Higher (Grade 4-6) GCSE Mini Test 1
1 A car travels a distance of 190 miles in 4 2 A rock has a mass of 126 grams and a density
hours and 45 minutes. of 1.8 grams/cm3.
Work out the average speed of the car, in Work out the volume of the rock.
miles per hour.
3 Given that a:b = 3:4 and b:c = 5:2 4 A
Find the ratio a:b:c
Give your answer in its simplest form. 13 mm
7 mm
B C
Calculate the size of angle ACB.
5 Work out (9.35 × 104) ÷ (5.5 × 10-2) 6
Give your answer in standard form.
A B
15 cm 125° 15 cm
O
Calculate the length of the arc AB.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
7 Work out the value of x. 8 Molly, Paige and Demi share 56 sweets in
the ratio 4 : 3 : 1
2x + 11 Work out the number of sweets that each of
them receives.
x+5 x–6
9 Write down the value of 40 10 It costs £2.20 to buy 5 apples.
Work out how much it would cost to buy 8
apples.
11 Solve the simultaneous equations: 12
3x + y = 3 Tina has two bags of counters, Bag A and Bag B.
2x – 4y = 16 There are 3 red counters and 4 blue counters in bag A.
There are 5 red counters and 3 blue counters in bag B.
Tina takes at random a counter from each bag.
Draw a probability tree to represent this information.
13 Work out the size of each interior angle in a 14 Find the highest common factor (HCF)
regular hexagon of 84 and 140
15 Find an estimate for the mean height. 16 There are 6 starters and 7 main courses in a
restaurant.
Height (cm) Frequency
Work out the total number of ways of
140 < h 150 6 choosing a starter and a main course.
150 < h 160 9
160 < h 170 8
170 < h 180 2
17 Find the value of 25 2
3
18 Charlie invests £4000 for 3 years in a savings
account.
She gets 2% per annum compound interest in
the first year, then x% for 2 years.
Charlie has £4228.20 at the end of 3 years,
work out the value of x .
19 Minimum
Lower Upper 20 A
Quartile Median Quartile Maximum
4 10 17 21 23
O
Draw a box plot for this information.
57°
C
Find the size of angle BAC.
Give a reason for your answer. B
0 5 10 15 20 25
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