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October 2010 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day

Every Foundation Plus sheet published in October 2010, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.

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October 2010

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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Every sheet in October 2010

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 2010Use v = u + at with u = 4, a = 6 and t = 7. Work out v.
  2. 2nd October 2010Red and blue raffle tickets are in the ratio 4 : 5. There are 60 red raffle tickets. How many raffle tickets are there altogether?
  3. 3rd October 2010Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular 12-sided polygon.
  4. 4th October 2010A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
  5. 5th October 2010A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 7x + 35. Use it to estimate y when x = 4.
  6. 6th October 2010A bill is £744 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  7. 7th October 20103 teas and 3 cakes cost £7.80. 3 teas and 4 cakes cost £9.00. Find the price of a tea.
  8. 8th October 2010A map has a scale of 1 : 25000. Two villages are 15 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  9. 9th October 2010The bearing of B from A is 257°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  10. 10th October 2010A bag holds 6 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  11. 11th October 2010Four classes in order have frequencies 6, 10, 10, 11. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  12. 12th October 2010Work out (28 x 10^10) / (7 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
  13. 13th October 2010For the curve y = -28/x, work out y when x = -4, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  14. 14th October 2010A pack of 7 sponges costs £2.80. A pack of 14 costs £5.46. Which pack is better value?
  15. 15th October 2010A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 6 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  16. 16th October 2010A bag holds 4 red and 3 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  17. 17th October 201040 fish are marked and released. Later 36 are caught, of which 3 are marked. Estimate the population.
  18. 18th October 2010A meal deal has 8 mains, 9 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  19. 19th October 2010Factorise x^2 + 2x - 8.
  20. 20th October 2010Work out 20% of 220.
  21. 21st October 2010A trapezium has parallel sides of 4 cm and 15 cm, 18 cm apart. Work out its area.
  22. 22nd October 2010A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
  23. 23rd October 2010A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 112 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  24. 24th October 2010A bill is £120 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  25. 25th October 2010Does the point (1, 12) satisfy y > 4x + 3?
  26. 26th October 2010Write the ratio 3 : 18 in the form 1 : n.
  27. 27th October 2010Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 120°, 84° and 31°. Work out the fourth.
  28. 28th October 2010A bag holds 4 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  29. 29th October 2010160 people were surveyed. 40 were adults, of whom 15 said yes. 35 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  30. 30th October 2010Work out (21 x 10^12) / (7 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  31. 31st October 2010A line has gradient -5 and passes through (6, -36). Work out its equation.

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