Forming & Solving Equations (Edexcel IGCSE Maths A: Foundation): Exam Questions

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 $h$ small packs of cheese and $j$ large packs of cheese.
She buys a total of $T$ slices of cheese.

Write down a formula for $T$ in terms of $h$ and $j$

$ABCD$ is a trapezium.

$BC$ is parallel to $AD$

Find the size of the largest angle inside the trapezium.

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

• $y$ metal bars are gold.

• $(3y+7)$ metal bars are silver.

• $(2y-5)$ metal bars are zinc.

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

The diagram shows a hexagon $ABCDEF$

$AB=25\mathrm{cm}BC=(x+2)\mathrm{cm}CD=8\mathrm{cm}EF=7\mathrm{cm}AF=(x+6)\mathrm{cm}$

The area of hexagon $ABCDEF$ is 258 cm²

Work out the value of $x$

Barney went for 4 walks on Tuesday.

The lengths of the walks were

800 metres
2 kilometres
1.7 kilometres
$x$ metres

The total length of the 4 walks was 6250 metres.

Work out the value of $x$

The diagram below shows a triangle $PRQ$ and straight line $PQS$. The diagram is not drawn to scale.

• Angle $PRQ=\left(8x+2\right)°$

• Angle $QPR=\left(11x+10\right)°$

• Angle $RQS=\left(15x+32\right)°$

Find the value of $x$