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January 1998 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day

Every Foundation Plus sheet published in January 1998, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.

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January 1998

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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Every sheet in January 1998

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

  1. 1st January 1998A line has gradient 3 and passes through (5, 14). Work out its equation.
  2. 2nd January 1998A map has a scale of 1 : 50000. Two villages are 9.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  3. 3rd January 1998Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 96°, 117° and 96°. Work out the fourth.
  4. 4th January 1998A bag holds 7 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  5. 5th January 1998A box plot has minimum 6, lower quartile 8, median 10, upper quartile 20 and maximum 25. Work out the interquartile range.
  6. 6th January 1998Work out (16 x 10^9) / (4 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  7. 7th January 1998Make x the subject of y = 7x^2 - 6.
  8. 8th January 1998A pack of 11 sponges costs £2.75. A pack of 22 costs £4.18. Which pack is better value?
  9. 9th January 1998A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 22 cm and height 8 cm. The prism is 15 cm long. Work out its volume.
  10. 10th January 1998A bag holds 2 red and 5 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  11. 11th January 1998A scatter graph plots rainfall in a week and the number of umbrellas sold. What type of correlation would you expect?
  12. 12th January 1998A meal deal has 3 mains, 9 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  13. 13th January 1998The angles in a triangle are 2x°, x° and (x + 52)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  14. 14th January 1998Work out 30% of 140.
  15. 15th January 1998Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular decagon.
  16. 16th January 1998A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
  17. 17th January 1998Grouped data has five classes of width 10, the first being 40 < x <= 50. The frequencies in order are 16, 7, 3, 11, 21. Write down the modal class.
  18. 18th January 1998A bill is £120 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  19. 19th January 1998Expand and simplify 7(6x + 5).
  20. 20th January 1998Write the ratio 6 : 18 in the form 1 : n.
  21. 21st January 1998The bearing of B from A is 297°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  22. 22nd January 1998A bag holds 7 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  23. 23rd January 1998Of 45 students, 14 study French, 27 study German and 9 study both. How many study neither?
  24. 24th January 1998Work out (12 x 10^9) / (6 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
  25. 25th January 1998A line has equation y = 3x - 12. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  26. 26th January 1998A coach travels 50 km in 1.5 hours, then 50 km in 0.5 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  27. 27th January 1998A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 11 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  28. 28th January 1998A bag holds 5 red and 7 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  29. 29th January 1998In a survey 3 households own 1 car, 8 own 2 cars and 9 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  30. 30th January 1998A meal deal has 9 mains, 3 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  31. 31st January 1998Solve 6(x - 7) = 6.

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