus is shared equally between all 10 people I will get 25% more money.”

Is the salesman correct?
You must show how you get your answer. (5)

Higher November 2018 Paper 2 Q10

EdexcelHigherCurrent spec5 marksFDPR Mixed ContextPercentages

10 Robert makes 50 litres of green paint by mixing litres of yellow paint and litres of blue paint in the ratio 2 : 3

Yellow paint is sold in 5 litre tins.
Each tin of yellow paint costs £26

Blue paint is sold in 10 litre tins.
Each tin of blue paint costs £48

Robert sells all the green paint he makes in 10 litre tins.
He sells each tin of green paint for £66.96

Work out Robert’s percentage profit on each tin of green paint he sells. (5)

Higher November 2018 Paper 1 Q3

EdexcelHigherCurrent spec5 marksFDPR Mixed Context

3 A bonus of £2100 is shared by 10 people who work for a company.
40% of the bonus is shared equally between 3 managers.
The rest of the bonus is shared equally between 7 salesmen.

One of the salesmen says,

“If the bonus is shared equally between all 10 people I will get 25% more money.”

Is the salesman correct?
You must show how you get your answer. (5)

Foundation June 2018 Paper 1 Q14

EdexcelFoundationCurrent spec4 marksFDPR Mixed Context

14 Gavin, Harry and Isabel each earn the same monthly salary.

Each month,

Gavin saves 28% of his salary and spends the rest of his salary

Harry spends \(\dfrac{3}{4}\) of his salary and saves the rest of his salary

the amount of salary Isabel saves : the amount of salary she spends = 3 : 7

Work out who saves the most of their salary each month.
You must show how you get your answer. (4)

Foundation June 2017 Paper 3 Q18

EdexcelFoundationCurrent spec5 marksFDPR Mixed Context

18 Daniel bakes 420 cakes.
He bakes only vanilla cakes, banana cakes, lemon cakes and chocolate cakes.

\(\dfrac{2}{7}\) of the cakes are vanilla cakes.
35% of the cakes are banana cakes.
The ratio of the number of lemon cakes to the number of chocolate cakes is 4:5

Work out the number of lemon cakes Daniel bakes. (5)

Higher June 2017 Paper 3 Q4

EdexcelHigherCurrent spec5 marksFDPR Mixed Context

4 Daniel bakes 420 cakes.
He bakes only vanilla cakes, banana cakes, lemon cakes and chocolate cakes.

\(\dfrac{2}{7}\) of the cakes are vanilla cakes.
35% of the cakes are banana cakes.
The ratio of the number of lemon cakes to the number of chocolate cakes is 4 : 5

Work out the number of lemon cakes Daniel bakes. (5)

1MA0 Foundation June 2017 Paper 2 Q19

EdexcelFoundationOld spec5 marksFDPR Mixed Context

*19

Best vansVans for hire
\(\frac{1}{3}\) off normal price of
£87 for each day

No charge for the miles
£44 for each day
plus
15p for each extra mile
over 250 miles

Scott wants to hire a van for 2 days.
He is going to drive 400 miles in the van.

Scott wants to pay the least possible money to hire the van.

Should Scott hire the van from Best vans or from Vans for hire?
You must show all your working. (5)

1MA0 Foundation June 2017 Paper 1 Q14

EdexcelFoundationOld spec5 marksFDPR Mixed Context

14 Matthew has a job.
His normal hourly rate of pay is £10

His overtime hourly rate of pay is \(1\frac{1}{2}\) times his normal hourly rate of pay.

Matthew is paid at the normal hourly rate for 7 hours work each day, Monday to Friday.
He does not work on Saturday or Sunday.

Here is a table showing the number of hours of overtime he worked each day this week.

MonTuesWedThurFri
Overtime (hours)32013

Work out Matthew’s total pay for this week. (5)

1MA0 Foundation June 2017 Paper 1 Q4

EdexcelFoundationOld spec4 marksDecimalsFDPR Mixed Context

*4 Mr and Mrs Shankara and their 3 children go on a train journey.

