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