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January 2015 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day

Every Foundation Plus sheet published in January 2015, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.

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January 2015

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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Every sheet in January 2015

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 2015A bill is £504 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  2. 2nd January 2015Make x the subject of y = 5x^2 - 7.
  3. 3rd January 2015Red and blue marbles are in the ratio 3 : 8. There are 39 red marbles. How many marbles are there altogether?
  4. 4th January 2015The bearing of B from A is 344°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  5. 5th January 2015A bag holds 3 red and 7 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  6. 6th January 2015A scatter graph plots rainfall in a week and the number of umbrellas sold. What type of correlation would you expect?
  7. 7th January 2015Work out (14 x 10^12) / (2 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  8. 8th January 2015The angles in a triangle are 4x°, x° and (x + 30)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  9. 9th January 2015A map has a scale of 1 : 50000. Two villages are 14 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  10. 10th January 2015A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 6 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  11. 11th January 2015A bag holds 6 red and 3 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  12. 12th January 2015Grouped data has five classes of width 5, the first being 0 < x <= 5. The frequencies in order are 3, 16, 7, 21, 11. Write down the modal class.
  13. 13th January 2015A meal deal has 8 mains, 5 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  14. 14th January 2015Expand and simplify 6(9x - 7).
  15. 15th January 2015A pack of 11 sponges costs £5.50. A pack of 22 costs £9.90. Which pack is better value?
  16. 16th January 2015A trapezium has parallel sides of 8 cm and 13 cm, 18 cm apart. Work out its area.
  17. 17th January 2015A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
  18. 18th January 2015Of 56 students, 30 study French, 28 study German and 13 study both. How many study neither?
  19. 19th January 2015A bill is £504 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  20. 20th January 2015A line has equation y = 4x - 16. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  21. 21st January 2015Work out 30% of 40.
  22. 22nd January 2015Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 101°, 95° and 103°. Work out the fourth.
  23. 23rd January 2015A bag holds 5 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  24. 24th January 2015In a survey 6 households own 1 car, 3 own 2 cars and 8 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  25. 25th January 2015Work out (6 x 10^8) / (2 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  26. 26th January 2015Solve 6(x + 5) = 54.
  27. 27th January 2015Write the ratio 3 : 27 in the form 1 : n.
  28. 28th January 2015A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 12 cm and height 12 cm. The prism is 20 cm long. Work out its volume.
  29. 29th January 2015A bag holds 6 red and 3 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  30. 30th January 2015A box plot has a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 37. Work out the range.
  31. 31st January 2015A meal deal has 3 mains, 7 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?

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