Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
January 1999 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day
Every Foundation Plus sheet published in January 1999, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.
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Every sheet in January 1999
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 1999Work out (18 x 10^7) / (9 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
- 2nd January 1999Use v = u + at with u = 5, a = 4 and t = 6. Work out v.
- 3rd January 1999Jacob drives 75 km in 1.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 4th January 1999A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 12 cm and height 10 cm. The prism is 6 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 5th January 1999A bag holds 3 red and 5 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 6th January 1999A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 8x + 31. Use it to estimate y when x = 6.
- 7th January 1999A meal deal has 7 mains, 3 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 8th January 19992 teas and 3 cakes cost £9.30. 3 teas and 5 cakes cost £14.75. Find the price of a tea.
- 9th January 1999Red and blue sweets are in the ratio 4 : 7. There are 28 red sweets. How many sweets are there altogether?
- 10th January 1999Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular octagon.
- 11th January 1999A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 12th January 1999Four classes in order have frequencies 11, 3, 3, 11. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 13th January 1999A bill is £936 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 14th January 1999For the curve y = 100/x, work out y when x = -10, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 15th January 1999A map has a scale of 1 : 50000. Two villages are 5.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 16th January 1999The bearing of B from A is 154°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 17th January 1999A bag holds 6 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 18th January 199960 beetles are marked and released. Later 63 are caught, of which 7 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 19th January 1999Work out (72 x 10^12) / (8 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
- 20th January 1999Factorise x^2 + 6x + 8.
- 21st January 1999A pack of 5 batteries costs £2.75. A pack of 15 costs £7.95. Which pack is better value?
- 22nd January 1999A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 6 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 23rd January 1999A bag holds 5 red and 7 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 24th January 1999A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 228 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 25th January 1999A meal deal has 6 mains, 9 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 26th January 1999Does the point (-3, -7) satisfy y > 3x - 5?
- 27th January 1999Work out 15% of 260.
- 28th January 1999A trapezium has parallel sides of 7 cm and 12 cm, 18 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 29th January 1999A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 30th January 199990 people were surveyed. 90 were adults, of whom 35 said yes. 5 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
- 31st January 1999A bill is £96 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.