Forming Expressions & Equations (Edexcel IGCSE Maths A (Modular): Foundation Unit 2): Exam Questions

Carla wraps some parcels with ribbon.
She wraps 2 large parcels and 3 small parcels.

For each large parcel, Carla uses 185 centimetres of ribbon.
For each small parcel, she uses centimetres of ribbon.

In total, Carla uses exactly 7 metres of ribbon to wrap the parcels.

Find the value of

There are 8 slices of cheese in each small pack of cheese.
There are 20 slices of cheese in each large pack of cheese.

Afreen buys small packs of cheese and large packs of cheese.
She buys a total of slices of cheese.

Write down a formula for in terms of and

The diagram shows a hexagon

The area of hexagon is 258 cm²

Work out the value of

There are 56 metal bars in a box.
Each metal bar is gold or silver or zinc

• metal bars are gold.

• metal bars are silver.

• metal bars are zinc.

Work out the number of metal bars that are zinc.
Show clear algebraic working.

Barney went for 4 walks on Tuesday.

The lengths of the walks were

800 metres
2 kilometres
1.7 kilometres
metres

The total length of the 4 walks was 6250 metres.

Work out the value of