Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
May 1999 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day
Every Foundation Plus sheet published in May 1999, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.
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The batch download puts all 5 tiers' May 1999 sheets in a single PDF, each tier behind its own divider page - 155 sheets in one file.
Every sheet in May 1999
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 1999A bill is £840 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 2nd May 1999A line has equation y = 2x - 10. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
- 3rd May 1999A coach travels 40 km in 1.5 hours, then 70 km in 1 hour. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 4th May 1999The bearing of B from A is 347°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 5th May 1999A bag holds 7 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 6th May 1999In a survey 3 households own 1 car, 4 own 2 cars and 7 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
- 7th May 1999Work out (32 x 10^12) / (4 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
- 8th May 1999Solve 3(x - 6) = 0.
- 9th May 1999Ellis drives 200 km in 4 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 10th May 1999A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 12 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 11th May 1999A bag holds 2 red and 6 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 12th May 1999A box plot has a minimum of 15 and a maximum of 67. Work out the range.
- 13th May 1999A meal deal has 4 mains, 5 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 14th May 1999Use v = u + at with u = 7, a = 9 and t = 2. Work out v.
- 15th May 1999Red and blue sweets are in the ratio 4 : 7. There are 36 red sweets. How many sweets are there altogether?
- 16th May 1999A trapezium has parallel sides of 6 cm and 18 cm, 12 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 17th May 1999A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 18th May 1999A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 6x + 25. Use it to estimate y when x = 6.
- 19th May 1999A bill is £168 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 20th May 19992 teas and 4 cakes cost £13.10. 3 teas and 2 cakes cost £9.05. Find the price of a tea.
- 21st May 1999A map has a scale of 1 : 10000. Two villages are 4 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 22nd May 1999Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 87°, 132° and 81°. Work out the fourth.
- 23rd May 1999A bag holds 4 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 24th May 1999Four classes in order have frequencies 8, 9, 9, 10. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 25th May 1999Work out (63 x 10^6) / (7 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
- 26th May 1999For the curve y = -11/x, work out y when x = 1, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 27th May 1999A pack of 5 teabags costs £2.75. A pack of 10 costs £5.20. Which pack is better value?
- 28th May 1999A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 4 cm and height 7 cm. The prism is 14 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 29th May 1999A bag holds 6 red and 3 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 30th May 199925 newts are marked and released. Later 24 are caught, of which 3 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 31st May 1999A meal deal has 7 mains, 7 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?