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December 2008 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day

Every Foundation Plus sheet published in December 2008, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.

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December 2008

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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Every sheet in December 2008

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  1. 1st December 2008A bag holds 6 red and 5 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  2. 2nd December 2008In a survey 5 households own 1 car, 2 own 2 cars and 6 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  3. 3rd December 2008A meal deal has 8 mains, 5 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  4. 4th December 2008Solve 4(x + 3) = 44.
  5. 5th December 2008A map has a scale of 1 : 25000. Two villages are 6 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  6. 6th December 2008A trapezium has parallel sides of 4 cm and 7 cm, 18 cm apart. Work out its area.
  7. 7th December 2008A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
  8. 8th December 2008A box plot has a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 47. Work out the range.
  9. 9th December 2008A bill is £264 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  10. 10th December 2008Use v = u + at with u = 10, a = 2 and t = 7. Work out v.
  11. 11th December 2008A pack of 4 batteries costs £1.80. A pack of 12 costs £5.16. Which pack is better value?
  12. 12th December 2008Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 86°, 73° and 40°. Work out the fourth.
  13. 13th December 2008A bag holds 8 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  14. 14th December 2008A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 5x + 33. Use it to estimate y when x = 7.
  15. 15th December 2008Work out (21 x 10^10) / (3 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  16. 16th December 20084 teas and 2 cakes cost £7.30. 2 teas and 5 cakes cost £10.25. Find the price of a tea.
  17. 17th December 2008Work out 25% of 360.
  18. 18th December 2008A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 10 cm and height 12 cm. The prism is 17 cm long. Work out its volume.
  19. 19th December 2008A bag holds 3 red and 7 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  20. 20th December 2008Four classes in order have frequencies 5, 8, 4, 10. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  21. 21st December 2008A meal deal has 3 mains, 3 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  22. 22nd December 2008For the curve y = -28/x, work out y when x = 4, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  23. 23rd December 2008Write the ratio 3 : 9 in the form 1 : n.
  24. 24th December 2008Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular hexagon.
  25. 25th December 2008A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
  26. 26th December 200815 beetles are marked and released. Later 25 are caught, of which 5 are marked. Estimate the population.
  27. 27th December 2008A bill is £48 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  28. 28th December 2008Factorise x^2 + 9x + 18.
  29. 29th December 2008A coach travels 60 km in 1 hour, then 30 km in 1.5 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  30. 30th December 2008The bearing of B from A is 343°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  31. 31st December 2008A bag holds 8 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.

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