Mr M's Edexcel GCSE Linear Foundation Tier Paper 1 Answers June 2011

Mr M’s Edexcel GCSE Linear 1380 Foundation Tier Paper 1 Answers June 2011

1. Medal Table
a) 16 (1 mark)
b) France (1 mark)
c) Italy (1 mark)

2. Writing numbers
a) One thousand three hundred and forty five (1 mark)
b) 12750 (1 mark)
c) 4700 (1 mark)

3. Quadrilaterals
a) (i) Rectangle
(ii) Kite (2 marks)
b) Draw parallelogram (1 mark)

4. Word formula
a) £24.80 (2 marks)
b) 2.5 hours (2 marks)

5. Perimeter, area and volume
a) (i) 20
(ii) 12 (2 marks)
(b) 16 (1 mark)

6. Table and bar chart
a) 6, 9 (2 marks)
b) Add columns of height 10 and 5 (2 marks)

7. Fractions
a)

3 \frac{1}{3}

(1 mark)
b)

\frac{2}{3}

(3 marks)
c)

\frac{3}{10}

(2 marks)

8. Square roots
a) 6 (1 mark)
b)

14^2 = 196

so 14.1 or a number close to this (2 marks)

9. Trapezium
(i) Mark the two horizontal lines as parallel
(ii) Mark the top left angle as obtuse
(iii) 42 degrees (3 marks)

10. Sequences
a) (i) 27
(ii) Add 5 each time (2 marks)
b) 52 (1 mark)
c) Each term ends in a 2 or a 7 (1 mark)

11. Subtraction and multiplication
a) 153 (1 mark)
b) 9204 (3 marks)

12. Pyramid
a) Square-based pyramid (pyramid will probably be OK) (1 mark)
b) 5 (1 mark)
c) 8 (1 mark)

13. Probability scale
a) Mark 0 (1 mark)
b) Mark 1 (1 mark)
c) Mark

\frac{1}{6}

(1 mark)

14. Number machine
20, 15 (2 marks)

15. Bearings and scales
a) 820 metres (2 marks)
b) 130 degrees (1 mark)

16. Train timetable
a) 1149 (1 mark)
b) 14 minutes (1 mark)
c) 1003 (1 mark)

17. Estimate
280 (or an answer close to this) (3 marks)

18. Two way table
a) 3, 3, 16, 25, 8, 35 (3 marks)
b) (i)

\frac{7}{50}

(ii)

\frac{9}{50}

(2 marks)

19. Computers
27 (4 marks)

20. Maximum speed
B as 120 mph is approximately 192 km/h (2 marks)

21. Substitution
a) 7 (2 marks)
b) 48 (2 marks)

22. Cinema

\frac{9}{40}

(3 marks)

23. Transformations
a) Correct reflection – point of shape should be at (-6, 2.5) (2 marks)
b) Translation by

\begin{pmatrix} -6 \\ -1 \end{pmatrix}

(2 marks)

24. Scatter graph
a) Positive OR Harriet takes longer to read books with more pages (1 mark)
b) 7.5 hours (or an answer close to this) (2 marks)

25. Angles in parallel lines
a) 55 degrees
b) Corresponding angles or F angles (2 marks)

26. Expanding and factorising
a)

x^2 + 2x

(2 marks)
b)

5(3x – 2)

(2 marks)
c)

x^2 –x – 12

(2 marks)

27. Sharing in a ratio
£32.40 (3 marks)

28. Questionnaire
Question with a time period and non-overlapping boxes (2 marks)

29. Mass of a prism
38.4 kg (5 marks)

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Reply 1

Mr M

Study Forum Helper

Revision List for GCSE Foundation Calculator Maths Exam on 10th June 2011

Grades G, F, E
Pictograms
Coordinates
Mode, median, mean and range
Collecting like terms
Factors and multiples
Decimals
Positive and negative numbers

Grade D
Using a calculator
Ratio
Pie charts
Stem and leaf diagrams
Percentages
Plans and elevations
Area and circumference of a circle
Plotting a graph from a table of values
Rotations or enlargements

Grade C
Trial and improvement
Expressing a number as the product of its prime factors
Forming and solving an equation
Pythagoras’ Theorem
Mean from a frequency table
Speed, distance and time
Constructions

Reply 2

Mr M

Study Forum Helper

... and before you ask folks, yes, this exam was quite a lot harder than usual. Don't worry about this as it will be result in lower grade boundaries.

