# 4MA1 Mathematics A January 2021 Paper 1FR (Foundation Tier Paper 1)

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE 4MA1 Mathematics A past paper 1FR, Foundation Tier Paper 1, January 2021. 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: January 2021
- Paper: 1FR (Foundation Tier Paper 1)
- Component code: 4MA1/1FR
- Time allowed: 120 minutes
- Total marks: 100
- Pages: 24

## Question paper text

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Question 1
The table shows the heights, in metres, of five mountains.
[Diagram or table: see page 3 of the paper]
(a) Which of these mountains has the greatest height?
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Write the number 5895 in words.
Answer: ____ [1]
(c) Write down the value of the 8 in 4810
Answer: ____ [1]
(d) Work out the difference between the height of Aconcagua and the height of Puncak Jaya.
Answer: ____ _metres [1]

Question 2
Caroline has a bag containing 10 counters.
In the bag there are
7 red counters 2 blue counters 1 green counter
Caroline is going to choose at random a counter from the bag.
[Diagram or table: see page 4 of the paper]
(a) Write down the word from the box that best describes the likelihood that Caroline will take
(i) a red counter,
Answer: ____
(ii) a yellow counter.
Answer: ____ [2]
Jamil is going to roll a fair six‑sided dice.
(b) On the probability scale, mark with a cross (X) the probability that the dice will land on an odd number.
[Diagram or table: see page 4 of the paper]
[1]
(c) On the probability scale, mark with a cross (X) the probability that the dice will land on 2
[Diagram or table: see page 4 of the paper]
[1]

Question 3
Here is a quadrilateral.
[Diagram or table: see page 5 of the paper]
(a) What is the mathematical name of this quadrilateral?
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Measure the size of the angle marked x.
Answer: ____ [1]
(c) On the quadrilateral, mark with arrows (>>) a pair of parallel lines. [1]
The quadrilateral has four angles.
(d) How many of these angles are right angles?
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 4
Iwan is going to buy the following items
1 plant pot at £8 3 bags of soil at £4.50 for each bag some packets of seeds at £1.10 for each packet.
Iwan has a total of £30 to spend on these items. He buys as many packets of seeds as he can.
Work out how much change Iwan should receive.
Answer: £ ____ [4]

Question 5
The diagram shows the point A and the line CD on a grid.
[Diagram or table: see page 7 of the paper]
(a) Write down the coordinates of point A.
Answer: ( ____ , ____ ) [1]
The point B has coordinates (4, –2)
(b) On the grid, mark with a cross (X) the point B. Label the point B. [1]
(c) Write down an equation of the line CD.
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 6
Here is a shape made of squares.
(a) Shade 3/5 of the shape. [1]
(b) Write 36/120 as a fraction in its simplest form.
Answer: ____ [1]
(c) Write these fractions in order of size. Start with the smallest fraction.
[Diagram or table: see page 8 of the paper]
Answer: ____ [2]
5/9 of a number is 14
(d) What is the number?
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 7
Cate asked the 60 members of a leisure centre how many times they had each visited the leisure centre last week.
The table gives information about her results.
[Diagram or table: see page 9 of the paper]
(a) Write down the mode of the number of visits.
Answer: ____ [1]
Cate is going to draw a pie chart for the information in the table.
(b) Work out the size of the angle in the pie chart for the sector representing 1 visit.
[Diagram or table: see page 9 of the paper]
Answer: ____ [2]
35% of the 60 members are aged 50 or over.
(c) Work out how many of the members are aged 50 or over.
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 8
(a) Simplify a × a × a × a
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Simplify 4b ×5c
Answer: ____ [1]
(c) Simplify 6d + 2e + d – 5e
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 9
Sabbir has some boxes of bananas and some sacks of tomatoes. The weight of each box of bananas is the same and the weight of each sack of tomatoes is the same.
The weight of 3 boxes of bananas is 42 kg. The weight of 8 sacks of tomatoes is 68 kg.
Work out the total weight of 9 boxes of bananas and 15 sacks of tomatoes.
Answer: ____ kg [3]

