Pearson Edexcel 1MA1 · Paper 2
Paper 2 practice: calculator
Geometry, proportion, statistics and problem solving in the style of a calculator paper.
Every question is written for practice and tied to a real specification point. Marking updates progress for those spec points, not for KS3 objectives.
Exam-style paper
Paper 2 practice: calculator
8 questions, 25 marks. Answer everything, then mark the paper to see the mark scheme. There is no timer — the 40 minutes is only a guide.
1. A right-angled triangle has hypotenuse 13 cm and one side 5 cm. Find the third side.
3 marksG20–G23 · Pythagoras and trigonometry
2. A ladder 6 m long leans against a wall at 70° to the ground. How high up the wall does it reach?
3 marksG20–G23 · Pythagoras and trigonometry
3. A cylinder has radius 4 cm and height 10 cm. Find its volume to 3 s.f.
4 marksG12–G18 · Perimeter, area and volume
4. £2,000 is invested at 3.5% compound interest for 4 years. What is the value?
3 marksR9–R16 · Rates, growth and compound measures
5. A length is 12.4 cm to 1 decimal place. What is the upper bound?
2 marksN14–N16 · Estimation, bounds and accuracy
6. Grouped data: 10 values in 0<t≤10, 30 in 10<t≤20, 10 in 20<t≤30. Estimate the mean.
4 marksS2–S6 · Statistics and data
7. A straight line passes through (0, −3) with gradient 2. What is its equation?
3 marksA9–A12 · Graphs of functions
8. Shape A is enlarged by scale factor 3. Its area was 8 cm². What is the new area?
3 marksG7–G8, G24 · Transformations and vectors