Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
February 2015 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day
Every Foundation Plus sheet published in February 2015, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.
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Every sheet in February 2015
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 2015Use v = u + at with u = 11, a = 6 and t = 7. Work out v.
- 2nd February 2015A coach travels 40 km in 1 hour, then 30 km in 1 hour. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 3rd February 2015Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular pentagon.
- 4th February 2015A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 5th February 2015A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 8x + 37. Use it to estimate y when x = 9.
- 6th February 2015A bill is £432 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 7th February 20153 teas and 4 cakes cost £18.35. 2 teas and 3 cakes cost £13.30. Find the price of a tea.
- 8th February 2015Idris drives 67.5 km in 1.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 9th February 2015The bearing of B from A is 097°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 10th February 2015A bag holds 3 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 11th February 2015Four classes in order have frequencies 7, 9, 12, 3. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 12th February 2015Work out (35 x 10^12) / (5 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
- 13th February 2015For the curve y = -16/x, work out y when x = -2, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 14th February 2015Red and blue marbles are in the ratio 3 : 7. There are 15 red marbles. How many marbles are there altogether?
- 15th February 2015A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 8 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 16th February 2015A bag holds 2 red and 5 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 17th February 201530 voles are marked and released. Later 72 are caught, of which 6 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 18th February 2015A meal deal has 7 mains, 4 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 19th February 2015Factorise x^2 - 7x - 18.
- 20th February 2015A map has a scale of 1 : 25000. Two villages are 10.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 21st February 2015A trapezium has parallel sides of 9 cm and 13 cm, 8 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 22nd February 2015A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 23rd February 2015A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 88 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 24th February 2015A bill is £528 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 25th February 2015Does the point (2, 17) satisfy y > 3x + 5?
- 26th February 2015A pack of 5 pencils costs £1.75. A pack of 20 costs £6.40. Which pack is better value?
- 27th February 2015Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 113°, 112° and 42°. Work out the fourth.
- 28th February 2015A bag holds 8 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.