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

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

## Question paper text

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Question 1
[Diagram or table: see page 3 of the paper]
From the numbers in the box, write down
(a) an even number
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) a multiple of 7
Answer: ____ [1]
(c) a cube number
Answer: ____ [1]
(d) a factor of 70
Answer: ____ [1]
(e) two numbers with a sum of 42
Answer: ____ _and ____ [1]

Question 2
[Diagram or table: see page 4 of the paper]
(a) Measure the size of the angle marked x
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) From the cross (×) below, draw a straight line of length 8.4 cm
× [1]
(c) Write down the mathematical name of an 8‑sided polygon.
Answer: ____ [1]
The diagram shows a circle, centre O
[Diagram or table: see page 4 of the paper]
(d) Draw a radius of the circle. [1]

Question 3
(a) Write these numbers in order of size. Start with the smallest number.
[Diagram or table: see page 5 of the paper]
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Write in figures the number three thousand, five hundred and two.
Answer: ____ [1]
(c) Write 1.526 34 correct to 2 decimal places.
Answer: ____ [1]
Sanjay is thinking of a number. The number is an integer.
Correct to the nearest 10, Sanjay’s number is 650 Correct to the nearest 100, Sanjay’s number is 600
(d) Write down all the possible numbers Sanjay could be thinking of.
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 4
Here are the first four terms of a number sequence.
[Diagram or table: see page 6 of the paper]
(a) Write down the next term of the sequence.
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Explain how you worked out your answer.
Answer: ____ [1]
(c) Find the first number in the sequence that is greater than 58
Answer: ____ [2]
Louise says,
[Diagram or table: see page 6 of the paper]
(d) Explain why Louise is wrong.
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 5
(a) Change 54 centimetres into metres.
Answer: ____ _metres [1]
(b) Change 23.7 litres into millilitres.
Answer: ____ _millilitres [1]

Question 6
Miguel buys
4 notebooks at £2.70 each 5 pens at £0.85 each
[Diagram or table: see page 7 of the paper]
How much does Miguel spend in total on these items?
Answer: £ ____ [3]

Question 7
[Diagram or table: see page 8 of the paper]
ABC is a triangle. DAC and EAB are straight lines.
Work out the value of x
Answer: x = ____ [4]

Question 8
1748 supporters are travelling on buses to a football match. There are 56 supporters on each of the buses except on the final bus.
Work out how many supporters are on the final bus.
Answer: ____ [3]

Question 9
The incomplete table and pictogram show information about the number of occupied rooms in a hotel for each of five days.
Complete the key, the table and the pictogram.
Day Number of occupied rooms
[Diagram or table: see page 10 of the paper]
Answer: Key: represents ____ _rooms
[Diagram or table: see page 10 of the paper]
Answer: Thursday ____
Answer: Friday ____
[Diagram or table: see page 10 of the paper]
[4]

Question 10
The table shows information about the numbers of training runs completed by the 56 members of a running club last week.
[Diagram or table: see page 11 of the paper]
(a) Write down the modal number of training runs completed.
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Work out the total number of training runs completed.
Answer: ____ [2]
One of the 56 members of the running club is chosen at random.
(c) Find the probability that this member completed 5 or 6 training runs last week.
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 11
Use your calculator to work out the value of
[Diagram or table: see page 12 of the paper]
Write down all the figures on your calculator display.
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 12
A plane flies from London to Accra.
The plane flies a distance of 5103 km The flight time is 7 hours.
Work out the average speed of the plane.
Answer: ____ _km / h [2]

Question 13
Here is a list of ingredients needed to make 10 biscuits.
[Diagram or table: see page 13 of the paper]
Feyi wants to make 25 biscuits.
(a) Work out the amount of butter she needs.
Answer: ____ _g [2]
Baka makes some biscuits.
He uses 1275 g of sugar.
(b) Work out how many biscuits he makes.
Answer: ____ [2]
Shani makes some sandwiches and cakes where
the number of sandwiches : the number of cakes = 3 : 8
She makes 93 sandwiches.
(c) Work out the number of cakes she makes.
Answer: ____ _.. ____ _.. [2]

Question 14
[Diagram or table: see page 14 of the paper]
(a) On the grid above, reflect shape A in the line x = 1 [2]
y
7
6
5
4
3
[Diagram or table: see page 14 of the paper]
(b) On the grid above, enlarge shape B with scale factor 2 and centre O [2]

Question 15
Jenab wants to hire a car and a van.
[Diagram or table: see page 15 of the paper]
The cost of hiring a car for 6 days is the same as the cost of hiring a van for 6 days.
Work out the value of P
Answer: P = ____ [4]

Question 16
A circle has diameter 6.3 cm
Work out the circumference of the circle. Give your answer correct to one decimal place.
Answer: ____ _cm [2]

Question 17
Show that 2 4/5 ´ 3 3/7 = 9 3/5 [3]

Question 18
Write 504 as a product of powers of its prime factors. Show your working clearly.
Answer: ____ [3]

Question 19
(a) Simplify e^7 × e^3
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Simplify g^5 ÷ g^2
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 20
The weight of a giraffe is 1178 kg, correct to the nearest kg
(i) Write down the lower bound of the weight of the giraffe.
Answer: ____ kg [1]
(ii) Write down the upper bound of the weight of the giraffe.
Answer: ____ kg [1]

Question 21
A bag contains only blue counters, green counters, red counters and yellow counters.
Danny takes a counter at random from the bag.
The table gives information about the probabilities that he takes a blue counter or a green counter or a red counter or a yellow counter.
[Diagram or table: see page 19 of the paper]
There are 400 counters in the bag.
Work out the number of red counters in the bag.
Answer: ____ [4]

Question 22
[Diagram or table: see page 20 of the paper]
8 cm 24 cm
A and B are similar parallelograms.
Work out the area of B
Answer: ____ _cm^2 [3]

Question 23
[Diagram or table: see page 21 of the paper]
(a) Represent the inequality x < 1 on the number line above. [1]
2  y + 3 < 7 y is an integer.
(b) Write down all the possible values of y
Answer: ____ [2]
(c) Solve the inequality 8 – 5w > –10
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 24
Factorise x^2– 12x + 32
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 25
Caleb owns 11 sheep.
The mean weight of all 11 sheep is 77 kg The mean weight of 8 of the sheep is 75.2 kg
Work out the mean weight of the other 3 sheep.
Answer: ____ kg [3]

Question 26
Arwa invests 200 000 yen in a savings account for 3 years. She gets 1.4% per year compound interest.
Work out how much money Arwa will have in her savings account at the end of 3 years. Give your answer correct to the nearest yen.
Answer: ____ _yen [3]

Question 27
The diagram shows a solid cuboid.
[Diagram or table: see page 24 of the paper]
The cuboid measures 3 cm by 11 cm by x cm
The volume of the cuboid is 264 cm^3
Work out the total surface area of the cuboid.
Answer: ____ _cm^2 [4]

Question 28
Solve the simultaneous equations
[Diagram or table: see page 25 of the paper]
Show clear algebraic working.
Answer: x = ____
Answer: y = ____ [3]

Question 29
The straight line L has equation 4y – 10x – 5 = 0
(a) Find the gradient of L
Answer: ____ [2]
(b) Find the coordinates of the point where L crosses the y‑axis.
Answer: ( ____ , ____ ) [1]