# 4MA1 Mathematics A January 2019 Paper 2FR (Foundation Tier Paper 2) Pearson Edexcel International GCSE 4MA1 Mathematics A past paper 2FR, Foundation Tier Paper 2, January 2019. Open it online or download the question paper PDF free. - Page: https://mathvsarham.com/past-papers/4ma1/2019-january-paper-2fr/ - PDF: https://mathvsarham.com/papers/4ma1/4MA1_january_2019_paper_2FR_qp.pdf - Board: Edexcel - Qualification: Pearson Edexcel International GCSE - Subject: 4MA1 Mathematics A (https://mathvsarham.com/past-papers/4ma1/) - Session: January 2019 - Paper: 2FR (Foundation Tier Paper 2) - Component code: 4MA1/2FR - Time allowed: 120 minutes - Total marks: 100 - Pages: 24 ## Question paper text Extracted automatically from the PDF; diagrams are missing and notation may be imperfect. Question 1 (a) Write these decimals in order of size. Start with the smallest decimal. [Diagram or table: see page 3 of the paper] [1] (b) Write 7% as a decimal. [1] (c) Write 0.47 as a fraction. [1] (d) Write 0.63 as a percentage. [Diagram or table: see page 3 of the paper] [1] (e) Write a number in the box to make the calculation correct. [Diagram or table: see page 3 of the paper] [1] Question 2 Amelie is using ribbon to make decorations. She has 7 metres of ribbon. Each decoration needs 45 centimetres of ribbon. What is the greatest number of decorations that Amelie can make? [3] Question 3 (a) Shade 3/7 of the rectangle. [1] (b) Write 23/3 as a mixed number. [1] (c) Find 2/5 of 60 cm. [Diagram or table: see page 5 of the paper] [2] Claude says that 1/6 is exactly halfway between 1/4 and 1/8 (d) Is Claude correct? You must give a reason for your answer. [2] Question 4 The pictogram gives information about the number of cakes Peony baked on Monday, on Tuesday, on Wednesday and on Thursday. [Diagram or table: see page 6 of the paper] (a) How many cakes did Peony bake on Wednesday? [1] Peony baked more cakes on Thursday than on Monday. (b) How many more? [1] Peony baked 20 cakes on Friday. (c) Show this information on the pictogram. [1] Question 5 The table gives the midnight temperatures on 1st January for five cities in the USA. [Diagram or table: see page 7 of the paper] Here are the temperatures in °C. [Diagram or table: see page 7 of the paper] (a) Write these numbers in order of size. Start with the smallest number. [1] (b) Work out the difference between the midnight temperature in Orlando and the midnight temperature in Boston. [Diagram or table: see page 7 of the paper] [1] (c) Work out the temperature that is exactly halfway between 8 °C and –6 °C. [Diagram or table: see page 7 of the paper] [1] On 1st January the midnight temperature in Minneapolis was 10 °C lower than the midnight temperature in Philadelphia. (d) Work out the midnight temperature in Minneapolis. [Diagram or table: see page 7 of the paper] [1] Question 6 80 students studying sciences were asked which science subject they liked the best. Some information about the results is shown in the two-way table. [Diagram or table: see page 8 of the paper] (a) Complete the two-way table. [3] One of the students is picked at random. (b) Write down the probability that this student is a girl. [1] One of the girls is picked at random. (c) Write down the probability that this girl likes Chemistry the best. [2] Question 7 Here is a number machine. [Diagram or table: see page 9 of the paper] (a) Work out the output when the input is 8 [1] (b) Work out the input when the output is 120 [2] Question 8 A train journey started at 17 50 and finished at 02 25 the next day. How long did the train journey take? Give your answer in hours and minutes. [Diagram or table: see page 9 of the paper] [2] Question 9 Pierre bought 2 cups of coffee at 2.10 euros a cup 2 cups of tea at 1.80 euros a cup [Diagram or table: see page 10 of the paper] Pierre paid with a 20 euro note. He received 8.75 euros change. The cost of each croissant was the same. Work out the cost of 1 croissant. [Diagram or table: see page 10 of the paper] [3] Question 10 Here is a sketch of triangle ABC. [Diagram or table: see page 11 of the paper] In the space below, make an accurate drawing of triangle ABC. The line AB has been drawn for you. [Diagram or table: see page 11 of the paper] [2] Question 11 (a) Factorise 3x^2 – x [1] (b) Expand 4(2y + 3) [1] C = 5a + 4d (c) Work out the value