Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
January 2008 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day
Every Foundation Plus sheet published in January 2008, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.
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Every sheet in January 2008
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 2008Of 61 students, 27 study French, 32 study German and 6 study both. How many study neither?
- 2nd January 2008A bill is £48 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 3rd January 2008A line has equation y = 3x - 3. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
- 4th January 2008A map has a scale of 1 : 10000. Two villages are 9.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 5th January 2008The bearing of B from A is 281°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 6th January 2008A bag holds 3 red and 7 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 7th January 2008In a survey 9 households own 1 car, 3 own 2 cars and 5 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
- 8th January 2008Work out (63 x 10^6) / (9 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
- 9th January 2008Solve 2(x - 2) = 14.
- 10th January 2008A pack of 9 sponges costs £4.95. A pack of 27 costs £14.04. Which pack is better value?
- 11th January 2008A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 4 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 12th January 2008A bag holds 3 red and 7 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 13th January 2008A box plot has a minimum of 12 and a maximum of 33. Work out the range.
- 14th January 2008A meal deal has 4 mains, 3 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 15th January 2008Use v = u + at with u = 3, a = 3 and t = 7. Work out v.
- 16th January 2008Work out 75% of 60.
- 17th January 2008A trapezium has parallel sides of 12 cm and 14 cm, 8 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 18th January 2008A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 19th January 2008A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 3x + 16. Use it to estimate y when x = 12.
- 20th January 2008A bill is £816 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 21st January 20084 teas and 4 cakes cost £12.20. 3 teas and 5 cakes cost £12.75. Find the price of a tea.
- 22nd January 2008Write the ratio 8 : 32 in the form 1 : n.
- 23rd January 2008Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 100°, 88° and 31°. Work out the fourth.
- 24th January 2008A bag holds 6 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 25th January 2008Four classes in order have frequencies 9, 8, 6, 3. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 26th January 2008Work out (20 x 10^6) / (5 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
- 27th January 2008For the curve y = 32/x, work out y when x = 4, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 28th January 2008A coach travels 20 km in 1 hour, then 40 km in 1.5 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 29th January 2008A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 24 cm and height 6 cm. The prism is 16 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 30th January 2008A bag holds 2 red and 7 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 31st January 200855 beetles are marked and released. Later 28 are caught, of which 4 are marked. Estimate the population.