# 4MA1 Mathematics A May/June 2018 Paper 2FR (Foundation Tier Paper 2)

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE 4MA1 Mathematics A past paper 2FR, Foundation Tier Paper 2, May/June 2018. Open it online or download the question paper PDF free.

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- Board: Edexcel
- Qualification: Pearson Edexcel International GCSE
- Subject: 4MA1 Mathematics A (https://mathvsarham.com/past-papers/4ma1/)
- Session: May/June 2018
- Paper: 2FR (Foundation Tier Paper 2)
- Component code: 4MA1/2FR
- Time allowed: 120 minutes
- Total marks: 100
- Pages: 24

## Question paper text

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Question 1
Here are four discs. Each disc has a number on it.
[Diagram or table: see page 3 of the paper]
These four discs are arranged to make the number 3854
(a) Arrange the four discs to make the largest possible number. [1]
(b) Arrange the four discs to make a multiple of 5 [1]
(c) Arrange the four discs to make the smallest possible odd number. [1]

Question 2
(a) Write 4/5 as a decimal.
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Write 77/9 as a mixed number.
Answer: ____ [1]
(c) Write as a fraction in its simplest form.
[Diagram or table: see page 4 of the paper]
Answer: ____ [1]
(d) Write these decimals in order of size.
[Diagram or table: see page 4 of the paper]
Start with the smallest decimal.
Answer: ____ [1]
(e) Find the sum of 13/20 and 0.72
Give your answer as a decimal.
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 3
The pictogram shows information about the total weight of bananas grown last year in each of five countries.
[Diagram or table: see page 5 of the paper]
represents 4 million tonnes of bananas
(a) How many million tonnes of bananas were grown last year in Uganda?
Answer: ____ million_tonnes [1]
Last year the weight of bananas grown in India was more than the weight of bananas grown in China.
(b) How many million tonnes more?
Answer: ____ million_tonnes [1]
Last year the total weight of bananas grown in Indonesia was 6 million tonnes.
(c) Show this information on the pictogram. [1]

Question 4
(a) Write 0.4 as a percentage.
Answer: ____ % [1]
(b) What is 42 out of 80 as a percentage?
Answer: ____ % [2]
(c) Work out 72% of 350 cm.
Answer: ____ cm [2]

Question 5
Valentino sells ice cream cones and ice cream tubs. The ice cream flavours are chocolate, strawberry and vanilla.
On Sunday, 120 people each bought one ice cream from Valentino. The two-way table shows some information about these ice creams.
[Diagram or table: see page 7 of the paper]
(a) Complete the two-way table. [3]
One of the 120 people is picked at random.
(b) Find the probability that this person bought a vanilla ice cream cone.
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 6
(a) Write 1782 correct to the nearest hundred.
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Write the number thirty two thousand and forty five in figures.
Answer: ____ [1]
Billy works out the answer to 2 + 5 q 7 He says that the answer is 49
Billy is not correct as the answer should be 37
(c) Explain what Billy has done wrong.
Answer: ____ [1]
Chen says,
[Diagram or table: see page 8 of the paper]
(d) Give an example to show that Chen is not correct.
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 7
The diagram shows a 3-D shape.
(a) Write down the mathematical name of the shape.
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) How many faces has the shape?
Answer: ____ [1]
(c) How many edges has the shape?
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 8
Giovanni arrived at a railway station in Venice at 06 45
(a) Write this time using the 12-hour clock.
Answer: ____ [1]
Giovanni caught a train from Venice to Rome. The train left Venice at 07 25 and arrived in Rome at 11 10 the same day.
(b) Work out how long the train journey took. Give your answer in hours and minutes.
Answer: ____ _hours ____ _minutes [2]

Question 9
The table shows information about the number of goals scored by a football team in each of 20 matches.
[Diagram or table: see page 10 of the paper]
(a) Write down the mode of the number of goals scored.
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Find the median number of goals scored.
Answer: ____ [2]
(c) Work out the total number of goals scored.
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 10
3 kg of carrots cost £1.35 5 kg of carrots and 2 kg of potatoes cost a total of £4.15
Find the cost of 1 kg of potatoes.
Answer: £ ____ [3]

