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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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October 2008

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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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.

  1. 1st October 2008Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 134°, 97° and 57°. Work out the fourth.
  2. 2nd October 2008A bag holds 7 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  3. 3rd October 2008A box plot has a minimum of 19 and a maximum of 54. Work out the range.
  4. 4th October 2008Work out (14 x 10^10) / (2 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
  5. 5th October 2008Use v = u + at with u = 12, a = 3 and t = 2. Work out v.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 9th October 2008A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 4x + 28. Use it to estimate y when x = 7.
  10. 10th October 2008A meal deal has 3 mains, 5 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  11. 11th October 20082 teas and 2 cakes cost £11.40. 2 teas and 5 cakes cost £21.15. Find the price of a tea.
  12. 12th October 2008Tomasz drives 200 km in 4 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  13. 13th October 2008Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular pentagon.
  14. 14th October 2008A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
  15. 15th October 2008Four classes in order have frequencies 3, 11, 6, 3. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  16. 16th October 2008A bill is £528 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  17. 17th October 2008For the curve y = -5/x, work out y when x = 5, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  18. 18th October 2008Red and blue stickers are in the ratio 3 : 8. There are 24 red stickers. How many stickers are there altogether?
  19. 19th October 2008The bearing of B from A is 292°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  20. 20th October 2008A bag holds 3 red and 6 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  21. 21st October 200850 voles are marked and released. Later 88 are caught, of which 8 are marked. Estimate the population.
  22. 22nd October 2008Work out (81 x 10^10) / (9 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
  23. 23rd October 2008Factorise x^2 - 10x + 9.
  24. 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?
  25. 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.
  26. 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.
  27. 27th October 2008A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 92 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  28. 28th October 2008A meal deal has 5 mains, 9 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  29. 29th October 2008Does the point (0, -6) satisfy y > 2x - 4?
  30. 30th October 2008A pack of 12 teabags costs £5.40. A pack of 48 costs £20.16. Which pack is better value?
  31. 31st October 2008A trapezium has parallel sides of 5 cm and 9 cm, 16 cm apart. Work out its area.

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