# 4MA1 Mathematics A Oct/Nov 2020 Paper 1F (Foundation Tier Paper 1)

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE 4MA1 Mathematics A past paper 1F, Foundation Tier Paper 1, Oct/Nov 2020. 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: Oct/Nov 2020
- Paper: 1F (Foundation Tier Paper 1)
- Component code: 4MA1/1F
- Time allowed: 120 minutes
- Total marks: 100
- Pages: 28

## Question paper text

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Question 1
The table gives information about the amount of crude oil, in barrels, produced per day by each of six countries in 2015
[Diagram or table: see page 3 of the paper]
(a) Write down the name of the country that produced the least number of barrels of crude oil.
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Work out the difference between the number of barrels of crude oil produced by Vietnam and the number of barrels of crude oil produced by Australia.
Answer: ____ barrels [1]
Thailand produced 248 200 barrels of crude oil.
(c) Write 248 200 correct to the nearest thousand.
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 2
The pictogram shows information about the number of books sold in a shop each day from Monday to Thursday last week.
[Diagram or table: see page 4 of the paper]
(a) How many books were sold on Wednesday last week?
Answer: ____ [1]
35 books were sold in the shop on Friday last week.
(b) Show this information on the pictogram. [1]
Last week
some books were sold in the shop on Saturday no books were sold in the shop on Sunday a total of 500 books were sold in the shop.
(c) Work out the number of books that were sold in the shop on Saturday last week.
Answer: ____ [3]

Question 3
(a) Write down the mathematical name of this 3-D shape.
Answer: ____ [1]
Here is a solid cuboid.
[Diagram or table: see page 5 of the paper]
(b)(i) How many faces has the cuboid?
Answer: ____
(ii) How many vertices has the cuboid?
Answer: ____ [2]
(c) Work out the volume of the cuboid.
Answer: ____ _cm^3 [2]

Question 4
Here is a polygon with five sides.
[Diagram or table: see page 6 of the paper]
(a) Write down the mathematical name of a polygon with five sides.
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Measure the size of the angle marked x.
[Diagram or table: see page 6 of the paper]
Answer: ____ [1]
Two sides of the polygon are parallel.
(c) On the polygon, mark with arrows (>>) this pair of parallel lines. [1]
Here are two triangles.
[Diagram or table: see page 7 of the paper]
(d) Are triangle A and triangle B similar triangles? You must give a reason for your answer.
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 5
Matt buys a notebook and some pencils.
The notebook costs $2.35 Each pencil costs $0.74
Matt has a total of $20 to spend on the notebook and the pencils. He buys the greatest number of pencils that he can.
Work out how many pencils he buys.
Answer: ____ [3]

Question 6
(a) Write 24/40 as a fraction in its simplest form.
Answer: ____ [2]
(b) Write 1/5 as a decimal.
Answer: ____ [1]
There are only blue bricks and white bricks in a box. The ratio of the number of blue bricks to the number of white bricks is 3 : 7
(c) What fraction of the bricks in the box are blue bricks?
Answer: ____ [1]
(d) Show that 3/8 + 1/24 = 5/12 [2]
There are 280 counters in a bag. 1
[Diagram or table: see page 9 of the paper]
The rest of the counters are green.
(e) Work out the number of green counters in the bag.
Answer: ____ [3]

Question 7
(a) Simplify 5c × d
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Solve x + 5 = 12
Answer: x = ____ [1]
(c) Solve 9y = 36
Answer: y = ____ [1]
(d) Simplify 8k + 5m – 2k + 6m
Answer: ____ [2]
(e) Expand 4(3g + 1)
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 8
Pavel asked 60 people at an airport where they came from. All of the 60 people came from Europe or Africa or Asia.
9 people came from Africa. 14 females came from Europe. 3 males came from Africa. 16 of the 29 males came from Asia.
Using this information, complete the two-way table.
[Diagram or table: see page 11 of the paper]
[4]

Question 9
c = 4 d = 7
(a) Work out the value of 3c + 2d
Answer: ____ [2]
p = −6 m = −2
(b) Work out the value of 2p^2+ 3m
Answer: ____ [2]
There are 6 eggs in a small box of eggs. There are 12 eggs in a large box of eggs.
Alex buys g small boxes of eggs and h large boxes of eggs. He buys a total of T eggs.
(c) Write down a formula for T in terms of g and h.
Answer: ____ [3]

Question 10
(a) Use your calculator to work out the value of 67 .8 + 4.6/56
Write down all the figures on your calculator display.
Answer: ____ [2]
(b) Give your answer to part (a) correct to 2 significant figures.
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 11
A circle has radius 18 cm.
Work out the circumference of the circle. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
Answer: ____ _cm [2]

Question 12
Gavin bought 3 pairs of jeans in the USA. He paid a total of $72
Gavin sold the 3 pairs of jeans in England. He sold each pair of jeans for £34.50
£1 = $1.34
Work out Gavin’s percentage profit. Give your answer correct to the nearest whole number.
Answer: ____ % [4]

Question 13
[Diagram or table: see page 16 of the paper]
(a) On the grid, reflect the shaded triangle in the line with equation y = 2 [2]
[Diagram or table: see page 17 of the paper]
(b) Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle A onto triangle B. [3]
Answer: ____

Question 14
The numbers from 1 to 14 are shown in the Venn diagram.
[Diagram or table: see page 18 of the paper]
(a) List the members of the set A ∩ B
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) List the members of the set Bʹ
Answer: ____ [1]
A number is picked at random from the numbers in the Venn diagram.
(c) Find the probability that this number is in set A but is not in set B.
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 15
Toy cars are made in a factory. The toy cars are made for 15 hours each day. 5 toy cars are made every 12 seconds.
For the toy cars made each day, the probability of a toy car being faulty is 0.002
Work out an estimate of the number of faulty toy cars that are made each day.
Answer: ____ [4]

Question 16
On the grid, draw the graph of y = 7 – 4x for values of x from −2 to 3
[Diagram or table: see page 20 of the paper]
[3]

Question 17
Here is a list of six numbers written in order of size.
[Diagram or table: see page 21 of the paper]
a median of 9 a mean of 11
Find the value of x and the value of y.
Answer: x = ____
Answer: y = ____ [4]

Question 18
(a) Write 5.7 × 10^–3 as an ordinary number.
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Write 800 000 in standard form.
Answer: ____ [1]
[Diagram or table: see page 22 of the paper]
(c) Work out 3 × 10/6 × 10_−_2
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 19
A rocket travelled 100 km at an average speed of 28 440 km/h.
Work out how long it took the rocket to travel the 100 km. Give your answer in seconds, correct to the nearest second.
Answer: ____ _seconds [3]

Question 20
(a) Solve 5(4 – x) = 7 – 3x Show clear algebraic working.
Answer: x = ____ [3]
(b) Factorise fully 16m^3 g^3+ 24m^2 g^5
Answer: ____ [2]
(c)(i) Factorise y^2– 2y – 48
Answer: ____ [2]
(ii) Hence, solve y^2– 2y – 48 = 0
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 21
Here is a 10-sided polygon.
[Diagram or table: see page 24 of the paper]
Work out the value of x.
Answer: x = ____ [4]

Question 22
In a sale, normal prices are reduced by 20%
A bag costs 1080 rupees in the sale.
Work out the normal price of the bag.
Answer: ____ _rupees [3]

Question 23
A = 2 × 3^43 B = 16 × 3^37
(a) Find the highest common factor (HCF) of A and B.
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Express the number A × B as a product of powers of its prime factors. Give your answer in its simplest form.
Answer: ____ [2]