Question 11
(a) Find the cube root of 421.875
Answer: ____ [1]
(b)(i) Work out the value of 7. 61/5.2 × 3.5
Write down all the figures on your calculator display.
Answer: ____ [2]
(ii) Write your answer to part (b)(i) correct to 2 significant figures.
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 12
The Venn diagram shows the numbers in the universal set, E, and two sets A and B.
[Diagram or table: see page 12 of the paper]
(a) List the members of the set
(i) A
Answer: ____
(ii) A ˆ
B
Answer: ____
(iii) $ү
Answer: ____ [3]
A number is picked at random from the universal set.
(b) Find the probability that this number is in set B but not in set A.
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 13
Here is a conversion graph to change between euros and Australian dollars.
[Diagram or table: see page 13 of the paper]
(a) Use the graph to change
(i) 50 euros to Australian dollars,
Answer: ____ Australian_dollars
(ii) 90 Australian dollars to euros.
Answer: ____ euros [2]
Sheila is on holiday in Italy and is going to the United Arab Emirates. She knows that
[Diagram or table: see page 13 of the paper]
(b) Change 500 euros to dirhams.
Answer: ____ dirhams [3]

Question 14
On the grid, draw the graph of y = 2x + 3 for values of x
[Diagram or table: see page 14 of the paper]
[3]

Question 15
(a) Solve 8 – 2p = 15
Answer: p = ____ [2]
(b) Solve 7x − 2/4 = 3x + 1
Show clear algebraic working.
Answer: x = ____ [3]

Question 16
x, 10 and y are three integers written in order of size, starting with the smallest integer.
The mean of x, 10 and y is 11 The range of x, 10 and y is 7
Work out the value of x and the value of y.
Answer: x = ____
Answer: y = ____
[Diagram or table: see page 16 of the paper]
[2]

Question 17
A box is put on a table.
The face of the box in contact with the table is in the shape of a rectangle, 2 m by 1.25 m. The pressure on the table due to the box is 42 newtons/m^2
Work out the force exerted by the box on the table.
Answer: ____ _newtons [3]

Question 18
Behnaz makes candles.
She has 6.3 kilograms of wax and uses it all to make candles. Each candle Behnaz makes uses 210 grams of wax.
Behnaz sells 2/5 of the candles for $13 each.
She then reduces this price by 20% and sells the rest of the candles.
Work out the total amount of money Behnaz gets by selling all the candles she made.
Answer: $ ____ [4]

Question 19
(a) Expand and simplify 3(c – 7) + 2(3c + 4)
Answer: ____ [2]
(b) Expand and simplify (x + 7)(x – 2)
Answer: ____ [2]
(c) Factorise fully 28y^2íy
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 20
Abelie flew by plane from Dubai to Rome.
The flight time was 6 hours 42 minutes. The average speed of the plane was 650 kilometres per hour.
Work out the distance the plane flew.
Answer: ____ kilometres [3]

Question 21
(a) Simplify g^7 q g^3
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Simplify (k^3)^5
Answer: ____ [1]
(c) Simplify fully_2_2
[Diagram or table: see page 19 of the paper]
Answer: ____ [2]
(d) Make e the subject of the formula h = 3e + f
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 22
Hiran invests 20 000 rupees in an account for 3 years at 1.5% per year compound interest.
Work out the total amount of money in the account at the end of 3 years. Give your answer to the nearest rupee.
Answer: ____ rupees [3]

Question 23
From point A, Stanley walks 200 m due east to point B. From B, he then walks 160 m due south to point C.
Work out the length of AC. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
Answer: ____ metres [3]

Question 24
[Diagram or table: see page 22 of the paper]
The diagram shows a regular pentagon, ABCDE, a regular octagon, ABFGHIJK, and an isosceles triangle, BCF.
Work out the size of angle x.
[Diagram or table: see page 22 of the paper]
Answer: ____ [4]

Question 25
ABCD is a trapezium.
[Diagram or table: see page 23 of the paper]
Work out the size of angle x. Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
[Diagram or table: see page 23 of the paper]
Answer: ____ [4]