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December 1997 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day

Every Foundation Plus sheet published in December 1997, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.

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December 1997

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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Every sheet in December 1997

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st December 1997Work out (20 x 10^11) / (5 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
  2. 2nd December 1997Use v = u + at with u = 11, a = 7 and t = 6. Work out v.
  3. 3rd December 1997Work out 10% of 400.
  4. 4th December 1997A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 8 cm and height 5 cm. The prism is 14 cm long. Work out its volume.
  5. 5th December 1997A bag holds 5 red and 7 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  6. 6th December 1997A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 9x + 21. Use it to estimate y when x = 8.
  7. 7th December 1997A meal deal has 3 mains, 9 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  8. 8th December 19975 teas and 4 cakes cost £12.60. 1 tea and 3 cakes cost £5.60. Find the price of a tea.
  9. 9th December 1997Write the ratio 6 : 54 in the form 1 : n.
  10. 10th December 1997Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular 12-sided polygon.
  11. 11th December 1997A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  12. 12th December 1997Four classes in order have frequencies 11, 8, 5, 11. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  13. 13th December 1997A bill is £456 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  14. 14th December 1997For the curve y = -40/x, work out y when x = 4, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  15. 15th December 1997A coach travels 30 km in 1.5 hours, then 90 km in 0.5 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  16. 16th December 1997The bearing of B from A is 290°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  17. 17th December 1997A bag holds 6 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  18. 18th December 199755 voles are marked and released. Later 84 are caught, of which 7 are marked. Estimate the population.
  19. 19th December 1997Work out (45 x 10^9) / (9 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
  20. 20th December 1997Factorise x^2 + 7x + 6.
  21. 21st December 1997Noah drives 60 km in 1.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  22. 22nd December 1997A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 12 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  23. 23rd December 1997A bag holds 4 red and 7 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  24. 24th December 1997A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 188 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  25. 25th December 1997A meal deal has 8 mains, 8 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  26. 26th December 1997Does the point (0, -14) satisfy y > -2x - 6?
  27. 27th December 1997Red and blue stickers are in the ratio 3 : 8. There are 24 red stickers. How many stickers are there altogether?
  28. 28th December 1997A trapezium has parallel sides of 13 cm and 25 cm, 8 cm apart. Work out its area.
  29. 29th December 1997A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
  30. 30th December 1997130 people were surveyed. 80 were adults, of whom 35 said yes. 20 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  31. 31st December 1997A bill is £312 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.

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