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Pearson Edexcel International GCSE

Time 2 hours
Paper
reference 4MA1/1FR
Mathematics A
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PAPER 1FR
Foundation Tier

You must have: Ruler graduated in centimetres and millimetres, Total Marks
protractor, pair of compasses, pen, HB pencil, eraser, calculator.
Tracing paper may be used.

Instructions
• Use black ink or ball‑point pen.
• centrethe
Fill in boxes at the top of this page with your name,
number and candidate number.
• Answer all questions.
• Without sufficient working, correct answers may be awarded no marks.
• – there may questions
Answer the in the spaces provided
be more space than you need.
• Calculators may be used.
• You must NOT write anything on the formulae page.
Anything you write on the formulae page will gain NO credit.

Information
• The total mark for this paper is 100.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.

Advice
• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
• Check your answers if you have time at the end.

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International GCSE Mathematics
Formulae sheet – Foundation Tier

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Area of trapezium = (a + b)h
2

Volume of prism = area of cross section × length

cross
section

length

Volume of cylinder = πr2h

Curved surface area of cylinder = 2πrh

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Answer ALL TWENTY FIVE questions.

Write your answers in the spaces provided.

You must write down all the stages in your working.

1 Here is a list of numbers.

2 8 14 15 16 18 20

From this list, write down

(a) the odd number

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(1)
(b) the multiple of 6

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(1)
(c) the square number

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(1)
(d) the prime number

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(1)
(e) two numbers with a sum of 26

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(1)

(Total for Question 1 is 5 marks)

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2 Here are 6 counters.
Each counter has a number on it.

1 2 2 3 3 3

Finn takes at random one of these counters.

 (i) Select with a tick (ü) the word that best describes the likelihood that Finn takes a
counter with the number 2 on it.

impossible unlikely evens likely certain

(ii) Select with a tick (ü) the word that best describes the likelihood that Finn takes a
counter with the number 3 on it.

impossible unlikely evens likely certain

(iii) Select with a tick (ü) the word that best describes the likelihood that Finn takes a
counter with a number greater than 4 on it.

impossible unlikely evens likely certain

(Total for Question 2 is 3 marks)

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3 (a) Write down the mathematical name of this 3‑D shape.

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(1)
(b) (i) How many faces does this shape have?

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(1)
(ii) How many vertices does this shape have?

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(1)
Here is a different 3‑D shape.

Marie makes a model of the shape.

She uses a length of wire to make each edge of the model.
Each edge of the model is 5 cm long.
Marie has 70 cm of wire.
(c) What length of wire does she have left after making the model?

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(2)
(Total for Question 3 is 5 marks)

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4 (a) Simplify 10y – y

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(1)
(b) Simplify 3p × 4p

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(1)
(c) Solve 7x = 42

x = ......................................................
(1)
(d) Solve n+6=5

n = ......................................................
(1)
(e) Simplify 8c + 5d – 2c – 3d

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(2)

(Total for Question 4 is 6 marks)

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5 Zoya buys a book and some pencils.

The book costs £6.90
Each pencil costs £0.55
Zoya has a total of £15 to spend on the book and the pencils.
She buys as many pencils as she can.
Work out how many pencils she buys.

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(Total for Question 5 is 3 marks)

6 (a) Write down all the factors of 10

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(1)
(b) Find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 18 and 60

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(2)

(Total for Question 6 is 3 marks)

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7 (a) Write these decimals in order of size.
Start with the smallest decimal.

0.5 0.54 0.45 0.504 0.405

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(1)
(b) Write 0.08 as a percentage.

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(1)
31
(c) Write as a mixed number.
9

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(1)
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(d) Find the number that is exactly halfway between and 0.88
25

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(2)

(Total for Question 7 is 5 marks)

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8 The two‑way table shows some information about the desserts chosen at lunch yesterday
by the 80 students from Year 5 and Year 6.
Each student chose one dessert from apple pie or fruit or ice cream.

apple pie fruit ice cream Total

Year 5 22 6

Year 6 2 44

Total 56 80

(a) Complete the two‑way table.

(3)
(b) What fraction of these 80 students were in Year 5 and chose apple pie?
Give your answer in its simplest form.

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(2)

(Total for Question 8 is 5 marks)

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9
E
D Diagram NOT
112° accurately drawn
x°

52°
A B C

BCD is an isosceles triangle with BD = CD

ABC is a straight line.
ABDE is a quadrilateral.
Work out the value of x
Give a reason for each stage of your working.

x = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(Total for Question 9 is 4 marks)

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10 The graph below can be used to change between dollars and Danish krone.

400

300

Danish
krone
200

100

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
dollars

(a) Change 40 dollars to Danish krone.

...................................................... Danish krone

(1)
(b) Change 350 Danish krone to dollars.

