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January 2003 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day
Every Foundation Plus sheet published in January 2003, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.
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Every sheet in January 2003
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 2003A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 6 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 2nd January 2003A bag holds 5 red and 3 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 3rd January 2003Four classes in order have frequencies 4, 3, 7, 5. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 4th January 2003A meal deal has 7 mains, 6 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 5th January 2003For the curve y = -50/x, work out y when x = -5, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 6th January 2003A coach travels 90 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.
- 7th January 2003A trapezium has parallel sides of 14 cm and 25 cm, 8 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 8th January 2003A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 9th January 200310 newts are marked and released. Later 36 are caught, of which 4 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 10th January 2003A bill is £672 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 11th January 2003Factorise x^2 - 81.
- 12th January 2003Chloe drives 135 km in 3 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 13th January 2003Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 69°, 120° and 70°. Work out the fourth.
- 14th January 2003A bag holds 5 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 15th January 2003A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 220 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 16th January 2003Work out (32 x 10^8) / (4 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
- 17th January 2003Does the point (1, -6) satisfy y > -x - 2?
- 18th January 2003Red and blue marbles are in the ratio 5 : 8. There are 30 red marbles. How many marbles are there altogether?
- 19th January 2003A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 4 cm and height 4 cm. The prism is 14 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 20th January 2003A bag holds 3 red and 6 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 21st January 2003150 people were surveyed. 30 were adults, of whom 15 said yes. 35 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
- 22nd January 2003A meal deal has 4 mains, 7 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 23rd January 2003A line has gradient -4 and passes through (6, -23). Work out its equation.
- 24th January 2003A map has a scale of 1 : 25000. Two villages are 2.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 25th January 2003Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular decagon.
- 26th January 2003A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 27th January 2003A box plot has minimum 9, lower quartile 16, median 22, upper quartile 24 and maximum 29. Work out the interquartile range.
- 28th January 2003A bill is £552 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 29th January 2003Make x the subject of y = 3x^2 - 11.
- 30th January 2003A pack of 4 teabags costs £1.00. A pack of 16 costs £3.68. Which pack is better value?
- 31st January 2003The bearing of B from A is 233°. Work out the bearing of A from B.