# 4MA1 Mathematics A Oct/Nov 2025 Paper 1F (Foundation Tier Paper 1) Pearson Edexcel International GCSE 4MA1 Mathematics A past paper 1F, Foundation Tier Paper 1, Oct/Nov 2025. Open it online or download the question paper PDF free. - Page: https://mathvsarham.com/past-papers/4ma1/2025-oct-nov-paper-1f/ - PDF: https://mathvsarham.com/papers/4ma1/4MA1_oct-nov_2025_paper_1F_qp.pdf - Board: Edexcel - Qualification: Pearson Edexcel International GCSE - Subject: 4MA1 Mathematics A (https://mathvsarham.com/past-papers/4ma1/) - Session: Oct/Nov 2025 - Paper: 1F (Foundation Tier Paper 1) - Component code: 4MA1/1F - 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 (a) Write in figures the number six thousand, seven hundred and five. Answer: ____ [1] (b) Write these numbers in order of size. Start with the smallest number. [Diagram or table: see page 3 of the paper] Answer: ____ [1] (c) Tick ( ) the box that describes the value of the 7 in 0.3785  [Diagram or table: see page 3 of the paper] [1] (d) Write down the multiple of 6 that is between 19 and 29 Answer: ____ [1] (e) Write down a prime number that is between 30 and 40 Answer: ____ [1] Question 2 The pictogram shows information about the number of pizzas sold in a shop on each of three days. [Diagram or table: see page 4 of the paper] (a) How many pizzas were sold on Sunday? Answer: ____ [1] More pizzas were sold on Tuesday than on Monday. (b) How many more? Answer: ____ [1] 30 pizzas were sold on Wednesday. (c) Complete the pictogram for Wednesday. [1] Question 3 The diagram shows part of a number line. [Diagram or table: see page 5 of the paper] (a) Write down the number marked with the arrow. Answer: ____ [1] (b) On the number line below, mark with an arrow (↑) the number 6750 [Diagram or table: see page 5 of the paper] [1] (c) Measure the length of the line AB Give your answer in centimetres. [Diagram or table: see page 5 of the paper] Answer: ____ centimetres [1] (d) Draw an angle of 68° at the point X X [1] Question 4 (a) Simplify y + y + y + y + y Answer: ____ [1] (b) Simplify c × c × c × c Answer: ____ [1] (c) Solve 4x = 48 Answer: x = ____ [1] (d) Solve 18 – w = 13 Answer: w = ____ [1] Question 5 (a) Shade 1/6 of this shape. [1] (b) Write 45/75 as a fraction in its simplest form. Answer: ____ [1] (c) Write 2/5 as a decimal. Answer: ____ [1] There are 80 children in a playground. 1/5 of the children are wearing white T-shirts. (d) Calculate the number of these children who are not wearing white T-shirts. Answer: ____ [2] Question 6 Paulo has some flour in each of three containers. The table gives the weight of flour in each container. [Diagram or table: see page 8 of the paper] The total weight of Paulo’s flour is less than 3 kilograms. How much less? Give your answer in grams. Answer: ____ grams [4] Question 7 Betty got on a plane at 09 10 She got off the plane at 13 45 the same day. For how long was Betty on the plane? Give your answer in hours and minutes. Answer: ____ hours ____ minutes [2] Question 8 Kai sells drinks of coffee, tea and hot chocolate. On Monday, Kai sold a total of 140 drinks. 58 of these drinks were coffee 36 of these drinks were tea the remainder were hot chocolate On Tuesday, Kai sold a total of 160 drinks. 70 of these drinks were tea 50 of these drinks were hot chocolate the remainder were coffee Use this information to complete the two-way table. [Diagram or table: see page 9 of the paper] [4] Question 9 [Diagram or table: see page 10 of the paper] ABC is a straight line. BCD is an isosceles triangle with DB = DC Work out the value of (i) x Answer: x = ____ [1] (ii) y Answer: y = ____ [1] Question 10 The diagram shows a cuboid. [Diagram or table: see page 10 of the paper] The volume of the cuboid is 324 cm^3 Work out the value of w Answer: w = ____ [2] Question 11 (a) Simplify 7c × 4d Answer: ____ [1] (b) Simplify 8w + 4y – 3w – 6y Answer: ____ [2] The nth term of a sequence is 5n (c) Find the 4th term of this sequence. Answer: ____ [1] Here is a list of numbers. [Diagram or table: