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

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE 4MA1 Mathematics A past paper 1FR, 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: 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 land area, in km^2, of each of six US states.
[Diagram or table: see page 3 of the paper]
(a) Which one of these six US states has the greatest land area?
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Write the number 314 161 correct to the nearest hundred.
Answer: ____ [1]
(c) Write down the value of the 4 in the number 294 207
Answer: ____ [1]
(d) Work out the sum of the land area of Oregon and the land area of Washington.
Answer: ____ _km^2 [1]
The land area of Vermont is 23 871 km^2
(e) Write the number 23 871 in words.
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 2
Freya has four cards. There is a number on each card.
[Diagram or table: see page 4 of the paper]
Freya is going to pick at random one of these cards.
(a) Circle the word in the box below that best describes the likelihood that Freya will pick a card with the number 5 on it.
[Diagram or table: see page 4 of the paper]
[1]
(b) On the probability scale below, mark with a cross (×) the probability that Freya will pick a card with a number less than 6 on it.
[Diagram or table: see page 4 of the paper]
[1]
Ishani has six cards each with a number on it. Four of these numbers are shown below.
When she picks at random one of the six cards, the probability that she picks a card with
an even number on it is 1/2
(c) Write a number on each of the blank cards to show one possible set of six cards that Ishani could have.
[Diagram or table: see page 4 of the paper]
[1]

Question 3
The diagram shows a 6-sided polygon.
[Diagram or table: see page 5 of the paper]
(a) Measure the length of the side AB Give the units of your answer.
Answer: ____ [2]
(b) Measure the size of the angle marked x
Answer: ____ [1]
(c) Write down the mathematical name of a 6-sided polygon.
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 4
(a) Write 9/10 as a decimal.
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Write 3/50 as a percentage.
Answer: ____ % [1]
Here is a shape made of squares.
(c) Shade 5/8 of the shape. [1]
(d) One of these fractions is not equivalent to 2/5
Which one?
[Diagram or table: see page 6 of the paper]
Answer: ____ [1]
There are 32 students in a class. 8 of the students study French.
(e) What fraction of the students do not study French? Give your fraction in its simplest form.
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 5
(a) Simplify 4e × 7f
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Simplify d × d × d × d × d
Answer: ____ [1]
(c) Simplify 3a + 2k + a – 7k
Answer: ____ [2]
(d) Solve x + 6 = 15
Answer: x = ____ [1]
(e) Solve 2r – 9 = 14
Answer: r = ____ [2]

Question 6
Aabir has some boxes and some crates. Each box has the same weight. Each crate has the same weight.
The total weight of 7 boxes and 2 crates is 27.3 kg The total weight of 4 boxes and 2 crates is 16.8 kg
Work out the weight of one crate.
Answer: ____ kg [4]

Question 7
[Diagram or table: see page 8 of the paper]
AEC and BED are straight lines.
Sergio says that the value of x is 58
(a) Give a reason why Sergio is correct.
Answer: ____ [1]
In the diagram, GHIJ is a quadrilateral.
[Diagram or table: see page 9 of the paper]
Chloe says “FGH is a straight line”
(b) Show that Chloe is wrong. Give a reason for each stage of your working. [4]

Question 8
The pictogram shows information about the number of toys sold in a shop on each of five days.
[Diagram or table: see page 10 of the paper]
The number of toys sold on Friday was 16 more than the number of toys sold on Thursday.
Work out the number of toys sold on Monday.
Answer: ____ [3]

Question 9
Here are the first four terms of a number sequence.
[Diagram or table: see page 11 of the paper]
(i) Write down the next term of the sequence.
Answer: ____ [1]
(ii) Explain how you worked out your answer.
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 10
The table shows information about the number of cars sold by a garage in each of 30 weeks.
[Diagram or table: see page 11 of the paper]
Work out the mean number of cars sold per week.
Answer: ____ [3]

Question 11
On the grid, draw the graph of y = 2x – 5 for values of x from –1 to 4
[Diagram or table: see page 12 of the paper]
[3]

Question 12
A shop accepts payment in pounds (£) or in Swiss francs.
In the shop, a shirt costs £35 or 42 Swiss francs. The cost of a jacket is £54
Alex works out the cost of the jacket in Swiss francs. She uses the same exchange rate that was used for the cost of the shirt.
What is the cost of the jacket in Swiss francs?
Answer: ____ Swiss francs [3]

Question 13
A circle has radius 6.4 cm
Work out the area of the circle. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
Answer: ____ cm^2 [2]

Question 14
The diagram shows a plan of a garden made from three identical rectangles.
[Diagram or table: see page 14 of the paper]
The length of each rectangle is 6 metres. The width of each rectangle is 3.5 metres.
Jeremy puts a fence around the perimeter of the garden. He charges 7.60 euros for each 1 metre of fence.
Work out how much Jeremy charges in total for the fence.
Answer: ____ euros [4]

Question 15
Jill scored 119 out of 140 marks in an exam.
Work out Jill’s score as a percentage.
Answer: ____ % [2]

Question 16
Find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 45 and 70
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 17
The length of a ship is 142.8 m, correct to 1 decimal place.
(i) Write down the lower bound of the length of the ship.
Answer: ____ m [1]
(ii) Write down the upper bound of the length of the ship.
Answer: ____ m [1]

Question 18
Show that 2 1/4  15/7  3 6/7 [3]

Question 19
Here is a biased 5-sided spinner. When the spinner is spun, it can land on blue or on green or on purple or on red or on yellow.
[Diagram or table: see page 17 of the paper]
The table gives information about the probability of the spinner landing on each colour.
[Diagram or table: see page 17 of the paper]
Sophie spins the spinner once.
(a) Work out the probability that the spinner lands on blue or on green or on purple.
Answer: ____ [1]
Max spins the spinner 350 times.
(b) Work out an estimate for the number of times the spinner lands on red.
Answer: ____ [4]

Question 20
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
C  1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11
(a) List the members of the set
(i) A ∪ B
Answer: ____
(ii) Bʹ
Answer: ____ [2]
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
C  1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11
(b) Write a symbol from the box on each dotted line to make each of the following a true statement.
(i) Answer: A  C  ____
(ii) Answer: 13 ____ E [2]

Question 21
[Diagram or table: see page 19 of the paper]
(a) Write down the inequality shown on the number line.
Answer: ____ [2]
(b) Solve the inequality 7a  5  3a  28 Show clear algebraic working.
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 22
A bus travels a distance of 1262 km from Beijing to Shanghai.
The bus takes 17 1/2 hours.
(a) Work out the average speed of the bus. Give your answer, in km/h, correct to the nearest whole number.
Answer: ____ _km/h [2]
(b) Change a speed of 50x metres per second to a speed in kilometres per hour.
Answer: ____ _km/h [3]

Question 23
(a) Expand x(x − 3)
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Make t the subject of m  t  4/5
Answer: ____ [2]
(c) Simplify a^6 × a^10
Answer: ____ [1]
(d) Simplify c^30 ÷ c^12
Answer: ____ [1]
(e)(i) Factorise y^2  10 y  21
Answer: ____ [2]
(ii) Hence, solve y^2  10 y  21  0
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 24
The diagram shows triangle PQR
[Diagram or table: see page 22 of the paper]
Work out the length of QR Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
Answer: ____ _cm [3]

Question 25
The diagram shows two water containers. One is a cuboid and one is a cylinder.
[Diagram or table: see page 23 of the paper]
The cuboid measures 35 cm by 28 cm by 20 cm The surface of the water in the cuboid is 9 cm above the base of the cuboid.
The cylinder has a radius of 10 cm and a height of 33 cm The cylinder is completely full of water.
Izzy is going to pour all the water from the cylinder into the cuboid.
Show that the cuboid will not be completely full of water. [3]

Question 26
Zhou invests some money for 2 years. He invests $2500 with Bank A and $3000 with Bank B.
[Diagram or table: see page 24 of the paper]
Zhou receives more interest from Bank A than from Bank B.
How much more?
Answer: $ ____ [5]