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October 2014 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day
Every Foundation Plus sheet published in October 2014, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.
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The batch download puts all 5 tiers' October 2014 sheets in a single PDF, each tier behind its own divider page - 155 sheets in one file.
Every sheet in October 2014
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 2014A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 2nd October 2014Four classes in order have frequencies 8, 8, 11, 12. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 3rd October 2014A bill is £480 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 4th October 2014For the curve y = -4/x, work out y when x = 2, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 5th October 2014Rhys drives 125 km in 2.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 6th October 2014Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 120°, 49° and 35°. Work out the fourth.
- 7th October 2014A bag holds 5 red and 6 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 8th October 201435 fish are marked and released. Later 27 are caught, of which 9 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 9th October 2014Work out (49 x 10^10) / (7 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
- 10th October 2014Factorise x^2 + 4x - 45.
- 11th October 2014Red and blue stickers are in the ratio 5 : 8. There are 25 red stickers. How many stickers are there altogether?
- 12th October 2014A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 18 cm and height 14 cm. The prism is 7 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 13th October 2014A bag holds 7 red and 5 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 14th October 2014A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 144 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 15th October 2014A meal deal has 5 mains, 3 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 16th October 2014Does the point (4, 21) satisfy y > 4x - 2?
- 17th October 2014A map has a scale of 1 : 50000. Two villages are 9.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 18th October 2014Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular 12-sided polygon.
- 19th October 2014A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 20th October 2014200 people were surveyed. 50 were adults, of whom 20 said yes. 65 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
- 21st October 2014A bill is £312 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 22nd October 2014A line has gradient -4 and passes through (2, -1). Work out its equation.
- 23rd October 2014A pack of 4 teabags costs £2.20. A pack of 12 costs £6.24. Which pack is better value?
- 24th October 2014The bearing of B from A is 307°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 25th October 2014A bag holds 10 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 26th October 2014A box plot has minimum 8, lower quartile 16, median 21, upper quartile 31 and maximum 38. Work out the interquartile range.
- 27th October 2014Work out (14 x 10^6) / (2 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
- 28th October 2014Make x the subject of y = 2x^2 - 5.
- 29th October 2014Work out 40% of 160.
- 30th October 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.
- 31st October 2014A bag holds 3 red and 8 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.