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Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE
Monday 22 June 2026
Afternoon (Time: 1 hour 30 minutes) Paper
reference 9FM0/4B Mark Scheme (Results)
Further Mathematics
Advanced
PAPER 4B: Further Statistics 2
Summer 2026
You must have: Total Marks
Mathematical Formulae and Statistical Tables (Green), calculator
Candidates may use any calculator permitted by Pearson regulations.
Pearson Edexcel GCE
Calculators must not have the facility for symbolic algebra manipulation,
differentiation and integration, or have retrievable mathematical formulae In Further Mathematics (9FM0)
stored in them.
Instructions Paper 4B Further Statistics 2
•• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
•
If pencil is used for diagrams/sketches/graphs it must be dark (HB or B).
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
•
centre number and candidate number.
Answer all questions and ensure that your answers to parts of questions are
•
clearly labelled.
Answer the questions in the spaces provided
•
– there may be more space than you need.
You should show sufficient working to make your methods clear.
•
Answers without working may not gain full credit.
Values from statistical tables should be quoted in full. If a calculator is used instead of
•Information
tables the value should be given to an equivalent degree of accuracy.
Inexact answers should be given to three significant figures unless otherwise stated.
•• AThere
booklet ‘Mathematical Formulae and Statistical Tables’ is provided.
•
are 7 questions in this question paper. The total mark for this paper is 75.
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.
• Check your answers if you have time at the end.
Try to answer every question.
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1. A farmer is modelling the relationship between the amount of nitrogen applied to wheat
and the percentage of protein in the wheat at harvest.
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A sample of 12 fields of wheat is taken at harvest and the amount of nitrogen applied largest awarding body. We provide a wide range of qualifications
to the wheat, x kg/hectare, and the percentage of protein in the wheat at harvest, y, are including academic, vocational, occupational and specific
both recorded. programmes for employers. For further information visit our
Some summary statistics are given below. qualifications websites at or .
Alternatively, you can get in touch with us using the details on our
x 1700
y 140.1
y 2
1646.45 Sxx = 41 366.67 Sxy = 597.5 contact us page at
(a) Find the product moment correlation coefficient between x and y
(3)
(b) Explain whether the answer to part (a) is consistent with a linear model for
these data.
(1)
Pearson: helping people progress, everywhere
The farmer wants to increase the percentage of protein in the wheat at harvest, y, by 2
Pearson aspires to be the world’s leading learning company. Our aim is to help
Estimate the amount of additional nitrogen that should be applied. everyone progress in their lives through education. We believe in every kind of
(3) learning, for all kinds of people, wherever they are in the world. We’ve been
Three possible lines are proposed to model the data. The table shows some summary involved in education for over 150 years, and by working across 70 countries, in
statistics for each of the lines. 100 languages, we have built an international reputation for our commitment to
high standards and raising achievement through innovation in education. Find
Residual sum of out more about how we can help you and your students at:
Line Sum of residuals
squares (RSS)
A 0 4.03
B –0.2 2.15
C 0 2.15
One of the lines is the correct linear regression line for these data.
(d) State which of line A or line B or line C is the correct linear regression line for
these data.
Give a reason for your answer.
(2)
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_____________________________________________________________________________________ • Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not according to their
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_____________________________________________________________________________________ • There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark scheme should be
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_____________________________________________________________________________________ • All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded. Examiners
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_____________________________________________________________________________________ mark scheme. Examiners should also be prepared to award zero marks if the
_____________________________________________________________________________________ candidate’s response is not worthy of credit according to the mark scheme.
_____________________________________________________________________________________ • Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will provide the principles
_____________________________________________________________________________________ by which marks will be awarded and exemplification may be limited.
_____________________________________________________________________________________ • When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the mark scheme
_____________________________________________________________________________________ to a candidate’s response, the team leader must be consulted.
_____________________________________________________________________________________ • Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate has replaced it
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Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE
Monday 22 June 2026
Afternoon (Time: 1 hour 30 minutes) Paper
reference 9FM0/4B Mark Scheme (Results)
Further Mathematics
Advanced
PAPER 4B: Further Statistics 2
Summer 2026
You must have: Total Marks
Mathematical Formulae and Statistical Tables (Green), calculator
Candidates may use any calculator permitted by Pearson regulations.
