plumiConstruction: Edexcel International GCSE Maths questions
Every Edexcel International GCSE Maths exam question on 4.5 Construction, 2019–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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- June 2025 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q12 (5 marks): The scale drawing shows the positions of two towns, Harvel and Ebury. Harvel Scale: cm represents 5000 m Ebury (a) Work out the real distance, in kilometres, be
- June 2025, Paper 2 Foundation, Q21 (2 marks): Using ruler and compasses only, construct the perpendicular bisector of the line AB Show all your construction lines. B A
- June 2025, Paper 2 Higher, Q4 (2 marks): Using ruler and compasses only, construct the perpendicular bisector of the line AB Show all your construction lines. B A
- November 2024, Paper 1 Foundation, Q10 (3 marks): The scale diagram shows the positions of a castle and a tower. 1cm represents tower castle Angela walks from the castle to the tower along a straight path. She
- November 2024, Paper 1 Foundation, Q19 (2 marks): Use ruler and compasses only to construct the bisector of angle ABC You must show all your construction lines. A B C
- November 2024, Paper 1 Higher, Q2 (2 marks): Use ruler and compasses only to construct the bisector of angle ABC You must show all your construction lines. A B C
- June 2024 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q10 (2 marks): Use a ruler and compasses only to construct a square with sides of length 7 cm. You must show all your construction lines. Two sides of the square have been dra
- June 2024, Paper 1 Foundation, Q9 (2 marks): ABC is an equilateral triangle with sides of length 9 cm. Use a ruler and compasses only to construct the triangle ABC The side AB has been drawn for you. You m
- November 2023, Paper 1 Foundation, Q14 (3 marks): Here is an accurate scale drawing showing the positions of a hotel and a museum. N hotel N museum Scale: 1 cm represents 4.5 km (a) Find, by measuring, the bear
- June 2023 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q3 (3 marks): The diagram shows a 5-sided polygon, ABCDE D E C A B (a) Write down the mathematical name for a 5-sided polygon. (b) Measure the length of the line AB Give your
- June 2023 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q12 (5 marks): The scale drawing shows the positions of two boats, A and B N B N A Scale: 1 cm represents 3 km (a) Work out the actual distance, in kilometres, between A and B
- June 2023, Paper 2 Foundation, Q6 (3 marks): (a) Write down the mathematical name of this polygon. (b) Measure the length of the line AB Give your answer in centimetres. A B cm Here are six triangles drawn
- June 2023, Paper 2 Foundation, Q9 (2 marks): Here is a sketch of triangle ABC B Diagram NOT accurately drawn 6.5 cm 38° A C 8 cm AC = 8 cm BC = 6.5 cm angle ACB = 38° In the space below, make an accurate d
- June 2023, Paper 2 Foundation, Q16 (4 marks): The scale drawing shows the positions of two airports P and Q North North Q P scale: 1 cm represents 50 km (a) Find, by measuring, the bearing of P from Q ° A s
- January 2023 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q14 (4 marks): The accurate scale drawing shows the positions of two lighthouses, S and T North S North T The scale of the drawing is 1 cm to 2 km (a) Find, by measuring, the
- January 2023 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q18 (2 marks): Using ruler and compasses only, construct the bisector of angle BAC You must show all your construction lines. B A C
- January 2023 (R), Paper 2 Higher, Q4 (2 marks): Using ruler and compasses only, construct the bisector of angle BAC You must show all your construction lines. B A C
- January 2023, Paper 1 Foundation, Q8 (4 marks): Here is a scale drawing showing the positions of Paris and Bordeaux. Scale: 1 cm represents 80 km Paris Bordeaux Alain drives from Paris to Bordeaux. The distan
- January 2023, Paper 1 Foundation, Q18 (2 marks): Use ruler and compasses only to construct the perpendicular bisector of line AB You must show all your construction lines. A B
- January 2023, Paper 1 Higher, Q3 (2 marks): Use ruler and compasses only to construct the perpendicular bisector of line AB You must show all your construction lines. A B
- January 2023, Paper 2 Foundation, Q4 (2 marks): (a) In the space below, draw a line of length 6.5 cm The diagram shows the straight lines QP and QR P Q R (b) Measure the size of angle PQR °
- June 2022 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q11 (2 marks): Triangle ABC is an equilateral triangle of side 6 cm. Using a ruler and compasses only, construct triangle ABC You must show all your construction lines. Side A