see page 11 of the paper] x is a number in the list and x > 6 (d) Write down all the possible values of x Answer: ____ [1] Question 12 Shen buys a car for a cost of £21 000 She pays a deposit of 28% of the cost. She pays the rest of the cost in 24 equal monthly payments. Find the amount of each monthly payment. Answer: £ ____ [3] Question 13 ℰ = {10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20} A = {odd numbers} B = {multiples of 5} Complete the Venn diagram for this information. [Diagram or table: see page 12 of the paper] [3] Question 14 [Diagram or table: see page 13 of the paper] Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle A onto triangle B Answer: ____ [3] Question 15 Sid has n counters. Erin has 7 more counters than Sid has. Kabir has 3 times as many counters as Sid has. (a) Write down an expression, in terms of n, for the total number of counters that Sid, Erin and Kabir have. Answer: ____ [2] Kabir has 72 counters. (b) How many counters does Erin have? Answer: ____ [2] Question 16 The diagram shows a wall and a tile. [Diagram or table: see page 15 of the paper] Jim is going to cover the wall with tiles. Jim has 3 boxes of tiles. Each box of tiles contains 12 tiles. Each tile is a square of side 40 cm Work out the number of tiles that Jim should have left after he covers the wall with tiles. Answer: ____ [4] Question 17 On the grid, draw the graph of y = 4 – 3x for values of x from –2 to 4 [Diagram or table: see page 16 of the paper] [3] Question 18 The table gives information about the number of kilometres that Ted cycled on each of the 30 days in April. [Diagram or table: see page 17 of the paper] 0  K < 5 5  K < 10 [Diagram or table: see page 17 of the paper] Calculate an estimate for the mean number of kilometres that Ted cycled on each day in April. Answer: ____ kilometres [4] Question 19 By rounding each number to one significant figure, work out an estimate for the value of [Diagram or table: see page 18 of the paper] Show your working clearly. Answer: ____ [2] Question 20 Using ruler and compasses only, construct the bisector of angle ABC Show all your construction lines. [Diagram or table: see page 18 of the paper] [2] Question 21 e, f and g represent integers such that [Diagram or table: see page 19 of the paper] is a list of integers written in order of size. The integers have a range of 15 a median of 8.5 a mean of 9 Work out the value of e, the value of f and the value of g Answer: e = ____ Answer: f = ____ Answer: g = ____ [3] Question 22 Show that 3 5/7  1 2/3  5 8/21 [3] Question 23 Eli and Peta share $275 in the ratio 2 : 3 Eli gives 3/11 of his share to charity. Peta gives 0.32 of her share to charity. Work out the total amount that Eli and Peta give to charity. Answer: $ ____ [4] Question 24 The weight of a bag of apples is 475 g correct to the nearest g (a) Write down the lower bound of the weight. Answer: ____ g [1] The height of a box is 120 cm correct to the nearest 10 cm (b) Write down the upper bound for the height. Answer: ____ cm [1] 8^^2  8^9_n Question 25 _10  8 Work out the value of n Answer: n = ____ [2] Question 26 Hari scored 140 points playing a game on Tuesday. This was 12% more points than he scored playing the game on Monday. Work out the number of points that Hari scored playing the game on Monday. Answer: ____ [3] Question 27 (a) Simplify (6m)^0 Answer: ____ [1] (b) Solve 5y + 20 < 7y + 1 Answer: ____ [2] (c) Factorise fully 15w^2 x^5+ 25w^3 x^2 Answer: ____ [2] (d) Simplify fully 36a c/12a c_2_3 Answer: ____ [2] Question 28 ABC is a right-angled triangle. [Diagram or table: see page 23 of the paper] The point D lies on AB such that DB = 9 cm Work out the size of angle ACD Give your answer correct to one decimal place. [Diagram or table: see page 23 of the paper] Answer: ____ [4] Question 29 [Diagram or table: see page 24 of the paper] The diagram shows part of a regular n-sided polygon with an interior angle of (9x + 27)° an exterior angle of (2x – 23)° Work out the value of n Answer: n = ____ [4]