Grade 4 GCSE Maths: six free practice booklets
To get a passing Grade 4 on a Higher paper, your best bet is to focus on the questions at the start. These booklets collect 115 of these early, real Edexcel past-paper questions. They are grouped by topic, and you’ll find the mark schemes in a separate document.
How this works: Exam papers get harder as you go, so the first third is usually the easiest. We grouped these questions by their position in the paper, not by official grade. Because of this, they aren’t strictly "Grade 4" questions, and some will be harder than others. Use this as a general guide to prioritise your topics, not a strict guarantee of difficulty.
The six booklets
Every booklet has its mark scheme as a separate download, so you can work through the questions properly before checking anything.
Ratio & Proportion starter booklet
Sharing, percentages, units, rates and scale. 20 questions taken from the opening section of real Edexcel Higher papers, each worth five marks or fewer.
Geometry starter booklet
Angles, area, volume, drawing and transformations. 20 questions taken from the opening section of real Edexcel Higher papers, each worth five marks or fewer.
Number starter booklet
Arithmetic, factors, rounding, indices and standard form. 20 questions taken from the opening section of real Edexcel Higher papers, each worth five marks or fewer.
Algebra starter booklet
Expressions, equations, formulae, graphs and sequences. 20 questions taken from the opening section of real Edexcel Higher papers, each worth five marks or fewer.
Statistics starter booklet
Tables, charts, averages and correlation. 20 questions taken from the opening section of real Edexcel Higher papers, each worth five marks or fewer.
Probability starter booklet
Likelihood, expectation and listing outcomes. 15 questions taken from the opening section of real Edexcel Higher papers, each worth five marks or fewer.
How to get the most out of them
- Do it without the answers first. That is why the mark schemes are a separate download — having them open beside you turns practice into copying.
- Give yourself roughly a minute a mark. Everything here is worth five marks or fewer, so no single question should swallow your afternoon.
- Mark it honestly, then redo what you dropped. Not tomorrow — now, while you can still remember what you were thinking. Repeating the ones you got wrong is where the grade actually moves.
- Start with Ratio if you are short of time. It carries 83 marks across 20 questions, more per question than any of the others.
Want to know when we add more?
We are building these out by topic and level. Leave an email and we will let you know when the next set is ready — nothing else, and every booklet stays free to download without one.
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Targeting a Grade 4 or better?
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Book a Free Trial LessonQuestions reproduced from past Edexcel GCSE Mathematics papers. © Pearson Education Ltd.