Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
March 2001 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day
Every Foundation Plus sheet published in March 2001, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.
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Every sheet in March 2001
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 2001A bag holds 4 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 2nd March 2001A box plot has a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 23. Work out the range.
- 3rd March 2001Work out (36 x 10^12) / (6 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
- 4th March 2001Use v = u + at with u = 6, a = 7 and t = 8. Work out v.
- 5th March 2001A coach travels 60 km in 0.5 hours, then 60 km in 0.5 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 6th March 2001A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 8 cm and height 8 cm. The prism is 13 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 7th March 2001A bag holds 3 red and 6 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 8th March 2001A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 5x + 11. Use it to estimate y when x = 4.
- 9th March 2001A meal deal has 3 mains, 8 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 10th March 20015 teas and 2 cakes cost £16.90. 1 tea and 2 cakes cost £8.90. Find the price of a tea.
- 11th March 2001Sanjay drives 200 km in 2.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 12th March 2001Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular hexagon.
- 13th March 2001A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 14th March 2001Four classes in order have frequencies 6, 3, 8, 8. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 15th March 2001A bill is £912 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 16th March 2001For the curve y = 48/x, work out y when x = 4, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 17th March 2001Red and blue stickers are in the ratio 3 : 7. There are 39 red stickers. How many stickers are there altogether?
- 18th March 2001The bearing of B from A is 219°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 19th March 2001A bag holds 5 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 20th March 200155 fish are marked and released. Later 48 are caught, of which 8 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 21st March 2001Work out (42 x 10^10) / (7 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
- 22nd March 2001Factorise x^2 - 3x - 54.
- 23rd March 2001A map has a scale of 1 : 10000. Two villages are 6.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 24th March 2001A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 7 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 25th March 2001A bag holds 8 red and 3 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 26th March 2001A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 140 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 27th March 2001A meal deal has 8 mains, 5 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 28th March 2001Does the point (3, 13) satisfy y > 3x - 3?
- 29th March 2001A pack of 6 batteries costs £1.50. A pack of 12 costs £2.40. Which pack is better value?
- 30th March 2001A trapezium has parallel sides of 12 cm and 21 cm, 14 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 31st March 2001A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?