Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
December 2016 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day
Every Foundation Plus sheet published in December 2016, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.
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The batch download puts all 5 tiers' December 2016 sheets in a single PDF, each tier behind its own divider page - 155 sheets in one file.
Every sheet in December 2016
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 2016A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 2nd December 2016Four classes in order have frequencies 4, 5, 6, 9. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 3rd December 2016A bill is £312 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 4th December 2016For the curve y = 9/x, work out y when x = 1, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 5th December 2016A coach travels 60 km in 0.5 hours, then 30 km in 0.5 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 6th December 2016Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 83°, 56° and 69°. Work out the fourth.
- 7th December 2016A bag holds 7 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 8th December 201640 fish are marked and released. Later 16 are caught, of which 2 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 9th December 2016Work out (18 x 10^11) / (6 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
- 10th December 2016Factorise x^2 - 2x - 15.
- 11th December 2016Kwame drives 100 km in 2.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 12th December 2016A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 8 cm and height 13 cm. The prism is 20 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 13th December 2016A bag holds 4 red and 7 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 14th December 2016A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 128 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 15th December 2016A meal deal has 9 mains, 3 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 16th December 2016Does the point (-1, -8) satisfy y > -4x - 8?
- 17th December 2016Red and blue sweets are in the ratio 4 : 5. There are 44 red sweets. How many sweets are there altogether?
- 18th December 2016Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular nonagon.
- 19th December 2016A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 20th December 2016190 people were surveyed. 50 were adults, of whom 25 said yes. 30 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
- 21st December 2016A bill is £816 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 22nd December 2016A line has gradient -3 and passes through (4, -7). Work out its equation.
- 23rd December 2016A map has a scale of 1 : 50000. Two villages are 5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 24th December 2016The bearing of B from A is 243°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 25th December 2016A bag holds 10 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 26th December 2016A box plot has minimum 5, lower quartile 7, median 16, upper quartile 19 and maximum 27. Work out the interquartile range.
- 27th December 2016Work out (16 x 10^12) / (2 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
- 28th December 2016Make x the subject of y = 4x^2 - 12.
- 29th December 2016A pack of 9 pencils costs £1.80. A pack of 27 costs £4.86. Which pack is better value?
- 30th December 2016A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 10 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 31st December 2016A bag holds 8 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.