Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
October 1997 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day
Every Foundation Plus sheet published in October 1997, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.
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Every sheet in October 1997
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 1997A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 4x + 5. Use it to estimate y when x = 9.
- 2nd October 1997A bill is £840 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 3rd October 19974 teas and 1 cake cost £9.95. 2 teas and 4 cakes cost £13.20. Find the price of a tea.
- 4th October 1997Red and blue stickers are in the ratio 4 : 9. There are 36 red stickers. How many stickers are there altogether?
- 5th October 1997The bearing of B from A is 210°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 6th October 1997A bag holds 4 red and 8 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 7th October 1997Four classes in order have frequencies 11, 7, 5, 5. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 8th October 1997Work out (35 x 10^6) / (7 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
- 9th October 1997For the curve y = -100/x, work out y when x = -10, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 10th October 1997A map has a scale of 1 : 25000. Two villages are 5.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 11th October 1997A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 9 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 12th October 1997A bag holds 2 red and 7 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 13th October 199760 beetles are marked and released. Later 88 are caught, of which 8 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 14th October 1997A meal deal has 7 mains, 5 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 15th October 1997Factorise x^2 + 3x - 28.
- 16th October 1997A pack of 10 batteries costs £2.50. A pack of 30 costs £6.90. Which pack is better value?
- 17th October 1997A trapezium has parallel sides of 7 cm and 11 cm, 16 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 18th October 1997A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 19th October 1997A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 100 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 20th October 1997A bill is £432 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 21st October 1997Does the point (-3, 3) satisfy y > -3x - 5?
- 22nd October 1997Work out 60% of 60.
- 23rd October 1997Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 41°, 91° and 164°. Work out the fourth.
- 24th October 1997A bag holds 5 red and 6 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 25th October 1997120 people were surveyed. 90 were adults, of whom 40 said yes. 5 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
- 26th October 1997Work out (6 x 10^7) / (2 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
- 27th October 1997A line has gradient 3 and passes through (3, 6). Work out its equation.
- 28th October 1997Write the ratio 5 : 20 in the form 1 : n.
- 29th October 1997A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 24 cm and height 7 cm. The prism is 15 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 30th October 1997A bag holds 6 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 31st October 1997A box plot has minimum 5, lower quartile 14, median 22, upper quartile 26 and maximum 29. Work out the interquartile range.