Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
October 2008 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day
Every Foundation Plus sheet published in October 2008, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.
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Every sheet in October 2008
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 2008Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 134°, 97° and 57°. Work out the fourth.
- 2nd October 2008A bag holds 7 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 3rd October 2008A box plot has a minimum of 19 and a maximum of 54. Work out the range.
- 4th October 2008Work out (14 x 10^10) / (2 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
- 5th October 2008Use v = u + at with u = 12, a = 3 and t = 2. Work out v.
- 6th October 2008A coach travels 50 km in 1.5 hours, then 40 km in 2 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 7th October 2008A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 4 cm and height 12 cm. The prism is 13 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 8th October 2008A bag holds 5 red and 5 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 9th October 2008A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 4x + 28. Use it to estimate y when x = 7.
- 10th October 2008A meal deal has 3 mains, 5 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 11th October 20082 teas and 2 cakes cost £11.40. 2 teas and 5 cakes cost £21.15. Find the price of a tea.
- 12th October 2008Tomasz drives 200 km in 4 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 13th October 2008Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular pentagon.
- 14th October 2008A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 15th October 2008Four classes in order have frequencies 3, 11, 6, 3. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 16th October 2008A bill is £528 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 17th October 2008For the curve y = -5/x, work out y when x = 5, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 18th October 2008Red and blue stickers are in the ratio 3 : 8. There are 24 red stickers. How many stickers are there altogether?
- 19th October 2008The bearing of B from A is 292°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 20th October 2008A bag holds 3 red and 6 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 21st October 200850 voles are marked and released. Later 88 are caught, of which 8 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 22nd October 2008Work out (81 x 10^10) / (9 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
- 23rd October 2008Factorise x^2 - 10x + 9.
- 24th October 2008A map has a scale of 1 : 10000. Two villages are 2.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 25th October 2008A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 9 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 26th October 2008A bag holds 2 red and 4 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 27th October 2008A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 92 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 28th October 2008A meal deal has 5 mains, 9 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 29th October 2008Does the point (0, -6) satisfy y > 2x - 4?
- 30th October 2008A pack of 12 teabags costs £5.40. A pack of 48 costs £20.16. Which pack is better value?
- 31st October 2008A trapezium has parallel sides of 5 cm and 9 cm, 16 cm apart. Work out its area.