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March 2016 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day

Every Foundation Plus sheet published in March 2016, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.

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March 2016

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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Every sheet in March 2016

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st March 2016A box plot has a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 57. Work out the range.
  2. 2nd March 2016A meal deal has 7 mains, 8 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  3. 3rd March 2016Use v = u + at with u = 8, a = 2 and t = 4. Work out v.
  4. 4th March 2016A 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?
  5. 5th March 2016Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular octagon.
  6. 6th March 2016A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  7. 7th March 2016A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 9x + 24. Use it to estimate y when x = 5.
  8. 8th March 2016A bill is £576 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  9. 9th March 20162 teas and 3 cakes cost £9.90. 2 teas and 5 cakes cost £13.30. Find the price of a tea.
  10. 10th March 2016A pack of 7 batteries costs £2.10. A pack of 14 costs £4.06. Which pack is better value?
  11. 11th March 2016The bearing of B from A is 239°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  12. 12th March 2016A bag holds 10 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  13. 13th March 2016Four classes in order have frequencies 6, 12, 6, 9. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  14. 14th March 2016Work out (48 x 10^7) / (8 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  15. 15th March 2016For the curve y = 100/x, work out y when x = -10, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  16. 16th March 2016Work out 25% of 260.
  17. 17th March 2016A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 9 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  18. 18th March 2016A bag holds 3 red and 4 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  19. 19th March 201620 voles are marked and released. Later 12 are caught, of which 3 are marked. Estimate the population.
  20. 20th March 2016A meal deal has 8 mains, 8 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  21. 21st March 2016Factorise x^2 - 17x + 72.
  22. 22nd March 2016Write the ratio 4 : 28 in the form 1 : n.
  23. 23rd March 2016A trapezium has parallel sides of 9 cm and 15 cm, 16 cm apart. Work out its area.
  24. 24th March 2016A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
  25. 25th March 2016A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 100 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  26. 26th March 2016A bill is £312 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  27. 27th March 2016Does the point (1, 3) satisfy y > 3x + 7?
  28. 28th March 2016A coach travels 70 km in 1.5 hours, then 60 km in 1 hour. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  29. 29th March 2016Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 60°, 59° and 149°. Work out the fourth.
  30. 30th March 2016A bag holds 5 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  31. 31st March 201680 people were surveyed. 50 were adults, of whom 10 said yes. 10 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?

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