# 4MA1 Mathematics A May/June 2026 Paper 1F (Foundation Tier Paper 1)

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE 4MA1 Mathematics A past paper 1F, Foundation Tier Paper 1, May/June 2026. 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 2026
- Paper: 1F (Foundation Tier Paper 1)
- Component code: 4MA1/1F
- Time allowed: 120 minutes
- Total marks: 100
- Pages: 28

## Question paper text

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Question 1
Sandra throws a fair 6-sided dice once.
(a) On the probability scale, mark with a cross (×) the probability that the dice lands on 6
[Diagram or table: see page 3 of the paper]
[1]
Sandra says
[Diagram or table: see page 3 of the paper]
(b) Explain why Sandra is correct.
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 2
The table shows the temperature at midday in each of four cities one day in January.
[Diagram or table: see page 4 of the paper]
(a) Which of these cities had the lowest midday temperature?
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Which of these cities had a midday temperature 5°C higher than the temperature in New York?
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 3
Here are four 3-D shapes.
[Diagram or table: see page 5 of the paper]
One of these four shapes is a prism.
(a) Write down the letter of the prism.
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Write down the mathematical name of shape B
Answer: ____ [1]
(c) Write down the number of edges of shape C
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 4
(a) Write in words the number 32 060
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Write in figures the number two hundred and four thousand, five hundred and twelve.
Answer: ____ [1]
(c) Write the number 9547 correct to the nearest hundred.
Answer: ____ [1]
(d) Place a tick ( ) in the box that describes the value of the 8 in the number 1.487
[Diagram or table: see page 6 of the paper]
[1]
(e) Write these numbers in order of size. Start with the smallest number.
[Diagram or table: see page 6 of the paper]
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 5
(a) Simplify d + d + d + d + d
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Simplify 3m  m  8m
Answer: ____ [1]
(c) Simplify 6 × 3y
Answer: ____ [1]
(d) Solve 15  a  9
Answer: a = ____ [1]

Question 6
Amy asks people what their favourite type of pet is.
The table gives information about the number of people who said cat and dog the number of people who said fish. The pictogram gives information about the number of people who said dog and
[Diagram or table: see page 8 of the paper]
Key: represents 4 people
[Diagram or table: see page 8 of the paper]
(a) Use the information in the pictogram to complete the frequency table.
[2]
(b) Use the information in the frequency table to complete the pictogram. [2]

Question 7
Here is a quadrilateral.
[Diagram or table: see page 9 of the paper]
(a) Work out the value of x
[Diagram or table: see page 9 of the paper]
Answer: ____ [2]
[Diagram or table: see page 9 of the paper]
PRQ is a straight line.
(b) Work out the value of a
[Diagram or table: see page 9 of the paper]
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 8
(a) Write 75 as a fraction of 125 Give your fraction in its simplest form.
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Write 21/105 as a percentage.
Answer: ____ % [1]
(c) Write 4% as a decimal.
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 9
(a) Write down a prime number between 30 and 40
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Find the value of 34^2
Answer: ____ [1]
(c) Find the cube root of 4913
Answer: ____ [1]
(d) Write one pair of brackets in this calculation so that the answer is correct.
[Diagram or table: see page 11 of the paper]
[1]
Here are some symbols.
(e) Using only symbols from the box, write one symbol on each dotted line so that the answer is correct.
Answer: 12 ____ _2 ____ 3 = 6 [1]

Question 10
The two-way table shows some information about the city a group of students and teachers would most like to visit from Berlin, Paris and Rome.
[Diagram or table: see page 12 of the paper]
(a) Complete the two-way table. [3]
One of the teachers is chosen at random.
(b) Find the probability that this teacher would most like to visit Rome.
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 11
(a) Use your calculator to work out the value of 12 .5/1.4 − 10
Write down all the figures on your calculator display.
Answer: ____ [2]
(b) Write your answer to part (a) correct to 2 significant figures.
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 12
Noah buys
3 bottles of milk at £1.45 for each bottle 2 boxes of eggs at £2.80 for each box 2 packs of butter
Noah pays with a £20 note. He receives £6.65 change.
The cost of each pack of butter is the same.
Work out the cost of 1 pack of butter.
Answer: £ ____ [4]

