Foundation GCSE Mathematics – Starter 1

Write down the value of the 7 in the Simplify the following expressions
following numbers a)a + a + a
a) 723
b)3d + 2b – 2d – 7b
b) 74362
c)b x b x b x b
c) 0.973
d)3c x 2e x 4c
d) 12.751

Find the missing angles: Georgia want to know what peoples

favourite colour is. Design a suitable data
collection sheet.

Self Assessment
• Digits and place value
• Simplifying expressions
• Find missing angles in a triangle
• Designing data collection sheets
 Foundation GCSE Mathematics – Starter 2
1) Write the following number in words: 1) If Leon has f sweets and Matty has 3
more, write and expression for the
302,450 number of sweets Matty has.

2) Write the following number in figures:

2) If Rachael has three times as many
Twelve thousand and sixty two sweets as Matty, write an expression
for the number of sweets Rachael has.

How many lines of symmetry does the Lauren wants to find out where people
pink shape have? buy their clothes. She goes to The Bridges
What is the order of rotational symmetry and asks people as the leave Next. Why
of the blue shape? might this not be a suitable was to collect
her data?

Self Assessment
• Write numbers in words and figures
• Write an expression
• Lines of symmetry and rotational symmetry
•
 Foundation GCSE Mathematics – Starter 3
Work out: Expand and simplify the following:
a) 2 – 9
a) 3(x + y) – 2(3y – 2x)
b) -6 + 4

c) -3 + -5 b) (3a + b)(2a – 4b)

d) 7 – – 12

Find the missing angles. Give a reason for Draw a pie chart for the following data.
your answer using the given angle.

What is the modal colour?

Self Assessment
• Add and subtract with negative numbers
• Expanding brackets
• Angles between parallel lines
•
 Foundation GCSE Mathematics – Starter 4
Work out: Factorise the following expressions:
a) -2 x 7
a) 3x + 9
b) 30 ÷ -6
b) ab – 3b2
c) -5 x -1
c) 4a2b + 2ab
d) (-8)2

Find the missing angles. Explain your The pie charts shows the choices for a
answers. wedding meal.
a) What fraction of the
guest chose pork?

b) 75 guests choose
beef. How many were
vegetarians?

Self Assessment
• Multiply and divide negatives
• Factorising expressions
• Angles on a straight line and at a point
•
 Foundation GCSE Mathematics – Starter 5
Simplify the following expressions:

a) g2 x g3

b) (b3) 4

c) w5
If Sophie buys 2 adult and 3 child tickets, w2
how much change does she get from £30?

1) Dayna drives for 3 hours and 45 The following data shows the number of
minutes at a speed of 30 km/h. How lates in year 11 over 2 weeks.
far does she drive?
12, 6, 17, 4, 2, 1, 5, 3, 0, 4

2) Giorgia cycles 15 km in 4 hours. What Work out the mean, median, mode and
is her average speed? range of this data.

Self Assessment
• Working out costs
• Simplify indices
• Speed, distance and time
• Finding averages from a list
 Foundation GCSE Mathematics – Starter 6
2, 7, 12, 3, 5, 1, 35, 4, 8, 25, 21
2, 5, 8, 11, 14, ..........

From the list above pick: a) Find the next two terms of the
a) two prime numbers sequence.
b) a square number b) Find the 50th term of the sequence.
c) the multiples of 7
d) the factors of 12 c) Is 108 a number in the sequence?
e) a cube number Explain your answer.

Find the area and perimeter of the Chantelle records the length of 12 leaves.
following shapes. Here are her results.

8cm, 12cm, 18cm, 5cm, 24cm, 32cm, 7cm,

12cm, 9cm, 10cm, 31cm, 22cm
12mm Complete an ordered stem and leaf
diagram.

5mm
Self Assessment
• Factors, multiples and primes
• Finding and using the nth term of a sequence
• Area and perimeter of shapes
• Draw a stem and leaf diagram
 Foundation GCSE Mathematics – Starter 7
Brandon coughs every 3 minutes and Jack What are the
sneezes every 7 minutes. How many times coordinates of
in the first minute will they sneeze and A points A and B?
cough at the same time?
What are the
B coordinates of
the midpoint of
A and B?

Find the area of the following shape. The stem and leaf diagram shows the
results in a maths test.

What is the name of this shape? a) How many people scored above 60?
b) What is the range of results?

