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Centre Number Candidate Number
Pearson Edexcel International GCSE
Monday 2 June 2025
Morning (Time: 1 hour 30 minutes) Paper
reference 4MB1/01R
Mathematics B
PAPER 1R
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.
Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
• Calculators may be used.
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.
• Without sufficient working, correct answers may be awarded no marks.
Turn over
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, Answer all TWENTY SIX questions.
Write your answers in the spaces provided.
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You must write down all the stages in your working.
1 Factorise fully 9 x + 12 x 2 y
........................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Total for Question 1 is 2 marks)
2
N Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
N K 214°
J
The diagram shows the position of two towns, J and K
The bearing of J from K is 214°
Find the bearing, in degrees, of K from J
............................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . °
(Total for Question 2 is 2 marks)
2
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, 3 Make x the subject of t 6
x
4
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......................... ............... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Total for Question 3 is 2 marks)
4 The price of a television is reduced by 8% in a sale.
The price of the television in the sale is $1012
Calculate the price of the television before the sale.
$......................... ............... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Total for Question 4 is 2 marks)
3
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, 5 Simplify fully
4 xy
5 3
2 xy
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........................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Total for Question 5 is 2 marks)
6 Given that, for all values of x,
x 2 6 x
15
x a
b where a and b are integers
2
find the value of a and the value of b
a = ........................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
b = ........................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Total for Question 6 is 2 marks)
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Candidate surname Other names
Centre Number Candidate Number
Pearson Edexcel International GCSE
Monday 2 June 2025
Morning (Time: 1 hour 30 minutes) Paper
reference 4MB1/01R
Mathematics B
PAPER 1R
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.
Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
• Calculators may be used.
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.
• Without sufficient working, correct answers may be awarded no marks.
Turn over
P79517A
©2025 Pearson Education Ltd.
Y:1/1/1/1/1/
*P79517A0128*
, Answer all TWENTY SIX questions.
Write your answers in the spaces provided.
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
You must write down all the stages in your working.
1 Factorise fully 9 x + 12 x 2 y
........................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Total for Question 1 is 2 marks)
2
N Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
N K 214°
J
The diagram shows the position of two towns, J and K
The bearing of J from K is 214°
Find the bearing, in degrees, of K from J
............................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . °
(Total for Question 2 is 2 marks)
2
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, 3 Make x the subject of t 6
x
4
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
......................... ............... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Total for Question 3 is 2 marks)
4 The price of a television is reduced by 8% in a sale.
The price of the television in the sale is $1012
Calculate the price of the television before the sale.
$......................... ............... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Total for Question 4 is 2 marks)
3
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, 5 Simplify fully
4 xy
5 3
2 xy
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
........................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Total for Question 5 is 2 marks)
6 Given that, for all values of x,
x 2 6 x
15
x a
b where a and b are integers
2
find the value of a and the value of b
a = ........................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
b = ........................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Total for Question 6 is 2 marks)
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