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August 1998 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day
Every Foundation Plus sheet published in August 1998, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.
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Every sheet in August 1998
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 1998A trapezium has parallel sides of 5 cm and 11 cm, 16 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 2nd August 1998A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 3rd August 1998Grouped data has five classes of width 5, the first being 0 < x <= 5. The frequencies in order are 3, 21, 11, 7, 16. Write down the modal class.
- 4th August 1998A bill is £408 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 5th August 1998Expand and simplify 3(5x - 6).
- 6th August 1998A pack of 12 teabags costs £6.00. A pack of 36 costs £16.56. Which pack is better value?
- 7th August 1998Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 44°, 92° and 88°. Work out the fourth.
- 8th August 1998A bag holds 5 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 9th August 1998Of 52 students, 37 study French, 19 study German and 8 study both. How many study neither?
- 10th August 1998Work out (18 x 10^7) / (2 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
- 11th August 1998A line has equation y = 2x - 6. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
- 12th August 1998Work out 15% of 180.
- 13th August 1998A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 14 cm and height 9 cm. The prism is 18 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 14th August 1998A bag holds 5 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 15th August 1998In a survey 8 households own 1 car, 3 own 2 cars and 4 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
- 16th August 1998A meal deal has 9 mains, 7 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 17th August 1998Solve 7(x - 3) = 14.
- 18th August 1998Write the ratio 6 : 30 in the form 1 : n.
- 19th August 1998Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular octagon.
- 20th August 1998A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 21st August 1998A box plot has a minimum of 7 and a maximum of 58. Work out the range.
- 22nd August 1998A bill is £168 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 23rd August 1998Use v = u + at with u = 2, a = 8 and t = 4. Work out v.
- 24th August 1998A coach travels 80 km in 0.5 hours, then 70 km in 2 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 25th August 1998The bearing of B from A is 267°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 26th August 1998A bag holds 4 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 27th August 1998A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 5x + 5. Use it to estimate y when x = 12.
- 28th August 1998Work out (24 x 10^9) / (8 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
- 29th August 19985 teas and 1 cake cost £13.50. 3 teas and 4 cakes cost £19.15. Find the price of a tea.
- 30th August 1998Sanjay drives 180 km in 3 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 31st August 1998A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 9 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.