100% satisfaction guarantee Immediately available after payment Both online and in PDF No strings attached 4.2 TrustPilot
logo-home
Exam (elaborations)

2025 Pearson Edexcel GCE In AS Further Mathematics (8FM0) Paper 27 Decision Mathematics 1 ACTUAL QUESTION PAPER AND MARKING SCHEME (MERGED)

Rating
-
Sold
-
Pages
34
Grade
A+
Uploaded on
12-11-2025
Written in
2025/2026

2025 Pearson Edexcel GCE In AS Further Mathematics (8FM0) Paper 27 Decision Mathematics 1 ACTUAL QUESTION PAPER AND MARKING SCHEME (MERGED)

Institution
PEARSON EDEXCEL
Course
PEARSON EDEXCEL











Whoops! We can’t load your doc right now. Try again or contact support.

Written for

Institution
PEARSON EDEXCEL
Course
PEARSON EDEXCEL

Document information

Uploaded on
November 12, 2025
Number of pages
34
Written in
2025/2026
Type
Exam (elaborations)
Contains
Questions & answers

Subjects

Content preview

Paper

� �
Further Mathematics
Advanced Subsidiary
Further Mathematics options
27: Decision Mathematics 1
(Part of options D, F, H and K)



D1 Answer Book (enclosed)


Candidates may use any calculator allowed by Pearson regulations. Calculators
must not have the facility for symbolic algebra manipulation, differentiation
and integration, or have retrievable mathematical formulae stored in them.

Instructions

• If pencil is used for diagrams/sketches/graphs it must be dark (HB or B).
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 answer book 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.
Inexact answers should be given to three significant figures unless otherwise
stated.
Do not return the question paper with the D1 Answer Book.

Information

• The total mark for this part of the examination is 40. There are 4 questions.
– 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.

,1

16 10 25 30 13 12 28 22 23 20
The list of ten numbers above is to be sorted into ascending order.

(a) Carry out a bubble sort, starting at the left-hand end of the list, to produce the sorted
list. You should only give the state of the list after each pass.
(3)
B 22 E


13 16
12 23

10
A F
C 20

28
30 25


D

Figure 1
(b) Use Prim‟s algorithm, starting at A, to find the minimum spanning tree for the
network in Figure 1. You must list the arcs in the order in which you select them.
(2)
(c) (i) Draw the minimum spanning tree on Diagram 1 in the answer book.

(ii) Find the weight of the minimum spanning tree.
(2)
(Total for Question 1 is 7 marks)




2

■■■■

,2

Activity Immediately preceding activities

A -

B -

C -

D B

E A, B

F B

G B

H C, D

I G, H

J E

K E, F, I

L G, H

M G, H


(a) Explain how you can deduce from the precedence table that at least one dummy
will be needed when drawing the activity network. Your explanation should refer to
specific activities.
(1)
(b) Draw the activity network described in the precedence table, using activity on arc.
Your activity network must contain the minimum number of dummies only.
(5)
Each activity in the precedence table takes 3 hours to complete.
(c) State the minimum completion time.
(1)
One of the activities now needs to be chosen to be extended by an hour. When the
change is made the minimum completion time must not be affected.

(d) List the activities that could be chosen.
(1)

(Total for Question 2 is 8 marks)




3

■■■■ Turn over

, 3
12
B 3 D 6
H
15 4 8 9
9
6 8
A 10 F
C 2 4
14 10 J
E
30 3

G
Figure 2

[The total weight of the network is 153]
Figure 2 models a network of roads in a town, where the nodes represent road
junctions. The numbers on the edges are the times, in minutes, taken to walk along the
corresponding roads.

(a) State, with a reason, whether the graph in Figure 2 is Eulerian, semi-Eulerian
or neither.
(1)
(b) (i) Use Dijkstra‟s algorithm to find the quickest path from A to J.

(ii) State the shortest time needed to walk from A to J.
(6)
Ruby manages road maintenance from her office located at junction B. She needs to
walk along each road at least once, starting and finishing at her office. Road AE is
temporarily blocked so she is unable to walk along it. Ruby wishes to minimise her
journey time.

(c) (i) Use an appropriate algorithm to find the roads that Ruby needs to traverse twice.
You must make your method and working clear.

(ii) Calculate Ruby‟s journey time.
(5)
Ruby can save some time by choosing to start her route from any junction and to finish
at her home at A. Road AE is still blocked and Ruby again wishes to minimise her
journey time.

(d) (i) Write down the junction at which Ruby should start.

(ii) Calculate how much time she would save.
(2)

(Total for Question 3 is 14 marks)


4

■■■■

Get to know the seller

Seller avatar
Reputation scores are based on the amount of documents a seller has sold for a fee and the reviews they have received for those documents. There are three levels: Bronze, Silver and Gold. The better the reputation, the more your can rely on the quality of the sellers work.
road2distinction Oxford University
View profile
Follow You need to be logged in order to follow users or courses
Sold
64
Member since
1 year
Number of followers
0
Documents
318
Last sold
2 weeks ago

NO SCAM!!! YOU CAN ALSO REQUEST FOR ANY PAPER AND MARKING SCHEME VIA DIRECT MESSAGE ON STUVIA...

4.9

7 reviews

5
6
4
1
3
0
2
0
1
0

Why students choose Stuvia

Created by fellow students, verified by reviews

Quality you can trust: written by students who passed their tests and reviewed by others who've used these notes.

Didn't get what you expected? Choose another document

No worries! You can instantly pick a different document that better fits what you're looking for.

Pay as you like, start learning right away

No subscription, no commitments. Pay the way you're used to via credit card and download your PDF document instantly.

Student with book image

“Bought, downloaded, and aced it. It really can be that simple.”

Alisha Student

Frequently asked questions