Pearson Edexcel GCE
Calculators must not have the facility for symbolic algebra manipulation,
differentiation and integration, or have retrievable mathematical formulae In Further Mathematics (9FM0)
stored in them.
Instructions Paper 4B Further Statistics 2
•• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
•
If pencil is used for diagrams/sketches/graphs it must be dark (HB or B).
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
•
centre number and candidate number.
Answer all questions and ensure that your answers to parts of questions are
•
clearly labelled.
Answer the questions in the spaces provided
•
– there may be more space than you need.
You should show sufficient working to make your methods clear.
•
Answers without working may not gain full credit.
Values from statistical tables should be quoted in full. If a calculator is used instead of
•Information
tables the value should be given to an equivalent degree of accuracy.
Inexact answers should be given to three significant figures unless otherwise stated.
•• AThere
booklet ‘Mathematical Formulae and Statistical Tables’ is provided.
•
are 7 questions in this question paper. The total mark for this paper is 75.
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.
• Check your answers if you have time at the end.
Try to answer every question.
Turn over
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P:1/1/1/
*P79402A0128* for more:
for more:
, Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications
1. A farmer is modelling the relationship between the amount of nitrogen applied to wheat
and the percentage of protein in the wheat at harvest.
Edexcel and BTEC qualifications are awarded by Pearson, the UK’s
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
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A sample of 12 fields of wheat is taken at harvest and the amount of nitrogen applied largest awarding body. We provide a wide range of qualifications
to the wheat, x kg/hectare, and the percentage of protein in the wheat at harvest, y, are including academic, vocational, occupational and specific
both recorded. programmes for employers. For further information visit our
Some summary statistics are given below. qualifications websites at or .
Alternatively, you can get in touch with us using the details on our
x 1700
y 140.1
y 2
1646.45 Sxx = 41 366.67 Sxy = 597.5 contact us page at
(a) Find the product moment correlation coefficient between x and y
(3)
(b) Explain whether the answer to part (a) is consistent with a linear model for
these data.
(1)
Pearson: helping people progress, everywhere
The farmer wants to increase the percentage of protein in the wheat at harvest, y, by 2
Pearson aspires to be the world’s leading learning company. Our aim is to help
Estimate the amount of additional nitrogen that should be applied. everyone progress in their lives through education. We believe in every kind of
(3) learning, for all kinds of people, wherever they are in the world. We’ve been
Three possible lines are proposed to model the data. The table shows some summary involved in education for over 150 years, and by working across 70 countries, in
statistics for each of the lines. 100 languages, we have built an international reputation for our commitment to
high standards and raising achievement through innovation in education. Find
Residual sum of out more about how we can help you and your students at:
Line Sum of residuals
squares (RSS)
A 0 4.03
B –0.2 2.15
C 0 2.15
One of the lines is the correct linear regression line for these data.
(d) State which of line A or line B or line C is the correct linear regression line for
these data.
Give a reason for your answer.
(2)
_____________________________________________________________________________________ Summer 2026
Question Paper Log Number P86176A
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Publication Code 9MA0_4B_2606_MS
_____________________________________________________________________________________ All the material in this publication is
Pearson Education Ltd
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________ for more:
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for more:
*P79402A0228*
, General Marking Guidance
• All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners must mark the
Question 1 continued first candidate in exactly the same way as they mark the last.
_____________________________________________________________________________________ • Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must be rewarded
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_____________________________________________________________________________________ for what they have shown they can do rather than penalised for omissions.
_____________________________________________________________________________________ • Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not according to their
_____________________________________________________________________________________ perception of where the grade boundaries may lie.
_____________________________________________________________________________________ • There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark scheme should be
_____________________________________________________________________________________ used appropriately.
_____________________________________________________________________________________ • All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded. Examiners
_____________________________________________________________________________________ should always award full marks if deserved, i.e. if the answer matches the
_____________________________________________________________________________________ mark scheme. Examiners should also be prepared to award zero marks if the
_____________________________________________________________________________________ candidate’s response is not worthy of credit according to the mark scheme.
_____________________________________________________________________________________ • Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will provide the principles
_____________________________________________________________________________________ by which marks will be awarded and exemplification may be limited.
_____________________________________________________________________________________ • When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the mark scheme
_____________________________________________________________________________________ to a candidate’s response, the team leader must be consulted.
_____________________________________________________________________________________ • Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate has replaced it
_____________________________________________________________________________________ with an alternative response.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
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