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Edexcel IGCSE Maths A Paper 1F Foundation January 2021 question paper 4MA1/1FR

2h 100 marks

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Edexcel 4MA1 · Paper 1F (R)

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Question 1

The table shows the heights, in metres, of five mountains.

MountainHeight (metres)
Aconcagua6961
Makalu8485
Kilimanjaro5895
Mont Blanc4810
Puncak Jaya4884
(a)

Which of these mountains has the greatest height?

(1)

(b)

Write the number 5895 in words.

(1)

(c)

Write down the value of the 8 in 4810

(1)

(d)

Work out the difference between the height of Aconcagua and the height of Puncak Jaya.

(1)

Question 2

Caroline has a bag containing 10 counters.

In the bag there are

7 red counters 2 blue counters 1 green counter

Caroline is going to choose at random a counter from the bag.

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(a)

Write down the word from the box that best describes the likelihood that Caroline will take

(a)(i)

a red counter,

(1)

(a)(ii)

a yellow counter.

Jamil is going to roll a fair six‑sided dice.

(1)

(b)

On the probability scale, mark with a cross (X) the probability that the dice will land on an odd number.

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(1)

(c)

On the probability scale, mark with a cross (X) the probability that the dice will land on 2

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(1)

Question 3

Here is a quadrilateral.

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(a)

What is the mathematical name of this quadrilateral?

(1)

(b)

Measure the size of the angle marked x.

(1)

(c)

On the quadrilateral, mark with arrows (maths symbol) a pair of parallel lines.

(1)

(d)

The quadrilateral has four angles.

How many of these angles are right angles?

(1)

Question 4

Iwan is going to buy the following items

1 plant pot at £8 3 bags of soil at £4.50 for each bag some packets of seeds at £1.10 for each packet.

Iwan has a total of £30 to spend on these items. He buys as many packets of seeds as he can.

Work out how much change Iwan should receive.

(4)

Question 5

The diagram shows the point A and the line CD on a grid.

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(a)

Write down the coordinates of point A.

The point B has coordinates (4, –2)

(1)

(b)

On the grid, mark with a cross (X) the point B. Label the point B.

(1)

(c)

Write down an equation of the line CD.

(1)

Question 7

Cate asked the 60 members of a leisure centre how many times they had each visited the leisure centre last week.

The table gives information about her results.

Number of visitsFrequency
04
112
217
320
47
(a)

Write down the mode of the number of visits.

Cate is going to draw a pie chart for the information in the table.

(1)

(b)

Work out the size of the angle in the pie chart for the sector representing 1 visit.

35% of the 60 members are aged 50 or over.

(2)

(c)

Work out how many of the members are aged 50 or over.

(2)

Question 9

Sabbir has some boxes of bananas and some sacks of tomatoes. The weight of each box of bananas is the same and the weight of each sack of tomatoes is the same.

The weight of 3 boxes of bananas is 42 kg. The weight of 8 sacks of tomatoes is 68 kg.

Work out the total weight of 9 boxes of bananas and 15 sacks of tomatoes.

(3)

Question 12

Rose and Haydn share £250 in the ratio 2: 3

Rose gives all her share of the money to charity. Haydn gives 42% of his share of the money to charity.

Rose gives more money to charity than Haydn gives to charity.

Work out how much more.

(5)

Question 15

(a)

Expand 5(3 a + 4)

(1)

(b)

Factorise 4c – 14

(1)

(c)

Solve 5x – 11 = x + 6 Show clear algebraic working.

(3)

Question 17

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(4)

Question 19

A train journey from Paris to Amsterdam took 3 hours 24 minutes. The total distance the train travelled was 433.5 km.

Work out the average speed of the train. Give your answer in kilometres per hour.

(3)

Question 22

Kuro invests 50 000 yen for 3 years in a savings account. She gets 2.4% per year compound interest.

Work out how much money Kuro will have in her savings account at the end of the 3 years. Give your answer correct to the nearest yen.

(3)

Question 23

The diagram shows a regular pentagon, ABCDE, a regular hexagon, CFGHID, and a quadrilateral, EDIJ.

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AEJ and HIJ are straight lines.

Work out the size of the angle marked x. Show your working clearly.

(5)

Question 25

The diagram shows one face of a wall. This face is in the shape of a pentagon with exactly one line of symmetry.

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Question 25, shown as an image

Omondi is going to paint this face of the wall once. He has to buy all the paint that he needs to use.

The paint in each tin of paint Omondi is going to buy will cover 16 m2 of the face of the wall.

Work out the least number of tins of paint Omondi will need to buy. Show your working clearly.

(5)

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