4MA1 Mathematics A: Oct/Nov 2025 Paper 1FFoundation Tier Paper 1

(a)Write in figures the number six thousand, seven hundred and five.

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(b)Write these numbers in order of size. Start with the smallest number.

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(c)Tick ( ) the box that describes the value of the 7 in 0.3785 

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(d)Write down the multiple of 6 that is between 19 and 29

[1]

(e)Write down a prime number that is between 30 and 40

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The pictogram shows information about the number of pizzas sold in a shop on each of three days.

(a)How many pizzas were sold on Sunday?

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More pizzas were sold on Tuesday than on Monday.

(b)How many more?

[1]

30 pizzas were sold on Wednesday.

(c)Complete the pictogram for Wednesday.[1]

The diagram shows part of 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 6750

[1]

(c)Measure the length of the line AB Give your answer in centimetres.

centimetres[1]

(d)Draw an angle of 68° at the point X

X[1]

(a)Simplify y + y + y + y + y

[1]

(b)Simplify c × c × c × c

[1]

(c)Solve 4x = 48

x = [1]

(d)Solve 18 – w = 13

w = [1]

(a)Shade 16 of this shape.[1]

(b)Write 4575 as a fraction in its simplest form.

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(c)Write 25 as a decimal.

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There are 80 children in a playground.

15 of the children are wearing white T-shirts.

(d)Calculate the number of these children who are not wearing white T-shirts.

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Paulo has some flour in each of three containers.

The table gives the weight of flour in each container.

The total weight of Paulo’s flour is less than 3 kilograms.

How much less? Give your answer in grams.

grams[4]

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.

hours minutes[2]

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.

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ABC is a straight line. BCD is an isosceles triangle with DB = DC

Work out the value of

(i)x

x = [1]

(ii)y

y = [1]

The diagram shows a cuboid.

The volume of the cuboid is 324 cm³

Work out the value of w

w = [2]

(a)Simplify 7c × 4d

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(b)Simplify 8w + 4y – 3w – 6y

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The nth term of a sequence is 5n

(c)Find the 4th term of this sequence.

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Here is a list of numbers.

x is a number in the list and x > 6

(d)Write down all the possible values of x

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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.

£ [3]

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.

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Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle A onto triangle B

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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.

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Kabir has 72 counters.

(b)How many counters does Erin have?

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The diagram shows a wall and a tile.

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.

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On the grid, draw the graph of y = 4 – 3x for values of x from –2 to 4

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The table gives information about the number of kilometres that Ted cycled on each of the 30 days in April.

0  K < 5

5  K < 10

Calculate an estimate for the mean number of kilometres that Ted cycled on each day in April.

kilometres[4]

By rounding each number to one significant figure, work out an estimate for the value of

Show your working clearly.

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Using ruler and compasses only, construct the bisector of angle ABC Show all your construction lines.

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e, f and g represent integers such that

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

e =

f =

g = [3]

Show that 3 57  1 23  5 821[3]

Eli and Peta share $275 in the ratio 2 : 3

Eli gives 311 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.

$ [4]

The weight of a bag of apples is 475 g correct to the nearest g

(a)Write down the lower bound of the weight.

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.

cm[1]

8²  8⁹_n

₁₀  8

Work out the value of n

n = [2]

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.

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(a)Simplify (6m)⁰

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(b)Solve 5y + 20 < 7y + 1

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(c)Factorise fully 15w² x⁵+ 25w³ x²

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(d)Simplify fully 36a c12a c₂₃

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ABC is a right-angled triangle.

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.

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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

n = [4]