Question 10
The diagram shows the isosceles triangle ABC in which AB = AC
[Diagram or table: see page 11 of the paper]
BCD is a straight line.
Work out the value of x.
Answer: x = ____ [3]

Question 11
On the grid, draw the graph of y = 3 – 2x for values of x from –2 to 3
[Diagram or table: see page 12 of the paper]
[3]

Question 12
Rose and Haydn share £250 in the ratio 2 : 3
Rose gives all her share of the money to charity. Haydn gives 42% of his share of the money to charity.
Rose gives more money to charity than Haydn gives to charity.
Work out how much more.
Answer: £ ____ [5]

Question 13
A circle has diameter 18 cm.
Work out the area of the circle. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
Answer: ____ cm^2 [2]

Question 14
E = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12} A = {2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12} B = {3, 6, 9, 12}
(a) Complete the Venn diagram below for the sets E, A and B.
[Diagram or table: see page 14 of the paper]
[3]
One of the numbers in E is to be chosen at random.
(b) Find the probability that this number is not in set A and not in set B.
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 15
(a) Expand 5(3a + 4)
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Factorise 4c – 14
Answer: ____ [1]
(c) Solve 5x – 11 = x + 6 Show clear algebraic working.
Answer: x = ____ [3]

Question 16
Show that 3 1/5 × 1 5/6 = 5 13/15 [3]

Question 17
Given that a < b < c
the four whole numbers a, a, b and c have
a mode of 7 a median of 8.5 a mean of 9
Work out the value of a, the value of b and the value of c.
Answer: a = ____
Answer: b = ____
Answer: c = ____ [4]

Question 18
(a) On the number line, show the inequality –2  y < 1
[Diagram or table: see page 17 of the paper]
[2]
n is an integer.
(b) Write down all the values of n that satisfy –3.4 < n  2
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 19
A train journey from Paris to Amsterdam took 3 hours 24 minutes. The total distance the train travelled was 433.5 km.
Work out the average speed of the train. Give your answer in kilometres per hour.
Answer: ____ km/h [3]

Question 20
The diagram shows a cuboid and a cylinder.
[Diagram or table: see page 18 of the paper]
The dimensions of the cuboid are x cm by 12 cm by 5 cm. The volume of the cuboid is 270 cm^3
The radius of the cylinder is x cm. The height of the cylinder is 2x cm.
(a) Work out the volume of the cylinder. Give your answer correct to the nearest whole number.
Answer: ____ cm^3 [3]
(b) Change 1 m^3 to cm^3
Answer: ____ _cm^3 [1]

Question 21
(a) Make c the subject of A = c/y – 5z
Answer: ____ [2]
(b) Write down the value of g^0
Answer: ____ [1]
(c) Factorise x^2– 11x + 24
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 22
Kuro invests 50 000 yen for 3 years in a savings account. She gets 2.4% per year compound interest.
Work out how much money Kuro will have in her savings account at the end of the 3 years. Give your answer correct to the nearest yen.
Answer: ____ _yen [3]

Question 23
The diagram shows a regular pentagon, ABCDE, a regular hexagon, CFGHID, and a quadrilateral, EDIJ.
[Diagram or table: see page 21 of the paper]
AEJ and HIJ are straight lines.
Work out the size of the angle marked x. Show your working clearly.
[Diagram or table: see page 21 of the paper]
Answer: ____ [5]

Question 24
A = 2^8 × 3^5 × 11^4 B = 2^6 × 3 × 11^8
(a) Find the highest common factor (HCF) of A and B.
Answer: ____ [2]
(b) Find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 2A and 3B. Give the LCM as a product of powers of its prime factors.
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 25
The diagram shows one face of a wall. This face is in the shape of a pentagon with exactly one line of symmetry.
[Diagram or table: see page 23 of the paper]
Omondi is going to paint this face of the wall once. He has to buy all the paint that he needs to use.
The paint in each tin of paint Omondi is going to buy will cover 16 m^2 of the face of the wall.
Work out the least number of tins of paint Omondi will need to buy. Show your working clearly.
Answer: ____ [5]