# 4MA1 Mathematics A May/June 2025 Paper 1F (Foundation Tier Paper 1)

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE 4MA1 Mathematics A past paper 1F, Foundation Tier Paper 1, May/June 2025. 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 2025
- Paper: 1F (Foundation Tier Paper 1)
- Component code: 4MA1/1F
- Time allowed: 120 minutes
- Total marks: 100
- Pages: 24

## Question paper text

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Question 1
Write a number in each box so that each calculation is correct.
(a) 475 + = 1200 [1]
(b) 180× = 5760 [1]
Here are four discs. There is a number on each disc.
[Diagram or table: see page 3 of the paper]
Using each disc only once,
(c)(i) write down the smallest number that can be made,
Answer: ____ [1]
(ii) write down the largest even number that can be made.
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 2
The pictogram shows some information about the number of tyres sold in a garage each month from January to April.
[Diagram or table: see page 4 of the paper]
Key: represents 8 tyres
(a) How many tyres were sold in January?
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Work out the total number of tyres sold in the four months from January to April.
Answer: ____ [2]
In May, 22 tyres were sold.
(c) Show this information on the pictogram. [1]

Question 3
Here is a prism.
(a) How many faces has the prism?
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) How many vertices has the prism?
Answer: ____ [1]
[Diagram or table: see page 5 of the paper]
A and B are points on a circle, centre O
(c) Write down the mathematical name of the line AB
Answer: ____ [1]
(d) Write down the mathematical name of the line CD
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 4
(a) Simplify 4× 5e
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Solve f 14  29
Answer: f = ____ [1]

Question 5
(a) Write 0.6 as a percentage.
Answer: ____ % [1]
(b) Write 19/100 as a decimal.
Answer: ____ [1]
(c) What fraction of this shape is shaded? Write your fraction in its simplest form.
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 6
Here are the first four terms of a number sequence.
[Diagram or table: see page 7 of the paper]
(a) Write down the next term of the sequence.
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Explain how you found your answer to part (a)
Answer: ____ [1]
(c) Find the 12th term of the sequence.
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 7
The normal price of a calculator is £26.80
Amy gets 1/4 off the normal price with her student discount card.
Amy buys 2 of these calculators. She pays with a £50 note.
How much change should Amy receive?
Answer: £ ____ [4]

Question 8
(a) Complete the table of values for y  2x 1
[Diagram or table: see page 8 of the paper]
[2]
(b) On the grid, draw the graph of y  2x 1 for values of x from –2 to 3
[Diagram or table: see page 8 of the paper]
[2]

Question 9
Tamsin asked some people how they prefer their eggs cooked. They could choose scrambled or boiled or poached or fried.
The pie chart shows some information about their answers.
[Diagram or table: see page 9 of the paper]
(a) Use the pie chart to complete the table.
[Diagram or table: see page 9 of the paper]
[3]
One of these people is selected at random.
(b) Write down the probability that this person chose scrambled.
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 10
Boxes are put into a crate.
[Diagram or table: see page 10 of the paper]
Each box is a cuboid, 16 cm by 4 cm by 6 cm The crate is a cuboid, 80 cm by 12 cm by 42 cm
Work out the greatest number of boxes that can be put into the crate.
Answer: ____ [3]

Question 11
A shop sells boxes of almonds.
12 of these boxes cost a total of 708 dirhams.
Work out the cost of 5 of these boxes.
Answer: ____ dirhams [2]

Question 12
Seb went into a restaurant at 18 15 He left the restaurant at 21 40
(a) Work out the time that Seb spent in the restaurant. Give your answer in hours and minutes.
Answer: ____ hours ____ minutes [2]
On Friday, the restaurant sold 120 meals. 48 of these meals were vegetarian meals.
(b) What percentage of the meals sold on Friday were vegetarian meals?
Answer: ____ % [2]

Question 13
Show that 3/7  1/4  19/28 [2]

