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August 2004 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day

Every Foundation Plus sheet published in August 2004, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.

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August 2004

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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Every sheet in August 2004

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  1. 1st August 2004In a survey 9 households own 1 car, 6 own 2 cars and 2 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  2. 2nd August 2004A meal deal has 7 mains, 3 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  3. 3rd August 2004Solve 3(x + 3) = 33.
  4. 4th August 2004Work out 15% of 280.
  5. 5th August 2004A trapezium has parallel sides of 9 cm and 19 cm, 18 cm apart. Work out its area.
  6. 6th August 2004A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  7. 7th August 2004A box plot has a minimum of 18 and a maximum of 45. Work out the range.
  8. 8th August 2004A bill is £336 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  9. 9th August 2004Use v = u + at with u = 6, a = 5 and t = 5. Work out v.
  10. 10th August 2004Write the ratio 5 : 20 in the form 1 : n.
  11. 11th August 2004Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 120°, 68° and 102°. Work out the fourth.
  12. 12th August 2004A bag holds 5 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  13. 13th August 2004A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 9x + 12. Use it to estimate y when x = 10.
  14. 14th August 2004Work out (48 x 10^7) / (8 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
  15. 15th August 20043 teas and 4 cakes cost £15.80. 2 teas and 3 cakes cost £11.30. Find the price of a tea.
  16. 16th August 2004A coach travels 40 km in 1 hour, then 40 km in 1 hour. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  17. 17th August 2004A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 10 cm and height 4 cm. The prism is 8 cm long. Work out its volume.
  18. 18th August 2004A bag holds 2 red and 7 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  19. 19th August 2004Four classes in order have frequencies 8, 5, 12, 11. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  20. 20th August 2004A meal deal has 6 mains, 9 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  21. 21st August 2004For the curve y = -5/x, work out y when x = 1, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  22. 22nd August 2004Nia drives 112.5 km in 2.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  23. 23rd August 2004Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular pentagon.
  24. 24th August 2004A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
  25. 25th August 200415 newts are marked and released. Later 45 are caught, of which 9 are marked. Estimate the population.
  26. 26th August 2004A bill is £96 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  27. 27th August 2004Factorise x^2 + 16x + 63.
  28. 28th August 2004Red and blue sweets are in the ratio 2 : 7. There are 16 red sweets. How many sweets are there altogether?
  29. 29th August 2004The bearing of B from A is 050°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  30. 30th August 2004A bag holds 3 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  31. 31st August 2004A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 216 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?

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