# 4MA1 Mathematics A Oct/Nov 2025 Paper 2F (Foundation Tier Paper 2)

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE 4MA1 Mathematics A past paper 2F, Foundation Tier Paper 2, Oct/Nov 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: Oct/Nov 2025
- Paper: 2F (Foundation Tier Paper 2)
- Component code: 4MA1/2F
- Time allowed: 120 minutes
- Total marks: 100
- Pages: 24

## Question paper text

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Question 1
The table shows the distances, in kilometres, travelled by six birds.
[Diagram or table: see page 3 of the paper]
Northern wheatear 28 349
Arctic tern 95 786
Pectoral sandpiper 27 948
Sooty shearwater 64 321
Pied wheatear 17 582
Bar-tailed godwit 13 496
(a) Write down the name of the bird that travelled the greatest distance.
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Write the number 64 321 correct to the nearest thousand.
Answer: ____ [1]
(c) Work out the difference between the distance travelled by the Northern wheatear and the distance travelled by the Pied wheatear.
Answer: ____ _km [1]
(d) On the dotted line, write down a number from the table to make this calculation correct.
Answer: ____ _÷_3_=_9316 [1]

Question 2
The bar chart shows information about the weight of wheat, in millions of tonnes, produced by each of five countries in 2021
[Diagram or table: see page 4 of the paper]
The UK produced 14 million tonnes of wheat.
(a) Draw a bar on the bar chart to show this information. [1]
(b) Write down the weight of wheat produced by Turkey.
Answer: ____ _million_tonnes [1]
One of these countries produced 7.5 million tonnes of wheat.
(c) Which country?
Answer: ____ [1]
One of these countries produced three times as many million tonnes of wheat as Sweden.
(d) Which country?
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 3
[Diagram or table: see page 5 of the paper]
(a) Write down the coordinates of point J
Answer: ( ____ , ____ ) [1]
(b) Write down the coordinates of point L
Answer: ( ____ , ____ ) [1]
(c) On the grid, mark with a cross (×) the point M so that JKLM is a parallelogram. Label this point M [1]

Question 4
Here is a regular hexagon.
(a) Write down the order of rotational symmetry of a regular hexagon.
Answer: ____ [1]
Here is a quadrilateral with 4 sides of equal length.
(b)(i) Write down the mathematical name of this quadrilateral.
Answer: ____ [1]
(ii) Draw all the lines of symmetry on the quadrilateral. [1]
Here are some triangles drawn on a grid.
[Diagram or table: see page 6 of the paper]
Two of these triangles are congruent.
(c) Write down the letters of these two triangles.
Answer: ____ _and ____ [1]

Question 5
(a) Write these decimals in order of size. Start with the smallest decimal.
[Diagram or table: see page 7 of the paper]
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Write 0.62 as a percentage.
Answer: ____ % [1]
Here are some fractions.
[Diagram or table: see page 7 of the paper]
One of these fractions can be written as a terminating decimal.
(c) Write down this fraction.
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 6
Here is a number machine.
[Diagram or table: see page 8 of the paper]
(a) Find the output when the input is 8
Answer: ____ [1]
Here is a different number machine.
[Diagram or table: see page 8 of the paper]
When the input is 8 the output is 4
(b) Complete the box to give a possible number machine. [1]

Question 7
Tara buys
two magazines for 3.25 dirhams each one bag of sweets for 2.60 dirhams three bars of chocolate for 1.75 dirhams each
Tara pays with a 20 dirham note.
How much change should she get?
Answer: ____ _dirhams [4]

Question 8
T = 5n – 3p
(a) Work out the value of T when n = 8 and p = 4.5
Answer: T = ____ [2]
(b) Solve 5h + 8 = 30
Answer: h = ____ [2]

Question 9
Here is an accurate scale drawing of a patio.
Scale: 1 cm represents 150 cm
Work out the perimeter of the patio. Give your answer in metres.
Answer: ____ _metres [4]

Question 10
(a) Find the value of 43^2
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Find the cube root of 9261
Answer: ____ [1]
(c) Work out 28 – 5 × 4
Answer: ____ [1]
(d) Work out 3^3+ 6^2÷ 2
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 11
The pie chart gives information about the types of vehicles parked in a car park.
[Diagram or table: see page 11 of the paper]
(a) Which type of vehicle is the mode?
Answer: ____ [1]
5 of the vehicles are motorcycles.
(b) Work out the number of buses.
Answer: ____ [3]
Kim selects at random one of the vehicles in the car park.
(c) What is the probability that she selects a motorcycle?
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 12
(a) Find the value of d^2– 3 when d = –5
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Make r the subject of the formula m = 4r – h
Answer: ____ [2]
Rachel is an electrician.
The amount Rachel charges, in pounds (£), can be worked out using this rule.
[Diagram or table: see page 12 of the paper]
Rachel works n hours. She charges £P
(c) Write down a formula for P in terms of n
Answer: ____ [3]

