All papers

Maths A · Edexcel 4MA1 · Paper 2F · Foundation · January 2023

Edexcel IGCSE Maths A Paper 2F Foundation January 2023 question paper 4MA1/2F

2h 100 marks

Practise the past exam questions by topic

Edexcel 4MA1 · Paper 2F

25 questions
Report a problem
What is wrong?

Goes to whoever maintains the question split. No account needed and nothing is published on this page.

Question 1

Here are four cards. Each card has a number on it.

Figure for question 1

These four cards are arranged to make the number 5763

(a)

Arrange the four cards to make the smallest possible number.

Figure for question 1

(1)

(b)

Arrange the four cards to make the largest possible even number.

Figure for question 1

(1)

(c)

Arrange two of the cards to make a prime number.

Figure for question 1

(1)

(d)

Arrange two of the cards to make a multiple of 8

Figure for question 1

(1)

Question 2

The pictogram shows information about the total weight of potatoes grown last year in each of five countries.

Figure for question 2

The pictogram shows one country where the total weight of potatoes grown last year was 20 million tonnes.

(a)

Which country?

Last year, the weight of potatoes grown in The Netherlands was 6 million tonnes.

(1)

(b)

Show this information on the pictogram.

(1)

(c)

Work out the total weight of potatoes grown in Germany and in France last year.

(2)

Question 5

The table gives information about the costs of sending parcels of different weights.

Weight (wkg)Cost of sending a parcel
0 w 1£6.00
1 w 2£9.02
2 w 5£15.85
5 w 10£21.90

Peony has one parcel of weight 1.3 kg and another parcel of weight 8 kg to send to two different places.

(a)

Work out the total cost of sending these two parcels.

Gryffyn sends 3 parcels each to a different place. One of the parcels has a weight of 1.5 kg and another of the parcels has a weight of 2.8 kg The total cost of sending the 3 parcels is £33.89

(2)

(b)

Work out the greatest possible weight of the third parcel.

(3)

Question 8

Here is a number machine.

Figure for question 8
(a)

Work out the output when the input is 9

Here is a different number machine.

Figure for question 8

When the input is 30 the output is 18

(1)

(b)

Find a suitable way to complete the number machine.

(1)

(c)

The following rule is used to work out the total cost, in euros, of hiring a cement mixer.

Figure for question 8

James hires a cement mixer for 3 days.

Work out the cost to James of hiring the cement mixer.

The cost to Sophia of hiring a cement mixer is 61 euros.

(1)

(d)

For how many days does Sophia hire the cement mixer?

(2)

Question 9

There are 120 cyclists in a cycling club. There are 67 professional cyclists and the rest are amateur cyclists. Each of these cyclists was asked to name their favourite type of bike.

The two-way table shows some information about their answers.

Figure for question 9
(a)

Complete the table.

(3)

(b)

Work out the percentage of the cyclists who answered Mountain bike.

Jacob is going to draw a pie chart for the age groups of the 120 cyclists. There are 41 people in the ‘over 60’ age group.

(2)

(c)

Work out the size of the angle for the sector representing the ‘over 60’ age group.

(2)

Question 10

The frequency table shows information about the number of cookies made by each of the 21 people in a cookery class.

Number of cookies madeFrequency
101
117
122
135
144
152
(a)

Write down the mode of the number of cookies made.

(1)

(b)

Find the median number of cookies made.

(2)

(c)

Find the total number of cookies made by the 21 people in the cookery class.

(2)

Question 11

(a)

Work out the value of (4 + 3 + 6)2

64 = 4n

(1)

(b)

Write down the value of n

(1)

(c)
Question 11, shown as an image

Write down all the figures on your calculator display.

(2)

Question 12

Last season, Alisha and Jaya scored goals for their team in the ratio 4: 7 Jaya scored 39 more goals than Alisha.

Work out the number of goals Alisha scored.

(3)

Question 13

There are 380 students in a Sixth Form. The students are either in the Upper Sixth or in the Lower Sixth.

The number of students in the Upper Sixth is 20 fewer than the number of students in the Lower Sixth. fraction of the Upper Sixth students study mathematics. 32% of the Lower Sixth students study mathematics.

Work out the total number of students in the Sixth Form who study mathematics.

(4)

Question 15

The diagram shows two parallel lines AB and DEF

Figure for question 15

BEG is a straight line.

angle DEG = 73° angle EBC = 124° angle ABC = w °

Work out the value of w Give reasons for each stage of your working.

(4)

Question 20

The weight of a cake is 2.75 kg, correct to 2 decimal places.

(a)

Write down the lower bound of the weight of the cake.

(1)

(b)

Write down the upper bound of the weight of the cake.

Question 20, shown as an image

Her answer is 13 332.299 17

Penny’s answer is not sensible.

(1)

(c)

By rounding each number to one significant figure, work out a suitable estimate to show that her answer is not sensible. Show your working clearly.

(2)

Question 23

Matteo is going to invest 5000 Swiss francs for two years.

He can invest his money in Bank G or in Bank H.

Figure for question 23

The total amount of interest Matteo would receive at the end of two years from Bank G is more than the amount of interest Matteo would receive at the end of two years from Bank H.

How much more?

(4)

The paper as printed

Spotted a mistake on this page?Report a problem