IGCSEMathsEdexcelMaths AFoundationExam Questions2. Equations, Formulae & IdentitiesForming & Solving Equations

Forming & Solving Equations (Edexcel IGCSE Maths A: Foundation): Exam Questions

Exam code: 4MA1

19 mins6 questions
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Carla wraps some parcels with ribbon.
She wraps 2 large parcels and 3 small parcels.

For each large parcel, Carla uses 185 centimetres of ribbon.
For each small parcel, she uses p centimetres of ribbon.

In total, Carla uses exactly 7 metres of ribbon to wrap the parcels.

Find the value of p

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23 marks

There are 8 slices of cheese in each small pack of cheese.
There are 20 slices of cheese in each large pack of cheese.

Afreen buys h small packs of cheese and space j large packs of cheese.
She buys a total of T slices of cheese.

Write down a formula for T in terms of h and space j

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A B C D is a trapezium.

Trapezium ABCD with parallel sides AB and CD, angles: A (4x-27)°, B (3x+46)°, D (3x+10)°, caption states diagram is not accurately drawn.

B C is parallel to A D

Find the size of the largest angle inside the trapezium.

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There are 56 metal bars in a box.
Each metal bar is gold or silver or zinc

  • y metal bars are gold.

  • left parenthesis 3 y plus 7 right parenthesis metal bars are silver.

  • left parenthesis 2 y minus 5 right parenthesis metal bars are zinc.

Work out the number of metal bars that are zinc.
Show clear algebraic working.

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Barney went for 4 walks on Tuesday.

The lengths of the walks were

800 metres
2 kilometres
1.7 kilometres
x metres

The total length of the 4 walks was 6250 metres.

Work out the value of x

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62 marks

A straight line passes through the points with coordinates (0, –3) and (2, 0)
Find an equation of the line.

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