Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
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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The batch download puts all 5 tiers' May 2014 sheets in a single PDF, each tier behind its own divider page - 155 sheets in one file.
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.
- 1st May 2014A line has equation y = 6x - 24. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
- 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?
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 6th May 2014A meal deal has 3 mains, 3 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 7th May 2014Solve 7(x - 4) = 14.
- 8th May 2014A pack of 7 sponges costs £1.05. A pack of 21 costs £2.73. Which pack is better value?
- 9th May 2014A trapezium has parallel sides of 14 cm and 26 cm, 4 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 10th May 2014A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 11th May 2014A box plot has a minimum of 16 and a maximum of 68. Work out the range.
- 12th May 2014A bill is £432 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 13th May 2014Use v = u + at with u = 10, a = 9 and t = 5. Work out v.
- 14th May 2014Work out 75% of 200.
- 15th May 2014Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 121°, 96° and 65°. Work out the fourth.
- 16th May 2014A bag holds 4 red and 6 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 17th May 2014A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 4x + 19. Use it to estimate y when x = 8.
- 18th May 2014Work out (56 x 10^10) / (7 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
- 19th May 20143 teas and 2 cakes cost £12.10. 2 teas and 5 cakes cost £20.90. Find the price of a tea.
- 20th May 2014Write the ratio 3 : 6 in the form 1 : n.
- 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.
- 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.
- 23rd May 2014Four classes in order have frequencies 9, 3, 11, 12. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 24th May 2014A meal deal has 4 mains, 7 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 25th May 2014For the curve y = -5/x, work out y when x = 1, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 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.
- 27th May 2014Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular nonagon.
- 28th May 2014A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 29th May 201410 fish are marked and released. Later 44 are caught, of which 4 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 30th May 2014A bill is £528 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 31st May 2014Factorise x^2 - 7x - 18.