# 4MA1 Mathematics A May/June 2023 Paper 1F (Foundation Tier Paper 1)

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE 4MA1 Mathematics A past paper 1F, Foundation Tier Paper 1, May/June 2023. 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 2023
- 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
(a) Shade 4/5 of this shape. [1]
(b) Write 27/36 as a fraction in its simplest form.
Answer: ____ [1]
(c) Write 3/100 as a decimal.
Answer: ____ [1]
(d) Write 7/50 as a percentage.
Answer: ____ % [1]

Question 2
Melanie finds this information about the number of people, in millions, who speak each of five languages as their first language.
[Diagram or table: see page 4 of the paper]
(a) Which of these languages is the first language of the greatest number of people?
Answer: ____ [1]
More people speak Japanese as their first language than speak Greek as their first language.
(b) How many more?
Answer: ____ _million [1]
The number of people who speak Tamil as their first language is 1/4 of the number of people who speak Bengali as their first language.
(c) Work out the number of people who speak Bengali as their first language.
Answer: ____ _million [1]
It is estimated that 861 700 people can speak Welsh.
(d) Write 861 700 in words.
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 3
Ivor asks 20 children in his class to name their favourite fruit. Here are his results.
[Diagram or table: see page 5 of the paper]
(a) Complete the frequency table to show this information.
[Diagram or table: see page 5 of the paper]
[2]
(b) Complete the bar chart for the information in your table.
[Diagram or table: see page 5 of the paper]
[3]

Question 4
(a) Write 4.15 pm as a time using the 24-hour clock.
Answer: ____ [1]
On Thursday, Belina drives to Theo’s house.
She leaves home at 09 15 She arrives at Theo’s house at 14 40
(b) Work out how long the journey takes. Give your answer in hours and minutes.
Answer: ____ _hours ____ _minutes [2]

Question 5
(a) Simplify p + p + p + p
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Simplify 5e + 6f + 7e – 2f
Answer: ____ [2]
(c) Solve 13 – x = 7
Answer: x = ____ [1]
(d) Solve 4y + 7 = 43
Answer: y = ____ [2]

Question 6
Vivienne makes bread.
The weight of yeast she uses is 1% of the weight of flour she uses.
Vivienne uses 750 g of flour.
(a) Work out the weight of yeast she uses.
Answer: ____ _g [2]
Bernard makes currant buns.
For every 400 g of flour he uses, he uses 125 g of currants.
Bernard uses 2000 g of flour.
(b) Work out the weight of currants he uses.
Answer: ____ _g [2]

Question 7
The diagram shows a rectangle measuring 10 cm by 3 cm.
[Diagram or table: see page 9 of the paper]
A shape is made by placing 3 of these rectangles together as shown in the diagram.
Work out the perimeter of the shape.
Answer: ____ _cm [3]

Question 8
Carla wraps some parcels with ribbon. She wraps 2 large parcels and 3 small parcels.
For each large parcel, Carla uses 185 centimetres of ribbon. For each small parcel, she uses p centimetres of ribbon.
In total, Carla uses exactly 7 metres of ribbon to wrap the parcels.
Find the value of p
Answer: p = ____ [3]

Question 9
Here is a number machine.
[Diagram or table: see page 11 of the paper]
(a) Work out the output when the input is 14
Answer: ____ [1]
Here is a different number machine.
[Diagram or table: see page 11 of the paper]
Answer: ____
When the input is 11 the output is 64
(b) Write a number on the dotted line to complete the number machine. [2]

Question 10
There are 30 counters in a bag.
13 of the counters are purple. 11 of the counters are white. The rest of the counters are red.
Suha takes at random a counter from the bag.
(a) Write down the probability that the counter is purple.
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Work out the probability that the counter is red.
Answer: ____ [1]
The counter is put back into the bag.
Clive now puts 10 more counters into the bag. When a counter is taken at random from the bag,
the probability that it is white is now 2/5
(c) How many of the 10 counters that Clive puts into the bag are white?
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 11
Pablo buys some tickets to go to the theatre.
3 of the tickets are for adults. The remaining tickets are for children.
Each adult ticket costs 12 euros. The children’s tickets each cost 30% less than an adult ticket.
The total amount of money that Pablo pays for all the tickets is 94.80 euros.
Find the number of children’s tickets Pablo buys.
Answer: ____ [4]

