Pearson Edexcel International GCSE in Mathematics (Specification A) · 4MA1 · Free · no account needed
Integers, Place Value & Ordering — exam questions
11 original Incandio exam-style questions on integers, Place Value & Ordering, 21 marks, about 23 minutes of writing. Each one carries the command word, the tariff and the specification statement it assesses, exactly as a paper presents them. This is an original Incandio practice question, written to reflect the structure and demands of the qualification. It is not an official Pearson Edexcel past-paper question.
This is the practice set for Integers, Place Value & Ordering — the module that teaches it. Read the module first if the idea is new; come here when you want to find out whether you can turn it into marks. Completely free, no account needed to read.
What these questions ask of you
4 command words run through this set, and on Pearson Edexcel International GCSE Mathematics A each one means something precise. Answering the wrong command is the commonest way a candidate who understands the module still loses the mark.
- Write down (1–2 marks)
- a value that needs no working — read off, recalled or stated
- Work out (1–5 marks)
- a calculated result, with the working that produced it
- Explain why (1–2 marks)
- one short justification — mathematics almost never asks for extended explanation
- Find (1–5 marks)
- a value or expression obtained by a method the learner chooses
Assessed on Paper 1 and Paper 2.
Where these sit in the specification
Pearson Edexcel International GCSE Mathematics A (4MA1) — statements 1.3 · 1.1. Incandio is aligned to this specification; it is not published by, endorsed by or affiliated with Pearson, and it reproduces none of Pearson's wording.
The 11 questions
Answer them on paper, then open the module's exam practice to have them marked. The mark scheme, the accepted and rejected answers and the annotated model answer are in Incandio and are not printed here — an answer beside its question is not practice.
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A weather station recorded the lowest temperature each night for five nights in January.
Table 1 — lowest overnight temperature Night Temperature / °C Monday −3 Tuesday 2 Wednesday −11 Thursday −0.5 Friday −7 (a)
(1)Write down
Write down the lowest temperature recorded, using Table 1.
A weather station recorded the lowest temperature each night for five nights in January.
Table 1 — lowest overnight temperature Night Temperature / °C Monday −3 Tuesday 2 Wednesday −11 Thursday −0.5 Friday −7 lowest temperature recorded = ............................
(b)
(2)Work out
Work out the difference between the highest and lowest temperatures in Table 1.
A weather station recorded the lowest temperature each night for five nights in January.
Table 1 — lowest overnight temperature Night Temperature / °C Monday −3 Tuesday 2 Wednesday −11 Thursday −0.5 Friday −7 (c)
(3)Work out
Work out the mean of the five temperatures in Table 1.
A weather station recorded the lowest temperature each night for five nights in January.
Table 1 — lowest overnight temperature Night Temperature / °C Monday −3 Tuesday 2 Wednesday −11 Thursday −0.5 Friday −7 mean of the five temperatures = ............................
(Total for Question 1 = 6 marks)
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(1)Write down
Write down the value of the 7 in the number 3.706.
(Total for Question 2 = 1 mark)
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(2)Write down
Write down these numbers in order of size, starting with the smallest: 0.4, 0.39, 0.409, 0.9.
(Total for Question 3 = 2 marks)
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(1)Work out
Work out −7 − (−12).
(Total for Question 4 = 1 mark)
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(2)Work out
The temperature in a freezer is −18 °C. It rises by 6 °C and then falls by 11 °C. Work out the final temperature.
final temperature = ............................
(Total for Question 5 = 2 marks)
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(1)Explain why
A student says that −8 is bigger than −3. Explain why the student is wrong.
(Total for Question 6 = 1 mark)
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(1)Find
Find a decimal number that lies between 0.62 and 0.63.
(Total for Question 7 = 1 mark)
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(2)Work out
A diver is 34.5 m below sea level. A helicopter is 128 m above sea level. Work out the vertical distance between them.
vertical distance between them = ............................
(Total for Question 8 = 2 marks)
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(5)Work out
A tin of paint has a mass of 0.35 kg. There are 24 tins in a crate and a lorry carries 150 crates. Work out the total mass of paint on the lorry, in tonnes.
total mass = ............................ tonnes
(Total for Question 9 = 5 marks)
Have them marked, then defend the answer
Practice tells you the mark; teaching it back tells you whether you understand it. On Incandio a topic counts as mastered only once you have taught it and defended it.
- Mark these questions — 11 questions, marked on Incandio against the authored scheme, with the mistake you actually made named.
- Teach it — explain integers, Place Value & Ordering to Ember, an AI pupil who does not have it yet and asks the awkward question.
- Defend it — argue it against Brahmagupta over three rounds, marked against descriptors you can read first.
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Back to the module
- Integers, Place Value & Ordering — Negative numbers, the order of operations, and putting any mix of numbers in order — the arithmetic everything else stands on.
- All of Incandio Mathematics · Incandio Exam Practice