Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
October 2006 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day
Every Foundation Plus sheet published in October 2006, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.
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The batch download puts all 5 tiers' October 2006 sheets in a single PDF, each tier behind its own divider page - 155 sheets in one file.
Every sheet in October 2006
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 2006A bag holds 7 red and 5 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 2nd October 2006In a survey 6 households own 1 car, 9 own 2 cars and 8 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
- 3rd October 2006A meal deal has 3 mains, 3 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 4th October 2006Solve 6(x - 8) = -6.
- 5th October 2006A pack of 11 batteries costs £5.50. A pack of 44 costs £19.80. Which pack is better value?
- 6th October 2006A trapezium has parallel sides of 14 cm and 23 cm, 8 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 7th October 2006A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 8th October 2006A box plot has a minimum of 7 and a maximum of 29. Work out the range.
- 9th October 2006A bill is £312 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 10th October 2006Use v = u + at with u = 12, a = 2 and t = 4. Work out v.
- 11th October 2006Work out 20% of 140.
- 12th October 2006Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 105°, 95° and 94°. Work out the fourth.
- 13th October 2006A bag holds 6 red and 6 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 14th October 2006A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 8x + 36. Use it to estimate y when x = 12.
- 15th October 2006Work out (32 x 10^9) / (4 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
- 16th October 20062 teas and 1 cake cost £4.50. 3 teas and 3 cakes cost £8.55. Find the price of a tea.
- 17th October 2006Write the ratio 5 : 40 in the form 1 : n.
- 18th October 2006A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 24 cm and height 8 cm. The prism is 5 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 19th October 2006A bag holds 2 red and 4 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 20th October 2006Four classes in order have frequencies 11, 4, 11, 9. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 21st October 2006A meal deal has 9 mains, 4 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 22nd October 2006For the curve y = 6/x, work out y when x = -1, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 23rd October 2006A coach travels 40 km in 1.5 hours, then 60 km in 1 hour. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 24th October 2006Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular 12-sided polygon.
- 25th October 2006A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 26th October 200630 beetles are marked and released. Later 50 are caught, of which 5 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 27th October 2006A bill is £408 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 28th October 2006Factorise x^2 + 10x + 16.
- 29th October 2006Leo drives 180 km in 3 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 30th October 2006The bearing of B from A is 136°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 31st October 2006A bag holds 7 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.