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Pearson Edexcel International GCSE Mathematics A · Foundation (Papers 1F and 2F) · Equations, formulae and identities
Use of symbols
Marks, papers and a question to try for 4MA1 Foundation use of symbols.
All sittings since 2019
In the papers analysed (January 2019 to November 2025, 52 papers).
What the papers show
- Share of marks
- 2.6% of the marks analysed
- How often
- On 44 of 52 papers analysed
- Which papers
- Paper 1F (calculator allowed), Paper 2F (calculator allowed)
- Usual command words
- simplify, write down, find, work out
- Difficulty
- middling (2.6 on a scale from 1, the easiest, to 5)
- Last seen
- November 2025
A question to try
One generated question on use of symbols. Type your answer; you see the working after you have had a go.
Generated for 4MA1 Foundation. A small sample: it does not measure your whole course.