Cambridge & Pearson Edexcel Past Paper Questions
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The diagram shows the fuel gauge in Abid's car. [Figure - image of fuel gauge with arrow at 1/2 mark] The tank contains 50 litres when it is full...
An empty lorry has a mass of 4.3 tonnes, correct to the nearest tenth of a tonne.
Given that π = 3.141592654, find the difference between ²²⁄₇ and π, correct to two significant figures. Show your working.
Jane puts some red balloons and some blue balloons into a bag. The ratio of red balloons to blue balloons is 3: 4. There are 84 balloons in the bag...
These two triangles are congruent. The lengths are in centimetres. [Figure - two triangles with labelled sides and angles]
Buses following route A leave the bus station every five minutes. Buses following route B leave the bus station every six minutes. Buses following ...
Solve the simultaneous equations. 3x + 5y = 0 2x – 3y = 19
Evaluate ²⁄₅ – ²⁄₇,
From the numbers listed above, write down [Table of numbers: 0.2, 2, √2, 1/3, 0.83, 8, 81]
Gill swims lengths of the swimming pool. The pool is 25 m long and she swims a total of 1.6km.
Sachin and Zaheer play a game of tennis and a game of badminton. The results of the games are independent and the games cannot be drawn. The probab...
Write 8³ in the form 2ᵏ.
The profits of a company were $5 million in 2009 and $8 million in 2010. Find the percentage increase in profits from 2009 to 2010.
A swarm of locusts contains 40 billion locusts. A billion is a thousand million.
Solve 5x – 2 = 1,
A sequence of diagrams is made using black and white counters. [Figure - Diagrams 1, 2, 3, 4 with counters] The number of black and white counter...
Here are the equations of four straight lines. Line 1: y = 2x + 4 Line 2: y = 2 – x Line 3: y = 2x – 1 Line 4: 2y – 8 = 3x
A group of 100 students was asked how many minutes each spent talking on their mobile phone during one day. The histogram summarises this informati...
¹⁄b = ¹⁄c + ¹⁄d Evaluate b when c = 3 and d = 8.
The diagram shows the speed-time graph of a car travelling between two road junctions. [Figure - speed-time graph]
In the diagram, ABCD is a parallelogram. X is a point on BC. AXY and DCY are straight lines. AB = 8 cm, AX = 7 cm, AD = 9cm and CY = 4 cm. [Figure...
f(x) = 6x² – x + 3 Find f(2),
In this shape all the lengths are in centimetres. [Diagram showing a composite shape with dimensions 20, 5, 25, 12, 10, 5] Work out
Evaluate 0.3 × 0.2,
A bag containing fruit has mass 3.813 kilograms. When the bag is empty its mass is 257 grams. Find, in kilograms, the mass of the fruit.
Complete the statement in the answer space using one of these symbols. [Diagram showing a box containing the symbols: <=, <, =, >, >=]
PQ is a chord of the circle, centre O. X is the midpoint of PQ. OX = 6 cm and the radius of the circle is 10 cm. Calculate PQ. [Diagram showing a c...
A bag contains red, yellow and green sweets. 2/5 of the sweets are red and 1/4 of the sweets are yellow. What fraction of the sweets are green?
On a map the length of a lake is 4.5 centimetres. The actual length of the lake is 2.7 kilometres. Write the scale of the map as a ratio in the for...
One approximate solution of the equation sinx° = 0.53 is x = 32. Use this value of x to find the solution of the equation that lies between 90° and...
Ahmed pays a total of $81 for wood, paint and a hammer.
b = m (a−c) Evaluate b when m = 5, a = 8 and c = -3.
Choose a quadrilateral from the list to complete each statement. [List of quadrilaterals: Kite Parallelogram Rectangle Rhombus Square Trapezium]
The three cards above can be rearranged to make three-digit numbers, for example 916. Arrange the three cards to make [Diagram showing three cards ...
The diagram shows the speed-time graph for 70 seconds of a car's journey. After 20 seconds the car reaches a speed of v m/s. During the 70 seconds ...
A, B and T are points on a circle, centre O. AOD is a straight line and DT is a tangent to the circle at T. TÂO = 32° [Diagram of a circle with cen...
Construct the locus of all points, inside the quadrilateral ABCD, which are equidistant from DA and DC,
Maryam makes two geometrically similar cakes. The heights of the cakes are 6 cm and 9 cm. [Diagram showing two rectangular cakes, one taller than t...
p = 2.4 × 10² q = 6 × 10³ Giving your answers in standard form, find
Eighty cyclists were each asked the distance (in kilometres) they cycled last week. The cumulative frequency diagram represents the results. Use th...
The diagram shows the metal cover for a circular drain. Water drains out through the shaded sections. O is the centre of circles with radii 1 cm, 2...
Evaluate 5⁰ + 5²,
R is directly proportional to the cube of p. When p = 2, R = 24.
The diagram shows triangles A and B. [Graph with x and y axes, showing triangles A and B]
The diagram shows a triangle RST. [Graph with x and y axes, showing triangle RST]
Given matrices A = ((4, 3), (1, 2)) and B = ((-2, -3), (1, 1)), Find 2A – B.
Factorise fully 10x²y + 15xy².
Evaluate 5 + 1 × 0.3.
Evaluate 18 ÷ 0.2.
The diagram shows a parallelogram with lengths as marked. All the lengths are in centimetres. Calculate the perimeter of the parallelogram. [Figure 3]