# 4MA1 Mathematics A May/June 2025 Paper 2FR (Foundation Tier Paper 2)

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE 4MA1 Mathematics A past paper 2FR, Foundation Tier Paper 2, 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: 2FR (Foundation Tier Paper 2)
- Component code: 4MA1/2FR
- Time allowed: 120 minutes
- Total marks: 100
- Pages: 24

## Question paper text

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Question 1
(a) Write these numbers in order of size. Start with the smallest number.
[Diagram or table: see page 3 of the paper]
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Write these decimals in order of size. Start with the smallest decimal.
[Diagram or table: see page 3 of the paper]
Answer: ____ [1]
(c) Write 0.81 as a fraction.
Answer: ____ [1]
(d) Find the number that is exactly halfway between 0.2 and 0.3
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 2
Helena recorded the shoe sizes of seven of her friends.
Here are the results.
[Diagram or table: see page 4 of the paper]
(a) Write down the mode of the shoe sizes.
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Work out the median shoe size.
Answer: ____ [2]
(c) Find the range of the shoe sizes.
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 3
Here is a 3-D shape.
(a)(i) Write down the mathematical name of this shape.
Answer: ____ [1]
(ii) Write down the number of edges of this shape.
Answer: ____ [1]
Here are six quadrilaterals on a grid.
A B
[Diagram or table: see page 5 of the paper]
Two of the quadrilaterals are congruent.
(b) Write down the letters of these two quadrilaterals.
Answer: ____ _and ____ [1]
(c) Write down the letter of the quadrilateral with no lines of symmetry.
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 4
(a) Change 5000 millilitres into litres.
Answer: ____ _litres [1]
(b) Find the difference between a length of 3 metres and a length of 85 centimetres. Give your answer in centimetres.
Answer: ____ _centimetres [2]

Question 5
(a) Simplify a + a + a + a + a
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Simplify b × c × 7
Answer: ____ [1]
(c) Solve 5d = 40
Answer: d = ____ [1]

Question 6
Here is a number machine.
[Diagram or table: see page 7 of the paper]
(a) Find the output when the input is 10
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Find the output when the input is −2
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 7
Raymond sells 80 burgers for a total of £176
1/5 of the burgers are large.
Each large burger costs £3
The remaining burgers are small.
Work out the cost of one small burger.
Answer: £ ____ [4]

Question 8
Mark is going to book a room in a hotel for 7 nights.
A room in the hotel costs the same amount for each night. Mark knows that the room costs 150 euros for 2 nights.
The hotel also charges an additional tax of 5 euros for each night.
Work out the total cost of the room and the tax for 7 nights.
Answer: ____ _euros [3]

Question 9
Remy chooses one food item and one drink for his breakfast.
He can choose one food item from cereal (C) or fruit (F) or a pastry (P) He can choose one drink from milk (M) or juice (J) or tea (T)
(a) Write down all the possible combinations that Remy can choose.
Answer: ____ [2]
Ahmed and Bryn share some blueberries in the ratio 3 : 4
(b) What fraction of the blueberries does Bryn get?
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 10
This graph can be used to change between miles and kilometres.
[Diagram or table: see page 9 of the paper]
(a) Use the graph to change 25 miles to kilometres.
Answer: ____ _kilometres [1]
Amy gets travel expenses when she drives as part of her job. She gets $0.80 for every kilometre she drives.
For one journey Amy got $19.20
(b) Work out the number of miles she drove.
Answer: ____ _miles [2]

Question 11
The bar chart gives information about the results of the games played by a school team.
[Diagram or table: see page 10 of the paper]
3 points for each game it won 1 point for each game it drew 0 points for each game it lost
The team drew 14 games.
Work out the total number of points the team gained.
Answer: ____ [3]

Question 12
The scale drawing shows the positions of two towns, Harvel and Ebury.
[Diagram or table: see page 11 of the paper]
Scale: cm represents 5000 m
[Diagram or table: see page 11 of the paper]
(a) Work out the real distance, in kilometres, between Harvel and Ebury.
Answer: ____ _kilometres [3]
On Saturday, Luisa cycles directly from Harvel to Ebury.
Luisa leaves Harvel at 12 50 She arrives at Ebury at 17 15
(b) Work out the time Luisa takes to cycle directly from Harvel to Ebury.
Answer: ____ _hours ____ _minutes [2]