Question 12
Pam plays netball for her school team.
Here are the numbers of goals she scored in the last 8 games. The numbers of goals are written in order of size.
[Diagram or table: see page 14 of the paper]
(a) Find the range of the number of goals Pam scored.
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Find the median number of goals Pam scored.
Answer: ____ [1]
The mean number of goals Pam scored in the 8 games is 5
(c) Work out the value of x
Answer: x = ____ [3]

Question 13
The diagram shows a rectangle and an isosceles triangle.
[Diagram or table: see page 15 of the paper]
The perimeter of the rectangle is equal to the perimeter of the triangle.
(a) Find the area of the rectangle.
Answer: ____ _cm^2 [3]
The diagram shows a cuboid.
[Diagram or table: see page 15 of the paper]
The volume of the cuboid is 231 cm^3
(b) Calculate the value of w
Answer: w = ____ [2]

Question 14
(a) Work out the value of 9/12 .4  5.3  2.8/9. 64
Give your answer as a decimal. Write down all the figures on your calculator display.
Answer: ____ [2]
(b) Write your answer to part (a) correct to 3 significant figures.
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 15
ℰ = {5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20}
A = {odd numbers} B = {multiples of 5}
Complete the Venn diagram for this information.
[Diagram or table: see page 16 of the paper]
[3]

Question 16
Last season, the number of goals scored by Arjun, by Simon and by Kath for their football team were in the ratios 2 : 5 : 8
Simon scored 12 more goals than Arjun.
Work out the number of goals scored by Kath.
Answer: ____ [3]

Question 17
The table gives information about the number of minutes that Abby spent walking each day in September.
[Diagram or table: see page 18 of the paper]
120 < M  150
Work out an estimate for the total number of minutes that Abby spent walking in September.
Answer: ____ _minutes [3]

Question 18
Nanette buys 60 notebooks for a total cost of 780 dirhams.
Nanette sells 70% of the notebooks for 22 dirhams each. She sells the remaining notebooks for 19 dirhams each.
Work out Nanette’s percentage profit. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
Answer: ____ % [4]

Question 19
The diagram shows a sketch of triangle A and triangle B on a coordinate grid.
[Diagram or table: see page 20 of the paper]
(a) Given that triangle A has been translated to give triangle B, work out the value of d, the value of e and the value of f
Answer: d = ____
Answer: e = ____
Answer: f = ____ [3]
The diagram shows shape P and shape Q drawn on a grid.
y 12
11
10
[Diagram or table: see page 21 of the paper]
(b) Describe fully the single transformation that maps shape P onto shape Q
Answer: ____ [3]
(c) On the grid above, rotate shape P 90° clockwise about (3, 5) Label your shape R [2]

Question 20
The diagram shows a shaded shape AEBCD made by removing triangle AEB from rectangle ABCD
[Diagram or table: see page 22 of the paper]
Work out the perimeter of the shaded shape.
Answer: ____ _cm [4]

Question 21
(a) Simplify (2c^4 d^7)^3
Answer: ____ [2]
(b) Find the value of 5y^0 where y > 0
Answer: ____ [1]
(c) Factorise fully 16a^2 b^3+ 20a^3 b
Answer: ____ [2]
(d)(i) Factorise x^2+ 9x – 22
Answer: ____ [2]
(ii) Hence solve x^2+ 9x – 22 = 0
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 22
[Diagram or table: see page 24 of the paper]
The region R, shown shaded in the diagram, is bounded by three straight lines.
Find the inequalities that define R
Answer: ____ [4]

Question 23
(a) Write 300 as a product of its prime factors. Show your working clearly.
Answer: ____ [2]
A = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 5
B = 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 5
(b) Find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 5A and 7B Show your working clearly.
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 24
Solve the simultaneous equations
[Diagram or table: see page 26 of the paper]
Show clear algebraic working.
Answer: x = ____
Answer: y = ____ [3]