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GCSE Maths 1MA1/1F – June 2019 Paper 1F – Worked Solutions (Q1-Q8)

GCSE Maths – June 2019 Edexcel 1MA1/1F Paper 1 (Non-Calculator)

Q1 (1 mark)Units of time

Write 180 minutes in hours.

There are 60 minutes in 1 hour.

$180\div60=3$ hours (B1)

3 hours

Q2 (1 mark)Decimals → percentages

Write 0.73 as a percentage.

Multiply by 100 and add ‘%’.

$0.73\times100=73\%$ (B1)

73%

Q3 (1 mark)Order of operations

Work out $10\times(3+5)$.

Brackets first: $(3+5)=8$.

Then $10\times8=80$ (B1)

80

Q4 (1 mark)Prime numbers

Write down a prime number between 20 and 30.

Primes in that range are 23 and 29. (B1)

23 (or 29)

Q5 (1 mark)Mean / midpoint

Find the number halfway between 7 and 15.

Add and divide by 2: $(7+15)\div2=22\div2=11$ (B1)

11

Q6 (4 marks)Money / proportion

Travel cost £150 per person. Hotel cost £50 per day per person. Spending money £250 each. Four people stay 7 days. Work out the total cost.

Hotel per person: $7\times50=£350$ (M1)

Other costs: £150 + £250 = £400 (M1)

Total per person = £350 + £400 = £750 (M1)

For 4 people: $4\times750=£3000$ (A1)

£3000

Q7 (3 marks)Bar chart & mode

The bar chart shows how many flowers of each colour there are in a bunch.

Red White Yellow 10 20

Total flowers = 30.

(a) How many blue flowers are in the bunch?

(b) Write down the mode colour of the flowers.

(a) Red = 8, White = 10, Yellow = 5 → total 23 (M1)

Blue = 30 − 23 = 7 (A1)

7 blue flowers

(b) Highest bar = white (B1)

White

Q8 (2 marks)Ordering fractions

Order $\frac13,\;\frac34,\;\frac14,\;\frac7{12},\;\frac12$ from smallest to largest.

0 1 ¼ ½ 7⁄12 ¾

Convert to denominator 12 for comparison: $\frac14=\frac3{12}$, $\frac13=\frac4{12}$, $\frac12=\frac6{12}$, $\frac7{12}$, $\frac34=\frac9{12}$. (M1)

Smallest to largest: $\frac14,\;\frac13,\;\frac12,\;\frac7{12},\;\frac34$ (A1)

$\frac14,\;\frac13,\;\frac12,\;\frac7{12},\;\frac34$

Q9 (4 marks)Speed, time and distance

Ruth leaves home at 9 a.m. and walks to the library. She walks at a speed of 4 miles per hour and arrives at 10:30 a.m.

(a) Work out how far she walks.

She stays at the library for 50 minutes and then walks home at a speed of 3 miles per hour.

(b) What time does Ruth get home?

(a) Time walking to library = 1.5 hours.

Distance = speed × time = $4 \times 1.5 = 6$ miles (M1)(A1)

6 miles

(b) She leaves library at 10:30 + 50 minutes = 11:20 a.m. (M1)

Time to walk 6 miles home at 3 mph: $6 \div 3 = 2$ hours.

Arrives home at 11:20 + 2 hours = 1:20 p.m. (A1)

Q10 (4 marks)Solving equations

(a) $t + t + t = 12$

(b) $x – 2 = 6$

(c) $6w + 2 = 20$

Solve each equation.

(a) Combine terms: $3t = 12 \Rightarrow t = 4$ (B1)

4

(b) Add 2 to both sides: $x = 8$ (B1)

8

(c) Subtract 2: $6w = 18 \Rightarrow w = 3$ (M1)(A1)

3

Q11 (2 marks)Long multiplication

Work out $74 \times 58$.

Break into parts: $(70 + 4)(50 + 8)$

$= 70 \times 50 + 70 \times 8 + 4 \times 50 + 4 \times 8$ (M1)

$= 3500 + 560 + 200 + 32 = 4292$ (A1)

4292

Q12 (5 marks)Angles and reasoning

(a) AB is perpendicular to BC. Angle ABC = 90°. Two other angles of 25° are marked on the diagram. Find the value of x.

x 25° 25° A B C

(b) Lines RS and TU are parallel. PQ is a straight line crossing them. One angle is 125°.

(i) Write down another angle equal to 125° and give a reason.

(ii) Explain why $a + b + c = 235$.

(a) Right angle at B = 90°. The other two angles are 25° each, so $x = 90 – 25 – 25 = 40°$ (M1)(A1)

40°

(b)(i) Angle b (or d) also = 125° because they are vertically opposite (or corresponding) angles. (B1)(C1)

125°

(b)(ii) Angles around a point add up to 360°.
$360 – 125 = 235$, so $a + b + c = 235°$ (C1)

235°

Q13 (1 mark)Units conversion

A length is x cm. Write an expression for this length in millimetres.

1 cm = 10 mm, so $x$ cm = $10x$ mm (B1)

$10x$

Q14 (2 marks)Fractions and reasoning

(a) Work out $\frac15$ of 70.

(b) Fiona says “$48 \div \frac12 = 24$ because there are 2 halves in 1.” Explain what is wrong.

(a) $\frac15 \times 70 = 14$ (B1)

14

(b) Dividing by $\frac12$ doubles the number, not halves it. $48 \div \frac12 = 96$, not 24. (C1)

She divided instead of multiplying.

Q15 (2 marks)Powers and roots

(a) Write the value of $\sqrt{64}$.

(b) Work out $5^3$.

(a) $\sqrt{64} = 8$ (B1)

8

(b) $5^3 = 5\times5\times5 = 125$ (B1)

125