...................................................... dollars
(1)
Robert needs 950 Danish krone to pay for a hotel stay.
He has 170 dollars.
(c) Show that Robert has enough money to pay for his hotel stay.

(2)

(Total for Question 10 is 4 marks)

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2.5 + 3.6 8.2
11 (a) Work out the value of +
12.7 5 × 3.6
Give your answer as a decimal.
Write down all the figures on your calculator display.

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(2)
(b) Write your answer to part (a) correct to 3 significant figures.

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(1)

(Total for Question 11 is 3 marks)

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12 Aarav uses this rule to estimate the time, in minutes, that a bus journey takes.

Time = 2.5 × length of journey in kilometres + 1.5 × number of bus stops

Aarav’s bus journey to work has a length of 12 kilometres.

There are 5 bus stops on the route.
(a) Use Aarav’s rule to work out an estimate for the time this bus journey takes.

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(2)
A different bus journey takes 55 minutes.
There are 8 bus stops on the route.
(b) Use Aarav’s rule to work out an estimate for the distance of this bus journey.

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(3)

(Total for Question 12 is 5 marks)

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13
Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

2.4 m
40 cm box
container
40 cm
40 cm 2.4 m
10 m

Tom puts boxes into a shipping container.

The container is a cuboid 10 metres by 2.4 metres by 2.4 metres.
Each box is a cube of side 40 centimetres.
Work out the greatest number of these boxes that Tom can put into the container.

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(Total for Question 13 is 3 marks)

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14 The accurate scale drawing shows the positions of two lighthouses, S and T

North

S
North

The scale of the drawing is 1 cm to 2 km

(a) Find, by measuring, the bearing of lighthouse T from lighthouse S

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(1)
A boat is on a bearing of 084° from S
The boat is 13 km from T
(b) On the diagram, mark with a cross (X) the position of the boat.
Label the cross B
(3)

(Total for Question 14 is 4 marks)

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15 The table shows information about the frame size, in cm, of 60 bicycles sold in a shop.

Frame size (S cm) Frequency

30 < S  36  4

36 < S  42 14

42 < S  48 18

48 < S  54 19

54 < S  60  5

(a) Write down the modal class.

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(1)
(b) Work out an estimate for the mean frame size.

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(4)

(Total for Question 15 is 5 marks)

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16 The diagram shows a solid triangular prism.

6 cm
Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
4.8 cm
7 cm
3.6 cm

Work out the total surface area of the triangular prism.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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(Total for Question 16 is 3 marks)

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17 Here is a list of six numbers written in order of size.

x 5 y z 10 12

The numbers have

a range of 9
a median of 8
a mode of 10
Find the value of x, the value of y and the value of z

x = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

y = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

z = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(Total for Question 17 is 3 marks)

18 (a) Simplify w 12 ÷ w 3

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(1)
(b) Simplify 5m4p 2 × 2m3p

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(2)

(Total for Question 18 is 3 marks)

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19 Divya and Yuan each pay for a holiday at a special offer price.

Divya’s holiday Yuan’s holiday

Normal price: $1600 Normal price: $1400

Special offer: Special offer:

16% off the normal price k % off the normal price

The amount that Divya pays is the same as the amount that Yuan pays.
Work out the value of k

k = ......................................................

(Total for Question 19 is 4 marks)

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20 C grams of chocolate is shared in the ratios 2 : 5 : 8
The difference between the largest share and the smallest share is 390 grams.
Work out the value of C

C = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(Total for Question 20 is 3 marks)

21 Solve the simultaneous equations

 x + 2y = 15
4x – 6y =   4

Show clear algebraic working.

x = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

y = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(Total for Question 21 is 3 marks)

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22 (a) Write 9.32 × 10–5  as an ordinary number.

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(1)
(b) Work out  3 × 105 – 6 × 104

Give your answer in standard form.

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(2)
(c) Work out  (3 × 1055) × (6 × 1065)
Give your answer in standard form.

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(2)

(Total for Question 22 is 5 marks)

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23 (a) Factorise fully 18c 3d 2 – 21c 2

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(2)
(b) (i) Factorise y 2 – 3y – 18

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(2)
(ii) Hence, solve y 2 – 3y – 18 = 0

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(1)

(Total for Question 23 is 5 marks)

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24 The diagram shows an isosceles triangle ABC

Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

y cm y cm

A 7 cm B

AB = 7 cm AC = BC = y cm
The area of the triangle is 42 cm2
Work out the value of y

y = ......................................................

(Total for Question 24 is 4 marks)

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25 R and T are points on a circle, centre O

M T Diagram NOT
R accurately drawn
52°

RT = 12 cm
M is the midpoint of RT
Angle ROM = 52°
Work out the area of the circle.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

......................................................  cm2

(Total for Question 25 is 4 marks)

TOTAL FOR PAPER IS 100 MARKS

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