Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
March 2014 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day
Every Foundation Plus sheet published in March 2014, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.
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Every sheet in March 2014
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 2014A bill is £576 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 2nd March 2014Solve 3(x - 5) = 12.
- 3rd March 2014A coach travels 50 km in 1.5 hours, then 30 km in 1 hour. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 4th March 2014Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 42°, 70° and 80°. Work out the fourth.
- 5th March 2014A bag holds 3 red and 8 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 6th March 2014A box plot has a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 27. Work out the range.
- 7th March 2014Work out (24 x 10^6) / (4 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
- 8th March 2014Use v = u + at with u = 9, a = 6 and t = 7. Work out v.
- 9th March 2014Nia drives 200 km in 2.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 10th March 2014A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 18 cm and height 3 cm. The prism is 18 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 11th March 2014A bag holds 7 red and 4 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 12th March 2014A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 6x + 31. Use it to estimate y when x = 3.
- 13th March 2014A meal deal has 7 mains, 3 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 14th March 20142 teas and 3 cakes cost £13.35. 4 teas and 3 cakes cost £17.25. Find the price of a tea.
- 15th March 2014Red and blue sweets are in the ratio 2 : 7. There are 6 red sweets. How many sweets are there altogether?
- 16th March 2014Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular octagon.
- 17th March 2014A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 18th March 2014Four classes in order have frequencies 10, 9, 5, 9. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 19th March 2014A bill is £504 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 20th March 2014For the curve y = -16/x, work out y when x = 4, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 21st March 2014A map has a scale of 1 : 25000. Two villages are 11 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 22nd March 2014The bearing of B from A is 247°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 23rd March 2014A bag holds 8 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 24th March 201435 voles are marked and released. Later 20 are caught, of which 5 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 25th March 2014Work out (42 x 10^8) / (6 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
- 26th March 2014Factorise x^2 - 3x - 18.
- 27th March 2014A pack of 5 batteries costs £2.00. A pack of 15 costs £5.25. Which pack is better value?
- 28th March 2014A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 7 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 29th March 2014A bag holds 7 red and 4 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 30th March 2014A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 208 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 31st March 2014A meal deal has 5 mains, 8 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?