Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
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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The batch download puts all 5 tiers' May 2016 sheets in a single PDF, each tier behind its own divider page - 155 sheets in one file.
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.
- 1st May 2016A bill is £864 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 2nd May 2016Solve 4(x - 4) = 24.
- 3rd May 2016Write the ratio 8 : 56 in the form 1 : n.
- 4th May 2016Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 76°, 58° and 79°. Work out the fourth.
- 5th May 2016A bag holds 4 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 6th May 2016A box plot has a minimum of 18 and a maximum of 71. Work out the range.
- 7th May 2016Work out (20 x 10^8) / (4 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
- 8th May 2016Use v = u + at with u = 5, a = 2 and t = 4. Work out v.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 12th May 2016A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 4x + 6. Use it to estimate y when x = 9.
- 13th May 2016A meal deal has 9 mains, 9 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 14th May 20162 teas and 1 cake cost £4.00. 2 teas and 4 cakes cost £8.20. Find the price of a tea.
- 15th May 2016Idris drives 120 km in 1.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 16th May 2016Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular pentagon.
- 17th May 2016A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 18th May 2016Four classes in order have frequencies 8, 6, 12, 6. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 19th May 2016A bill is £504 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 20th May 2016For the curve y = 12/x, work out y when x = -1, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 21st May 2016Red and blue sweets are in the ratio 2 : 9. There are 28 red sweets. How many sweets are there altogether?
- 22nd May 2016The bearing of B from A is 161°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 23rd May 2016A bag holds 4 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 24th May 201660 fish are marked and released. Later 99 are caught, of which 9 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 25th May 2016Work out (27 x 10^9) / (3 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
- 26th May 2016Factorise x^2 - 3x - 28.
- 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?
- 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.
- 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.
- 30th May 2016A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 52 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 31st May 2016A meal deal has 9 mains, 6 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?