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January 2014 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day

Every Foundation Plus sheet published in January 2014, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.

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January 2014

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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Every sheet in January 2014

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st January 2014Use v = u + at with u = 10, a = 4 and t = 7. Work out v.
  2. 2nd January 2014A pack of 11 sponges costs £3.30. A pack of 33 costs £7.92. Which pack is better value?
  3. 3rd January 2014Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular octagon.
  4. 4th January 2014A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
  5. 5th January 2014A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 3x + 27. Use it to estimate y when x = 2.
  6. 6th January 2014A bill is £480 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  7. 7th January 20142 teas and 2 cakes cost £9.10. 4 teas and 5 cakes cost £21.50. Find the price of a tea.
  8. 8th January 2014Work out 30% of 200.
  9. 9th January 2014The bearing of B from A is 037°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  10. 10th January 2014A bag holds 3 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  11. 11th January 2014Four classes in order have frequencies 6, 6, 12, 6. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  12. 12th January 2014Work out (28 x 10^10) / (4 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
  13. 13th January 2014For the curve y = 44/x, work out y when x = 4, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  14. 14th January 2014Write the ratio 2 : 12 in the form 1 : n.
  15. 15th January 2014A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 4 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  16. 16th January 2014A bag holds 7 red and 4 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  17. 17th January 201420 newts are marked and released. Later 49 are caught, of which 7 are marked. Estimate the population.
  18. 18th January 2014A meal deal has 9 mains, 3 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  19. 19th January 2014Factorise x^2 + x - 30.
  20. 20th January 2014A coach travels 80 km in 1.5 hours, then 70 km in 2 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  21. 21st January 2014A trapezium has parallel sides of 4 cm and 9 cm, 18 cm apart. Work out its area.
  22. 22nd January 2014A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
  23. 23rd January 2014A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 92 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  24. 24th January 2014A bill is £840 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  25. 25th January 2014Does the point (1, 6) satisfy y > 4x - 6?
  26. 26th January 2014Yusuf drives 100 km in 2.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  27. 27th January 2014Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 76°, 91° and 130°. Work out the fourth.
  28. 28th January 2014A bag holds 4 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  29. 29th January 2014210 people were surveyed. 90 were adults, of whom 5 said yes. 15 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  30. 30th January 2014Work out (20 x 10^12) / (4 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  31. 31st January 2014A line has gradient 3 and passes through (4, 13). Work out its equation.

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