Question 13
(a) Factorise 15 − 5x
Answer: ____ [1]
d = 5p + 7r
(b) Work out the value of p when d = 35 and r = 2
Answer: p = ____ [3]
Sweets are sold in small packets and large packets.
There are 12 sweets in a small packet. There are 25 sweets in a large packet.
Ben buys m small packets of sweets and n large packets of sweets.
(c)(i) Write an expression, in terms of m and n, for the total number of packets of sweets Ben buys.
Answer: ____ [1]
(ii) Write an expression, in terms of m and n, for the total number of sweets Ben buys.
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 14
Here is a list of ingredients needed to make 6 biscuits.
[Diagram or table: see page 13 of the paper]
Asha makes some of these biscuits. She uses 450 g of flour.
(a) How many biscuits does Asha make?
Answer: ____ [2]
Julie makes 84 of these biscuits.
(b) What weight of butter does Julie use?
Answer: ____ _g [2]
Asha and Julie pay a total of 624 rupees for the ingredients. The ratio of the amount Asha pays to the amount Julie pays is 3 : 5
(c) How much does Julie pay?
Answer: ____ _rupees [2]

Question 15
Joseph has some counters in a bag.
7 of the counters are red 5 of the counters are blue The rest of the counters are green
Joseph is going to take at random a counter from the bag.
The probability that the counter is green is 2/5
Work out the number of green counters in the bag.
Answer: ____ [3]

Question 16
The diagram shows a quadrilateral ACDF
[Diagram or table: see page 15 of the paper]
ABEF is a trapezium. BCDE is a parallelogram.
FE = 26 cm AB = 18 cm BC = 12 cm
The area of the parallelogram BCDE is 96 cm^2
Work out the area of the trapezium ABEF
Answer: ____ _cm^2 [3]

Question 17
(a) Factorise fully 18c − 45cd
Answer: ____ [2]
(b) Solve 5  2x/6  3x  4
Show clear algebraic working.
Answer: x = ____ [3]

Question 18
Write 1400 as a product of powers of its prime factors. Show your working clearly.
Answer: ____ [3]

Question 19
Solve the simultaneous equations
[Diagram or table: see page 17 of the paper]
Show clear algebraic working.
Answer: x = ____
Answer: y = ____ [3]

Question 20
[Diagram or table: see page 18 of the paper]
(a) On the grid above, reflect shape A in the line y = x [2]
[Diagram or table: see page 19 of the paper]
(b) On the grid above, enlarge shape B by scale factor 2 with centre (1, 1) [2]

Question 21
Joshua is going to cover a floor with tiles for a customer. The area of the floor is 45 m^2
Joshua buys one box of tiles for each 1.5 m^2 of floor area. Each box of tiles costs £64
Joshua also buys 5 bags of tile adhesive. Each bag of tile adhesive costs £12
Joshua charges the customer £3000
Work out his percentage profit. Give your answer correct to one decimal place.
Answer: ____ % [5]

Question 22
(a) Write down the value of 5^0
Answer: ____ [1]
5^9  5^^3_k
(b) Find the value of k
Answer: k = ____ [2]
(c) Simplify fully 2d^4 e^5
[Diagram or table: see page 21 of the paper]
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 23
The mass of a silver coin is 48.3 g The density of silver is 10.5 g/cm^3
Work out the volume of the silver coin.
Answer: ____ _cm^3 [2]

Question 24
The mean of 7 numbers is 60
The mean of 3 of the numbers is 46
Work out the mean of the other 4 numbers.
Answer: ____ [3]

Question 25
In a sale, normal prices are reduced by 15%
The sale price of a dishwasher is 612 Swiss francs.
Work out the normal price of the dishwasher.
Answer: ____ Swiss francs [3]

Question 26
A straight line, L, is parallel to the line with equation y = 2 – 5x The line L passes through the point (0, 6)
Find an equation of the line L
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 27
The diagram shows two triangles, ADE and CDB
[Diagram or table: see page 24 of the paper]
ABD is a straight line.
AE = 28 cm ED = 45 cm AB = 21 cm CD = 35 cm
angle AED = angle CBD = 90°
Work out the area of triangle CDB Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
Answer: ____ cm^2 [5]