Foundation Tier GCSE Maths Revision
Monday 25th October 2021
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Topic 1: Factor Trees, Highest common factor (HCF), Lowest common multiple (LCM)

Q1) Express 180 as a product of its prime factors.

Q2) Express 525 as a product of its prime factors.

 

Q3) a) Write down the highest common factor (HCF) of 36 and 120

 b) Find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 36 and 120

Q4) Given A = 24 × 3 × 5   &     B = 22 × 3 × 52

a)  Write down the highest common factor (HCF) of A and B.

 
b)  Find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of A and B.

Q5)
 
Safia and Tim both check their social media account at 9am.
Safia then checks her social media account every 9 minutes whereas Tim then checks his social media account every 12 minutes.

At what time will both Safia and Tim next check their social media accounts at the same time?

Topic 2: Nth term 
 
Q1) The th term of a linear sequence is 
Write down the first 3 terms of the number sequence.

Q2) The first 5 terms of an arithmetic sequence are as follows:

5,     11,     17,     23,      29
a)	Write down an expression, in terms of, for the th term of this sequence.

b)	Find the 20th term of the sequence

c)	Does the number 59 belong to the sequence.

d)	 The nth term of a different sequence is 
Find the 3rd term of this sequence.

      

Q3) The first 5 terms of an arithmetic sequence are as follows:

-5,     -1,     3,     7,      11

a)  Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this sequence.

The nth term of a different sequence is 3n2
Meena says that the 2nd term of this sequence is 36
(b)   Is Meena correct?
You must explain your answer

Topic 3: Fractions

1)	Ben ears £600 a week. 

He spends  of his wages on food. 

Calculate how much money he has left?

2)	There are 120 teachers in a school. 

 of the teachers are right-handed.

Calculate how many teachers are left-handed.

3)	The normal price of a designer coat is £300. 

In a sale there is  off the normal price of the designer coat. 

Amal has £195. Does she have enough money to buy the designer coat? You must explain your answer.

4)	Work out each of the following:

a)	

b)	

5)	Work out each of the following:

6)	Work out each of the following:

7)	Work out each of the following: