4MA1 Mathematics A: May/June 2025 Paper 2FFoundation Tier Paper 2

Cho finds this information about the areas, in square kilometres, of some South American countries.

(a)Which of these countries has the largest area?

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(b)Write the number 163 800 in words.

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(c)Circle the word that describes the value of the 7 in 406 752

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(d)Write the number 173 626 correct to the nearest thousand.

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(e)Work out the difference between the area of Chile and the area of Uruguay.

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Zia asks 20 adults to name their favourite African animal. Here are her results.

(a)Complete the frequency table to show this information.

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(b)Complete the bar chart for the information in your table.

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(a)Simplify d + d + d + d

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(b)Simplify w × w × w × w × w

[1]

(c)Solve 6x = 42

x = [1]

(d)Simplify 7r + 9y + 3r – 4y

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The diagram shows a number line.

(a)Write down the number marked with the arrow.

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(b)On the number line below, mark with an arrow ( ) the number 265

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The diagram shows three points, P, Q and R, marked on a grid.

(a)Write down the coordinates of point P

( , )[1]

(b)On the grid, mark with a cross (×) the point with coordinates (3, –1) Label this point T[1]

(c)Find the coordinates of the midpoint of QR

( , )[2]

(a)Write 195 as a mixed number.

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(b)Circle the two fractions that are equivalent.

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(c)Write 0.3 as a fraction.

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2 cupcakes and 5 doughnuts cost $4.50 3 cupcakes cost $2.25

Work out the cost of 1 doughnut.

$ [4]

ABC and EBD are straight lines. Triangle BCD is isosceles with BD = BC

Angle ABE = 104°

Work out the value of x

x = [3]

Roy has 2 litres of orange juice in a jug and some empty cups. He pours orange juice from the jug to completely fill as many cups as possible. He pours 180 millilitres of orange juice into each cup.

Work out how much orange juice Roy has left in the jug after he has completely filled as many cups as possible. Give your answer in millilitres.

_millilitres[4]

Lui is asked to work out the value of 30 – 4x when x = –5

Here is his working and his answer.

30 – 4x = 30 – 4 × –5

Lui’s answer is wrong.

(a)Explain what Lui has done wrong in his working.

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Oni thinks of a number. She calls the number Y

Y is a positive, odd number and Y  9

(b)Write down all the possible values of Y

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The children at a holiday club play sport either on Monday or on Tuesday. They each choose one sport from tennis or athletics or cricket. The two‑way table shows some information about their choices.

(a)Complete the two‑way table.[3]

One of the children who plays cricket is chosen at random.

(b)Write down the probability that this child plays cricket on Monday.

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(a)Make y the subject of w = 3y – d

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Diego buys b boxes of crayons and p packets of crayons.

There are 12 crayons in each box. There are 3 crayons in each packet.

Diego buys a total of T crayons.

(b)Write down a formula for T in terms of b and p

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Work out the value of

Write down all the figures on your calculator display.

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A company makes cars.

The company makes 125 cars each hour for 9 hours a day. The company makes cars for 5 days each week.

24% of the cars the company makes are red.

Work out the number of red cars that the company makes each week.

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A circle has radius 16 cm

Calculate the circumference of the circle. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

cm[2]

The diagram shows the positions of two villages, A and B

The bearing of B from A is 073

Work out the bearing of A from B

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Here is a list of ingredients to make spaghetti carbonara for 4 people.

Joe is going to make spaghetti carbonara for 12 people.

(a)Work out how much cheese he needs.

_g[2]

Ruhi makes spaghetti carbonara. She uses 180 g of butter.

(b)Work out how many people Ruhi makes the spaghetti carbonara for.

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Rio has six cards. He writes a number on each card so that

the range of the numbers is 10 the median of the numbers is 7.5 the mode of the numbers is 6

Rio arranges the cards so that the numbers are in order of size.

Three of the numbers are hidden.

Complete the cards above to show the three numbers that are hidden.[3]

(a)On the grid, enlarge shape A with scale factor 3 and centre (0, 1)[2]

(b)Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle P onto triangle Q

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Show that 7 13  3 47  31621[3]

Using ruler and compasses only, construct the perpendicular bisector of the line AB Show all your construction lines.

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The diagram shows two similar quadrilaterals, ABCD and EFGH

(a)Work out the value of x

x = [2]

(b)Work out the value of y

y = [2]

Pau, Sam and Tia share £240 in the ratios 3 : 4 : 5

Sam and Tia each give £10 of their share to Pau.

Work out the ratios of the amounts of money that Pau, Sam and Tia now have. Give your answer in its simplest form.

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Tim buys a bracelet for 4000 Swiss francs. The value of the bracelet increases by 7% each year.

Work out the value of the bracelet at the end of 3 years. Give your answer correct to the nearest Swiss franc.

_Swissfrancs[3]

Solve the simultaneous equations

Show clear algebraic working.

x =

y = [3]

(a)Solve the inequality 7 – 3t < 2t + 15

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The region R, shown shaded in the diagram, is bounded by three straight lines.

(b)Write down three inequalities that define the region R

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ABD and ABC are right‑angled triangles.

AB = 16 cm BC = 12 cm AD = 1.5 × AC

Find the length of CD Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

cm[5]

Khalid has a box of counters.

17 of the counters are red 28 of the counters are blue the rest of the counters are orange

Khalid is going to take at random a counter from the box.

The probability that Khalid will take an orange counter is

Work out the number of orange counters that are in the box.

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