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You might be one of those adults who reckons they could walk back into an exam room and pass every GCSE in sight.
Well, now is the time to step up to the plate and prove you’re still a big smarty-pants.
Here are 10 questions from the AQA maths papers to test your knowledge.
But unlike in the real thing, there are no marks for showing your working here.
1. Which number is 5 less than –2
–10
–7
–3
3
2. Sam, Carl and Erik share 40 sweets
Erik gets the largest share.
What is the smallest possible number of sweets that Erik could get?
3. The time in Rio is three hours behind London
The time in New York is five hours behind London.
What is the time in New York when it is 1.00 am in Rio?
4. 300 passengers go on a coach trip
Each coach takes 50 passengers. Each passenger pays £25
Cost for each coach:
Pay for driver – £90
Fuel – 70p per mile
Each coach travels – 200 miles.
Work out the total profit the company makes from this trip.
5. Here is a list of numbers
5 6 1 3 5 5 8 4 2 2
A. What is the median?
B. What is the mean?
6. A (0, 2) and B (6, 5) are points on the straight line ABCD
AB = BC = CD
Work out the coordinates of D.
7. y is inversely proportional to x
Complete the table
8. Which volume is the same as 15 cm3
15 000 mm3
1.5 mm3
0.0015 mm3
150 mm3
9. The value of y is 20% more than the value of x
Which is the ratio x:y
5:6
6:5
4:5
5:4
10. Solve 5(x + 3) < 60
ANSWERS
- –7
- 14 out of 40 or 14 in 40
- 11pm
- £6,120
- (a) 4.5 (b) 4.1
- 18,11
- x=3 and y=2
- 15 000 mm3
- 5:6
- x<9 or 9>x
The questions are taken from the AQA GCSE Mathematics examinations papers for June 2018.
The first five are taken from a foundation paper, while the final five are taken from a higher paper.
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