GCSE MATHS PROBLEMS-FOUNDATION

1- Sam sells Bottles of juice at a farmers market.

She has 120 bottles to sell at 3 each.
She sells 75 bottles and then reduces the price by 30%.
Sam then sells the remaining bottles at the reduced price.
It costs her 125 to make the jars of jam.
Her target is to make a profit of at least 100.
How much higher/lower than the target does she make?
You must show your working.

2- Ali plays the wheel of fortune.

The probability of rolling number 5 is 0.18.
The cost of each go is 45p
The prize for rolling 5 is 3
Ali plays the game 70 times.
How much does he lose/gain?

Sam plays a card game.

The probability of getting an ace is %15.
The cost of each discard is 25p
She wins 5.
How many time has she played?

3- 12 Parents and 18 children go to the cinema.

The cost of a child ticket is half of the cost of an adult ticket.
The total cost of the tickets is 132.
How much is the cost of a childs tickets?
How much is the cost of tickets for three children and 4 adults?

4-

If P2=x2+ y2

Show that P is a prime number when x=4 and y=3.

Work out two other pairs for x and y so that P is a prime number.

5- Here are the monthly charges for a mobile phone.

Monthly charge 17
300 free minutes then 25 p per minute
500 MB data then 15 p per MB
During one month, Tanvir makes 325 minutes of calls and uses 800MB.
Work out the total charge for the month.

6- The length of the parallelogram is 8 cm. write down the coordinates of

each vertex
2

(3,)

(2,4)

7- On Saturday a museum had 175 visitors.

28% of them were given a questionnaire.
On Sunday the museum had 242 visitors.
of them were given the questionnaire.
Were more people given the questionnaire on Saturday or Sunday?
You must show your working.

8-John travels by train or by bus.

The daily train fare is 22.00
The daily bus fare is 14.50
Over 5 days he spends a total of 87.50
How many of each fare did he pay?
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8- Last year, 12 students went to the theatre.
The total cost of the tickets was 240.
This year, 8 students are going.
The cost of each ticket has increased by 15%.
They have a total of 200.
Is this enough to buy 8 tickets?
You must show your working.

9- Anil, Ben, Chloe, Dave and Emma play a game.

Here is some information about the number of points they score.
Ben scores 12 more points than Anil.
Ben scores twice as many points as Chloe.
Dave scores 11 fewer points than Ben.
Anil scores 20 points.
The total number of points scored is 100.
How many points does Emma score?