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August 2012 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day
Every Foundation Plus sheet published in August 2012, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.
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Every sheet in August 2012
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 2012Four classes in order have frequencies 7, 3, 9, 3. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 2nd August 2012A bill is £336 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 3rd August 2012For the curve y = -6/x, work out y when x = -1, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 4th August 2012Red and blue stickers are in the ratio 2 : 5. There are 28 red stickers. How many stickers are there altogether?
- 5th August 2012Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 110°, 129° and 84°. Work out the fourth.
- 6th August 2012A bag holds 6 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 7th August 201235 newts are marked and released. Later 45 are caught, of which 5 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 8th August 2012Work out (15 x 10^9) / (3 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
- 9th August 2012Factorise x^2 + 17x + 72.
- 10th August 2012A map has a scale of 1 : 50000. Two villages are 4 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 11th August 2012A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 8 cm and height 13 cm. The prism is 12 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 12th August 2012A bag holds 3 red and 3 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 13th August 2012A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 160 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 14th August 2012A meal deal has 3 mains, 9 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 15th August 2012Does the point (4, -13) satisfy y > -x - 7?
- 16th August 2012A pack of 4 pencils costs £1.00. A pack of 8 costs £1.60. Which pack is better value?
- 17th August 2012Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular 12-sided polygon.
- 18th August 2012A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 19th August 2012110 people were surveyed. 50 were adults, of whom 20 said yes. 15 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
- 20th August 2012A bill is £528 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 21st August 2012A line has gradient 4 and passes through (3, 3). Work out its equation.
- 22nd August 2012Work out 60% of 140.
- 23rd August 2012The bearing of B from A is 191°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 24th August 2012A bag holds 8 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 25th August 2012A box plot has minimum 12, lower quartile 15, median 17, upper quartile 24 and maximum 29. Work out the interquartile range.
- 26th August 2012Work out (32 x 10^8) / (8 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
- 27th August 2012Make x the subject of y = 9x^2 - 3.
- 28th August 2012Write the ratio 8 : 48 in the form 1 : n.
- 29th August 2012A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 6 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 30th August 2012A bag holds 5 red and 4 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 31st August 2012A scatter graph plots the temperature outside and the number of ice creams sold. What type of correlation would you expect?