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Pearson Edexcel
International GCSE

Mathematics A
Level 1/2
Paper 1FR
Foundation Tier
Thursday 24 May 2018 – Morning Paper Reference

Time: 2 hours 4MA1/1FR

You must have: Total Marks
Ruler graduated in centimetres and millimetres, protractor, compasses,
pen, HB pencil, eraser, calculator. Tracing paper may be used.

Instructions
• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
• centre
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
number and candidate number.
• Answer all questions.
• Without sufficient working, correct answers may be awarded no marks.
• Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
• Calculators may be used.
• You must NOT write anything on the formulae page.
Anything you write on the formulae page will gain NO credit.

Information
• The total mark for this paper is 100.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.

Advice
• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
• your answers if you have time at the end.
Check

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 International GCSE Mathematics
Formulae sheet – Foundation Tier

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Area of trapezium = (a + b)h
2

Volume of prism = area of cross section ulength

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cross
section

length

Volume of cylinder = ʌU2h

Curved surface area of cylinder = 2ʌUK

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 Answer ALL TWENTY SEVEN questions.

Write your answers in the spaces provided.

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You must write down all the stages in your working.

1 The table gives information about the weights, in kilograms, of five animals.

Animal Weight in kilograms

African buffalo 725

Indian elephant 3178
Giraffe 800
Pilot whale 2205
Walrus 1013

(a) Which animal has the least weight?

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(1)
(b) Write down the value of the 1 in the number 3178

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(1)
(c) Work out the difference between 2205 and 1013

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(1)
The weight of a blue whale is 20 times the weight of the giraffe.
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(d) Work out the weight of the blue whale.

Give your answer in tonnes.
1 tonne = 1000 kg

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(2)

(Total for Question 1 is 5 marks)

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2 A field is in the shape of a rectangle.
The width of the field is 70 m.

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The length of the field is 100 m.
Fafa walks around the edge of the field 3 times.
Work out the total distance Fafa walks.

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(Total for Question 2 is 3 marks)

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 3 Here is a rectangle A made from centimetre squares.
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rectangle A

(a) What fraction of rectangle A is shaded?

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(1)
Rectangle B is made from centimetre squares.
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rectangle B

(b) Shade 40% of rectangle B.

(1)

(Total for Question 3 is 2 marks)

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4

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x

(a) On the diagram, mark a right angle with the letter R.

(1)
There is a quadrilateral in the diagram.
(b) Write down the mathematical name of this quadrilateral.

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(1)
(c) Measure the size of angle x.
°
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(1)

(Total for Question 4 is 3 marks)

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 5 A, B and C are three points marked on a grid.

y
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B
4

3
A
2
C
1

í í í í í O 1 2 3 4 5 x
í

í

í
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í

í

(a) On the grid, draw the line with equation x í

Label the line L.
(1)
M is the midpoint of AB.
(b) Find the coordinates of M.

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(2)
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D is the point so that ABCD is a square.

(c) Find the coordinates of D.

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(2)

(Total for Question 5 is 5 marks)

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6 Here is a number machine.

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input u4 í output

(a) Work out the output when the input is 18

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(1)
(b) Work out the input when the output is 20

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(2)
Here is a different number machine.

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input u5 +x output

For this number machine, when the input is 8 the output is 50

(c) Work out the value of x.

x = .......................................................
(2)
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(Total for Question 6 is 5 marks)

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 7 Here is a list of all the nut trees Caterina counted one day.

cashew pistachio almond cashew almond

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walnut walnut almond pistachio cashew

cashew walnut almond walnut pistachio
almond walnut pistachio walnut walnut

(a) Complete the frequency table for Caterina’s list.

Nut tree Tally Frequency

cashew
walnut
almond
pistachio
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(2)
(b) Draw a bar chart for the information in your table.
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(3)

(Total for Question 7 is 5 marks)

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8 (a) Simplify y u y u y

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(1)
(b) Simplify 3c u 2d

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(1)
(c) Simplify 2kík + 3k

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(1)

(Total for Question 8 is 3 marks)

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 9 The table shows the temperatures at midnight and at midday at five ski resorts.
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Ski resort Temperature at midnight (°C) Temperature at midday (°C)

Chamonix í 3
Alto Campoo í í
Javornik í í
La Parva í í
Asiago í 0

(a) Which ski resort had the lowest temperature at midnight?

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(1)
(b) Work out the increase in temperature from midnight to midday for Chamonix.
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(1)
Jan knows that the temperature falls by 1 °C for every 300 m increase in height above Asiago.
(c) What was the temperature at midnight at a height 1800 m above Asiago?

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(2)

(Total for Question 9 is 4 marks)

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10 There are 20 counters in bag X.
7 of the counters are green.

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10 of the counters are red.
The rest of the counters are blue.
Ruth takes at random a counter from bag X.
(a) Write down the probability that the counter is red.

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(1)
(b) Work out the probability that the counter is blue.

