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Algebra worksheet — GCSE Foundation
Fifteen questions across the algebra statements at Foundation tier. Choose the non-calculator filter to rehearse Paper 1, which counts for a third of the marks.
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Algebra worksheet — GCSE Foundation
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- 1.A plumber charges a call-out fee of £30 plus £25 per hour worked. Work out the total charge for a job that takes 3 hours.
- 2.A mobile phone plan charges a fixed monthly fee plus an amount for each gigabyte of data used. The total cost £C for using g gigabytes in a month is given by C = 15 + 2g. What does the number 2 represent in this formula?
- 3.A table of values is being drawn for the graph of y = x³. Work out the value of y when x = −2.y = x
- 4.The first five terms of a quadratic sequence are 2, 5, 10, 17, 26. Work out the next term in the sequence.
- 5.Solve (2x + 1)/3 = 5
- 6.The first four terms of a sequence are 5, 8, 11, 14. Work out an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term.
- 7.Here are the first five terms of an arithmetic sequence: 4, 7, 10, 13, 16. Work out the 9th term.
- 8.Two numbers have a sum of 50. The larger number is twice the smaller number. Work out the smaller number.
- 9.Which of these is an inequality?
- 10.A sequence has nth term 3n + 4. Two terms are missing from the list of its first five terms: 7, 10, _, 16, _. Work out the missing 3rd and 5th terms added together.
- 11.Write down the expression that means the same as p + p + p + q.
- 12.The first four terms of a sequence are 4, 6, 8, 10. Work out an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term.
- 13.A student says that (x + 4)² is equivalent to x² + 16. For which value of x do the two expressions give the SAME result, making it look (misleadingly) like the student could be right?
- 14.Expand 2(x − 13)
- 15.The point P has coordinates (0, 12). Write down the axis that P lies on and the y-coordinate of P.
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