Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
May 2005 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day
Every Foundation Plus sheet published in May 2005, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.
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Every sheet in May 2005
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 2005Ellis drives 175 km in 2.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 2nd May 2005Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular octagon.
- 3rd May 2005A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 4th May 2005A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 2x + 32. Use it to estimate y when x = 6.
- 5th May 2005A bill is £336 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 6th May 20052 teas and 3 cakes cost £8.45. 1 tea and 2 cakes cost £5.10. Find the price of a tea.
- 7th May 2005Red and blue raffle tickets are in the ratio 2 : 9. There are 24 red raffle tickets. How many raffle tickets are there altogether?
- 8th May 2005The bearing of B from A is 194°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 9th May 2005A bag holds 3 red and 6 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 10th May 2005Four classes in order have frequencies 11, 12, 11, 9. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 11th May 2005Work out (49 x 10^11) / (7 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
- 12th May 2005For the curve y = 6/x, work out y when x = 1, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 13th May 2005A map has a scale of 1 : 10000. Two villages are 7 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 14th May 2005A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 8 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 15th May 2005A bag holds 4 red and 7 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 16th May 200510 newts are marked and released. Later 15 are caught, of which 3 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 17th May 2005A meal deal has 7 mains, 3 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 18th May 2005Factorise x^2 + 3x - 28.
- 19th May 2005A pack of 8 sponges costs £4.00. A pack of 24 costs £11.04. Which pack is better value?
- 20th May 2005A trapezium has parallel sides of 7 cm and 15 cm, 12 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 21st May 2005A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 22nd May 2005A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 140 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 23rd May 2005A bill is £480 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 24th May 2005Does the point (-2, -5) satisfy y > 2x + 2?
- 25th May 2005Work out 40% of 300.
- 26th May 2005Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 71°, 110° and 124°. Work out the fourth.
- 27th May 2005A bag holds 7 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 28th May 2005130 people were surveyed. 90 were adults, of whom 30 said yes. 15 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
- 29th May 2005Work out (40 x 10^7) / (8 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
- 30th May 2005A line has gradient 2 and passes through (5, 12). Work out its equation.
- 31st May 2005Write the ratio 8 : 40 in the form 1 : n.