Mr Shankara pays for 2 adult tickets and 3 child tickets.
The price of an adult ticket is £8.40
The price of a child ticket is half the price of an adult ticket.

Mr Shankara pays for the tickets with 3 ten pound notes.

Work out how much change he should get. (4)

1MA0 Foundation June 2016 Paper 2 Q26

EdexcelFoundationOld spec5 marksFDPR Mixed ContextUnits & Time

26 Colin works on 5 days each week.
Each day he drives from his home to work and from work to his home.

Colin pays £3.50 each day to use the car park at work.

The distance from Colin’s home to work is 18 miles.
Colin’s car uses one gallon of petrol every 45.2 miles.

1 litre of petrol costs 136.9p
1 gallon = 4.546 litres

Work out the total cost for Colin to use his car for work each week.
You must show all your working. (5)

1MA0 Foundation June 2016 Paper 1 Q13

EdexcelFoundationOld spec8 marksFDPR Mixed Context

13 Adam owns a cafe.

A jar of coffee: Coffee 150 g, £4. A box of tea bags: Tea Bags 160 bags, £4.50

There are 150 grams of coffee in each jar of coffee, costing £4
There are 160 tea bags in each box of tea bags, costing £4.50

Adam uses
  3 grams of coffee to make each cup of coffee
 and 1 tea bag to make each mug of tea.

Adam buys enough jars of coffee to make 300 cups of coffee.
He also buys enough boxes of tea bags to make 500 mugs of tea.

(a) Work out the total cost. (5)

Adam also sells cakes in his cafe.

On Friday afternoon, Adam had no cakes to sell.

On Saturday morning, 6 trays of cakes were delivered to the cafe.
There were 30 cakes in each tray.

When the cafe closed on Saturday, 12 of these cakes had not been sold.

(b) Work out how many cakes were sold on Saturday. (3)

1MA0 Higher November 2015 Paper 2 Q5

EdexcelHigherOld spec4 marksFDPR Mixed Context

5 Celina and Zoe both sing in a band.

One evening the band plays for 80 minutes.
Celina sings for 65% of the 80 minutes.
Zoe sings for \(\tfrac{5}{8}\) of the 80 minutes.

Celina sings for more minutes than Zoe sings.
Work out for how many more minutes.

You must show all your working. (4)

1MA0 Foundation June 2014 Paper 1 Q21

EdexcelFoundationOld spec4 marksFDPR Mixed Context

21 Mr Brown and his 2 children are going to London by train.

An adult ticket costs £24
A child ticket costs £12

Mr Brown has a Family Railcard.

Family Railcard gives

\(\dfrac{1}{3}\) off adult tickets

60% off child tickets

Work out the total cost of the tickets when Mr Brown uses his Family Railcard. (4)

1MA0 Foundation June 2014 Paper 1 Q13

EdexcelFoundationOld spec8 marksFDPR Mixed ContextProperties of Numbers

13 5600 copies of the Village Advertiser are printed each week.

(a) Write the number 5600 in words. (1)

People have to pay to have an advert in the Village Advertiser.
Each advert is in the shape of a rectangle.

The table gives information about the cost of having an advert in the Village Advertiser.

Advert sizeSize of rectangleCost per week
Size 144 mm by 27 mm£6.50
Size 290 mm by 35 mm£13.50
Size 390 mm by 60 mm£20.00
Size 490 mm by 125 mm£33.00

A Size 2 advert is a 90 mm by 35 mm rectangle.

(b) In the space below, draw a 90 mm by 35 mm rectangle. (2)

David has this advert in the Village Advertiser for 2 weeks.
The advert is accurately drawn.

Rectangular advert: Guitar Lessons, Lessons for beginners, Phone David on 01778 234525
(c) What is the total cost of the advert for 2 weeks? (3)

Raja wants to have a Size 2 advert in the Village Advertiser for 8 weeks.
He has £100 to spend.

