Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
May 2012 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day
Every Foundation Plus sheet published in May 2012, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.
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The batch download puts all 5 tiers' May 2012 sheets in a single PDF, each tier behind its own divider page - 155 sheets in one file.
Every sheet in May 2012
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 2012Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular decagon.
- 2nd May 2012A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 3rd May 2012Of 38 students, 8 study French, 20 study German and 3 study both. How many study neither?
- 4th May 2012A bill is £72 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 5th May 2012A line has equation y = 6x - 24. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
- 6th May 2012Leo drives 240 km in 3 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 7th May 2012The bearing of B from A is 312°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 8th May 2012A bag holds 3 red and 6 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 9th May 2012In a survey 2 households own 1 car, 4 own 2 cars and 9 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
- 10th May 2012Work out (32 x 10^6) / (4 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
- 11th May 2012Solve 2(x - 6) = 12.
- 12th May 2012Red and blue sweets are in the ratio 3 : 7. There are 39 red sweets. How many sweets are there altogether?
- 13th May 2012A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 4 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 14th May 2012A bag holds 6 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 15th May 2012A box plot has a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 46. Work out the range.
- 16th May 2012A meal deal has 4 mains, 6 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 17th May 2012Use v = u + at with u = 10, a = 7 and t = 4. Work out v.
- 18th May 2012A map has a scale of 1 : 50000. Two villages are 10 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 19th May 2012A trapezium has parallel sides of 12 cm and 14 cm, 4 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 20th May 2012A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 21st May 2012A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 6x + 10. Use it to estimate y when x = 7.
- 22nd May 2012A bill is £864 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 23rd May 20125 teas and 2 cakes cost £14.45. 3 teas and 4 cakes cost £14.55. Find the price of a tea.
- 24th May 2012A pack of 5 batteries costs £1.75. A pack of 10 costs £3.20. Which pack is better value?
- 25th May 2012Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 78°, 92° and 47°. Work out the fourth.
- 26th May 2012A bag holds 3 red and 6 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 27th May 2012Four classes in order have frequencies 7, 11, 6, 9. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 28th May 2012Work out (81 x 10^7) / (9 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
- 29th May 2012For the curve y = 80/x, work out y when x = -10, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 30th May 2012Work out 75% of 340.
- 31st May 2012A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 14 cm and height 10 cm. The prism is 13 cm long. Work out its volume.