Self Assessment
• Lowest common multiple
• Coordinates
• Area of shapes
• Interpreting a stem and leaf diagram
 Foundation GCSE Mathematics – Starter 8
Find the highest common factor of 12 and Write down the
18. equation of
each line.

Find the area and circumference of a circle

with a diameter of 10cm. Use   3.1

From the table find the modal class and

the interval that contains the median.

Self Assessment
• Highest common factor
• Equations of a line
• Area and circumference of a circle
• Mode and median from a table of grouped data
 Foundation GCSE Mathematics – Starter 9
Write 260 as a product of its prime factors. Draw the line with equation
Give your answer in index form.
y = 2x – 5

Find the area of the following shape. The stem and leaf diagram shows the
results in a maths test.

a) What is the modal result?

What is the name of the shape above? b) How many people sat the test?

Self Assessment
• Product of prime factors
• Drawing straight lines given their equations
• Area of shapes
• Interpret stem and leaf diagrams
 Foundation GCSE Mathematics – Starter 10
1) Find the sum of 12.3 and 6.905 The cost of hiring a sander is worked out
using the formula:

Cost = 7 x number of days + 20

2) Find the difference between 4 and 2.17
How much does it cost to hire the sander
for 9 days?

Find the volume and surface are of the Describe the relationship shown.
following shape.

Self Assessment
• Adding and subtracting decimals
• Using formula in words
• Volume and surface area of a prism
• Describe the relationship in a scatter graph
 Foundation GCSE Mathematics – Starter 11
1) Find the product of 0.02 and 0.74 A packet of crisps costs 25p and a
chocolate bar costs 40p. Write a formula
for the cost (C) of p packets of crisps and b
chocolate bars.
2) Work out 17.4 ÷ 0.03

Find the shaded area. In a bag there a 7 blue beads, 3 red beads
and 5 green beads.

On the probability scale mark the

probability of choosing
a) a green bead
b) a blue bead
c) an orange bead

Self Assessment
• Multiplying and dividing by decimals
• Writing formulae
• Area of a composite shape
• Find probabilities and mark on a number line
 Foundation GCSE Mathematics – Starter 12
Round each number to 1 decimal place: Solve the following equations:
a) 12.356
b) 2.9012 a) 2x = 12
c) 0.9999
b) 5x – 4 = 16
Round each number to 3 decimal places
d) 143.5678 c)
e) 12.7213 x
3
7

Name the following shapes Katie eats lunch at a cafe. She chooses a
meal and a drink. List all the possible
combinations that Katie can choose.

Food Drink
Curry 7 Up
Pizza J20
Burger Cola
Self Assessment
• Rounding to decimal places
• Solve equations
• Names of quadrilaterals
• Write a list of possible outcomes
 Foundation GCSE Mathematics – Starter 13
Round each number to 1 significant figure: Find x:

a) 13409 a) 3(x – 4) = 9

b) 0.00726 b) 5y + 5 = 2y + 11

c) 14.57 c)
t 4
2
3
Find the size of the interior angle of the Estimate the income for someone with 20
following regular polygon. years
experience.

What is the name of this shape?

Self Assessment
• Round to significant figures
• Solve equations
• Find the interior angle of a polygon
• Interpret scatter graphs
 Foundation GCSE Mathematics – Starter 14
Estimate the answer to each calculation. Solve the following equations:

a) 56.4 x 133 a) 3(x – 2) = 2(x + 1)

b) 12.3 – 2.752
1.2 x 0.215 b) x2 = 16

What is the name of a shape with: Write down three things that are wrong
with this question.
a) 6 sides
b) 7 sides How many minutes do you spend on your
c) 8 sides phone.
d) 9 sides
e) 10 sides
10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40+

Self Assessment
• Estimating
• Naming polygons
• Solve equations
•
 Foundation GCSE Mathematics – Starter 15
Work out: The two missing angles in the triangle
below are 2x and 2x – 30. What is the size
a) 12 – 2 x 5 of the smallest angle?

b) 5 x (3 + 7)

Put in brackets to make the calculation

true:
3 + 5 x 1 + 2 = 18

Copy the diagram and draw six more Keaton wants to know how many texts
shapes to show how it would tessellate. people send. Design a suitable question
for his questionnaire.

