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August 1999 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day
Every Foundation Plus sheet published in August 1999, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.
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Every sheet in August 1999
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 1999Rhys drives 80 km in 2 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 2nd August 1999Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 92°, 94° and 98°. Work out the fourth.
- 3rd August 1999A bag holds 4 red and 7 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 4th August 199925 newts are marked and released. Later 8 are caught, of which 2 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 5th August 1999Work out (40 x 10^9) / (8 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
- 6th August 1999Factorise x^2 + 5x - 24.
- 7th August 1999Red and blue stickers are in the ratio 2 : 5. There are 30 red stickers. How many stickers are there altogether?
- 8th August 1999A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 6 cm and height 4 cm. The prism is 17 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 9th August 1999A bag holds 2 red and 5 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 10th August 1999A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 112 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 11th August 1999A meal deal has 8 mains, 9 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 12th August 1999Does the point (-2, 0) satisfy y > 2x + 5?
- 13th August 1999A map has a scale of 1 : 50000. Two villages are 2.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 14th August 1999Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular decagon.
- 15th August 1999A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 16th August 1999220 people were surveyed. 60 were adults, of whom 15 said yes. 40 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
- 17th August 1999A bill is £696 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 18th August 1999A line has gradient 1 and passes through (1, -6). Work out its equation.
- 19th August 1999A pack of 9 batteries costs £1.35. A pack of 27 costs £2.97. Which pack is better value?
- 20th August 1999The bearing of B from A is 278°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 21st August 1999A bag holds 3 red and 8 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 22nd August 1999A box plot has minimum 7, lower quartile 11, median 13, upper quartile 22 and maximum 30. Work out the interquartile range.
- 23rd August 1999Work out (36 x 10^11) / (4 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
- 24th August 1999Make x the subject of y = 4x^2 - 8.
- 25th August 1999Work out 60% of 360.
- 26th August 1999A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 10 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 27th August 1999A bag holds 5 red and 6 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 28th August 1999A scatter graph plots a car's engine size and the miles it does per gallon. What type of correlation would you expect?
- 29th August 1999A meal deal has 8 mains, 9 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 30th August 1999The angles in a triangle are 3x°, 2x° and (x + 30)°. Form an equation and work out x.
- 31st August 1999Write the ratio 5 : 30 in the form 1 : n.