Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
May 1997 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day
Every Foundation Plus sheet published in May 1997, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.
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Every sheet in May 1997
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 1997A pack of 8 pencils costs £1.60. A pack of 24 costs £4.08. Which pack is better value?
- 2nd May 1997A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 22 cm and height 10 cm. The prism is 16 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 3rd May 1997A bag holds 8 red and 4 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 4th May 1997Of 42 students, 11 study French, 16 study German and 4 study both. How many study neither?
- 5th May 1997A meal deal has 8 mains, 6 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 6th May 1997A line has equation y = 6x - 36. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
- 7th May 1997Work out 5% of 300.
- 8th May 1997Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular hexagon.
- 9th May 1997A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 10th May 1997In a survey 3 households own 1 car, 4 own 2 cars and 8 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
- 11th May 1997A bill is £216 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 12th May 1997Solve 2(x + 3) = 26.
- 13th May 1997Write the ratio 3 : 18 in the form 1 : n.
- 14th May 1997The bearing of B from A is 057°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 15th May 1997A bag holds 5 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 16th May 1997A box plot has a minimum of 15 and a maximum of 32. Work out the range.
- 17th May 1997Work out (12 x 10^7) / (4 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
- 18th May 1997Use v = u + at with u = 8, a = 2 and t = 2. Work out v.
- 19th May 1997A coach travels 70 km in 1 hour, then 70 km in 1 hour. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 20th May 1997A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 7 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 21st May 1997A bag holds 3 red and 3 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 22nd May 1997A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 2x + 8. Use it to estimate y when x = 3.
- 23rd May 1997A meal deal has 8 mains, 7 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 24th May 19975 teas and 1 cake cost £6.85. 3 teas and 3 cakes cost £10.95. Find the price of a tea.
- 25th May 1997Noah drives 125 km in 2.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 26th May 1997A trapezium has parallel sides of 14 cm and 21 cm, 4 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 27th May 1997A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 28th May 1997Four classes in order have frequencies 6, 10, 11, 8. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 29th May 1997A bill is £168 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 30th May 1997For the curve y = -5/x, work out y when x = 5, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 31st May 1997Red and blue sweets are in the ratio 7 : 9. There are 35 red sweets. How many sweets are there altogether?