Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
May 2011 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day
Every Foundation Plus sheet published in May 2011, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.
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Every sheet in May 2011
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 2011A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 24 cm and height 13 cm. The prism is 9 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 2nd May 2011A bag holds 4 red and 4 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 3rd May 201125 voles are marked and released. Later 9 are caught, of which 3 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 4th May 2011A meal deal has 6 mains, 6 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 5th May 2011Factorise x^2 + 10x + 24.
- 6th May 2011A map has a scale of 1 : 10000. Two villages are 3.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 7th May 2011Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular nonagon.
- 8th May 2011A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 9th May 2011A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 52 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 10th May 2011A bill is £168 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 11th May 2011Does the point (-1, 6) satisfy y > -4x + 8?
- 12th May 2011A pack of 6 batteries costs £1.20. A pack of 12 costs £2.16. Which pack is better value?
- 13th May 2011The bearing of B from A is 115°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 14th May 2011A bag holds 4 red and 7 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 15th May 2011220 people were surveyed. 60 were adults, of whom 30 said yes. 40 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
- 16th May 2011Work out (18 x 10^12) / (2 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
- 17th May 2011A line has gradient 5 and passes through (4, 19). Work out its equation.
- 18th May 2011Work out 60% of 280.
- 19th May 2011A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 5 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 20th May 2011A bag holds 6 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 21st May 2011A box plot has minimum 11, lower quartile 19, median 24, upper quartile 27 and maximum 37. Work out the interquartile range.
- 22nd May 2011A meal deal has 8 mains, 7 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 23rd May 2011Make x the subject of y = 2x^2 - 8.
- 24th May 2011Write the ratio 4 : 32 in the form 1 : n.
- 25th May 2011A trapezium has parallel sides of 14 cm and 25 cm, 18 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 26th May 2011A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 27th May 2011A scatter graph plots the temperature outside and the number of ice creams sold. What type of correlation would you expect?
- 28th May 2011A bill is £312 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 29th May 2011The angles in a triangle are 2x°, 2x° and (x + 70)°. Form an equation and work out x.
- 30th May 2011A coach travels 80 km in 0.5 hours, then 20 km in 1 hour. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 31st May 2011Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 94°, 57° and 174°. Work out the fourth.