# 4MA1 Mathematics A May/June 2026 Paper 2F (Foundation Tier Paper 2)

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE 4MA1 Mathematics A past paper 2F, Foundation Tier Paper 2, 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: 2F (Foundation Tier Paper 2)
- Component code: 4MA1/2F
- Time allowed: 120 minutes
- Total marks: 100
- Pages: 28

## Question paper text

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Question 1
The bar chart shows information about the numbers of cups of coffee sold in a shop on Friday.
[Diagram or table: see page 3 of the paper]
(a) How many cups of mocha were sold?
Answer: ____ [1]
The shop sold 25 cups of latte.
(b) Draw a bar on the bar chart to show this information. [1]
The shop sold more cups of espresso than cups of cappuccino.
(c) How many more?
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 2
Here are the first five terms of a number sequence.
[Diagram or table: see page 4 of the paper]
(a)(i) Write down the next term of this sequence.
Answer: ____ [1]
(ii) Explain how you found your answer to part (a) (i)
Answer: ____ [1]
Here are the first five terms of a different number sequence.
[Diagram or table: see page 4 of the paper]
(b)(i) Write down the next term of this sequence.
Answer: ____ [1]
(ii) Explain why 2186 is not a term in this sequence.
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 3
(a) Write down a suitable metric unit for the weight of an apple.
Answer: ____ [1]
Here are four quadrilaterals.
[Diagram or table: see page 5 of the paper]
One of these quadrilaterals is a rhombus.
(b) Write down the letter of the quadrilateral that is a rhombus.
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 4
(a) Write 9/10 as a decimal.
Answer: ____ [1]
Here is a shape made of squares.
(b) Shade 3/8 of the shape. [1]
Here are four fractions.
[Diagram or table: see page 6 of the paper]
When written as a decimal, one of these fractions will give a terminating decimal.
(c) Write down this fraction.
Answer: ____ [1]
Here is a number machine.
[Diagram or table: see page 6 of the paper]
(d) Work out the output when the input is 48
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 5
The diagram shows a cup and a jug.
[Diagram or table: see page 7 of the paper]
The cup and the jug both contain orange juice.
The jug contains more orange juice than the cup.
Work out how much more. State the units of your answer.
Answer: ____ [4]

Question 6
Here is a list of numbers.
[Diagram or table: see page 8 of the paper]
(a) From the numbers in the list, write down
(i) the factor of 42
Answer: ____ [1]
(ii) the multiple of 5
Answer: ____ [1]
[Diagram or table: see page 8 of the paper]
(b) Give one example to show that this statement is not correct.
Answer: ____ [1]

Question 7
The cost of 65 litres of petrol is 130 euros.
(a) Work out the cost of 195 litres of petrol.
Answer: ____ euros [2]
(b) Work out how many litres of petrol can be bought for 100 euros.
Answer: ____ litres [2]

Question 8
The diagram shows a sketch of kite ABCD
[Diagram or table: see page 9 of the paper]
BA = BC 5 cm= DA = DC 7 cm=
Use ruler and compasses only to construct an accurate drawing of kite ABCD You must show all your construction lines.
The points A and C are drawn for you.
[Diagram or table: see page 9 of the paper]
[3]

Question 9
(a) Simplify 5h  6 p  2h  9 p
Answer: ____ [2]
(b) Work out the value of 4c − 3r when c = 9 and r = 5
Answer: ____ [2]
(c) Solve 4n  9  21
Answer: n = ____ [2]

Question 10
Ewa has five cards, each with a number written on it.
[Diagram or table: see page 11 of the paper]
Ewa takes at random one of the cards and records the number. She puts the card back. Ewa again takes at random one of the cards and records the number.
She works out the difference between the numbers on the two cards to find her score.
(a) Complete the table to show all the possible scores. Twenty of the scores have been done for you.
First card
[Diagram or table: see page 11 of the paper]
[1]
(b) Find the probability that Ewa’s score is 0
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 11
Qaseem sells 300 tickets.
1/4 of the tickets are premium tickets.
The cost of each premium ticket is 14 dirhams.
The remaining tickets are standard tickets. The cost of each standard ticket is 9 dirhams.
Work out the total cost of the 300 tickets.
Answer: ____ dirhams [4]

Question 12
Hugo sells x bags of potatoes and y sacks of potatoes.
Each bag contains 6 potatoes. Each sack contains 20 potatoes.
The total number of potatoes that Hugo sells is T
Write down a formula for T in terms of x and y
Answer: ____ [3]

