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Edexcel IGCSE Math A Foundation 4.4 Measures Questions

Practise reading scales, estimating units, using clocks, measuring angles and applying compound measures such as speed and density.

Syllabus
First assessment 2018
Course
Math A 4MA1
Level
Foundation

Exam points

  • read values from instrument scales and choose sensible units for familiar measures
  • calculate time intervals from 12-hour or 24-hour times, including timetables
  • use bearings, angle measurements and formulae

Covered syllabus points

4.4.A Scales on a range of measuring instruments4.4.B Time intervals in terms of the 24-hour and the 12-hour4.4.C Make sensible estimates of a range of measures4.4.D Angle measure4.4.E Measure an angle to the nearest degree4.4.F Average speed, distance and time4.4.G Compound measure such as speed, density and pressure

Question 1

[Maximum number: 3]

Here is a polygon.

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Question (a)

(a)

On the scale, mark with an arrow ( ↑ ) the number 360

Here is a clock face.

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Question (b)

(b)

Write down the time shown on the clock face.

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Question (c)

(c)

Complete the following sentence by writing a suitable metric unit on the dotted line.

The length of a pen is 16

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Question 2

[Maximum number: 1]

Here is an accurate scale drawing showing the positions of a hotel and a museum.

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Scale: 1 cm represents 4.5 km

Find, by measuring, the bearing of the hotel from the museum.

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Question 3

[Maximum number: 1]

The diagram shows a rhombus ABCD.

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Measure the size of angle ABC.

Question 4

[Maximum number: 1]

Here is a polygon.

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On the scale, mark with an arrow ( ↑ ) the number 360

Here is a clock face.

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Question 5

[Maximum number: 1]

Here is a polygon.

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Write down the time shown on the clock face.

Question 6

[Maximum number: 1]

Here is a polygon.

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Complete the following sentence by writing a suitable metric unit on the dotted line.

The length of a pen is 16

Question 7

[Maximum number: 3]

Jalina left her home at 1000 to cycle to a park.
On her way to the park, she stopped at a friend's house and then continued her journey to the park.
Here is the distance-time graph for her journey to the park.

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Work out Jalina's average cycling speed, in kilometres per hour, for the complete journey to the park and back.
Do not include the times when she was not cycling in your calculation.
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
16 P=2 g+3 h

Simplify (y2)8\left(y^{2}\right)^{8}

Question 8

[Maximum number: 3]

A bus travels a distance of 1262 km from Beijing to Shanghai.
The bus takes 171217 \frac{1}{2} hours.

Change a speed of 50 x metres per second to a speed in kilometres per hour.

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