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Edexcel IGCSE Maths A Paper 2F Foundation January 2020 question paper 4MA1/2FR

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Edexcel 4MA1 · Paper 2F (R)

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Question 1

(a)

Write in figures the number seventy thousand, two hundred and sixteen.

(1)

(b)

Write down a common factor of 20 and 30

(1)

(c)

Write down a square number that is between 20 and 40

(1)

(d)

Find the cube root of 3375

(1)

(e)

Write brackets in the following calculation so that the answer is correct.

42 – 6 ÷ 6 – 3 = 40

(1)

Question 3

The diagram shows a line AB.

Question 3, shown as an image
(a)

At the point A draw an acute angle. Label your acute angle a.

The diagram shows a circle with centre O.

Figure for question 3

(1)

(b)

Draw a diameter of the circle.

(1)

Question 7

P, Q and R are three points marked on a grid.

Figure for question 7
(a)

Write down the coordinates of point Q.

S is the point such that PQRS is a rectangle.

(1)

(b)

Find the coordinates of point S.

(1)

(c)

Find the coordinates of the midpoint of PR.

(2)

Question 8

Lin has 60 bricks. He puts his 60 bricks into a bag.

Some information about the 60 bricks is shown in the two-way table.

Figure for question 8
(a)

Complete the two-way table.

(3)

(b)

One of the bricks is taken at random from the bag.

Write down the probability that this brick is blue.

Lin now puts all his large bricks into a sack. He takes at random a large brick from the sack.

(1)

(c)

Write down the probability that this large brick is orange.

(2)

Question 9

Here is a sequence of patterns made from circles.

Figure for question 9

number 1
number 2
number 3
number 4

(a)

In the space below, draw Pattern number 5

(1)

(b)

Complete the table.

Pattern number123456
Number of circles14710

(1)

(c)

Work out the number of circles in Pattern number 8

C is the number of circles in Pattern number P

(1)

(d)

Write down a formula for C in terms of P

A different sequence of patterns is made from triangles. The rule to find the number of triangles in each pattern is

multiply the Pattern number by 5 and subtract 4

(2)

(e)

Is there a pattern in this sequence that is made from exactly 136 triangles? You must give a reason for your answer.

(1)

Question 10

Here are four different numbers written in order of size.

3 6 m n

The range of the four numbers is 13 The median of the four numbers is 8.5

Find the value of m and the value of n.

(2)

Question 12

(a)

Simplify k + k + k + k

Question 12, shown as an image

(1)

(b)(i)

Write f as a single power of 9

(1)

(b)(ii)

Write f as a single power of 3

(1)

(c)

Write 517 maths symbol52 as a single power of 5

(1)

(d)

Write 800 as a product of its prime factors. Show your working clearly.

(2)

Question 13

Betsy was given $75 for her birthday.

She saved some of the money and spent the rest on a T-shirt and a bag.

Betsy saved 40% of the $75 She spent $12 more on the bag than she spent on the T-shirt.

Work out how much Betsy spent on the bag.

(4)

Question 14

Iona buys a box of cereal.

The cereal in the box weighs 0.75 kg. Each helping of the cereal eaten by Iona has a weight of 40 g.

(a)

Write 40 g as a fraction of 0.75 kg. Give your answer in its simplest form.

The cereal in the box contains 6.8 g of protein for each 100 g of cereal.

(2)

(b)

Work out the amount of protein in each of Iona’s helpings of cereal.

3 g of every 40 g helping of cereal is fat.

(2)

(c)

Write 3 g as a percentage of 40 g.

(2)

Question 15

Figure for question 15

ABC is a triangle. D and E are points such that ACD and BCE are straight lines.

reflex angle ABC = 298° angle ECD = 97°

Work out the size of angle x. Give a reason for each stage of your working.

(4)

Question 16

The table gives information about the amount of money, in £, that Fiona spent in a

Figure for question 16

Work out an estimate for the total amount of money that Fiona spent in the grocery store during 2019

(3)

Question 17

Three tins, A, B and C, each contain buttons.

Tin A contains x buttons. Tin B contains 4 times the number of buttons that tin A contains. Tin C contains 7 fewer buttons than tin A.

The total number of buttons in the three tins is 137

Work out the number of buttons in tin C.

(4)

Question 20

A plane takes 3 hours 36 minutes to fly from the Cayman Islands to New York. The plane flies a distance of 2470 km.

Work out the average speed of the plane in km/h. Give your answer correct to the nearest whole number.

(3)

Question 22

Hamish buys a new car for $20 000 The car depreciates in value by 19% each year.

Work out the value of the car at the end of 3 years. Give your answer to the nearest $.

(3)

Question 23

The diagram shows a box in the shape of a cuboid.

Figure for question 23

The box is put on a table. The face of the box in contact with the table has length 1.2 metres and width x metres.

The force exerted by the box on the table is 27 newtons. The pressure on the table due to the box is 30 newtons/m2

Figure for question 23

Work out the value of x.

(3)

Question 24

The table shows information about the surface area of each of the world’s oceans.

OceanSurface area in square kilometres
Pacific1.56108
Indian6.86107
Southern2.03107
Arctic1.41107
Atlantic1.06108
(a)

Write 1.56maths symbol108 as an ordinary number.

(1)

(b)

Which ocean has the least surface area?

(1)

(c)

Work out the difference, in square kilometres, between the surface area of the Atlantic Ocean and the surface area of the Indian Ocean. Give your answer in standard form.

........ square kilometres

(2)

Question 25

(a)

Write down the integer values of x that satisfy the inequality −2maths symbol x ≤4

The region R, shown shaded in the diagram, is bounded by three straight lines.

Figure for question 25

(2)

(b)

Write down the three inequalities that define the region R.

(2)

Question 26

The diagram shows two congruent isosceles triangles and parts of two congruent regular polygons, X and Y.

Figure for question 26

The two regular polygons each have n sides.

Work out the value of n.

(3)

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