of C when a = –3 and d = 6 [Diagram or table: see page 12 of the paper] [2] P = 3t^2 + 7t (d) Work out the value of P when t = – 4 [Diagram or table: see page 12 of the paper] [2] Question 12 The diagram shows the plan of the floor in a room. [Diagram or table: see page 13 of the paper] Alonso is going to cover the floor once with polish. He buys some tins of polish. Each tin has enough polish to cover 14 m^2 of the floor. Each tin costs 9.59 euros. Work out the total cost of the tins that Alonso needs to buy. [Diagram or table: see page 13 of the paper] [5] Question 13 (a) Solve 7x + 3 = x – 18 [Diagram or table: see page 14 of the paper] [2] (b) Make w the subject of t = 7w + 3 [2] Pencils cost 2 dollars each. Rulers cost 3 dollars each. Edith buys p pencils and r rulers. The total cost is T dollars. (c) Write down a formula for T in terms of p and r. [3] Question 14 [Diagram or table: see page 15 of the paper] ABC, DECF and EBG are straight lines. Work out the value of x. Give a reason for each stage of your working. [Diagram or table: see page 15 of the paper] [4] Question 15 The table gives information about the number of days that 100 cars were in an airport car park. [Diagram or table: see page 16 of the paper] 0 < d  4 16 4 < d  8 18 8 < d  12 19 12 < d  16 27 16 < d  20 20 (a) Write down the modal class. [1] (b) Work out an estimate for the mean number of days. [Diagram or table: see page 16 of the paper] [4] Question 16 The diagram shows two solid toy bricks, Brick A and Brick B. [Diagram or table: see page 17 of the paper] Brick A is a triangular prism of length 5 cm. The cross section of Brick A is an isosceles right-angled triangle with equal sides of length 6 cm. Brick B is half a cylinder of length 5 cm. The semicircular cross section of Brick B has diameter 6 cm. The volume of Brick A is greater than the volume of Brick B. How much greater? Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place. [Diagram or table: see page 17 of the paper] [4] Question 17 Here are the first five terms of a number sequence S. [Diagram or table: see page 18 of the paper] (a) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this sequence. [2] The nth term of a sequence T is given by n^2 – 3 There are numbers that are terms in both the sequence S and the sequence T. (b) Find one of these numbers. [2] Question 18 On Saturday, Jacob walked 10 800 steps. On Sunday, he walked 7% more steps than on Saturday. Work out how many steps Jacob walked on Sunday. [3] Question 19 Here is a Venn diagram with E = {whole numbers from 1 to 12} [Diagram or table: see page 19 of the paper] (a) List the numbers that are in set A [1] (b) List the numbers that are in set A ∩ B [1] (c) List the numbers that are in set (A ∪ B)ʹ [1] One of the numbers in the Venn diagram is chosen at random. (d) Find the probability that this number is in set A ∪ B [2] Question 20 The length of a line is 12.3 cm, correct to 1 decimal place. (a) Write down the upper bound of the length of the line. [Diagram or table: see page 20 of the paper] [1] (b) Write down the lower bound of the length of the line. [Diagram or table: see page 20 of the paper] [1] Question 21 Omar invests 6000 dirham for 4 years in a savings account. He will get 1.5% per year compound interest. Work out the total amount of interest Omar will have received by the end of 4 years. Give your answer correct to the nearest dirham. [Diagram or table: see page 20 of the paper] [3] Question 22 The diagram shows a trapezium. [Diagram or table: see page 21 of the paper] Work out the value of y. Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place. [Diagram or table: see page 21 of the paper] [4] Question 23 [Diagram or table: see page 22 of the paper] Pentagon ABCDE is drawn inside the regular octagon ABFGHIJK. The pentagon has exactly one line of symmetry. Work out the value of x. [Diagram or table: see page 22 of the paper] [4] Question 24 Carlos, Flavia and Tazia shared £861 between themselves. The amount of money Flavia got is 65% of the amount of money Carlos got. The amount of money Tazia got is 22% more than the amount of money Carlos got. Work out how much money Carlos got. [Diagram or table: see page 23 of the paper] [3] Question 25 (a) Factorise fully 12d^2 e + 16d^2 e^2 [2] (b) Simplify fully [Diagram or table: see page 24 of the paper] [2]