- June 2022, Paper 1 Foundation, Q9 (2 marks): ABC is a triangle. AB = 8 cm, AC = 6 cm and BC = 9 cm. Use a ruler and compasses to construct the triangle ABC. The side AB has been drawn for you. You must sho
- January 2022 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q17 (5 marks): The accurate scale drawing shows the position of a college C and a train station S North C North S Scale: 1 cm represents 500 m (a) Find the bearing of S from C
- January 2022, Paper 2 Foundation, Q20 (4 marks): The scale diagram shows the position on a map of a house, A North Scale: 1 cm represents 200 metres A House C is on a bearing of 110° from A The distance from A
- January 2022, Paper 2 Higher, Q5 (4 marks): The scale diagram shows the position on a map of a house, A North Scale: 1 cm represents 200 metres A House C is on a bearing of 110° from A The distance from A
- November 2021, Paper 1 Foundation, Q6 (7 marks): The accurate scale diagram shows the map of an island drawn on a centimetre grid. y North 8 B 6 A 4 2 O x 2 4 6 8 The position of Aaron’s house is A. The positi
- November 2021, Paper 2 Foundation, Q11 (2 marks): ABC is a triangle. AB = 9 cm, AC = 5 cm and BC = 8 cm. Use ruler and compasses to construct triangle ABC with AB as its base. You must show all construction lin
- June 2021, Paper 2 Foundation, Q10 (2 marks): ABC is a triangle. AB = 7 cm and BC = 6.2 cm Angle ABC = 65° Draw accurately the triangle ABC. The line AB has been drawn for you. A 7 cm B
- January 2021, Paper 2 Foundation, Q6 (4 marks): The diagram shows a solid prism. (a) How many vertices has the prism? (b) How many faces has the prism? (c) Using ruler and compasses only, in the space below c
- November 2020 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q18 (2 marks): Using ruler and compasses only, construct the bisector of angle ABC. You must show all your construction lines. A B C
- November 2020 (R), Paper 1 Higher, Q2 (2 marks): Using ruler and compasses only, construct the bisector of angle ABC. You must show all your construction lines. A B C
- January 2020 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q10 (6 marks): The accurate scale drawing shows the positions of two mobile phone masts, A and B. North A North B The scale is 1 cm to 2.5 km. (a) Find the bearing of A from B
- January 2020 (R), Paper 2 Higher, Q6 (2 marks): Use ruler and compasses only to construct the perpendicular bisector of the line AB. You must show all your construction lines. A B
- January 2020, Paper 1 Foundation, Q13 (5 marks): The scale drawing shows the positions of a ship, S, and a port, P. North S North P Scale: 1 cm represents 20 km (a) Find the bearing of S from P. ° The ship S n
- January 2020, Paper 2 Foundation, Q21 (2 marks): Use ruler and compasses to construct the bisector of angle BAC. You must show all your construction lines. B A C
- January 2020, Paper 2 Higher, Q5 (2 marks): Use ruler and compasses to construct the bisector of angle BAC. You must show all your construction lines. B A C
- June 2019 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q16 (4 marks): The scale diagram shows the position of two statues, A and B, on a map. North 4 North 4 B Scale: 2 cm represents 1 km (a) Measure the bearing of B from A. Anoth
- June 2019, Paper 2 Foundation, Q10 (4 marks): ABC is an isosceles triangle. AB = 6cm. AC = BC = 7cm. (a) Use ruler and compasses to construct triangle ABC. You must show all your construction lines The line
- June 2019, Paper 2 Higher, Q2 (2 marks): Use ruler and compasses to construct the perpendicular bisector of the line DE. You must show all your construction lines. D E
- January 2019 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q3 (3 marks): Here is a circle, centre O. O P (a) Measure the radius, OP, of the circle. Give your answer in centimetres. cm The point Q is 2 cm from O. The angle between OP
- January 2019 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q10 (2 marks): Here is a sketch of triangle ABC. C Diagram NOT accurately drawn 7 cm 55° A B 9 cm In the space below, make an accurate drawing of triangle ABC. The line AB has
- January 2019 (R), Paper 2 Higher, Q5 (4 marks): The scale drawing shows the position of a hall and the position of a library. N N hall library Scale: 1 cm represents 20 metres A post box is 140 metres from th
- January 2019, Paper 2 Foundation, Q15 (2 marks): Use ruler and compasses only to construct the perpendicular bisector of the line AB. You must show all of your construction lines. A B
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