Pearson Edexcel International GCSE 4MA1/2FR Mathematics A PAPER 2FR Foundation Tier JUNE 2025 Question paper + Markscheme

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Pearson Edexcel International GCSE
Wednesday 4 June 2025
Morning (Time: 2 hours) Paper
reference 4MA1/2FR
Mathematics A
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PAPER 2FR
Foundation Tier


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


Instructions
•• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
centre 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.
Check your answers if you have time at the end.


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, International GCSE Mathematics
Formulae sheet – Foundation Tier




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Area of trapezium = (a + b)h
2

a


h



b

Volume of prism = area of cross section × length




cross
section

length



Volume of cylinder = πr2h
Curved surface area of cylinder = 2πrh

r


h




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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 (a) Write these numbers in order of size.
Start with the smallest number.
83 148 46 229 99



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(1)
(b) Write these decimals in order of size.
Start with the smallest decimal.
0.25 0.5 0.46 0.08 0.417



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(1)
(c) Write 0.81 as a fraction.



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(d) Find the number that is exactly halfway between 0.2 and 0.3




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(Total for Question 1 is 4 marks)




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, 2 Helena recorded the shoe sizes of seven of her friends.
Here are the results.




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2 9 10 6 7 9 4


(a) Write down the mode of the shoe sizes.


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(1)
(b) Work out the median shoe size.




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(2)
(c) Find the range of the shoe sizes.




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(Total for Question 2 is 4 marks)




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