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October 1998 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day

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

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October 1998

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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Every sheet in October 1998

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  1. 1st October 1998A bag holds 9 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  2. 2nd October 1998A scatter graph plots the temperature outside and the number of ice creams sold. What type of correlation would you expect?
  3. 3rd October 1998Work out (81 x 10^10) / (9 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
  4. 4th October 1998The angles in a triangle are 4x°, 2x° and (x + 89)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  5. 5th October 1998A coach travels 30 km in 0.5 hours, then 30 km in 1 hour. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  6. 6th October 1998A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 4 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  7. 7th October 1998A bag holds 4 red and 4 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  8. 8th October 1998Grouped data has five classes of width 10, the first being 10 < x <= 20. The frequencies in order are 21, 7, 16, 11, 3. Write down the modal class.
  9. 9th October 1998A meal deal has 7 mains, 3 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  10. 10th October 1998Expand and simplify 8(7x - 5).
  11. 11th October 1998Kwame drives 140 km in 2 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  12. 12th October 1998A trapezium has parallel sides of 5 cm and 16 cm, 12 cm apart. Work out its area.
  13. 13th October 1998A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
  14. 14th October 1998Of 64 students, 42 study French, 33 study German and 15 study both. How many study neither?
  15. 15th October 1998A bill is £216 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  16. 16th October 1998A line has equation y = 4x - 24. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  17. 17th October 1998Red and blue stickers are in the ratio 4 : 5. There are 12 red stickers. How many stickers are there altogether?
  18. 18th October 1998Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 108°, 44° and 50°. Work out the fourth.
  19. 19th October 1998A bag holds 4 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  20. 20th October 1998In a survey 5 households own 1 car, 5 own 2 cars and 5 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  21. 21st October 1998Work out (36 x 10^8) / (6 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  22. 22nd October 1998Solve 6(x + 2) = 84.
  23. 23rd October 1998A map has a scale of 1 : 25000. Two villages are 4.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  24. 24th October 1998A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 10 cm and height 11 cm. The prism is 12 cm long. Work out its volume.
  25. 25th October 1998A bag holds 3 red and 5 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  26. 26th October 1998A box plot has a minimum of 18 and a maximum of 38. Work out the range.
  27. 27th October 1998A meal deal has 9 mains, 7 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  28. 28th October 1998Use v = u + at with u = 5, a = 8 and t = 8. Work out v.
  29. 29th October 1998A pack of 4 sponges costs £2.40. A pack of 16 costs £9.12. Which pack is better value?
  30. 30th October 1998Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular hexagon.
  31. 31st October 1998A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?

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