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October 2001 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day
Every Foundation Plus sheet published in October 2001, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.
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Every sheet in October 2001
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 2001A coach travels 70 km in 1 hour, then 60 km in 2 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 2nd October 2001Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 56°, 132° and 59°. Work out the fourth.
- 3rd October 2001A bag holds 3 red and 9 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 4th October 200155 beetles are marked and released. Later 36 are caught, of which 4 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 5th October 2001Work out (28 x 10^11) / (4 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
- 6th October 2001Factorise x^2 + 17x + 72.
- 7th October 2001Kwame drives 175 km in 2.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 8th October 2001A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 16 cm and height 11 cm. The prism is 18 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 9th October 2001A bag holds 7 red and 3 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 10th October 2001A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 180 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 11th October 2001A meal deal has 4 mains, 6 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 12th October 2001Does the point (1, -9) satisfy y > -2x - 8?
- 13th October 2001Red and blue marbles are in the ratio 2 : 9. There are 14 red marbles. How many marbles are there altogether?
- 14th October 2001Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular 12-sided polygon.
- 15th October 2001A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 16th October 2001150 people were surveyed. 70 were adults, of whom 20 said yes. 40 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
- 17th October 2001A bill is £144 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 18th October 2001A line has gradient 1 and passes through (6, 8). Work out its equation.
- 19th October 2001A map has a scale of 1 : 50000. Two villages are 2 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 20th October 2001The bearing of B from A is 170°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 21st October 2001A bag holds 3 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 22nd October 2001A box plot has minimum 15, lower quartile 24, median 33, upper quartile 40 and maximum 50. Work out the interquartile range.
- 23rd October 2001Work out (20 x 10^6) / (4 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
- 24th October 2001Make x the subject of y = 3x^2 - 12.
- 25th October 2001A pack of 8 batteries costs £3.60. A pack of 16 costs £6.88. Which pack is better value?
- 26th October 2001A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 8 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 27th October 2001A bag holds 2 red and 8 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 28th October 2001A scatter graph plots the temperature outside and the number of ice creams sold. What type of correlation would you expect?
- 29th October 2001A meal deal has 6 mains, 3 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 30th October 2001The angles in a triangle are 3x°, 2x° and (x + 108)°. Form an equation and work out x.
- 31st October 2001Work out 10% of 200.