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Edexcel GCSE Mathematics 1380 Foundation answers

I have had requests for Foundation answers so here they are:

Foundation Non Calculator Answers 18th May 2009

1) Pictogram
Monday: 8 (1 mark)
Tuesday: 3 (1 mark)
Complete pictogram (2 marks)

2) Length of stick
5 cm (2 marks)

3) Percentages
50% of £60 = £30 (1 mark)
25% of 20 metres = 5 metres (1 mark)

4) Draw a line
Draw a line 7 cm long (1 mark)
Mark a point with a cross (1 mark)

5) Number sequence
Next term: 116 (1 mark)
7th term: 112 (1 mark)
9 cannot be a term as all the terms are even numbers (1 mark)

6) Shape on a grid
Perimeter = 16 cm (1 mark)
Area = 12 cm² (you must state these units) (2 marks)
Volume = 15 cm³ (2 marks)

7) Timetable
Arrive at Alton at 0830 (1 mark)
Time to get to Hexham = 17 minutes (1 mark)
Time of bus from Crook = 1015 (1 mark)

8) The number 4117
Four thousand one hundred and seventeen (1 mark)
Rounded to nearest 100 = 4200 (1 mark)

9) 3D shapes
Vertices of shape A (a cube) = 8 (1 mark)
Net of square-based pyramid = shape C (1 mark)

10) Cars
Speed = 58 miles per hour (1 mark)
Fuel = 3.6 gallons (1 mark)
You need to add 3.4 gallons to fill the tank (1 mark)

11) Coordinates
Point P = (4,6) (1 mark)
Point Q = (0,3) (1 mark)
Midpoint M = (2, 4.5) (2 marks)

12) Temperatures
Lowest = -4 degrees C (1 mark)
Difference between Cardiff and Plymouth = 7 degrees C (1 mark)
Halfway temperature = 2 degrees C (1 mark)

13) Probability
Eight on a dice = Impossible (1 mark)
Heads on a coin = Even (1 mark)
December 6th after December 5th = certain (1 mark)

14) Order of operations
4 x 5 - 8 = 12 (1 mark)
18 + 2 x 3 = 24 (1 mark)
(4 + 3) x 7 = 49 (1 mark)

15) Simplify
8x - 4x = 4x (1 mark)
y x y x y = y³ (1 mark)
4x + 3y - 2x + 5y = 2x + 8y (2 marks)

16) Triangle
Construct triangle (2 marks)
Angle C = 90 degrees (1 mark)

17) Multiplication
36 x 24 = 864 (3 marks)

18) Parallel lines?
Ben is right, they are not parallel as 88 + 96 > 180 (2 marks)

19) Angles
p = 56 degrees
Angles on a straight line = 180 degrees (2 marks)
q = 22 degrees (1 mark)

20) Counters in a bag
3/20 (2 marks)
30% (2 marks)
110 (2 marks)

21) Two way table
First row: 15 25 14 54
Second row: 22 8 16 46
Third row: 37 33 30 100 (3 marks)
Probability child walked to school = 37/100 or 0.37 (1 mark)
Probability girl did not walk to school = 24/46 or 12/23 (2 marks)

22) Compasses and rulers
2c + 4r (2 marks)

23) Angles in a quadrilateral
a = 42 degrees (2 marks)

24) Equations
x = 2 (2 marks)
y = 6.5 (2 marks)

25) Transformations
Rotate shape correctly (2 marks)
Translation 3 squares right and 1 square down (2 marks)

26) Rectangle
Opposite sides of a rectangle are the same length (1 mark)
x = 5.5 (2 marks)
Perimeter = 57 cm (2 marks)

27) Plans and elevations
Draw a square of side length 2 cm (2 marks)
Draw 3D shape correctly (2 marks)

28) Questionnaires
Suitable question with a number of response boxes (2 marks)
Question with a time period and response boxes (2 marks)

29) Place value
3.22 x 4.8 = 15.456 (1 mark)
0.322 x 0.48 = 0.15456 (1 mark)
15456 divided by 4.8 = 3220 (1 mark)

30) Last question
x = 6 (or -6 if you like!) (2 marks)
72 as a product of its prime factors = 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 (2 marks)

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Reply 1

samera

Thank you Mr M i think i did okay :frown:

gonna try my best for calculator now!

Reply 2

Bullit

lol 50% of £600 is definately not £30 :P

Reply 3

x-Amanda-x

Haha, I agree
I think I only lost 8 marks

Reply 4

Mr M

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Bullit

lol 50% of £600 is definately not £30 :P

corrected - the quest was 50% of £60 so the answer was right

Reply 5

Mr M

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x-Amanda-x

Haha, I agree
I think I only lost 8 marks

I think you should have been entered for Higher then!

Reply 6

gulcan

Hi, thankyouu for the answerrss.. but im really worried i didnt pass, is 78 a fail? Can someone please let me know asap, thanksx

Reply 7

Mr M

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gulcan

Hi, thankyouu for the answerrss.. but im really worried i didnt pass, is 78 a fail? Can someone please let me know asap, thanksx

It will be on the C/D borderline. Certainly not a fail as G is a pass grade!

Reply 8

zlowe

Hi, are you going to be getting the 5384F edexcel modular maths non calc too? unit 4 i think it was? if not ty neway ;]

Reply 9

gulcan

erm im trying to think about the worst possibility, is 71-72 a D?

Reply 10

Mr M

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gulcan

erm im trying to think about the worst possibility, is 71-72 a D?

high D close to a C

Reply 11

samera

Mr M

high D close to a C

say if you do really good in the calc paper could that become a C?

Reply 12

Mr M

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samera

say if you do really good in the calc paper could that become a C?

yes the two marks are simply added together

Reply 13

samera

Mr M

yes the two marks are simply added together

okay- so they add both papers up. So its __ out of 200 to get a C it would have to be 175 out of 200?

Reply 14

Mr M

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samera

okay- so they add both papers up. So its __ out of 200 to get a C it would have to be 175 out of 200?

165 may well be enough.

Reply 15

ninaleith

we were told the grade boundaries for last year for a C in foundation were 72% and they dont go up much or down much if at all..
so 78 would be a C? ..

Reply 16

peetteer

ninaleith

we were told the grade boundaries for last year for a C in foundation were 72% and they dont go up much or down much if at all..
so 78 would be a C? ..

no u need 75/100 in both so u would need 150/200 all together to get a C

btw, 4117 rounded to the nearest hundred is 4100, not 4200
whys it say 4200 :s-smilie:

Reply 17

damos92

err mate, 3117 to the nearest hundered is not 3200. its 3100, anyway its nice that you that you have given these people there answers, but be more careful. also, thanks for the answers to the higher exam.

Reply 18

Khan34

Thanks, I think I'm on the edge of a C

Reply 19

*StarButterfly07*

OP are the questions/answers in the same order that they were in the exam? If so I missed the last two questions on the paper damn that's 7 lost right there :frown: