November 2022 GCSE Maths
November 2022 GCSE Maths – Introduction
In this article we are going to look at the November 2022 GCSE Maths Foundation Paper. There are a total of 26 questions on the paper and we are going to look at the first 12. The other 14 questions will be looked at in another article that will be posted very soon.
What is important is that you need to make sure that you are aiming to get the first half of the paper correct especially if you are looking to secure a pass grade. If you are able to get the first half correct you have secured 40 marks and you are then looking at securing another 10 marks or so from an available 40, to get that magic number 4 and to be free from maths.
November 2022 GCSE Maths - The One mark Questions
This should not cause any issues but you still need to exercise some caution knowing that the bigger the negative number, the smaller that number is.
The answer is as follows:
-7,-2,-1,0,7
2. 
To write any number as a percentage simply write it over 100. Remember that percentage means out of 100.
The answer is \frac{37}{100}
3. 
Always be careful in what the question is asking for. A big mistake is to to misread questions and to do even numbers rather than odd numbers or the other way round.
Here you simply need to start writing down what the odd numbers are until you get to the 7th. This is shown here:
1,3,5,7,9,11,13So the answer is 13.
4. 
This is a conversion question and you need to know that 1cm = 10mm
So to do this question you are simply multiplying by 10 as follows:
53 \times 10=530 \mathrm{~mm}5. 
Here again it is important to read the question carefully and to take note that the question has the word “even”. This means that the number must end in a 4 or 6. Because it needs to be the “smallest even number” then it must start with a 3.
The smallest number is therefore 3476.
6. 
To answer this question you will need access to a ruler which stresses the importance of taking the appropriate equipment into the exam room. Measuring this gives you a length of 4.5cm
o answer this question you will need access to a protractor and you need to make sure that you are positioning your protractor carefully. Ensure that one of the sides is on 0 on your protractor and then measure. Looking at the shape, it looks like a right angle so your answer should not be too far away from 90 degrees.
Measuring this gives an angle of 110°.
This is all the 1 mark questions and it is very important to be getting these correct in order to build up your confidence when doing the exam and to be attracting easy marks.
The next set of questions are more worded and worth more marks as a result.
November 2022 GCSE Maths - Longer Questions
7. 
In order to answer this question you need to determine the number of miles that have been travelled.
This is calculated by subtracting the number of miles at the start of the journey away from the number of miles at the end of the journey. This number is then multiplied by the cost per mile and you need to then divide your answer to give an answer in pounds.
\begin{gathered} 12845-12468=377 \\ 377 \times 13=4901 \\ 4901 p=£ 49.01 \end{gathered}8. 
Here you simply need to multiply 45 with 7 days in order to determine the cost and this is shown below:
£ 45 \times 7=£ 3159. 
All that is required is to draw a bar chart but as well as just drawing the actual bars it is very important that you label both the axes otherwise the information will not mean anything and you will also lose marks for not doing so.
10. 
Here is part of a bus timetable and to answer these questions it is simply a case of following the time from the point of departure to the point of destination.
First you need to know what time the 0720 arrives in Lostock and this is 0809. Know you just need to find the difference in times.
0720 → +40 minutes → 0800 → + 9 minutes → 0809
So the total time is 49 minutes.
You need to look out for the words “you must show how you get your answer”. You cannot just write yes or no and expect to get any marks. All mathematical working needs to be shown.
To answer a question like this, just deal with each sentence one at a time.
0800 → + 7 minutes 0807 (bus stop at Blackrod)
0809 (bus from Blackrod) → 0858 arrives in Bolton
0858 → + 15 minutes = 0913 at work
So yes, arrives at work for 0920.
November 2022 GCSE Maths – More Problem Solving Question
11. 
First you can find the number of children that are on the trip and this is done as follows:
214-14=200Next you can find what 35% of 200 is and this is shown below:
35 \% \times 200=7070 is the number of children that are wearing a hat.
Be careful to read the question. The question is asking how many children are not wearing a hat and this is found as follows:
200-70=13012. 
This is a calculator paper and you need to know how to do these types of questions. If you have a fraction button then you can simply type in what you see remembering that the word “of” needs to be replaced with a multiplication symbol.
Otherwise you need to do 58 on your calculator and this includes the brackets. You can then multiply this answer by 132.
Either way you should obtain 82.5 as your answer.
Because you have access to a calculator you can either change these numbers to decimals or to a percentage. Either will allow you to make a better comparison. Here we have converted to decimals which has allowed us to rank the numbers much more easily.
\begin{aligned} &\begin{array}{llll} \frac{3}{8} & \frac{9}{32} & \frac{1}{4} & \frac{21}{64} \end{array}\\ &\begin{array}{llll} 0.375 & 0.28125 & 0.25 & 0.328125 \end{array} \end{aligned}So the order of the numbers is as follows:
\frac{1}{4}, \frac{9}{32}, \frac{21}{64}, \frac{3}{8}This is the end of this blog post which covers November 2022 GCSE Maths. The remaining other 13 questions will be posted shortly. Make sure you understand the methods that have been discussed here and it is important that if you are doing the foundation paper then you are getting the first half of the paper more or less fully correct to ensure that you walk away with at least a grade 4.