Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
September 1998 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day
Every Foundation Plus sheet published in September 1998, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.
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Every sheet in September 1998
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 1998A bag holds 2 red and 4 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 2nd September 1998Four classes in order have frequencies 6, 3, 4, 11. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 3rd September 1998A meal deal has 7 mains, 7 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 4th September 1998For the curve y = -2/x, work out y when x = -1, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 5th September 1998Red and blue marbles are in the ratio 5 : 8. There are 40 red marbles. How many marbles are there altogether?
- 6th September 1998A trapezium has parallel sides of 5 cm and 9 cm, 14 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 7th September 1998A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 8th September 199830 voles are marked and released. Later 33 are caught, of which 3 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 9th September 1998A bill is £312 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 10th September 1998Factorise x^2 - 81.
- 11th September 1998A map has a scale of 1 : 50000. Two villages are 3.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 12th September 1998Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 105°, 107° and 66°. Work out the fourth.
- 13th September 1998A bag holds 6 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 14th September 1998A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 132 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 15th September 1998Work out (45 x 10^8) / (5 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
- 16th September 1998Does the point (-1, -5) satisfy y > -4x - 4?
- 17th September 1998A pack of 10 batteries costs £6.00. A pack of 20 costs £11.80. Which pack is better value?
- 18th September 1998A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 14 cm and height 13 cm. The prism is 11 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 19th September 1998A bag holds 2 red and 8 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 20th September 1998110 people were surveyed. 30 were adults, of whom 15 said yes. 20 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
- 21st September 1998A meal deal has 7 mains, 6 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 22nd September 1998A line has gradient -1 and passes through (1, -10). Work out its equation.
- 23rd September 1998Work out 30% of 380.
- 24th September 1998Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular 12-sided polygon.
- 25th September 1998A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 26th September 1998A box plot has minimum 15, lower quartile 17, median 22, upper quartile 27 and maximum 31. Work out the interquartile range.
- 27th September 1998A bill is £672 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 28th September 1998Make x the subject of y = 2x^2 - 6.
- 29th September 1998Write the ratio 7 : 63 in the form 1 : n.
- 30th September 1998The bearing of B from A is 277°. Work out the bearing of A from B.