Reply 3

mcquitmp

Anyone got a copy of the foundation paper that they can post by any chance ?

Thanks

Reply 4

Arcanine

Original post by Bettypratchit

Hi just wondered if you've got the answers to the questions, please could you type up the questions too? This would be really useful! Thanks! :smile:

LOL.

Reply 5

mathsstudent2011

Original post by Mr M

... and before you ask folks, yes, this exam was quite a lot harder than usual. Don't worry about this as it will be result in lower grade boundaries.

hi

at the level that the exam was at, what percentage do you think that would be?

Reply 6

Mr M

Study Forum Helper

Original post by mathsstudent2011

hi

at the level that the exam was at, what percentage do you think that would be?

I wouldn't like to guess but it was noticeably more difficult than the last 3 or 4 papers.

Reply 7

trick

Original post by Mr M

... and before you ask folks, yes, this exam was quite a lot harder than usual. Don't worry about this as it will be result in lower grade boundaries.

what is the grade boundary because of the dificulty people faced, it should be lower for a grade C that paper looke like a intermediate paper

please let me know thanx

:biggrin:

Reply 8

Mr M

Study Forum Helper

Original post by trick

what is the grade boundary because of the dificulty people faced, it should be lower for a grade C that paper looke like a intermediate paper

please let me know thanx

:biggrin:

The boundaries have not been decided yet.

Reply 9

iqlu

Original post by Mr M

... and before you ask folks, yes, this exam was quite a lot harder than usual. Don't worry about this as it will be result in lower grade boundaries.

Thanks for the post. The question on mass put me off since I haven't seen it before in the past papers. Hopefully the calculator paper will be easier, thanks for the revision list also.

Reply 10

Lovedealer

I probably got 60/100 and normally I was banging out those marks on past paper, cant believe how edexcel ruined my life. Lets hope calculator paper is easy and possibly aim for 90 marks, in order to get c.

Reply 11

Lovedealer

btw thanks a lot mr m. I appreciate all your efforts.

Reply 12

mcquitmp

Mr M - I'm currently helping a student try to get a C in the foundation paper (he needs that to help him get an apprenticeship).

In practice papers he was consistently scoring more than 85 - got 91 and 93 in the two November 2009 papers.

Anyhow he is feeling down at the moment because he felt he did really badly in this exam. I've tried to go through it a bit with him using your answers and I have the higher paper and know some of the questions are duplicated there. I have managed to get him to 65 marks but we still have quite a few unknowns - mainly because he can't remember the questions. I think he maybe hasn't done as badly as he thought - although not as good as his practice papers.

Ideally I would go through the paper with him but I know you have copyright issues. Would it be possible to tell me more about 4 specific questions ?

Numbers 4, 11 21 and 22 ?

It would hopefully help to calm him down before the next paper as I suspect he is probably just about on par for a C.

Thanks in anticipation of assistance from you or indeed anyone else with a good memory...

Reply 13

Mr M

Study Forum Helper

Original post by mcquitmp

4 was about two people who used earned money according to the rule

pay = £6.20 x hours worked

a) simone worked 4 hrs

b) barry earned £15.50 - how long did he work

11a) 700 - 547
b) 354 x 26

21) a) H = 2a + 3b, a =5, b = -1 find H
b) P =3h^2 h = -4 find P

22) 3/8 watched film A, 40% watched film B the rest watched film C, what fraction was this?

Reply 14

mcquitmp

Great thanks - I'm sure he would have got some marks from them - hopefully he will remember them now

Reply 15

deep1995

My maths teacher told me that we have to get at least 80 marks to pass however this paper was hard so do you think grade boundaries will be low?

any way for the computer question i got answer of 7 and i was confident that i was right but you proved me wrong :frown:

Reply 16

Carnage786

Hey if they do drop the grade boundries how low do you think they will ?

I think i dropped about 40 marks :frown:

Reply 17

MsA

What are the marks out of for this paper?

it's out of 100.

looking at the answers i think i got 58 marks out of 100! how much do i need in the calculator paper to get a C! please lower the boundaries as i have used all my spare time to revise for the past exam.