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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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January 1999

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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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.

  1. 1st January 1999Work out (18 x 10^7) / (9 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  2. 2nd January 1999Use v = u + at with u = 5, a = 4 and t = 6. Work out v.
  3. 3rd January 1999Jacob drives 75 km in 1.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 6th January 1999A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 8x + 31. Use it to estimate y when x = 6.
  7. 7th January 1999A meal deal has 7 mains, 3 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  8. 8th January 19992 teas and 3 cakes cost £9.30. 3 teas and 5 cakes cost £14.75. Find the price of a tea.
  9. 9th January 1999Red and blue sweets are in the ratio 4 : 7. There are 28 red sweets. How many sweets are there altogether?
  10. 10th January 1999Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular octagon.
  11. 11th January 1999A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
  12. 12th January 1999Four classes in order have frequencies 11, 3, 3, 11. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  13. 13th January 1999A bill is £936 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  14. 14th January 1999For the curve y = 100/x, work out y when x = -10, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  15. 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?
  16. 16th January 1999The bearing of B from A is 154°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  17. 17th January 1999A bag holds 6 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  18. 18th January 199960 beetles are marked and released. Later 63 are caught, of which 7 are marked. Estimate the population.
  19. 19th January 1999Work out (72 x 10^12) / (8 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  20. 20th January 1999Factorise x^2 + 6x + 8.
  21. 21st January 1999A pack of 5 batteries costs £2.75. A pack of 15 costs £7.95. Which pack is better value?
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. 24th January 1999A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 228 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  25. 25th January 1999A meal deal has 6 mains, 9 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  26. 26th January 1999Does the point (-3, -7) satisfy y > 3x - 5?
  27. 27th January 1999Work out 15% of 260.
  28. 28th January 1999A trapezium has parallel sides of 7 cm and 12 cm, 18 cm apart. Work out its area.
  29. 29th January 1999A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  30. 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?
  31. 31st January 1999A bill is £96 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.

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