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(1)
Ruth puts the counter back into bag X.
Bag Y only contains green counters, red counters and blue counters.
In bag Y there are,
2 more green counters than in bag X
1 more red counter than in bag X
2 more blue counters than in bag X
Adam takes at random a counter from bag Y.
Ruth takes at random a counter from bag X.
(c) Who has the greater probability of taking a green counter, Adam or Ruth?
Show your working clearly.
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(3)

(Total for Question 10 is 5 marks)

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 11 A sequence is formed by adding 1 to each square number.
Here are the first five terms of the sequence.
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2 5 10 17 26
(a) Find the 10th term of the sequence.

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(1)
1025 is a term of this sequence.
(b) Which term?
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(2)

(Total for Question 11 is 3 marks)

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Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

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124°

x° x°

A B C

ABC is a straight line.

Work out the value of x.

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x = .......................................................

(Total for Question 12 is 3 marks)

7 1 17
13 Show that í =
8 6 24

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(Total for Question 13 is 2 marks)

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 14 y = cídx
c = 15
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d=8
x í
(a) Work out the value of y.

y = .......................................................
(2)
t ௘píq)
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t = 18
q=6
(b) Work out the value of p.

p = .......................................................
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(2)

(Total for Question 14 is 4 marks)

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15 There are 440 students at a school.
The number of male students is 40 more than the number of female students.

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65% of the male students like art.
85% of the female students like art.
Work out the total number of students at the school who like art.

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(Total for Question 15 is 4 marks)

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 16 Here is a hexagon ABCDEF.

16 cm
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C D
Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

B E
24 cm
14 cm 14 cm

A F
20 cm

CD is parallel to AF.
Work out the area of hexagon ABCDEF.
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(Total for Question 16 is 4 marks)

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4
S
3

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í í í í í O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 x
í

í

í

í

í

(a) Reflect triangle S in the line y = x

Label the new triangle R.
(2)
⎛ −4⎞
(b) Translate triangle S by the vector ⎜ ⎟
⎝ −6⎠
Label the new triangle T.
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 y
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13

12

11

10

8 Q

6
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3
P
2

í í O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 x
í

í

(c) Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle P onto triangle Q.
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(2)

(Total for Question 17 is 5 marks)

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18 The table gives information about the times, in hours, some students spent doing sport
one week.

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Time (T hours) Frequency

0T- 2 5

2T- 4 9

4T- 6 24

6T- 8 40

8  T - 10 7

Calculate an estimate for the mean time these students spent doing sport.
Give your answer in hours, correct to 1 decimal place.

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(Total for Question 18 is 4 marks)

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 19 Anna and Lionel share $675 in the ratio 4 : 5
3
Lionel gives of his share of the money to his mother.
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How much money does Lionel give to his mother?

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(Total for Question 19 is 3 marks)

20 E = n2 + n + 5
(a) Work out the value of E when n = 3

E= .......................................................

(1)
Ali thinks that the value of E will be a prime number for any whole number value of n.
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(b) Is Ali correct?

You must give a reason for your answer.

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(2)

(Total for Question 20 is 3 marks)

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A B C Diagram NOT
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G

65°
38°

D E F

ABC and DEF are parallel lines.

BG = BE
Angle DEG = 38°
Angle GEB = 65°
Find the size of angle ABG.

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 22 Here are the first four terms of an arithmetic sequence.

6 10 14 18
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(a) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this sequence.

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(2)
(b) Write down an expression, in terms of n, for the (n + 1)th term of this sequence.
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(1)

(Total for Question 22 is 3 marks)

23 (a) Write 1 390 000 in standard form.

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(1)
(b) Write 0.005 in standard form.
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(1)

(Total for Question 23 is 2 marks)

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24 Here is an empty pool in the shape of a cuboid.

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Diagram NOT
2.5 m accurately drawn

12 m

3m

The width of the pool is 3 m.

The length of the pool is 12 m.
The top of the pool is 2.5 m above the base of the pool.
Jeb is going to put water in the pool.
The level of the surface of the water will be 60 cm below the top of the pool.
Water flows into the pool at 400 litres per minute.

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1 m3 = 1000 litres
How long will it take to fill the pool to 60 cm below the top of the pool?
Give your answer in hours and minutes.

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(Total for Question 24 is 4 marks)

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 25 Solve

3x + 2y = 15
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10xíy = 2

Show clear algebraic working.

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x = .......................................................

y = .......................................................

(Total for Question 25 is 3 marks)

26 Change a speed of 72 kilometres per hour to a speed in metres per second.

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(Total for Question 26 is 3 marks)

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27 A company makes cars.
In 2016, the company made 350 cars.

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In the first 6 months of 2017, the company made 25 cars each month.
In the last 6 months of 2017, the company made 45 cars each month.
(a) Work out the percentage increase in the number of cars the company made from
2016 to 2017

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(4)
The company’s income in 2017 was $500 000 more than the company’s income in 2016
The company’s income in 2017 was 8% more than the company’s income in 2016
(b) Work out the company’s income in 2016

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(3)

(Total for Question 27 is 7 marks)

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