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August 2013 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day
Every Foundation Plus sheet published in August 2013, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.
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Every sheet in August 2013
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 2013A bag holds 3 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 2nd August 2013Grouped data has five classes of width 5, the first being 5 < x <= 10. The frequencies in order are 16, 11, 3, 21, 7. Write down the modal class.
- 3rd August 2013Work out (54 x 10^9) / (6 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
- 4th August 2013Expand and simplify 4(6x + 9).
- 5th August 2013A coach travels 60 km in 0.5 hours, then 40 km in 1.5 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 6th August 2013A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 6 cm and height 13 cm. The prism is 7 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 7th August 2013A bag holds 7 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 8th August 2013Of 36 students, 18 study French, 25 study German and 12 study both. How many study neither?
- 9th August 2013A meal deal has 5 mains, 7 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 10th August 2013A line has equation y = 2x - 6. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
- 11th August 2013Zara drives 280 km in 4 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 12th August 2013Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular nonagon.
- 13th August 2013A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 14th August 2013In a survey 4 households own 1 car, 5 own 2 cars and 3 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
- 15th August 2013A bill is £192 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 16th August 2013Solve 2(x - 9) = -10.
- 17th August 2013Red and blue raffle tickets are in the ratio 3 : 7. There are 24 red raffle tickets. How many raffle tickets are there altogether?
- 18th August 2013The bearing of B from A is 146°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 19th August 2013A bag holds 8 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 20th August 2013A box plot has a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 22. Work out the range.
- 21st August 2013Work out (45 x 10^8) / (5 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
- 22nd August 2013Use v = u + at with u = 3, a = 6 and t = 7. Work out v.
- 23rd August 2013A map has a scale of 1 : 10000. Two villages are 6.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 24th August 2013A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 3 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 25th August 2013A bag holds 3 red and 8 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 26th August 2013A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 8x + 5. Use it to estimate y when x = 10.
- 27th August 2013A meal deal has 3 mains, 4 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 28th August 20132 teas and 2 cakes cost £6.70. 1 tea and 5 cakes cost £13.35. Find the price of a tea.
- 29th August 2013A pack of 9 teabags costs £3.15. A pack of 18 costs £5.94. Which pack is better value?
- 30th August 2013A trapezium has parallel sides of 9 cm and 21 cm, 10 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 31st August 2013A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?