Question 13
Johan changes 290 euros to Hong Kong dollars.
The exchange rate is 1 euro = 8.23 Hong Kong dollars.
Johan gets as many 50 Hong Kong dollar notes as possible.
How many 50 Hong Kong dollar notes does Johan get?
Answer: ____ [3]

Question 14
A car travels for 3 hours. The car travels at an average speed of 78 km/h
Work out the total distance the car travels.
Answer: ____ _km [2]

Question 15
Here is a trapezium.
[Diagram or table: see page 14 of the paper]
Work out the area of the trapezium.
Answer: ____ _cm^2 [2]

Question 16
Find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 24 and 56 Show your working clearly.
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 17
Ella has two fair spinners.
Spinner A is labelled 0, 1 and 2 Spinner B is labelled 2, 3, 4 and 5
[Diagram or table: see page 15 of the paper]
Ella is going to spin each spinner once. Each spinner will land on a number. Ella will get her score by multiplying these two numbers together.
(a) Complete the table.
[Diagram or table: see page 15 of the paper]
[1]
(b) Find the probability that Ella’s score is less than 5
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 18
The point P has coordinates (3, 4) The point Q has coordinates (9, 16)
M is the midpoint of the line PQ
Find the coordinates of M
Answer: ( ____ , ____ ) [2]

Question 19
Solve the simultaneous equations
[Diagram or table: see page 16 of the paper]
Show clear algebraic working.
Answer: x = ____
Answer: y = ____ [3]

Question 20
A box contains only
[Diagram or table: see page 17 of the paper]
and some yellow bricks
7/20 of the bricks are yellow bricks.
Each brick weighs 35 grams.
Work out the total weight of the yellow bricks.
Answer: ____ _grams [4]

Question 21
Here are three similar quadrilaterals.
[Diagram or table: see page 18 of the paper]
Work out the length of JK
Answer: ____ _cm [3]

Question 22
Otis sells ice creams.
On Friday, Otis sells 75 ice creams. On Saturday, Otis sells 87 ice creams.
(a) Work out the percentage increase in the number of ice creams Otis sells from Friday to Saturday.
Answer: ____ % [3]
Claudia buys an ice cream machine for 960 Swiss francs.
The value of the ice cream machine depreciates by 20% each year.
(b) Work out the value of the ice cream machine at the end of 3 years.
Answer: ____ _Swiss_francs [3]

Question 23
A large circle with centre O contains 3 identical small circles. Each circle touches two other circles.
[Diagram or table: see page 20 of the paper]
A, O and B are the centres of the small circles. AOB is a straight line.
The circumference of the large circle is 160 cm
Work out the area of one small circle. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
Answer: ____ _cm^2 [5]

Question 24
(i) Factorise x^2+ 2x – 48
Answer: ____ [2]
(ii) Hence, solve x^2+ 2x – 48 = 0
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 25
(a) Write 5.76 × 10^4 as an ordinary number.
Answer: ____ [1]
^5  8  10^3
(b) Work out 3  10/4  10__2
Give your answer in standard form.
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 26
Mark has three bags, bag A, bag B and bag C
Bag A contains 120 counters. The probability of taking at random a red counter from bag A is 0.45
Bag B contains 80 counters. The probability of taking at random a red counter from bag B is 0.3
Bag C is empty.
Mark puts all the counters from bag A and bag B into bag C
Mark takes at random a counter from bag C
Work out the probability that he takes a red counter.
Answer: ____ [3]

Question 27
(a) On the number line, represent the inequality w < 1
[Diagram or table: see page 23 of the paper]
[1]
The region R, shown shaded in the diagram, is bounded by three straight lines.
[Diagram or table: see page 23 of the paper]
(b) Write down the three inequalities that define the region R
Answer: ____ [3]

Question 28
The diagram shows a right-angled triangle ABC
C
[Diagram or table: see page 24 of the paper]
Area of triangle ABC = 240 cm^2
Work out the perimeter of triangle ABC
Answer: ____ _cm [4]