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IGCSE Maths 4MA1: final exam countdown

A 14-day checklist for the run-up to the exams: the topics Examiner Insights ranks highest, the most common mistakes, then a full timed paper. Tick each day off; your ticks are saved in this browser only.

Start day 1

Paper 1: confirmed dates

DateSessionPaper
Wednesday 4 November 2026November 2026Pearson Edexcel 4MA1/1F (source)
Pearson Edexcel 4MA1/1H (source)
Friday 14 May 2027June 2027Pearson Edexcel 4MA1/1F (source)
Pearson Edexcel 4MA1/1H (source)

Your 14-day checklist

  1. Day 1

    Completing the square, quadratic inequalities and harder quadratics

    Revise

    Notes · Practise Unit 3: Equations & sequences · What the examiners say

  2. Day 2

    Probability (trees, combinations, conditional) and Venn diagrams

    Revise

    Notes · Practise Unit 6: Statistics & probability · What the examiners say

  3. Day 3

    Reverse percentages and compound interest

    Revise

    Notes · Practise Unit 1: Number · What the examiners say

  4. Day 4

    Histograms and cumulative frequency

    Revise

    Notes · Practise Unit 6: Statistics & probability · What the examiners say

  5. Day 5

    Functions and graph transformations

    Revise

    Notes · Practise Unit 4: Graphs & functions · What the examiners say

  6. Day 6

    Simultaneous equations with a quadratic

    Revise

    Notes · Practise Unit 3: Equations & sequences · What the examiners say

  7. Day 7

    Differentiation: gradients and turning points

    Revise

    Notes · Practise Unit 8: Calculus · What the examiners say

  8. Day 8

    Reverse percentages: finding a percentage of the new amount

    Check this mistake

    Read the fix on Examiner Insights, then find one question where you made it in My mistakes.

  9. Day 9

    Compound interest and depreciation done as simple interest

    Check this mistake

    Read the fix on Examiner Insights, then find one question where you made it in My mistakes.

  10. Day 10

    Completing the square with a negative x² coefficient

    Check this mistake

    Read the fix on Examiner Insights, then find one question where you made it in My mistakes.

  11. Day 11

    Simultaneous equations with a quadratic: expanding (5 − x)²

    Check this mistake

    Read the fix on Examiner Insights, then find one question where you made it in My mistakes.

  12. Day 12

    Histograms: reading heights as frequencies

    Check this mistake

    Read the fix on Examiner Insights, then find one question where you made it in My mistakes.

  13. Day 13

    Sit a past paper (1F or 1H) under timed conditions

    Full paper

    Prediction Papers (with an IGCSE plan or the free 7-day trial; without a plan you can see each paper's format and marks). Or a paper from the past papers.

  14. Day 14

    Formula sheet, equipment and an early night

    Last day

    Read the formula sheet once, pack your equipment, and stop revising early.

More for the final weeks

Other plans for IGCSE Maths 4MA1: Mock prep · Back to school · Results day · 30-day challenge · all exam-season plans