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May 2016 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day

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

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May 2016

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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Every sheet in May 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 May 2016A bill is £864 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  2. 2nd May 2016Solve 4(x - 4) = 24.
  3. 3rd May 2016Write the ratio 8 : 56 in the form 1 : n.
  4. 4th May 2016Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 76°, 58° and 79°. Work out the fourth.
  5. 5th May 2016A bag holds 4 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  6. 6th May 2016A box plot has a minimum of 18 and a maximum of 71. Work out the range.
  7. 7th May 2016Work out (20 x 10^8) / (4 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  8. 8th May 2016Use v = u + at with u = 5, a = 2 and t = 4. Work out v.
  9. 9th May 2016A coach travels 30 km in 1.5 hours, then 20 km in 1 hour. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  10. 10th May 2016A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 24 cm and height 3 cm. The prism is 20 cm long. Work out its volume.
  11. 11th May 2016A bag holds 5 red and 3 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  12. 12th May 2016A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 4x + 6. Use it to estimate y when x = 9.
  13. 13th May 2016A meal deal has 9 mains, 9 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  14. 14th May 20162 teas and 1 cake cost £4.00. 2 teas and 4 cakes cost £8.20. Find the price of a tea.
  15. 15th May 2016Idris drives 120 km in 1.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  16. 16th May 2016Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular pentagon.
  17. 17th May 2016A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
  18. 18th May 2016Four classes in order have frequencies 8, 6, 12, 6. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  19. 19th May 2016A bill is £504 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  20. 20th May 2016For the curve y = 12/x, work out y when x = -1, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  21. 21st May 2016Red and blue sweets are in the ratio 2 : 9. There are 28 red sweets. How many sweets are there altogether?
  22. 22nd May 2016The bearing of B from A is 161°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  23. 23rd May 2016A bag holds 4 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  24. 24th May 201660 fish are marked and released. Later 99 are caught, of which 9 are marked. Estimate the population.
  25. 25th May 2016Work out (27 x 10^9) / (3 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  26. 26th May 2016Factorise x^2 - 3x - 28.
  27. 27th May 2016A map has a scale of 1 : 10000. Two villages are 10 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  28. 28th May 2016A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 8 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  29. 29th May 2016A bag holds 3 red and 6 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  30. 30th May 2016A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 52 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  31. 31st May 2016A meal deal has 9 mains, 6 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?

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