Question 14
(a) Expand xx  7
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Factorise 8y −10
Answer: ____ [1]
m  5a  7b
(c) Work out the value of a when m = 48 and b = 3
[Diagram or table: see page 13 of the paper]
Answer: ____ [3]

Question 15
Adam sells chocolate cakes and lemon cakes.
The ratio
number of chocolate cakes he sells : number of lemon cakes he sells = 5 : 7
He sells 40 chocolate cakes.
Adam sells each chocolate cake for $8.50 He sells each lemon cake for $12.75
Work out the total amount of money Adam gets for selling the cakes.
Answer: $ ____ [4]

Question 16
Some students were asked if they study French (F) or Spanish (S)
The Venn diagram gives information about the results. The values shown represent numbers of students.
[Diagram or table: see page 15 of the paper]
(a) How many of these students study only French or only Spanish?
Answer: ____ [1]
One of these students is chosen at random.
(b) Find the probability that this student studies both French and Spanish.
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 17
The diagram shows the plan of a stage.
The stage is made up of a rectangle and an isosceles triangle.
[Diagram or table: see page 16 of the paper]
Yuko is going to cover the stage with varnish. She needs to buy enough tins of varnish to cover the stage with one coat of varnish.
Each tin of varnish covers an area of 4 m^2
Work out the smallest number of tins of varnish that Yuko needs to buy. Show your working clearly.
Answer: ____ [4]

Question 18
The table gives information about the distances 100 adults travel to work.
[Diagram or table: see page 17 of the paper]
10 < d  15
15 < d  20
20 < d  25
(a) Write down the modal class.
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Work out an estimate for the mean distance.
Answer: ____ _km [4]

Question 19
Anna makes cups. Each cup costs 6 Swiss francs to make.
Anna puts the cups into boxes to sell. Each box contains 4 cups.
Anna sells 80 boxes of cups for a total of 2160 Swiss francs.
(a) Work out the percentage profit Anna makes. Show your working clearly.
Answer: ____ % [4]
The height of each cup is 9 cm, correct to the nearest cm
(b) Write down the lower bound of the height.
Answer: ____ cm [1]
The weight of each cup is 120 g, correct to the nearest 10 g
(c) Write down the upper bound of the weight.
Answer: ____ g [1]

Question 20
[Diagram or table: see page 19 of the paper]
AB and BC are two sides of a regular polygon with n sides.
Work out the value of n Show your working clearly.
Answer: n = ____ [4]

Question 21
x^5 × x^7= x^m
(a) Find the value of m
Answer: m = ____ [1]
y^8÷ y^3= y^n
(b) Find the value of n
Answer: n = ____ [1]
(c) Simplify fully (5a^4 r^2)^3
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 22
In a sale, normal prices are reduced by 28% The sale price of a watch is 198 euros.
Work out the normal price of the watch.
Answer: ____ euros [3]

Question 23
(a) Solve x – 4 = 3 + 2x/6
Show clear algebraic working.
Answer: x = ____ [3]
(b)(i) Factorise y^2– 11y + 30
Answer: ____ [2]
(ii) Hence solve y^2– 11y + 30 = 0
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 24
Here is a solid cylinder.
[Diagram or table: see page 22 of the paper]
The radius of the cylinder is 8 cm The height of the cylinder is h cm
The volume of the cylinder is 3892 cm^3
Work out the value of h Give your answer correct to one decimal place.
Answer: h = ____ [3]

Question 25
(a) Write 520 million in standard form.
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Write 8.79 × 10^–5 as an ordinary number.
Answer: ____ [1]
(c) Work out (5 × 10^42) × (7 × 10^–180) Give your answer in standard form.
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 26
[Diagram or table: see page 24 of the paper]
ABCD is a trapezium with one line of symmetry.
[Diagram or table: see page 24 of the paper]
Work out the area of the trapezium. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures. Show your working clearly.
Answer: ____ cm^2 [5]