Progression Test-style paper

Practice test
55 minutes
Mathematics Paper 1 test-style questions
Stage 8

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Additional materials: Geometrical instruments Page Mark

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Calculators are not allowed
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READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST
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Answer all questions in the spaces provided on the question paper. 4
You should show all your working on the question paper. 5
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each 6
question or part question. 7
The total number of marks for this paper is 45. 8
Note: The timing and mark allowance of this test may not match the style Total
of the Cambridge Progression tests exactly, but is included here as a guide.

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1 Mr. Blake bought 3 m of wire.
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If he used 1 m in doing a job, how many metres of wire did he have left?
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m [2]

2 Find the value of these expressions when a = −1, b = 2 and c = 3.

(a) 2c + 3a2 – b

[1]
4a  2c
(b)
ab

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[2]
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3 The data below shows the heights of ten plants in centimetres, given to
the nearest millimetre:

11.7, 14.0, 11.6, 17.4, 21.2, 8.5, 16.0, 14.5, 10.1, 12.0

(a) Is this data discrete or continuous? Give a reason for your answer.

This data is because

[1]

(b) What is the median height of the plants?

cm [1]

(c) Which average is no good for this data? Give a reason for your answer.

The average is no good because

[1]

4 In the space below construct a triangle with side lengths 7 cm, 5 cm and
6.5 cm. Do not rub out construction lines.

[2]

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5 Convert to a decimal. Give your answer to two decimal places.
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Show your working.



[2]
6 Calculate the area of this shape.

cm2 [2]

7 Amy, Budi and Carl have some money.

Amy has x dollars.
Budi has 3 times as much money as Amy.
Carl has 40 fewer dollars than Budi.

(a) Tick () the expression that shows how many dollars Carl has.

3(x − 40) 40x − 3 40 + 3x 3x − 40 3(x + 40)

[1]
(b) Amy and Carl have the same amount of money.
Write down an equation which shows this.
Use this equation to work out how much money Amy has.

$ [2]

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8 Work out
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(a) 125

[1]
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(b) 1.44

[1]
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9 Without measuring, work out the sizes of the missing angles.

a= ° b= ° c= °

x= ° y= ° [2]

10 This graph shows

the value of a house
over a period of 10
years.

(a) Estimate the value of the house in 2007.

$ [1]

(b) Between which two years did the house stay the same value?

and [1]

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11 6 tins of beans have a mass of 2.7 kg.
What is the mass in grams of 1 tin of beans?

g [2]

12 Match each statement in the first column to a statement in the second

column that has the same effect. One is done for you.

[1]

13 A mapping multiplies the input by 3 and then adds 5.

When the input is x the output is y.

(a) Write an expression for y using x.

y= [1]

(b) Work out the value for x when y = 44.

x= [1]

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14 Bisect the acute angle ABC in the diagram below.
Use only a ruler and a pair of compasses.
Leave in your construction lines.

[2]

15 Mary, aged 5, Chad, aged 7, and Nadim, aged 8, are sharing 80 sweets
in a ratio according to their ages.
How many sweets does Nadim get?

sweets [2]

16 Complete these calculations by filling in the boxes.

(a) 234.5 × = 2.345 [1]

(b) 2.4 × 0.3 = (2.4 × 3) ÷ = [1]

(c) 9.2 ÷ 0.04 = ( × 100) ÷ = 230 [1]

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17 Jane and Farhan live next door to each other. They go to the same
school. Their journeys are shown on the graph below.

(a) Who leaves home first? [1]

(b) After how many minutes do they meet? minutes [1]

(c) One of them walks to school the other one cycles to school.
Which one do you think walks?
Give a reason for your answer.

walks because

[1]

18 The two-way table shows information about the hair colours of some
students.

(a) Complete the table by filling in missing values.

Dark hair Light hair Total

Girls 15

Boys 10 30

Total 75
[1]

(b) A student is chosen at random.

What is the probability that the student is a boy? [1]

(c) A boy is chosen at random. What is the probability

he has light hair? [1]

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19 Reflect shape A in the mirror line m. Label this image Aʹ. Then rotate
shape Aʹ 90° clockwise about centre C. Label this image Aʺ.

[2]

20 This table shows some diagonal properties of quadrilaterals.

Diagonals Diagonals
Diagonals are
bisect each have equal
perpendicular
other length

Square   

Parallelogram

Trapezium

Rectangle

Complete the table.

Tick () if the property is always true.
Cross () if the property is not always true. [2]

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