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Edexcel IGCSE Maths A Paper 2F Foundation January 2021 question paper 4MA1/2F

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Edexcel 4MA1 · Paper 2F

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Question 2

The students in class 7T were asked how they got to school one day.

Here is a list of their method of travel to school.

walk bus bicycle walk bus bicycle walk car bus bicycle bus bicycle bus car walk walk bus walk walk car

(a)

Complete the frequency table for the methods of travel in the list.

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(2)

(b)

Draw a bar chart for the information in your table.

(3)

Question 3

The temperature in New York is –2maths symbolC

At the same time, the temperature in Rabat is 16maths symbolC higher than the temperature in New York.

(a)

Work out the temperature in Rabat.

Also, at the same time, the temperature in Helsinki is 17maths symbolC lower than the temperature in New York.

(1)

(b)

Work out the temperature in Helsinki.

(1)

Question 4

A rectangle is made from 30 small coloured square tiles.

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There are yellow tiles, blue tiles and red tiles.

30% of the rectangle is made from yellow tiles. fraction of the rectangle is made from blue tiles.

The rest of the rectangle is made from red tiles.

(a)

Work out the number of red tiles.

(3)

(b)

Put the following numbers in order of size. Start with the smallest number.

0.76 25% 0.0766 8% 0.026

(2)

Question 6

The diagram shows a solid prism.

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(a)

How many vertices has the prism?

(1)

(b)

How many faces has the prism?

(1)

(c)

Using ruler and compasses only, in the space below construct the equilateral triangle ABC with sides of length 7 cm. You must show all your construction lines.

Side AB has already been drawn for you.

(2)

Question 8

Paolo has a bag of flour. The flour in the bag has a weight of 3 kilograms.

Paolo makes 8 pies using the flour in the bag.

3 of the pies each need 150 grams of the flour. 5 of the pies each need 180 grams of the flour.

Work out the weight of flour that remains in the bag when Paolo has made these pies. Give your answer in grams.

(3)

Question 9

Grace has a fair spinner and a fair dice.

The spinner is 3-sided and can land on 6, 7 or 8 The dice can land on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6

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Grace spins the spinner once and throws the dice once.

Grace subtracts the number that the dice lands on from the number that the spinner lands on to get her score.

(a)

Complete the table to show all possible scores. Eight of the scores have been done for you.

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(2)

(b)

Grace spins the spinner once and throws the dice once.

Find the probability that her score is less than 6

(1)

(c)

Find the probability that her score is an odd number.

(1)

Question 12

Elvira and Anja go on holiday to Sweden and to Finland.

In Sweden, Elvira bought some trainers for 438 Swedish krona. In Finland, Anja bought the same type of trainers for 44.39 euros.

1 Swedish krona = 0.12 dollars

1 dollar = 0.92 euros

Work out the difference in the cost of the trainers bought by Elvira and the trainers bought by Anja. Give your answer in dollars.

(4)

Question 14

The diagram shows a trapezium.

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Question 14, shown as an image
(a)

Work out the area of the trapezium.

The diagram shows a cuboid.

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The volume of the cuboid is 806 cm3

(2)

(b)

Work out the value of x.

(3)

Question 15

A train takes 6 hours 39 minutes to travel from New Delhi to Kanpur. The train travels a distance of 429 km.

Work out the average speed of the train. Give your answer in km/h correct to one decimal place.

(3)

Question 17

Gladys buys a table for $465 to sell in her shop.

She sells the table for $520

(a)

Work out the percentage profit that Gladys makes from the sale of the table. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

Gladys has a sale in her shop.

She decreases all the normal prices by 12% The normal price of an armchair was $550

(3)

(b)

Work out the sale price of the armchair.

(3)

Question 19

(a)

Expand and simplify 4 x (2 x + 5) – 3 x (2 x – 3)

Question 19, shown as an image

(2)

(b)

work out the value of n.

(2)

(c)(i)

Solve the inequality 7t – 8 < 2t + 7

(2)

(c)(ii)

On the number line below, represent the solution set of the inequality solved in part (c)(i)

Question 19, shown as an image

–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5

(1)

Question 21

There are 5 cocoa pods in a bag. The mean weight of the 5 cocoa pods is 398 grams.

A sixth cocoa pod is put into the bag. The mean weight of the 6 cocoa pods is 401 grams.

Work out the weight of the sixth cocoa pod that is put into the bag.

(3)

Question 22

A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O.

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AOC is a diameter of the circle.

AB = 8 cm BC = 15 cm

Angle ABC = 90maths symbol

Work out the total area of the regions shown shaded in the diagram. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

(5)

Question 24

The people working for a company work in Team A or in Team B.

number of people in Team A: number of people in Team B = 3: 4 fraction of Team A work full time.

24% of Team B work full time.

Work out what fraction of the people working for the company work full time. Give your fraction in its simplest form.

(3)

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