1. Choices – Higher – GCSE Questions
These questions are the same format as previous GCSE exams.
COPY means they use the exact same numbers as the original GCSE question.
Otherwise, they are clone questions using different numbers.
The worksheets are provided in a variety of sizes.

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3. GCSE GCSE GCSE GCSE Edexcel Higher: June 2017 Paper 3, Q11
Maisy is choosing a flower and a house plant for her home.
At the garden centre there are 16 different types of flower and
some house plants.
Maisy says,
There are 247 different ways to choose one flower and one house plant.”
Could Maisy be correct?
You must show how you get your answer. 1
Maisy is choosing a flower and a house plant for her home.
At the garden centre there are 16 different types of flower and
some house plants.
Maisy says,
There are 247 different ways to choose one flower and one house plant.”
Could Maisy be correct?
You must show how you get your answer.
(Total for Question 1 is 2 marks)
(Total for Question 1 is 2 marks)
GCSE
GCSE
Edexcel Higher: June 2017 Paper 3, Q11
Edexcel Higher: June 2017 Paper 3, Q11 1
Maisy is choosing a flower and a house plant for her home.
At the garden centre there are 16 different types of flower and
some house plants.
Maisy says,
There are 247 different ways to choose one flower and one house plant.”
Could Maisy be correct?
You must show how you get your answer. 1
Maisy is choosing a flower and a house plant for her home.
At the garden centre there are 16 different types of flower and
some house plants.
Maisy says,
There are 247 different ways to choose one flower and one house plant.”
Could Maisy be correct?
You must show how you get your answer.
(Total for Question 1 is 2 marks)
(Total for Question 1 is 2 marks)

5. GCSE GCSE GCSE GCSE Edexcel Higher: November 2017 Paper 2, Q15
Trevor is going to choose a starter and a main course at a restaurant.
He can choose from 7 starters and 6 main courses.
Trevor says that to work out the number of different ways of choosing
a starter and a main course you add 7 to 6.
Is Trevor correct?
You must give a reason for your answer. 1
Trevor is going to choose a starter and a main course at a restaurant.
He can choose from 7 starters and 6 main courses.
Trevor says that to work out the number of different ways of choosing
a starter and a main course you add 7 to 6.
Is Trevor correct?
You must give a reason for your answer.
(1)
13 clubs play in a league.
Each club plays each other club exactly once.
(b) Work out the total number of games played.
(1)
13 clubs play in a league.
Each club plays each other club exactly once.
(b) Work out the total number of games played.
(2)
(2)
(Total for Question 1 is 3 marks)
(Total for Question 1 is 3 marks)
GCSE
GCSE
Edexcel Higher: November 2017 Paper 2, Q15
Edexcel Higher: November 2017 Paper 2, Q15 1
Trevor is going to choose a starter and a main course at a restaurant.
He can choose from 7 starters and 6 main courses.
Trevor says that to work out the number of different ways of choosing
a starter and a main course you add 7 to 6.
Is Trevor correct?
You must give a reason for your answer. 1
Trevor is going to choose a starter and a main course at a restaurant.
He can choose from 7 starters and 6 main courses.
Trevor says that to work out the number of different ways of choosing
a starter and a main course you add 7 to 6.
Is Trevor correct?
You must give a reason for your answer.
(1)
13 clubs play in a league.
Each club plays each other club exactly once.
(b) Work out the total number of games played.
(1)
13 clubs play in a league.
Each club plays each other club exactly once.
(b) Work out the total number of games played.
(2)
(2)
(Total for Question 1 is 3 marks)
(Total for Question 1 is 3 marks)

7. GCSE GCSE GCSE GCSE Edexcel Higher: June 2018 Paper 3, Q14
There are 18 football teams in a league.
Each team played two matches against each of the other teams.
Work out the total number of matches played. 1
There are 18 football teams in a league.
Each team played two matches against each of the other teams.
Work out the total number of matches played.
(Total for Question 1 is 2 marks)
(Total for Question 1 is 2 marks)
GCSE
Edexcel Higher: June 2018 Paper 3, Q14
GCSE
Edexcel Higher: June 2018 Paper 3, Q14 1
There are 18 football teams in a league.
Each team played two matches against each of the other teams.
Work out the total number of matches played. 1
There are 18 football teams in a league.
Each team played two matches against each of the other teams.
Work out the total number of matches played.
(Total for Question 1 is 2 marks)
(Total for Question 1 is 2 marks)

11. GCSE Edexcel Higher: June 2018 Paper 3, Q14 1
There are 18 football teams in a league.
Each team played two matches against each of the other teams.
Work out the total number of matches played.
(Total for Question 1 is 2 marks)

12. She cannot be correct, the number of plants must be an integer.
GCSE
Edexcel Higher: June 2017 Paper 3, Q11 1
Maisy is choosing a flower and a house plant for her home.
At the garden centre there are 16 different types of flower and
some house plants.
Maisy says,
There are 247 different ways to choose one flower and one house plant.”
Could Maisy be correct?
You must show how you get your answer.
16 x (no. of plants) = 247
no. of plants= =
She cannot be correct, the number of plants
must be an integer.
(Total for Question 1 is 2 marks)

13. 13 x 12 2 = 78 GCSE No, for every starter there is 6 main
Edexcel Higher: November 2017 Paper 2, Q15 1
Trevor is going to choose a starter and a main course at a restaurant.
He can choose from 7 starters and 6 main courses.
Trevor says that to work out the number of different ways of choosing
a starter and a main course you add 7 to 6.
Is Trevor correct?
You must give a reason for your answer.
No, for every starter there is 6 main
course choices: 7 x 6 = 42
13 clubs play in a league.
Each club plays each other club exactly once.
(b) Work out the total number of games played.
(1) 78
13 x = 78
(2)
(Total for Question 1 is 3 marks)

14. 306 GCSE But each pair plays each other twice. 153×2=306
Edexcel Higher: June 2018 Paper 3, Q14 1
There are 18 football teams in a league.
Each team played two matches against each of the other teams.
Work out the total number of matches played.
Number of Unique Choices= Product Rule For Counting duplicates
= 18 × 17 2×1 =153
But each pair plays each other twice.
153×2=306
306
(Total for Question 1 is 2 marks)

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