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Pearson Edexcel Functional Skills Mathematics — Level 1

Past Paper 6 — Section A (PMAT1/N06) & Section B (PMAT1/C06)

LEVEL 1 L1_PP1 PMAT1/N06 + PMAT1/C06

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Calc Marks

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You must have

Pen, HB pencil, eraser, ruler graduated in cm and mm, protractor, pair of compasses
Tracing paper may be used
Calculator (Section B only)

Instructions (from paper)

Use black ink or ball-point pen.
Answer all questions. Write your final answers in the boxes provided.
Answer the questions in the spaces provided — there may be more space than you need.
You must show clearly how you get your answers. Marks will be awarded for your working out.
Check your working and answers at each stage.
Diagrams are not accurately drawn, unless otherwise indicated.
Section A — Non-Calculator: Calculators may not be used. 25 minutes. 14 marks. Take π = 3.14.
Section B — Calculator: Calculators may be used. 1 hour 30 minutes. 42 marks. If your calculator does not have a π button take π = 3.14.

Advice

Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
Check your answers if you have time at the end.

How to use this platform

Fill in your details below and press Start Exam.
You begin with Section A (Non-Calculator). Calculator is disabled here.
Use the question map on the left to jump between questions. Flag any to revisit.
Type working in the working box. Marks are awarded for clear working on multi-mark questions.
Press Check Answer to lock your response. Method and accuracy marks are awarded separately.
When the timer ends or you press Submit, you move to Section B. After both sections finish you get your SMART feedback report.

Pearson Edexcel Functional Skills — Level 1

Section A — Non-Calculator — Mathematics

Past Paper 6 — Time: 25 minutes

P68200A — PMAT1/N06

Instructions: Answer all questions. You must show clearly how you get your answers — marks are awarded for working out. Calculators may not be used. Take π = 3.14.
Information: The total mark for this section is 14.

A1Question 1

(3 marks)

Kate uses a machine to make toys. She makes:

800 toys in one hour
toys for 6 hours each day

Kate checks 5% of the toys she makes in a day for any faults.

How many toys does Kate check in a day?

Show your working and your answer in the box below

toys

A2Question 2

(3 marks)

(a)Write 0.3 as a fraction. (1 mark)

(b)Work out 1.6 × 1000 (1 mark)

(c)Write 19.075 correct to 1 decimal place. (1 mark)

A3Question 3

(4 marks)

(a)Work out (17 − 3)2 + 4² (3 marks)

Show your working in the box below

(b)Use a reverse calculation to show a check of your answer. (1 mark)

Show your check in the box below

A4Question 4

(4 marks)

Rupert is a gardener. He wants to put grass in the space shown in the diagram.

Work out the area of the space for the grass.

Diagrams are not accurately drawn.

Show your working and your answer in the box below

m²

Finished Section A? Move on to Section B (Calculator).

Pearson Edexcel Functional Skills — Level 1

Section B — Calculator — Mathematics

Past Paper 6 — Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

P68201A — PMAT1/C06

Instructions: Answer all questions. You must show clearly how you get your answers — marks are awarded for working out. Calculators may be used. Take π = 3.14 if your calculator does not have a π button.
Information: The total mark for this section is 42. The total mark for the paper is 56.

B1Question 1

(3 marks)

Alan takes part in a health study. He records the time he spends looking at different screens on Monday.

computer	5.5 hours
mobile phone	40 minutes
TV	3 34 hours

Alan thinks he spent more than 10 hours in total looking at different screens on Monday.

Is Alan correct? Show why you think this.

Show your working in the box below

Decision: Yes No

B2Question 2

(4 marks)

Sarah sees this poster about results of a survey about favourite meals in the school canteen.

Favourite meals of 180 students

She decides to write a comment about the results on social media.

How many students chose fish as their favourite meal? You must show all your working.

