Daily Practice

Foundation Plus

31st August 1953

5 questions · 15 marks · Grades 4-6 · 128 question types in this band

1
Simultaneous Equations3 marks
2 teas and 1 cake cost £7.50. 3 teas and 5 cakes cost £22.45. Find the price of a tea.
2
Repeated Percentage Change3 marks
A town's population is 11000 and grows by 5% each year. Work out the population after 2 years, to the nearest whole number.
3
Similar Shapes (Area and Volume)3 marks
Two similar shapes have lengths in the ratio 1 : 5. The smaller has an area of 24 cm^2. Work out the area of the larger.
4
Probability (Higher)3 marks
A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
5
Frequency Trees3 marks
120 people were surveyed. 70 were adults, of whom 30 said yes. 25 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?

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