(d) Show that Raja does not have enough money to pay for the advert for 8 weeks.
You must show all your working. (2)

1MA0 Foundation June 2014 Paper 2 Q12

EdexcelFoundationOld spec6 marksFDPR Mixed Context

12 Angie is organising a party for 84 adults and 42 children.

At 8 pm all the adults and all the children will sit down at tables for a meal.
6 people will sit at each table.

(a) Work out the number of seats and the number of tables Angie will need. (3)

Each adult meal will cost £4.50
Each child meal will cost £2.50

Angie has £500 to pay for the meals.

(b) Does Angie have enough money to pay for the meals for 84 adults and 42 children?
You must show all your working. (3)

1MA0 Higher June 2014 Paper 1 Q4

EdexcelHigherOld spec4 marksFDPR Mixed Context

4 Mr Brown and his 2 children are going to London by train.

An adult ticket costs £24
A child ticket costs £12

Mr Brown has a Family Railcard.

Family Railcard gives
\(\dfrac{1}{3}\) off adult tickets
60% off child tickets

Work out the total cost of the tickets when Mr Brown uses his Family Railcard. (4)

1MA0 Foundation November 2013 Paper 2 Q15

EdexcelFoundationOld spec4 marksFDPR Mixed Context

*15 Brian makes egg cups.
He makes 12 egg cups per hour.

Brian makes egg cups for \(4\frac{1}{2}\) hours each day, on 5 days of the week.

The egg cups are packed in boxes.
8 egg cups are packed into each box.

How many boxes are needed for all the egg cups Brian makes in 5 days? (4)

1MA0 Foundation November 2013 Paper 1 Q15

EdexcelFoundationOld spec4 marksFDPR Mixed Context

*15 Aleena is planning a trip for people at her Youth Club.

Here are the costs for the trip.

Transport£230
Insurance£50
Other costs£30
Entry fee£14 per person

Aleena charges £18 per ticket for the trip.
She sells 100 tickets.

Is there enough money from the ticket sales for Aleena to pay all the costs for the trip?

You must show your working. (4)

1MA0 Higher November 2013 Paper 1 Q11

EdexcelHigherOld spec5 marksFDPR Mixed Context

11 Each day a company posts some small letters and some large letters.
The company posts all the letters by first class post.

The tables show information about the cost of sending a small letter by first class post and the cost of sending a large letter by first class post.

Small Letter

WeightFirst Class Post
0–100 g60p

Large Letter

WeightFirst Class Post
0–100 g£1.00
101–250 g£1.50
251–500 g£1.70
501–750 g£2.50

One day the company wants to post 200 letters.
The ratio of the number of small letters to the number of large letters is 3:2
70% of the large letters weigh 0–100 g.
The rest of the large letters weigh 101–250 g.

Work out the total cost of posting the 200 letters by first class post. (5)

1MA0 Foundation June 2013 Paper 1 Q27

EdexcelFoundationOld spec4 marksFDPR Mixed Context

27 Mr Mason asks 240 Year 11 students what they want to do next year.

15% of the students want to go to college.
\(\dfrac{3}{4}\) of the students want to stay at school.
The rest of the students do not know.

Work out the number of students who do not know. (4)

1MA0 Foundation June 2013 Paper 2 Q21

EdexcelFoundationOld spec6 marksFDPR Mixed Context

21 The table shows the prices of drinks at Ed’s Cafe.

Ed’s Cafe
SmallRegularLarge
Black coffee£1.40£1.80£2.20
Cappuccino£1.60£2.10£2.60
Latte£1.60£2.10£2.60
Tea£1.20£1.50£1.80
Cola£1.50£2.00£2.40

Helen buys

 2 small black coffees
 1 regular cappuccino
 1 large cola

Helen pays with a £10 note.

(a) Work out how much change Helen should get. (3)

Ed reduces all the prices by 15%.

(b) Work out the reduced price of a large latte. (3)

1MA0 Higher June 2013 Paper 1 Q2

EdexcelHigherOld spec4 marksFDPR Mixed Context

2 Mr Mason asks 240 Year 11 students what they want to do next year.

15% of the students want to go to college.
\(\dfrac{3}{4}\) of the students want to stay at school.
The rest of the students do not know.

