Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
August 2009 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day
Every Foundation Plus sheet published in August 2009, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.
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Every sheet in August 2009
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 2009Make x the subject of y = 9x^2 - 4.
- 2nd August 2009Anika drives 160 km in 2 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 3rd August 2009The bearing of B from A is 193°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 4th August 2009A bag holds 9 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 5th August 2009A scatter graph plots how far a lorry has driven and the fuel left in its tank. What type of correlation would you expect?
- 6th August 2009Work out (36 x 10^8) / (9 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
- 7th August 2009The angles in a triangle are 2x°, 3x° and (x + 84)°. Form an equation and work out x.
- 8th August 2009Red and blue stickers are in the ratio 7 : 9. There are 35 red stickers. How many stickers are there altogether?
- 9th August 2009A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 9 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 10th August 2009A bag holds 7 red and 5 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 11th August 2009Grouped data has five classes of width 5, the first being 10 < x <= 15. The frequencies in order are 16, 11, 7, 3, 21. Write down the modal class.
- 12th August 2009A meal deal has 7 mains, 4 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 13th August 2009Expand and simplify 8(4x - 1).
- 14th August 2009A map has a scale of 1 : 10000. Two villages are 8.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 15th August 2009A trapezium has parallel sides of 13 cm and 24 cm, 18 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 16th August 2009A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 17th August 2009Of 39 students, 20 study French, 14 study German and 3 study both. How many study neither?
- 18th August 2009A bill is £192 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 19th August 2009A line has equation y = 6x - 12. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
- 20th August 2009A pack of 7 sponges costs £2.45. A pack of 28 costs £8.40. Which pack is better value?
- 21st August 2009Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 129°, 124° and 57°. Work out the fourth.
- 22nd August 2009A bag holds 5 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 23rd August 2009In a survey 3 households own 1 car, 5 own 2 cars and 6 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
- 24th August 2009Work out (27 x 10^9) / (3 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
- 25th August 2009Solve 4(x + 8) = 48.
- 26th August 2009Work out 10% of 180.
- 27th August 2009A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 10 cm and height 9 cm. The prism is 8 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 28th August 2009A bag holds 3 red and 5 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 29th August 2009A box plot has a minimum of 12 and a maximum of 26. Work out the range.
- 30th August 2009A meal deal has 5 mains, 3 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 31st August 2009Use v = u + at with u = 7, a = 9 and t = 6. Work out v.