Show your working in the box below

students

B3Question 3

(5 marks)

Patrick needs to put fence panels around a field. The field is in the shape of a rectangle.

Patrick will leave a gap of 260 cm for a gate.

Each fence panel is 1.8 m long. Patrick can cut and join the fence panels.

Work out the total number of fence panels Patrick needs to put around this field.

Show your working in the box below

fence panels

B4Question 4

(3 marks)

Varna works in a bookshop. The table shows the number of books she sold in the last four weeks.

week	1	2	3	4
number of books sold	175	120	215	150

Varna begins to show this information in a chart. On the grid, complete a suitable chart for Varna.

Marks are awarded for: (a) Completes linear scale (b) Correct labels on horizontal and vertical axes (c) Accurate plotting of all four weeks.

Enter your scale max and the bar height for each week:

Scale maximum (y-axis)

Axis title (y)

Axis title (x)

Bar height — week 1

Bar height — week 2

Bar height — week 3

Bar height — week 4

B5Question 5

(3 marks)

Joe sells cars. He sold 840 cars last year. 720 of these cars were petrol cars. All the other cars he sold were electric cars.

Joe writes a report for his manager. He states,

"I sold 6 times as many petrol cars as electric cars last year."

Is this statement correct? You must show your working.

Show your working in the box below

Decision: Yes No

B6Question 6

(6 marks)

Raphael owns a barber shop. The table shows the number of customers who had a haircut last week at the shop.

The price of a haircut was £8.

Next week Raphael will:

increase the price of a haircut by 25%
have the same mean daily number of customers.

Raphael thinks his mean daily income next week will be more than £750.

Is Raphael correct? Show why you think this.

Show your working in the box below

Decision: Yes No

B7Question 7

(3 marks)

Here is a cuboid.

Calculate the volume of the cuboid. Remember to give units with your answer.

Show your working in the box below

B8Question 8

(3 marks)

Anju works at a town hall.

The town population is four hundred and seventy thousand and fifteen.

Anju uses this rule to work out how many people in the town have a full-time job.

town population → multiply by 0.6 → number of people with full-time job

Anju thinks 272 019 people in the town have a full-time job.

Is Anju correct? Show why you think this.

Show your working in the box below

Decision: Yes No

B9Question 9

(4 marks)

Wesley is planning his new bathroom. He will put a bath and a sink in the bathroom.

The bath needs:

a rectangular space 1.75 m by 1 m
to be against the back wall
to be an equal distance from both side walls.

The sink needs:

a square space 0.5 m by 0.5 m
to be against a side wall
to be at least 1 m from the bath
to be at least 1 m from the doorway.

Key: 1 square on the grid is 0.25 m by 0.25 m in the bathroom.

Enter the grid coordinates (counted in squares from the back-left, where the back wall = top row 0 and the left side wall = column 0):

Bath top-left column

Bath top-left row

Bath width (squares)

Bath height (squares)

Sink top-left column

Sink top-left row

Sink size (squares)

Grid is 16 squares wide × 12 squares tall (4 m × 3 m).

⚠ Drawing question. Marking checks the bath/sink dimensions and placement constraints rather than visual rendering.

B10Question 10

(3 marks)

Here are some numbers.

27.5 −17.3 63.1 4.6 −42.4 39.8 −9.7 58.6

(a)Work out the range of these numbers. (2 marks)

Show your working in the box below

(b)Show a check of your answer. (1 mark)

Show your check in the box below

B11Question 11

(5 marks)

Charly is organising a party. She needs to buy 90 party plates.

She finds this offer.

pack of 6 plates
normal price £3.55
now 15 off the normal price

Charly has £45 to spend on the plates.

Does Charly have enough money to buy 90 plates? Show why you think this.

Show your working in the box below

Decision: Yes No

Finished both sections? Submit to see your full SMART feedback report.

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Rough Work Scratchpad

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Exam Complete

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Section A — Non-Calculator

Section B — Calculator

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