Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
October 2016 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day
Every Foundation Plus sheet published in October 2016, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.
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Every sheet in October 2016
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 2016A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 22 cm and height 7 cm. The prism is 19 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 2nd October 2016A bag holds 2 red and 4 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 3rd October 201640 voles are marked and released. Later 15 are caught, of which 3 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 4th October 2016A meal deal has 7 mains, 7 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 5th October 2016Factorise x^2 + x - 42.
- 6th October 2016A pack of 8 teabags costs £3.60. A pack of 32 costs £13.76. Which pack is better value?
- 7th October 2016Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular 12-sided polygon.
- 8th October 2016A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 9th October 2016A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 140 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 10th October 2016A bill is £168 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 11th October 2016Does the point (3, -9) satisfy y > -3x + 7?
- 12th October 2016Work out 10% of 400.
- 13th October 2016The bearing of B from A is 149°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 14th October 2016A bag holds 4 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 15th October 2016110 people were surveyed. 60 were adults, of whom 30 said yes. 5 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
- 16th October 2016Work out (24 x 10^10) / (4 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
- 17th October 2016A line has gradient 1 and passes through (5, -1). Work out its equation.
- 18th October 2016Write the ratio 4 : 28 in the form 1 : n.
- 19th October 2016A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 5 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 20th October 2016A bag holds 3 red and 3 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 21st October 2016A box plot has minimum 9, lower quartile 16, median 25, upper quartile 35 and maximum 42. Work out the interquartile range.
- 22nd October 2016A meal deal has 6 mains, 9 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 23rd October 2016Make x the subject of y = 3x^2 - 3.
- 24th October 2016A coach travels 80 km in 0.5 hours, then 90 km in 1 hour. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 25th October 2016A trapezium has parallel sides of 14 cm and 21 cm, 10 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 26th October 2016A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 27th October 2016A scatter graph plots the height of a tree and its age. What type of correlation would you expect?
- 28th October 2016A bill is £936 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 29th October 2016The angles in a triangle are 3x°, 2x° and (x + 54)°. Form an equation and work out x.
- 30th October 2016Isla drives 100 km in 2 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 31st October 2016Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 82°, 103° and 87°. Work out the fourth.