# 4MA1 Mathematics A May/June 2024 Paper 2F (Foundation Tier Paper 2)

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE 4MA1 Mathematics A past paper 2F, Foundation Tier Paper 2, May/June 2024. 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 2024
- Paper: 2F (Foundation Tier Paper 2)
- Component code: 4MA1/2F
- 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
The table shows the distance, in kilometres, each of 6 people travelled to get to a train station.
[Diagram or table: see page 3 of the paper]
On the grid, draw a bar chart to show this information. [3]

Question 2
[Diagram or table: see page 4 of the paper]
(a) On the grid, draw a shape that is congruent to shape J [1]
(b) On the grid, draw a shape that is an enlargement of shape J with scale factor 2 [2]
The diagram shows shape K Shape K has exactly one line of symmetry.
(c) Draw this line of symmetry on shape K
[Diagram or table: see page 5 of the paper]
[1]
The diagram shows shape L drawn on a centimetre grid.
[Diagram or table: see page 5 of the paper]
(d) Work out the perimeter of shape L
Answer: ____ _cm [1]
(e) Work out the area of shape L
Answer: ____ _cm^2 [1]

Question 3
(a) Write these numbers in numerical order. Start with the smallest number.
[Diagram or table: see page 6 of the paper]
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Write these decimals in order of size. Start with the smallest decimal.
[Diagram or table: see page 6 of the paper]
Answer: ____ [1]
(c) Write 0.7 as a percentage.
Answer: ____ % [1]
(d) Write 27/100 as a decimal.
Answer: ____ [1]
There are 60 plants on a plant stall.
7/10 of the plants are vegetable plants.
(e) Work out how many of the plants are not vegetable plants.
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 4
Here are the first five terms of a number sequence.
[Diagram or table: see page 7 of the paper]
(a)(i) Write down the next term of the sequence.
Answer: ____ [1]
(ii) Explain how you found your answer to part (a)(i)
Answer: ____ [1]
The 9th term of the sequence is 50
(b) Work out the 12th term of the sequence.
Answer: ____ [1]
Umberto says 7 is a term in the sequence. Umberto is wrong.
(c) Explain why.
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 5
Percy has two fair spinners. Spinner A is 4-sided and can land on 1, 1, 2 or 3 Spinner B is 5-sided and can land on 5, 7, 8, 9 or 11
[Diagram or table: see page 8 of the paper]
Percy spins each spinner once. He subtracts the number that spinner A lands on from the number that spinner B lands on to get his score.
(a) Complete the table to show all the possible scores.
[Diagram or table: see page 8 of the paper]
[2]
(b) Find the probability that
(i) Percy’s score is an even number
Answer: ____ [1]
(ii) Percy’s score is greater than 7
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 6
There are 150 animals on a farm.
Of these animals
[Diagram or table: see page 9 of the paper]
The rest of the animals are chickens.
Write the number of chickens as a fraction of the total number of animals. Give your fraction in its simplest form.
Answer: ____ [3]

Question 7
2 jugs each contain 350 millilitres of milk. 5 bottles each contain y millilitres of milk.
Peter tips all the milk from the 2 jugs and the 5 bottles into a container. The total amount of milk that Peter tips into the container is 2.8 litres.
Work out the value of y
Answer: y = ____ [4]

Question 8
Bargain Crafts and Art’s Store each have a special offer on tins of crayons.
[Diagram or table: see page 10 of the paper]
Pay for 2 tins get 1 tin free 25% off each pack of 5 tins
Heidi buys 30 tins of crayons from Bargain Crafts using the special offer. Amir buys 30 tins of crayons from Art’s Store using the special offer.
Work out the difference between the amount that Heidi pays and the amount that Amir pays.
Answer: $ ____ [4]

Question 9
A circle has a radius of 9 cm.
Calculate the area of the circle. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
Answer: ____ _cm^2 [2]

Question 10
The diagram shows shape A drawn on a centimetre grid.
[Diagram or table: see page 11 of the paper]
On the centimetre grid below, draw a rectangle that has the same area as shape A [2]