Work out the number of students who do not know. (4)

1MA0 Foundation March 2013 Paper 2 Q11

EdexcelFoundationOld spec5 marksFDPR Mixed Context

11 George is going to buy exactly 10 ink cartridges.

Ink Cartridges: 1 cartridge at £9.39 per cartridge; 3 cartridges at £24.30 for a pack of 3 cartridges

Find the difference in cost between the cheapest way and the most expensive way to buy the 10 ink cartridges. (5)

1MA0 Foundation March 2013 Paper 1 Q5

EdexcelFoundationOld spec5 marksFDPR Mixed Context

*5 Sarah wants to buy some fruit.

She wants to buy
 3 oranges at 30p each
and \(\frac{1}{2}\) kg apples at £1.20 per kg.

The only money Sarah has is one 50p coin and six 20p coins.
She pays for the fruit.

Work out how much money Sarah has left.
You must show all your working. (5)

1MA0 Foundation November 2012 Paper 1 Q20

EdexcelFoundationOld spec4 marksFDPR Mixed Context

20 Sapir buys 60 bags.
She pays £3 for each bag.

Sapir sells \(\frac{1}{2}\) of the bags for £5 each.
She sells \(\frac{1}{3}\) of the bags for £4 each.

Sapir wants to make a total profit of £75

How much should she sell each of the remaining bags for? (4)

1MA0 Foundation November 2012 Paper 1 Q10

EdexcelFoundationOld spec4 marksFDPR Mixed Context

10 Here are the ticket prices for entry to a museum.

Ticket prices
Adult ticket£12
Child ticket£7
Senior ticket£8
Family ticket (2 adult tickets and 2 child tickets)£30

Shamus takes his family to the museum.
He gets tickets for
  2 adults,
  3 children,
  1 senior.

Shamus pays the least possible amount of money for the tickets.
He pays with three £20 notes.

How much change should he get? (4)

1MA0 Higher November 2012 Paper 1 Q3

EdexcelHigherOld spec4 marksFDPR Mixed Context

*3 Here is part of Gary’s electricity bill.

Electricity bill
New reading7155 units
Old reading7095 units
Price per unit   15p

Work out how much Gary has to pay for the units of electricity he used. (4)

1MA0 Foundation June 2012 Paper 2 Q28

EdexcelFoundationOld spec5 marksFDPR Mixed Context

*28 Henry is thinking about having a water meter.
These are the two ways he can pay for the water he uses.

Water MeterNo Water Meter
A charge of £28.20 per year
plus
91.22p for every cubic metre of water used

1 cubic metre = 1000 litres
A charge of £107 per year

Henry uses an average of 180 litres of water each day.

Henry wants to pay as little as possible for the water he uses.

Should Henry have a water meter? (5)

1MA0 Foundation June 2012 Paper 2 Q20

EdexcelFoundationOld spec4 marksFDPR Mixed Context

20 Rani has 250 DVDs.

42% of her DVDs are thrillers.
\(\frac{2}{5}\) of her DVDs are comedies.
The rest of her DVDs are science fiction.

How many science fiction DVDs does Rani have? (4)

1MA0 Foundation June 2012 Paper 1 Q17

EdexcelFoundationOld spec4 marksFDPR Mixed Context

*17 Debbie, Salma and Wendy did a Maths test.
The total for the test was 40 marks.

Debbie got 16 out of 40
Salma got 35% of the 40 marks.
Wendy got \(\frac{3}{8}\) of the 40 marks.

Who got the highest mark?
You must show all your working. (4)

1MA0 Higher June 2012 Paper 2 Q15

EdexcelHigherOld spec5 marksFDPR Mixed Context

*15 Henry is thinking about having a water meter.

These are the two ways he can pay for the water he uses.

