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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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October 2001

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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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.

  1. 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.
  2. 2nd October 2001Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 56°, 132° and 59°. Work out the fourth.
  3. 3rd October 2001A bag holds 3 red and 9 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  4. 4th October 200155 beetles are marked and released. Later 36 are caught, of which 4 are marked. Estimate the population.
  5. 5th October 2001Work out (28 x 10^11) / (4 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
  6. 6th October 2001Factorise x^2 + 17x + 72.
  7. 7th October 2001Kwame drives 175 km in 2.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 10th October 2001A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 180 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  11. 11th October 2001A meal deal has 4 mains, 6 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  12. 12th October 2001Does the point (1, -9) satisfy y > -2x - 8?
  13. 13th October 2001Red and blue marbles are in the ratio 2 : 9. There are 14 red marbles. How many marbles are there altogether?
  14. 14th October 2001Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular 12-sided polygon.
  15. 15th October 2001A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  16. 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?
  17. 17th October 2001A bill is £144 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  18. 18th October 2001A line has gradient 1 and passes through (6, 8). Work out its equation.
  19. 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?
  20. 20th October 2001The bearing of B from A is 170°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  21. 21st October 2001A bag holds 3 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  22. 22nd October 2001A box plot has minimum 15, lower quartile 24, median 33, upper quartile 40 and maximum 50. Work out the interquartile range.
  23. 23rd October 2001Work out (20 x 10^6) / (4 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  24. 24th October 2001Make x the subject of y = 3x^2 - 12.
  25. 25th October 2001A pack of 8 batteries costs £3.60. A pack of 16 costs £6.88. Which pack is better value?
  26. 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.
  27. 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.
  28. 28th October 2001A scatter graph plots the temperature outside and the number of ice creams sold. What type of correlation would you expect?
  29. 29th October 2001A meal deal has 6 mains, 3 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  30. 30th October 2001The angles in a triangle are 3x°, 2x° and (x + 108)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  31. 31st October 2001Work out 10% of 200.

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