AQA Core Maths 2024 Prelim Paper 1, Rubbish, Practice questions
<p>I’ve put together 4 sets of practice questions for the 2024 Paper 1 AQA Core Maths preliminary material, which are all about rubbish.</p>
<p>I have added reasonable answers with suitable error bounds as you would get in the exam mark scheme.</p>
<p>I’ll copy the first set here, all 4 sets are graduated in terms of their difficulty, ranging from looking up information to a full 8 mark exam style questions at the end of each set.</p>
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<p>What is the amount of household waste generated per person in England in 2014?</p>
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<p>What is the amount of residual waste generated per person in England in 2014?</p>
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<p>What is the average reduction in waste generated per person each year in England between 2010 and 2020?</p>
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<p>Make a prediction about what the recycling rate for household waste for England was in 2021.</p>
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<p>Given that each 480kg of waste sent to landfill requires 1m^3 of landfill capacity.</p>
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<p>Estimate the capacity of landfill which was required by a typical small English town in 2023.</p>