Water MeterNo Water Meter
A charge of £28.20 per year
plus
91.22p for every cubic metre of water used
1 cubic metre = 1000 litres
A charge of £107 per year

Henry uses an average of 180 litres of water each day.

Henry wants to pay as little as possible for the water he uses.

Should Henry have a water meter? (5)

Foundation June 2025 Paper 2 Q22

AQAFoundationCurrent 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

AQAFoundationCurrent 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

AQAFoundationCurrent 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

AQAFoundationCurrent 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

AQAFoundationCurrent 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

AQAFoundationCurrent 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

AQAFoundationCurrent 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

AQAFoundationCurrent 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

AQAFoundationCurrent 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

AQAFoundationCurrent 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

AQAFoundationCurrent 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 £ \(\ldots\ldots\ldots\)

Higher November 2023 Paper 2 Q5

AQAHigherCurrent spec5 marksFDPR Mixed ContextPercentages

5 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 1/6 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]

Foundation June 2023 Paper 2 Q10

AQAFoundationCurrent spec5 marksFDPR Mixed Context

10

(a) There are 1020 books in a box.

\(\dfrac{2}{5}\) of the books are blue.

How many are blue? [2 marks]

(b) There are green pens and red pens in the box.

The ratio of \(\quad\) green : red \(\quad\) is \(\quad\) 4 : 3

What fraction of the pens are green? [1 mark]

(c) There are some calculators in the box.

220 are scientific.
30 are not.

What percentage of the calculators are scientific? [2 marks]

Foundation June 2023 Paper 1 Q5

AQAFoundationCurrent spec4 marksFDPR Mixed Context

5 At a shop

the normal price of one pen is 24p
the normal price of one calculator is £7

The shop has these special offers.

Pens
Half the normal price
Calculators
£1.50 less than the normal price

Work out the total price of 5 pens and 1 calculator using the special offers. [4 marks]

Higher June 2023 Paper 2 Q5

AQAHigherCurrent spec4 marksFDPR Mixed ContextRatio & Basic Proportion

5 Jess saves 2p, 5p and 10p coins.

She has

  • 45  10p coins
  • 8 times as many 2p coins as 10p coins
  • £17.70 in total.

Work out   total value of 2p coins : total value of 5p coins

Give your answer in its simplest form. [4 marks]

Foundation November 2022 Paper 3 Q8

AQAFoundationCurrent spec2 marksFDPR Mixed Context

8 Put these probabilities in order, starting with the least likely. [2 marks]

\[72\% \qquad 0.705 \qquad \dfrac{7}{10}\]

Foundation November 2021 Paper 3 Q26

AQAFoundationCurrent spec5 marksFDPR Mixed ContextPercentages

26 At a country park there is a house, a museum and a garden.

The table shows the prices per person to visit the park.

Price per person
Garden onlyFree
House and museum£12.50
House only£8
Museum only£7

One day, 480 people visit the park.

67 visit the garden only.
40% visit the house and the museum.
\(\dfrac{3}{8}\) visit the house only.
The rest visit the museum only.

In total, how much do the 480 people pay to visit the park?

You may use the Venn diagram to help you. [5 marks]

Venn diagram with universal set symbol, overlapping circles H and M, and 67 written outside both circles

Higher November 2021 Paper 3 Q6

AQAHigherCurrent spec5 marksFDPR Mixed ContextPercentages

6 At a country park there is a house, a museum and a garden.

The table shows the prices per person to visit the park.

Price per person
Garden onlyFree
House and museum£12.50
House only£8
Museum only£7

One day, 480 people visit the park.

67 visit the garden only.

40% visit the house and the museum.

\(\dfrac{3}{8}\) visit the house only.

The rest visit the museum only.

In total, how much do the 480 people pay to visit the park?

You may use the Venn diagram to help you. [5 marks]

Venn diagram with universal set ξ and overlapping circles H and M. The number 67 is written outside both circles.

