Free worksheet and solutions · AQA GCSE · 8463 / 8464
AQA GCSE Physics Half-Life and Decay Graphs Worksheet
Practise AQA GCSE half-life calculations, decay graphs and corrected count rates. Foundation and Higher routes with worked answers and exam-style explanations.
What is covered
Questions and skills covered
The worksheet contains 7 pages of printable questions. A separate 7-page solutions PDF makes it easy to mark, review or share answers after the activity.
- Precise half-life definition
- Random decay
- Repeated halving
- Read and compare decay graphs
- Supplied background subtraction
- Determine half-life from data
- Count divided by time
- Measurement method and random fluctuations
- Higher-only decline ratios
- Optional Separate-only hazards under controlled assumptions
About this activity
Use half-life and decay graphs in the worksheet’s applied scenarios.
Before you start
Foundation: Questions 1–5. Higher: Questions 1–4 and6. Q7 is an optional Separate Physics-only section for both tiers.
Specification fit
AQA GCSE Physics Worksheets
8463 and 8464 · 4.4.2.1, 4.4.2.3, 4.4.3.2, 6.4.2.1, 6.4.2.3
- 8463: 4.4.2.1, 4.4.2.3, 4.4.3.2
- 8464: 6.4.2.1, 6.4.2.3
Choose the correct pathway: Foundation: Questions 1–5. Higher: Questions 1–4 and6. Q7 is an optional Separate Physics-only section for both tiers.
Classroom use
Use the worksheet for class practice, homework, intervention, cover work or revision. Keep the PhysicsUK attribution intact when sharing copies with pupils.