Question 11
(a) Simplify e × e × e × e × e
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Simplify m + m + m
Answer: ____ [1]
(c) Simplify 3g^2+ 7g^2– 4g^2
Answer: ____ [1]
(d) Expand a(a + 8)
Answer: ____ [1]
(e) Factorise 15x + 20
Answer: ____ [1]
Sophia sells d packs of toy cars and h boxes of toy cars.
Each pack contains 3 toy cars. Each box contains 5 toy cars.
The total number of toy cars that Sophia sells is T
(f) Write down a formula for T in terms of d and h
Answer: ____ [3]

Question 12
Shane buys a clock in Australia.
The clock costs 232 Australian dollars. In India, an identical clock costs 12 420 Indian rupees.
The exchange rate is 1 Australian dollar = 54 Indian rupees
The clock costs more in Australia than in India.
Work out how much more. You must give the units of your answer.
Answer: ____ [3]

Question 13
Tom wants to knit an item for a baby.
He can knit a jumper (J) or a blanket (B) or a hat (H) or some socks (S) He can knit using white wool (W) or using yellow wool (Y)
Tom chooses one item to knit and chooses one colour of wool.
Write down all the possible combinations for the item that Tom could knit.
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 14
[Diagram or table: see page 14 of the paper]
(a) Describe fully the single transformation that maps shape A onto shape B
Answer: ____ [2]
(b) On the grid, reflect shape A in the line with equation y = –1 [2]

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

Question 16
Use your calculator to work out the value of
[Diagram or table: see page 15 of the paper]
Give your answer as a decimal. Write down all the figures on your calculator display.
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 17
Here are eight numbers written in order of size
[Diagram or table: see page 16 of the paper]
where h, j and k are integers.
The median of the eight numbers is 10
The mode of the eight numbers is 18
The range of the eight numbers is 13
Work out the value of h, the value of j and the value of k
Answer: h = ____
Answer: j = ____
Answer: k = ____ [3]

Question 18
(a) On the grid, draw the straight line with equation
(i) y = 2
(ii) x = 6
(iii) y = x + 1
Label each line with its equation.
[Diagram or table: see page 17 of the paper]
[3]
(b) Show, by shading on the grid, the region that satisfies all three of the inequalities
[Diagram or table: see page 17 of the paper]
Label the region R [1]

Question 19
A plane takes 9 hours 36 minutes to fly from New Delhi to Perth.
The plane flies at an average speed of 820 km/h.
Work out the total distance the plane flies.
Answer: ____ _km [3]

Question 20
Show that 2 4/7 × 3 1/9 = 8 [3]

Question 21
The diagram shows triangle ABC
[Diagram or table: see page 19 of the paper]
Work out the value of x Give your answer correct to one decimal place.
Answer: x = ____ [3]

Question 22
Change a speed of w metres per second to a speed in kilometres per hour. Give your answer in terms of w in its simplest form.
Answer: ____ _kilometres_per_hour [3]

Question 23
The diagram shows a 6-sided shape ABCDEF
[Diagram or table: see page 20 of the paper]
The perpendicular height of the shape is h cm CD is parallel to AF
The area of the shape is 390 cm^2
Work out the value of h
Answer: h = ____ [4]

Question 24
Ishir plants 600 bulbs in a garden. He plants tulip bulbs, crocus bulbs and daffodil bulbs so that
number of tulip bulbs : number of crocus bulbs : number of daffodil bulbs = 9 : 4 : 2
45% of the tulip bulbs are for yellow flowers.
5/8 of the crocus bulbs are for yellow flowers.
All of the daffodil bulbs are for yellow flowers.
Work out the number of bulbs that are for yellow flowers.
Answer: ____ [5]

Question 25
Giovanni invests 4500 koruna in a savings account for 4 years. He gets 2.4% per year compound interest.
Work out how much money Giovanni will have in the savings account at the end of 4 years. Give your answer correct to the nearest koruna.
Answer: ____ _koruna [3]

Question 26
Solve the simultaneous equations
[Diagram or table: see page 23 of the paper]
Show clear algebraic working.
Answer: x = ____
Answer: y = ____ [3]

Question 27
(i) Factorise x^2+ 9x – 22
Answer: ____ [2]
(ii) Hence, solve x^2+ 9x – 22 = 0
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 28
Ali uses a fitness tracker to count the number of steps he walks each day for 7 days.
For the first 4 days, his mean number of steps is 11 800 For the next 3 days, his mean number of steps is 13 207
Work out his mean number of steps for the 7 days.
Answer: ____ [3]