Question 13
(a) Factorise 15y − 20
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Solve 5w  2  3w  7
[Diagram or table: see page 13 of the paper]
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 14
Farhan sells mobile phones.
Last week, the total value of the mobile phones he sold was 2600 dinar. Farhan received 18% of this amount.
Work out how much Farhan received.
Answer: ____ _dinar [2]

Question 15
[Diagram or table: see page 15 of the paper]
ABC is an isosceles triangle.
[Diagram or table: see page 15 of the paper]
Work out the value of x Give a reason for each stage of your working.
Answer: x = ____ [4]

Question 16
On the grid, draw the graph of y  5  2x for values of x from −2 to 3
[Diagram or table: see page 16 of the paper]
[3]

Question 17
The diagram shows a parallelogram and a trapezium.
[Diagram or table: see page 17 of the paper]
Both shapes have a base of 25 cm and a perpendicular height of h cm
The area of the parallelogram is 175 cm^2
Work out the area of the trapezium as a percentage of the area of the parallelogram.
Answer: ____ % [4]

Question 18
Show that 4 1/7  2 3/5  119/35 [3]

Question 19
[Diagram or table: see page 18 of the paper]
Work out the value of x Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
[Diagram or table: see page 18 of the paper]
Answer: ____ [3]

Question 20
E = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19}
A = {factors of 20}
B = {multiples of 5}
(a) List the members of the set
(i) A ∪ B
Answer: ____ [1]
(ii) A  B
Answer: ____ [1]
C = {prime numbers}
Ana writes down the statement A  C   Ana’s statement is wrong.
(b) Explain why.
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 21
Henri competes in a race.
For the first part of the race Henri cycles 60 km at an average speed of 24 km/h For the remaining part of the race Henri runs for 1 hour and 15 minutes at an average speed of 12 km/h
Work out Henri’s average speed for the whole race. Give your answer in km/h Show your working clearly.
Answer: ____ _km/h [4]

Question 22
(a) Expand 4e2e  3
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Expand and simplify  f  3 f  6
Answer: ____ [2]
(c) Make x the subject of t  ax  2n
Answer: ____ [2]
(d) On the number line, represent the inequality −1< y  3
[Diagram or table: see page 21 of the paper]
[2]

Question 23
Simplify 4x^5 y^6
[Diagram or table: see page 22 of the paper]
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 24
Here is a biased 4-sided spinner.
[Diagram or table: see page 23 of the paper]
The table gives information about the probability that, when the spinner is spun once, it will land on each number.
[Diagram or table: see page 23 of the paper]
Nevan spins the spinner 500 times.
Work out the expected number of times that the spinner lands on an even number.
Answer: ____ [4]

Question 25
Change a speed of 70 metres per second to a speed in kilometres per hour. Show your working clearly.
Answer: ____ _km/h [3]

Question 26
(a) Write 0.0651 in standard form.
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Work out 4  10^56 8  10^74
Give your answer in standard form.
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 27
Solve the simultaneous equations
[Diagram or table: see page 25 of the paper]
Show clear algebraic working.
[Diagram or table: see page 25 of the paper]
Answer: ____
Answer: ____ [3]

Question 28
The diagram shows a shaded shape ABCDEO made from a semicircle BCD and two identical right-angled triangles ABO and EDO
[Diagram or table: see page 26 of the paper]
BD is the diameter of the semicircle. O is the midpoint of BD
angleABOABOABO angleangleangle EDOEDOEDO 9090 90  AOAOAO EOEOEO 1515cm15cmcm
The area of semicircle BCD is 227 cm^2
Work out the perimeter of the shaded shape. Show your working clearly. Give your answer correct to one decimal place.
Answer: ____ _cm [5]