Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
March 2003 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day
Every Foundation Plus sheet published in March 2003, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.
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Every sheet in March 2003
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 2003Red and blue marbles are in the ratio 5 : 8. There are 75 red marbles. How many marbles are there altogether?
- 2nd March 2003Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular nonagon.
- 3rd March 2003A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 4th March 2003A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 3x + 9. Use it to estimate y when x = 11.
- 5th March 2003A bill is £864 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 6th March 20033 teas and 2 cakes cost £6.80. 3 teas and 3 cakes cost £8.85. Find the price of a tea.
- 7th March 2003A map has a scale of 1 : 25000. Two villages are 11 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 8th March 2003The bearing of B from A is 320°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 9th March 2003A bag holds 3 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 10th March 2003Four classes in order have frequencies 3, 10, 7, 3. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 11th March 2003Work out (18 x 10^7) / (2 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
- 12th March 2003For the curve y = -8/x, work out y when x = -1, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 13th March 2003A pack of 5 batteries costs £1.00. A pack of 15 costs £2.10. Which pack is better value?
- 14th March 2003A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 10 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 15th March 2003A bag holds 9 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 16th March 200335 beetles are marked and released. Later 16 are caught, of which 2 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 17th March 2003A meal deal has 7 mains, 7 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 18th March 2003Factorise x^2 - 3x - 54.
- 19th March 2003Work out 15% of 180.
- 20th March 2003A trapezium has parallel sides of 3 cm and 14 cm, 6 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 21st March 2003A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 22nd March 2003A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 104 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 23rd March 2003A bill is £408 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 24th March 2003Does the point (4, -11) satisfy y > -2x - 6?
- 25th March 2003Write the ratio 5 : 10 in the form 1 : n.
- 26th March 2003Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 83°, 50° and 171°. Work out the fourth.
- 27th March 2003A bag holds 3 red and 7 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 28th March 2003100 people were surveyed. 80 were adults, of whom 35 said yes. 5 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
- 29th March 2003Work out (54 x 10^11) / (6 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
- 30th March 2003A line has gradient -5 and passes through (4, -23). Work out its equation.
- 31st March 2003A coach travels 90 km in 1 hour, then 70 km in 0.5 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.