Foundation November 2020 Paper 3 Q14

AQAFoundationCurrent spec7 marksFDPR Mixed Context

14 Here are ticket prices for a theme park.

Single tickets
Adult  £48       Child  £26
Special offer tickets
1 adult and 2 children    £82
2 adults and 2 children    £120
(a) Freya buys tickets for 3 adults and 4 children.

She pays the cheapest possible total cost.

How much does she save compared to buying all single tickets? [4 marks]

(b) Leroy buys 5 single adult tickets.

He uses a voucher that reduces the price of tickets by a quarter.

In total, how much does he pay? [3 marks]

Foundation June 2019 Paper 3 Q5

AQAFoundationCurrent spec2 marksFDPR Mixed Context

5 Put these numbers in order from smallest to largest.

\[\frac{31}{40} \qquad \frac{3}{4} \qquad \frac{7}{10} \qquad 0.725\]

[2 marks]

Foundation November 2018 Paper 2 Q13

AQAFoundationCurrent spec7 marksFDPR Mixed Context

13 A charity sends an appeal letter to 3000 people.

The letter asks for a donation of money.

Here is some information about the last appeal letter the charity sent out.

\(\dfrac{1}{2}\) of the people who were sent the letter made a donation.
The average donation was £8.60
\(\dfrac{1}{3}\) of the people who made a donation filled in a tax form.
The government adds 25% to the donations of these people.
(a) Using this information,

work out the amount the charity can expect to receive from this appeal. [6 marks]

(b) The average donation from the people who filled in a tax form was more than £8.60

How does this affect your answer to part (a)?

Tick one box.

  • It should be lower
  • It should be higher
  • It should stay the same

Give a reason. [1 mark]

Foundation June 2018 Paper 1 Q11

AQAFoundationCurrent spec6 marksFDPR Mixed Context

11 300 passengers go on a coach trip.

Each coach takes 50 passengers.
Each passenger pays £25

The table shows the costs for the coach company.

Cost for each coach
Pay for driver£90
Fuel70p per mile

Each coach travels 200 miles.

Work out the total profit the company makes from this trip. [6 marks]

Foundation November 2017 Paper 1 Q10

AQAFoundationCurrent spec3 marksFDPR Mixed Context

10 Complete the table to show equivalent fractions and percentages. [3 marks]

FractionPercentage
\(\dfrac{1}{2}\)50%
\(\dfrac{3}{10}\)
43%
\(\dfrac{5}{2}\)

Foundation June 2017 Paper 2 Q18

AQAFoundationCurrent 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

AQAHigherCurrent 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

AQAFoundationCurrent 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

AQAFoundationCurrent 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

AQAFoundationCurrent 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]

Foundation June 2025 Paper 1 Q14

OCRFoundationCurrent spec5 marksFDPR Mixed ContextUnits & Time

14 A 1.5 litre carton of orange juice costs £1.30.
Gabi has £10 to spend on orange juice and buys the maximum possible number of cartons.

Each day Gabi drinks 350 millilitres of the orange juice she has just bought.

Work out how many days the orange juice will last Gabi.
You must show your working. [5]

Foundation November 2024 Paper 1 Q3

OCRFoundationCurrent spec3 marksFDPR Mixed Context

3 Complete this table of fractions, decimals and percentages.

FractionDecimalPercentage
\(\dfrac{1}{5}\)=0.2=
=0.03=3%
\(\dfrac{145}{100}\)=1.45=

[3]

Foundation June 2024 Paper 1 Q16

OCRFoundationCurrent spec5 marksFDPR Mixed Context

16 A sports team scored 400 points.

The defenders scored \(\dfrac{1}{10}\) of the points.

The midfielders and the forwards scored the remainder of the points in the ratio 1 : 5.

Find the percentage of the 400 points that were scored by the forwards.
You must show your working. [5]

Foundation June 2024 Paper 3 Q13

OCRFoundationCurrent spec5 marksFDPR Mixed ContextPercentages

13 Jane and Kofi both have the same number of newspapers to deliver.

By 8 am

  • Jane has delivered 64% of her newspapers
  • Kofi has delivered \(\dfrac{5}{8}\) of his newspapers.