Question 13
Georgia makes a small cake and a large cake. She uses a total weight of 360 grams of flour.
weight of flour for the small cake : weight of flour for the large cake = 5 : 7
(a) Work out the weight of flour Georgia uses for the large cake.
Answer: ____ grams [2]
Georgia also uses butter to make the two cakes.
[Diagram or table: see page 13 of the paper]
Georgia uses a total weight of 360 grams of flour.
(b) Work out the total weight of butter she uses.
Answer: ____ grams [2]

Question 14
The diagram shows the plan of a rectangular floor.
[Diagram or table: see page 14 of the paper]
Diego is going to paint the floor. He buys enough tins of paint to cover the floor with one coat of paint.
Each tin of paint covers an area of 2.5 m^2 Each tin of paint costs 184 pesos.
Diego buys the least possible number of tins of paint.
Work out the total cost of the tins of paint that Diego buys. Show your working clearly.
Answer: ____ pesos [4]

Question 15
Show that 4/5  1/8  1/10 [2]

Question 16
Mrs Smith asked some students if they like tea (T) or coffee (C)
The Venn diagram shows information about their answers.
[Diagram or table: see page 15 of the paper]
10, 2, 5 and 3 are the numbers of students in each region of the Venn diagram.
One of the students is chosen at random.
(i) Find the probability that this student does not like tea.
Answer: ____ [2]
(ii) Find the probability that this student likes coffee.
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 17
Tom has a box and some dice.
[Diagram or table: see page 16 of the paper]
The box is a cuboid with side lengths of 72 cm, 54 cm and 25 cm Each dice is a cube with side lengths of 6 cm
Tom packs some of these dice into the box. The dice are packed so that they are all completely inside the box.
Work out the greatest number of dice that Tom can pack inside the box.
Answer: ____ [3]

Question 18
Write 4500 as a product of powers of its prime factors. Show your working clearly.
Answer: ____ [3]

Question 19
The nth term of an arithmetic sequence is given by 8n − 5
(a) Work out the ratio of the 40th term of the sequence to the 60th term of the sequence. Give your ratio in its simplest form.
Answer: ____ [3]
Here are the first five terms of a different arithmetic sequence.
[Diagram or table: see page 18 of the paper]
(b) Find an expression for the nth term of this sequence.
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 20
The table shows information about the number of hours each of 40 candles burned.
[Diagram or table: see page 19 of the paper]
15 < h 19 2
19 < h  23 5
23 < h  27 12
27 < h  31 15
31< h  35 6
(a) Write down the modal class.
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Work out an estimate for the mean number of hours.
Answer: ____ hours [4]

Question 21
Sara sells water bottles.
In July, she sold 450 water bottles. In August, she sold 612 water bottles.
Work out the percentage increase in the number of water bottles she sold from July to August.
Answer: ____ % [3]

Question 22
[Diagram or table: see page 21 of the paper]
(a) Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle A onto triangle B
Answer: ____ [3]
(b) On the grid, translate triangle A by the vector /3
Label your triangle C [1]

Question 23
ABCDE is a pentagon.
Diagram NOT
[Diagram or table: see page 22 of the paper]
angle EAB  96 angle BCD  91 angle CDE  93 angle DEA = angle ABC  x
Work out the value of x
[Diagram or table: see page 22 of the paper]
Answer: ____ [3]

Question 24
The diagram shows a cylinder and a prism.
[Diagram or table: see page 23 of the paper]
The radius of the cylinder is 7 cm The height of the cylinder is 18 cm
The area of the cross section of the prism, shown shaded in the diagram, is 120 cm^2 The length of the prism is L cm
The volume of the cylinder is equal to the volume of the prism.
Work out the value of L Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
Answer: L = ____ [3]

Question 25
A golf club increases the cost of membership by 17% After the increase, the cost of membership is 3276 zloty.
Work out the cost of membership before the increase.
Answer: ____ zloty [3]

Question 26
(a) Find the value of 7n^0 where n > 0
Answer: ____ [1]
(b) Simplify fully 2m^5 p^4
[Diagram or table: see page 25 of the paper]
Answer: ____ [2]
(c) Factorise fully 18c^5 w^2 + 30cw^3
Answer: ____ [2]
(d) Factorise x^2  6x  27
Answer: ____ [2]

Question 27
Johan owns a car.
The current value of the car is 32 000 euros. The value of the car will now depreciate by 15% per year.
Lena is going to save up and buy Johan’s car in 3 years’ time. She has already saved 2516 euros.
She will save an equal amount of money each month for the next 3 years.
Work out how much money Lena needs to save each month.
Answer: ____ euros [4]