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September 2002 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day

Every Foundation Plus sheet published in September 2002, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.

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September 2002

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 4-6

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Every sheet in September 2002

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st September 2002Factorise x^2 + 8x - 9.
  2. 2nd September 2002A coach travels 60 km in 1.5 hours, then 40 km in 2 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  3. 3rd September 2002Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular nonagon.
  4. 4th September 2002A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
  5. 5th September 2002A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 132 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  6. 6th September 2002A bill is £360 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  7. 7th September 2002Does the point (-2, -4) satisfy y > 2x + 4?
  8. 8th September 2002Bea drives 150 km in 2.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  9. 9th September 2002The bearing of B from A is 160°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  10. 10th September 2002A bag holds 4 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  11. 11th September 2002210 people were surveyed. 40 were adults, of whom 15 said yes. 75 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  12. 12th September 2002Work out (63 x 10^7) / (7 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
  13. 13th September 2002A line has gradient 2 and passes through (3, 3). Work out its equation.
  14. 14th September 2002Red and blue marbles are in the ratio 5 : 6. There are 45 red marbles. How many marbles are there altogether?
  15. 15th September 2002A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 4 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  16. 16th September 2002A bag holds 4 red and 4 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  17. 17th September 2002A box plot has minimum 10, lower quartile 14, median 20, upper quartile 29 and maximum 34. Work out the interquartile range.
  18. 18th September 2002A meal deal has 8 mains, 5 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  19. 19th September 2002Make x the subject of y = 9x^2 - 4.
  20. 20th September 2002A map has a scale of 1 : 10000. Two villages are 11 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  21. 21st September 2002A trapezium has parallel sides of 8 cm and 14 cm, 14 cm apart. Work out its area.
  22. 22nd September 2002A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
  23. 23rd September 2002A scatter graph plots the age of a car and its value. What type of correlation would you expect?
  24. 24th September 2002A bill is £720 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  25. 25th September 2002The angles in a triangle are 2x°, 2x° and (x + 80)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  26. 26th September 2002A pack of 10 teabags costs £2.50. A pack of 20 costs £4.20. Which pack is better value?
  27. 27th September 2002Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 40°, 57° and 165°. Work out the fourth.
  28. 28th September 2002A bag holds 8 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  29. 29th September 2002Grouped data has five classes of width 10, the first being 20 < x <= 30. The frequencies in order are 21, 3, 7, 16, 11. Write down the modal class.
  30. 30th September 2002Work out (40 x 10^11) / (5 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.

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