(a) Who has delivered the greater proportion of their newspapers?
Show how you decide. [3]
(b) Work out the smallest possible number of newspapers that Jane must deliver. [2]

Foundation June 2024 Paper 1 Q11

OCRFoundationCurrent spec5 marksFDPR Mixed ContextPercentages

11 Sam eats 30% of a 600 g pack of cereal every day.
Sam has no cereal left.

The cereal is no longer sold in 600 g packs.
Instead, the cereal is now sold in 400 g packs.
Sam wants to continue to eat the same amount of cereal every day.

Work out the minimum number of 400 g packs of cereal that Sam must buy to have enough for 7 days.

You must show your working. [5]

Foundation November 2023 Paper 2 Q7

OCRFoundationCurrent spec3 marksFDPR Mixed Context

7 Which is smaller, 65% or \(\dfrac{16}{25}\)?

Show your working and give a reason for your answer. [3]

Higher November 2023 Paper 6 Q3

OCRHigherCurrent spec4 marksFDPR Mixed ContextStandard Form

3 Write these numbers in order of size, starting with the smallest.

\(0.36\% \qquad \dfrac{1}{333} \qquad 0.03 \qquad 3.1 \times 10^{-3}\) [4]

Foundation June 2023 Paper 2 Q14

OCRFoundationCurrent spec7 marksDecimalsFDPR Mixed Context

14 A student is buying some gifts for their friends.
The gifts are shown below with the prices.

Key ring £3.50, Badge £2.99, Wallet £7.50

The student has £50 to spend.
They first buy 6 key rings and 2 wallets.
They then buy badges with the remainder of the money.

(a) Work out the maximum number of badges that the student can buy.
You must show your working. [5]
(b) Work out the amount of money they have left over. [2]

Foundation June 2022 Paper 1 Q13

OCRFoundationCurrent spec8 marksFDPR Mixed ContextPercentages

13 Here are the ticket prices for a zoo when bought at the gate.

Adult£22
Child£18
Family ticket
(2 adults and
up to 4 children)
£80
(a) Mr and Mrs Khan take their four children to the zoo.
They buy their tickets at the gate.

How much do Mr and Mrs Khan save by buying a family ticket? [4]

(b) All ticket prices are reduced by 15% if bought online rather than at the gate.
Mr and Mrs Morris take their one child to the same zoo.
They buy their tickets online.

What is the lowest possible total cost of their tickets? [4]

Foundation November 2021 Paper 3 Q3

OCRFoundationCurrent spec6 marksFDPR Mixed ContextPercentages

3 There are 150 coins in a jar.
20% of the coins are 10p coins.
\(\dfrac{3}{10}\) of the coins are 20p coins.
The rest of the coins are 50p coins.

Work out the total value, in £, of the 150 coins.
You must show your working. [6]

Foundation November 2020 Paper 1 Q24

OCRFoundationCurrent spec6 marksFDPR Mixed ContextPercentages

24 Lily buys and sells microwaves.

She buys each one for £32 and sells it for £60.
She also pays £7 for the delivery of each microwave she sells.

If she sells a microwave that is faulty then Lily must pay for its repair and redelivery. This costs her another £25 for each faulty microwave.

Last month, 6 out of the 80 microwaves Lily sold were faulty.

This month she has orders for 133 microwaves.

Calculate her expected percentage profit on this month’s order.
Showing your working in the boxes below may help you present your work.

Expected number of faulty microwaves:Expected costs:
Income from sales:Expected percentage profit:

[6]

Foundation November 2020 Paper 1 Q14

OCRFoundationCurrent spec6 marksFDPR Mixed ContextPercentages

14 Harry is paid £8.60 per hour for the first 30 hours he works each week.
After 30 hours he is paid \(1\frac{1}{2}\) times the hourly rate.

Last week, Harry worked for 33 hours.
He was also paid a bonus of \(\dfrac{1}{10}\) of his earnings for that week.

