Daily Practice · Foundation Plus

December 1999 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day

Every Foundation Plus sheet published in December 1999, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.

← Today's Foundation Plus sheet

December 1999

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

Printing for a group?

The batch download puts all 5 tiers' December 1999 sheets in a single PDF, each tier behind its own divider page - 155 sheets in one file.

Every sheet in December 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 December 1999A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
  2. 2nd December 1999A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 2x + 37. Use it to estimate y when x = 5.
  3. 3rd December 1999A bill is £264 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  4. 4th December 19994 teas and 3 cakes cost £11.00. 4 teas and 5 cakes cost £15.40. Find the price of a tea.
  5. 5th December 1999Kwame drives 90 km in 1.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  6. 6th December 1999The bearing of B from A is 260°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  7. 7th December 1999A bag holds 3 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  8. 8th December 1999Four classes in order have frequencies 3, 3, 10, 7. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  9. 9th December 1999Work out (32 x 10^7) / (4 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  10. 10th December 1999For the curve y = 60/x, work out y when x = -10, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  11. 11th December 1999Red and blue stickers are in the ratio 7 : 9. There are 98 red stickers. How many stickers are there altogether?
  12. 12th December 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.
  13. 13th December 1999A bag holds 10 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  14. 14th December 199950 fish are marked and released. Later 56 are caught, of which 8 are marked. Estimate the population.
  15. 15th December 1999A meal deal has 7 mains, 8 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  16. 16th December 1999Factorise x^2 - 2x - 24.
  17. 17th December 1999A map has a scale of 1 : 25000. Two villages are 13 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  18. 18th December 1999A trapezium has parallel sides of 8 cm and 14 cm, 18 cm apart. Work out its area.
  19. 19th December 1999A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
  20. 20th December 1999A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 148 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  21. 21st December 1999A bill is £96 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  22. 22nd December 1999Does the point (0, 11) satisfy y > -x + 3?
  23. 23rd December 1999A pack of 9 teabags costs £4.95. A pack of 36 costs £19.44. Which pack is better value?
  24. 24th December 1999Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 66°, 103° and 137°. Work out the fourth.
  25. 25th December 1999A bag holds 10 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  26. 26th December 1999240 people were surveyed. 30 were adults, of whom 5 said yes. 100 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  27. 27th December 1999Work out (12 x 10^7) / (3 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  28. 28th December 1999A line has gradient -4 and passes through (4, -7). Work out its equation.
  29. 29th December 1999Work out 15% of 300.
  30. 30th December 1999A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 14 cm and height 7 cm. The prism is 19 cm long. Work out its volume.
  31. 31st December 1999A bag holds 4 red and 6 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.

The same month at another level