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May 2014 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day

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

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May 2014

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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Every sheet in May 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 May 2014A line has equation y = 6x - 24. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  2. 2nd May 2014A map has a scale of 1 : 50000. Two villages are 2 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  3. 3rd May 2014A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 8 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  4. 4th May 2014A bag holds 6 red and 3 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  5. 5th May 2014In a survey 4 households own 1 car, 2 own 2 cars and 2 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  6. 6th May 2014A meal deal has 3 mains, 3 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  7. 7th May 2014Solve 7(x - 4) = 14.
  8. 8th May 2014A pack of 7 sponges costs £1.05. A pack of 21 costs £2.73. Which pack is better value?
  9. 9th May 2014A trapezium has parallel sides of 14 cm and 26 cm, 4 cm apart. Work out its area.
  10. 10th May 2014A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
  11. 11th May 2014A box plot has a minimum of 16 and a maximum of 68. Work out the range.
  12. 12th May 2014A bill is £432 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  13. 13th May 2014Use v = u + at with u = 10, a = 9 and t = 5. Work out v.
  14. 14th May 2014Work out 75% of 200.
  15. 15th May 2014Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 121°, 96° and 65°. Work out the fourth.
  16. 16th May 2014A bag holds 4 red and 6 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  17. 17th May 2014A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 4x + 19. Use it to estimate y when x = 8.
  18. 18th May 2014Work out (56 x 10^10) / (7 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
  19. 19th May 20143 teas and 2 cakes cost £12.10. 2 teas and 5 cakes cost £20.90. Find the price of a tea.
  20. 20th May 2014Write the ratio 3 : 6 in the form 1 : n.
  21. 21st May 2014A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 4 cm and height 5 cm. The prism is 10 cm long. Work out its volume.
  22. 22nd May 2014A bag holds 3 red and 9 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  23. 23rd May 2014Four classes in order have frequencies 9, 3, 11, 12. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  24. 24th May 2014A meal deal has 4 mains, 7 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  25. 25th May 2014For the curve y = -5/x, work out y when x = 1, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  26. 26th May 2014A coach travels 30 km in 1.5 hours, then 80 km in 1 hour. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  27. 27th May 2014Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular nonagon.
  28. 28th May 2014A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  29. 29th May 201410 fish are marked and released. Later 44 are caught, of which 4 are marked. Estimate the population.
  30. 30th May 2014A bill is £528 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  31. 31st May 2014Factorise x^2 - 7x - 18.

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