Calculate how much Harry was paid in total last week. [6]

Higher November 2020 Paper 4 Q8

OCRHigherCurrent spec6 marksFDPR Mixed ContextPercentages

8 Lily buys and sells microwaves.
She buys each one for £32 and sells it for £60.
She also pays £7 for the delivery of each microwave she sells.

If she sells a microwave that is faulty then Lily must pay for its repair and redelivery.
This costs her another £25 for each faulty microwave.

Last month, 6 out of the 80 microwaves Lily sold were faulty.
This month she has orders for 133 microwaves.

Calculate her expected percentage profit on this month’s order.

Showing your working in the boxes below may help you present your work.

Expected number of faulty microwaves:
Expected costs:
Income from sales:
Expected percentage profit:
[6]

Foundation November 2019 Paper 1 Q11

OCRFoundationCurrent spec6 marksFDPR Mixed ContextFractions

11 Harry has a job.

On Friday, he is paid £8.50 per hour.
On Saturday, he is paid \(1\frac{1}{2}\) times that rate.

He works for 4 hours on Friday.
He works from 8 am until 1 pm on Saturday.

How much does Harry earn in total for these two days? [6]

Higher November 2019 Paper 5 Q10

OCRHigherCurrent spec5 marksFDPR Mixed ContextPercentages

10 On a plane, \(\frac{2}{5}\) of the passengers were British.

30% of the British passengers were men.
There were 36 British men on the plane.

Find the total number of passengers on the plane. [5]

Foundation June 2019 Paper 1 Q9

OCRFoundationCurrent spec4 marksFDPR Mixed ContextFractions

9 Mike drinks \(\dfrac{2}{5}\) of a litre of juice each day.
Juice costs £4.40 for a 2 litre carton and £2.60 for a 1 litre carton.

Mike buys enough juice to last for 7 days.

What is the lowest price Mike can pay for this juice?
Show how you decide. [4]

Foundation June 2019 Paper 1 Q8

OCRFoundationCurrent spec6 marksFDPR Mixed Context

8 Kim is paid £9.40 per hour for the first 35 hours she works each week.
After 35 hours she is paid at one and a quarter times the hourly rate.

One week Kim works 42 hours.

Calculate how much she is paid for that week. [6]

Foundation June 2019 Paper 1 Q3

OCRFoundationCurrent spec3 marksFDPR Mixed Context

3 Complete this table of fractions, decimals and percentages.

FractionDecimalPercentage
\(\dfrac{1}{4}\)==25%
\(\dfrac{7}{100}\)=0.07=
=1.3=130%

[3]

Foundation November 2018 Paper 2 Q6

OCRFoundationCurrent spec4 marksFDPR Mixed Context

6 Which is bigger, 36% or \(\dfrac{7}{20}\)?

Show your working and give a reason for your answer.

.................... is bigger because .................................................... [4]

Foundation November 2018 Paper 3 Q3

OCRFoundationCurrent spec3 marksFDPR Mixed Context

3

(a) Write \(\dfrac{3}{8}\) as a decimal. [1]
(b) Write 42% as a fraction.
Give your answer in its simplest form. [2]

Foundation June 2017 Paper 2 Q9

OCRFoundationCurrent spec6 marksFDPR Mixed ContextPercentages

9 Lillian works 7 hours each day for 5 days a week.
She earns £420 each week.

(a) How much does she earn per hour? [3]
(b) Lillian decides that she is going to work 7 hours each day for only 4 days a week.
Her earnings are to be reduced by 20%.
Lillian thinks that this reduction is reasonable.
(i) Explain why a reduction of 20% is reasonable. [1]
(ii) How much will Lillian earn working 4 days a week? [2]

Foundation June 2017 Paper 1 Q4

OCRFoundationCurrent spec3 marksFDPR Mixed ContextFractions

4 Karen made 40 cakes.

She gives \(\dfrac{1}{5}\) of the cakes to Andrew.

She gives 10% of the 40 cakes to Chris.

What fraction of the 40 cakes does she have left? [3]