25 questions on the topics that decide a grade 4: percentages, ratio, area and perimeter, linear equations, averages and probability.

🎯 Grade 4 pass booster

Maths · GCSE Foundation · 25 questions · ~40 min

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A grade 4 is the standard pass that colleges, apprenticeships and employers ask for, and most students who miss it do not miss it on the hard questions — they miss it by dropping marks across the accessible ones. This sheet gathers twenty-five of those: percentage of an amount and percentage change, sharing in a ratio, area and perimeter of rectangles, triangles and compound shapes, solving a linear equation, reading the mean, median, mode and range from a list or a table, and simple probability. Nothing here is a stretch topic, and all of it is worth marks on every paper, on both tiers. Work through it, mark it honestly, and treat anything you got wrong as a priority over anything further up the specification — a secured mark is worth more than an attempted one.

1.Angle ABC is 130°. The line BF divides angle ABC into two equal parts. Work out the size of angle FBC.
(a)65°
(b)32.5°
(c)50°
(d)130°
2.Solve 3(2x − 1) = 27
(a)4
(b)5
(c)4.5
(d)4 2/3
3.Spinner A is numbered 1 to 3 and Spinner B is numbered 1 to 5. Both spinners are spun once, and every outcome is listed as a pair, one number from each spinner. Work out how many equally likely outcomes there are in total.
(a)3
(b)25
(c)8
(d)15
4.The mean of 5 numbers is 8. Work out the total of the 5 numbers.
(a)40
(b)1.6
(c)13
(d)8
5.Jack rolls two ordinary fair dice and adds the two scores together. Work out the probability that the total is 6.
(a)5/36
(b)5/12
(c)4/36
(d)1/11
6.Two investors put money into a business in the ratio 3:5. The first investor puts in £1,200. Work out the total amount invested by both investors.
(a)£2,400
(b)£2,000
(c)£3,200
(d)£6,000
7.A rectangular garden has its length and width in the ratio 5:3. Given that the perimeter of the garden is 64 m, work out the width of the garden.
(a)8 m
(b)24 m
(c)12 m
(d)20 m
8.Solve 6x − 5 = 3x + 13.
(a)18
(b)2
(c)2.67
(d)6
9.A box contains cards labelled 1, 2 and 3. A card is drawn at random and its number noted, then it is put back. A second card is then drawn at random. Every outcome is listed as an ordered pair, such as (1, 2). Work out how many of the outcomes in the full list have both numbers the same.
(a)1
(b)6
(c)3
(d)9
10.A wooden cube has edges of length 4 cm. Work out the total surface area of the cube.
(a)96 cm²
(b)24 cm²
(c)16 cm²
(d)64 cm³
11.Solve 5x + 2 = 17.
(a)3
(b)3.8
(c)15
(d)1.4
12.Solve 3x + 14 = 8x − 6
(a)x = 15
(b)x = 2.5
(c)x = 4
(d)x = −1.6
13.Four angles meet at a point. Three of them measure 82°, 105° and 96°. Work out the size of the fourth angle.
(a)159
(b)283
(c)182
(d)77
14.A parallelogram has a base of 9 cm and a perpendicular height of 6 cm. Work out the area of the parallelogram.
(a)30 cm²
(b)54 cm²
(c)15 cm²
(d)27 cm²
15.A straight transversal crosses a pair of parallel lines. At one crossing point, the angle between the transversal and a parallel line is 118°. Work out the size of the co-interior (allied) angle at the other crossing point.
(a)59°
(b)118°
(c)62°
(d)236°
16.Two fair five-sided dice, numbered 1 to 5, are rolled. Work out the probability that the two scores differ by at least 2.
(a)6/25
(b)12/25
(c)10/25
(d)13/25
17.In a school choir the ratio of boys to girls is 3:4. When 6 more boys join the choir, the ratio of boys to girls becomes 1:1. Work out how many girls are in the choir.
(a)18
(b)24
(c)42
(d)30
18.A trapezium has parallel sides of 5 cm and 11 cm, and a perpendicular height of 4 cm. Work out the area of the trapezium.
(a)32 cm²
(b)44 cm²
(c)20 cm²
(d)64 cm²
19.A square tile has sides of length 6 cm. Work out the area of the tile.
(a)18 cm²
(b)12 cm
(c)36 cm²
(d)24 cm
20.Seven pupils were asked how many books they had read last month. Their answers were 3, 5, 5, 7, 8, 5, 3. Write down the mode.
(a)7
(b)8
(c)5
(d)3
21.A cylinder has a radius of 3 cm and a height of 10 cm. Using π = 3.14, work out the volume of the cylinder.
(a)94.2 cm³
(b)90 cm³
(c)282.6 cm³
(d)1130.4 cm³
22.Three friends share a raffle prize of £360 in the ratio 2:3:4. Work out the share of the friend whose part of the ratio is 3.
(a)£160
(b)£40
(c)£80
(d)£120
23.A fair coin is flipped and a fair three-sided spinner, labelled X, Y and Z, is spun. Every outcome is listed as a pair, such as (H, X). Work out the probability that the outcome is a head and Z.
(a)1/2
(b)1/6
(c)1/3
(d)1/5
24.A trapezium has parallel sides of 5.6 cm and 8.4 cm, and a perpendicular height of 4 cm. Work out the area of the trapezium.
(a)33.6 cm²
(b)28 cm²
(c)5.6 cm²
(d)56 cm²
25.Solve 6x + 4 = 28
(a)x = 4
(b)x = 144
(c)x = 24
(d)x = 18

What is on this worksheet?

The sheet holds 25 questions drawn from the MathsUK bank — the content areas covered: Ratio, proportion and rates of change, Geometry and measures, Algebra, Statistics, Probability (statements R5, R9, G16, G3, A17, S4, P7). It is pitched at GCSE Foundation and takes about 40 minutes to work through in full. It is built for independent practice, with full answers at the end for self-marking.

How to use the sheet well

Print it or open it on screen — both work. Printing is A4; the screen view fits phones and tablets.
Do all 25 questions before checking — about 40 minutes is the guide, but there is no time pressure.
Check the answers — press “Show answers” or print the answer page separately.
Redo the questions you got wrong — twice as effective as doing 25 fresh ones.
“New questions” — builds a fresh sheet on the same statements, so you can practise again without repeats.

Why this sheet helps

MathsUK worksheets use questions graded by difficulty and a fair spread of correct-answer positions (the answer is not always (a)) — so the student really has to think about each question rather than guess a pattern. Every question is tagged to a DfE content statement and checked before it enters the bank. The answers come with a step-by-step explanation, not just a value — so a wrong answer becomes a lesson.

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