Edexcel GCSE Foundation June 2025 Paper 1 (non-calculator)
26 questions · 80 marks. Every question from the paper, recreated, with the official mark scheme, an annotated worked solution and a shadow question (the same skill with new numbers). Open the paper in the Ultimate Exam Question Finder to present it, print it or build a set.
Question 1 (1 mark)
Simplify e + e + e + e + e
(1 mark)
Question 2 (1 mark)
Write 3/4 as a decimal.
(1 mark)
Question 3 (1 mark)
Change 60 millimetres into centimetres.
(1 mark)
Question 4 (1 mark)
Write down a multiple of 8 that is between 25 and 35
(1 mark)
Question 5 (1 mark)
Angle A is 53°
What type of angle is angle A?(1 mark)
Question 6 (4 marks)
Samina works in a shop that sells pens.
The table shows the number of blue pens and the number of red pens Samina sold in
each of three months.Month Blue pens Red pens April 33 20 May 40 14 June 27 15 (a)
Work out the total number of blue pens and red pens Samina sold in June.
(1 mark)
(b)
Samina says,
“In these three months, in total, I sold more than twice as many blue pens as red pens.”
Is Samina correct?
You must show how you get your answer.(3 marks)
Question 7 (5 marks)
There are only 10p coins, 20p coins, 50p coins and £1 coins in a bag.
The bar chart shows information about the number of 10p coins and the number of
20p coins in the bag.(a)
Diagram: A bar chart of coin against number of coins, with grid lines every 2 up to 14. 10p: a bar to 12. 20p: a bar to 7. 50p: no bar. £1: no bar.
There are eight 50p coins in the bag.
There are three £1 coins in the bag.Use this information to complete the bar chart.
(2 marks)
(b)
Show that the total amount of money in the bag is less than £10
(3 marks)
Question 8 (2 marks)
(a)
The diagram shows two sides of a kite.
Diagram: A squared grid, 9 squares across and 8 up, with two sides of a kite drawn: from the corner on the left, up to the top corner, then down to the corner on the right.
On the grid, complete the kite.
(1 mark)
(b)
What is the mathematical name of this solid shape?
Diagram: A cylinder standing on one of its circular ends, wider than it is tall. The hidden half of the bottom edge is dashed.
(1 mark)
Question 9 (3 marks)
Greg is x years old.
Greg is 5 years older than Katy.(a)
Write down an expression, in terms of x, for Katy’s age.
(1 mark)
(b)
Carl is twice as old as Greg.
Write down an expression, in terms of x, for Carl’s age.
(1 mark)
(c)
Solve 4y = 12
(1 mark)
Question 10 (3 marks)
(a)
Write 23 619 to the nearest 1000
(1 mark)
(b)
Work out an estimate for the value of 5.9 × 98.1
(2 marks)
Question 11 (4 marks)
(a)
Work out 5/8 – 1/4
(2 marks)
(b)
Work out 2/5 of 40
(2 marks)
Question 12 (5 marks)
Here is part of a train timetable from Liverpool to Birmingham.
Liverpool 08 07 08 47 09 07 Runcorn 08 25 09 03 09 26 Crewe 08 53 09 22 09 55 Stafford 09 11 09 51 10 14 Wolverhampton 09 30 – 10 31 Birmingham 09 50 10 34 10 50 (a)
Which train should take the least time to go from Liverpool to Crewe?
You must show how you get your answer.(3 marks)
(b)
Rose gets to the station in Wolverhampton at 09 25
She wants to catch the next train to Birmingham.
This train is delayed by 35 minutes.How many minutes does Rose have to wait for the train?
(2 marks)
Question 13 (3 marks)
Here is a number machine.
Diagram: Number machine: input, then × 3, then – 8, then output.
(a)
Find the output when the input is 6
(1 mark)
(b)
Find the input when the output is –11
(2 marks)
Question 14 (3 marks)
A road has a length of 1.6 kilometres.
The road is shown on a map with a scale of 1 : 20 000Work out the length, in centimetres, of this road on the map.
(3 marks)
Question 15 (3 marks)
Work out 1.35 × 48
(3 marks)
Question 16 (4 marks)
Diagram: Triangle ADB with A at the top, D at the bottom left and B at the bottom right. E is on AD and C is on DB, joined by the line EC. ED and EC are marked equal. Angle DEC is 40°. Angle ABD is 70°.
AED and BCD are straight lines.
ED = ECShow that EC is parallel to AB.
Give a reason for each stage of your working.(4 marks)
Question 17 (3 marks)
Sam wants to use this recipe to make 15 pancakes.
Ingredients for 10 pancakes 100 g flour 200 ml milk 40 g butter 2 eggs Sam has
200 g flour
250 ml milk
70 g butter
5 eggsDoes Sam have enough flour, enough milk, enough butter and enough eggs to make
15 pancakes?
You must show all your working.(3 marks)
Question 18 (3 marks)
Here are the heights, in cm, of 12 children.
146 135 142 150 138 149
152 146 137 154 147 144Show this information in a stem and leaf diagram.
Diagram: An empty stem and leaf frame with 3 rows, and an empty box headed Key.
(3 marks)
Question 19 (2 marks)
Find the highest common factor (HCF) of 54 and 120
(2 marks)
Question 20 (5 marks)
There are only red counters, white counters, blue counters and green counters in a bag.
Chris is going to take at random a counter from the bag.The table shows the probability that he will take a red counter and the probability that
he will take a white counter.Colour red white blue green Probability 0.3 0.1 There are twice as many blue counters as there are green counters in the bag.
(a)
Work out the probability that Chris will take a blue counter.
(3 marks)
(b)
There are 45 red counters in the bag.
Work out the total number of counters in the bag.
(2 marks)
Question 21 (5 marks)
(a)
Complete the table of values for y = x² + x – 4
x –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 y 2 –4 (2 marks)
(b)
On the grid, draw the graph of y = x² + x – 4 for values of x from –3 to 2
Diagram: A graph.
(2 marks)
(c)
Write down the coordinates of the turning point of the graph of y = x² + x – 4
(1 mark)
Question 22 (6 marks)
There are 280 chocolates in a box.
There are only dark chocolates, milk chocolates and white chocolates.1/7 of the 280 chocolates are dark chocolates.
The number of milk chocolates : the number of white chocolates = 1 : 3
The number of white chocolates : the number of dark chocolates = n : 1(a)
Work out the value of n.
You must show all your working.(5 marks)
(b)
10 milk chocolates from the box are eaten.
Does this affect your answer to part (a)?
Give a reason for your answer.(1 mark)
Question 23 (3 marks)
Work out 5.7 × 10² + 9.8 × 10³
Give your answer in standard form.(3 marks)
Question 24 (4 marks)
AB, BC, CD and DE are four sides of a regular polygon with n sides.
Diagram: Four sides AB, BC, CD and DE of a regular polygon, with CD vertical and the polygon to its right. Inside it are the triangle BCX on side BC and the square CDYX on side CD, sharing the side CX.
BCX is an equilateral triangle.
CDYX is a square.Work out the value of n.
You must show all your working.(4 marks)
Question 25 (3 marks)
The straight line L is shown on the grid.
Diagram: A grid with x and y from 0 to 4.5 (squares of 0.5). The straight line L goes from 3 on the y-axis down to 4 on the x-axis.
Find an equation for L.
Give your answer in the form y = mx + c(3 marks)
Question 26 (2 marks)
mathbfc = ( 7 , 4 ) mathbfd = ( 2 , -1 )
Work out 2mathbfc + 3mathbfd
Give your answer as a column vector.(2 marks)
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