Self Assessment
• BIDMAS
• Forming and solving equations
• Drawing tessellations
• Designing questionnaires
 Foundation GCSE Mathematics – Starter 16
Coloured tiles cost £2.31 each and plain Solve the following equation correct to 1
tiles cost 56p each. Jade buys 150 plain decimal place.
tiles and 30 coloured. Find the total cost.
x2 + 3x = 65

Work out the following. Write down all

the figures on the calculator display.

3.7 2  2.95
345  0.751 Estimate the mean and range.

Self Assessment
• Work out the total cost
• Use trial and improvement to solve equation
• Using a calculator
• Find the mean and range from a frequency table of grouped data
 Foundation GCSE Mathematics – Starter 17
Calculate: Show the solution to the inequalities on a
number line.
a) 7 5
 a) x > – 3
9 9
b) b) x ≤ 2
2 1
2 1 c) -1 ≤ x < 5
3 4

Draw an accurate net of the cuboid. The table shows the probability that ia
spinner lands
on a 1 or 3. Number 1 2 3
Probability 0.2 0.6
a) Work out the probability that the
spinner lands on a 2.
b) If the spinner is spun 100 times how
many times would you expect it to
land on a 3?

Self Assessment
• Adding and subtracting fractions
• Showing inequalities on a number line
• Drawing nets
• Probability adds up to 1 and finding the number of expected outcomes
 Foundation GCSE Mathematics – Starter 18
Find: Solve the following inequalities:

a) 10% of 45 a) 3x < 6

b) 30% of 12 b) h – 5 ≥ 12

c) 12.5% of 80 c) 3(x + 2) ≤ 21

Draw the side and front elevations and the The cost of house insurance in 2012 was
plan view of the shape below. £320 per annum. In 2013 it went up by 5%
and in 2014 it went up again by 10. What
is the cost of home insurance in 2014?

Self Assessment
• Finding a percentage of an amount
• Solving inequalities
• Drawing plans and elevations
• Successive percentage change
 Foundation GCSE Mathematics – Starter 19
1) Increase 600 by 3%. Draw the graph of

y = x2 – 2x + 3

2) A dress costing £40 is reduced in the and use the graph to estimate the
sale by 25%. How much does it now solutions of
cost?
x2 – 2x + 3 = 5

Use a ruler and compass to draw the Draw a triangle with sides 5cm, 4cm and
bisector of an angle 6cm.

Self Assessment
• Percentage increase and decrease
• Drawing and using quadratic graphs
• Drawing an angle bisector
• Using a compass and ruler to construct a triangle
 Foundation GCSE Mathematics – Starter 20
Dayna and Bree share £160 in the ratio Draw the locus of points 5cm away from A.
3:7. How much does Bree get?
(Hint: Draw a point a in your book first.)

Copy the Draw the locus of all points which are the
diagram and same distance from A and B.
reflect the
shape in the (Hint: Draw two points in your book first.)
line y = 3.

Self Assessment
• Sharing in a given ratio
• Construction and loci
• Reflect a shape in a given line
• Construction and loci
 Foundation GCSE Mathematics – Starter 21
Blue, green and yellow counters are in a In Tesco 4 tins of Heinz baked beans cost
bag in the ratio [Link]. If there are 18 £2.34, in Morrison’s 6 tins cost £3.47.
yellow counters, how many counters are Where should Demi buy her beans from?
in the bag?

Copy the Using the same axes and shape from the
diagram and last question, enlarge the shape by a scale
translate the factor of 3 with centre (6,3).
shape using
the vector

 5
 
2
Self Assessment
• Solving ratio problems
• Finding the best buy
• Translate a shape on a grid
• Enlarge a shape with the centre of enlargement
 Foundation GCSE Mathematics – Starter 22
Work out: Write down the ratio of clowns to
elephants. Give your answer in its simplest
a) 3 2 form.

7 9
b)
2 4

3 9

Copy the Find the mean, median and modal number

diagram and of lates.
rotate the
shape 90o
clockwise
about the
point (1, -1).

Self Assessment
• Multiplying and dividing fractions
• Finding and simplifying ratios
• Rotate a shape on a grid
• Find averages from a table
 Foundation GCSE Mathematics – Starter 23
The cost of a watch goes up from £32 to Find x.
£38. What is the percentage increase?

The radius of the large Find the length AB where A has coordinate
circle is 12cm and the (1 , 3) and B has coordinates (7 , 12).
small circle is 8cm.
Find the blue area.

Self Assessment
• Find one number as a percentage of another.
• Finding the area of a circle
• Using Pythagoras’ Theorem
• Using Pythagoras’ Theorem