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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.Yusuf has £40 saved and adds £6 each week. His sister Aisha has £10 saved and adds £11 each week. After how many weeks will they have saved the same amount?
- 2.Solve 4x + 3 = 19
- 3.A sequence starts at 2. Each term after that is found using the rule "double the previous term, then add 1". Work out the 4th term of the sequence.
- 4.y = 5 − 2x. Work out the value of x when y = 11.
- 5.The first five terms of a sequence are 6, 10, 14, 18, 22. Work out an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term.
- 6.Solve the inequality 2(3x − 1) ≥ 4x + 8.
- 7.A number machine multiplies its input by 2 and then subtracts 5. Work out the output when the input is 6.
- 8.Solve 7x − 5 = 3x + 11
- 9.In the expression 5x² − 3x + 7, which of these is a single term of the expression?
- 10.Amelia's mother is three times as old as Amelia. Four years ago her mother was five times as old as Amelia was then. Work out Amelia's age now.
- 11.A company's profit is £500 in its first year. Each year after that, the profit is £300 more than the year before. Work out the profit in the company's 6th year.
- 12.Which expression means the same as a × a × a?
- 13.Solve the simultaneous equations x + y = 1 and 2x + y = 5.
- 14.The nth term of a sequence is 4n + 2. A term in the sequence has value 30. Work out its position, n, in the sequence.
- 15.Which of these statements is an equation with exactly one solution?
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