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January 2017 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day

Every Foundation Plus sheet published in January 2017, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.

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January 2017

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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Every sheet in January 2017

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  1. 1st January 2017A scatter graph plots a pupil's height and their score in a spelling test. What type of correlation would you expect?
  2. 2nd January 2017A meal deal has 9 mains, 7 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  3. 3rd January 2017The angles in a triangle are 3x°, x° and (x + 20)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  4. 4th January 2017Work out 10% of 320.
  5. 5th January 2017A trapezium has parallel sides of 12 cm and 20 cm, 12 cm apart. Work out its area.
  6. 6th January 2017A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  7. 7th January 2017Grouped data has five classes of width 5, the first being 5 < x <= 10. The frequencies in order are 7, 11, 16, 3, 21. Write down the modal class.
  8. 8th January 2017A bill is £672 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  9. 9th January 2017Expand and simplify 8(7x + 1).
  10. 10th January 2017Write the ratio 7 : 56 in the form 1 : n.
  11. 11th January 2017Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 131°, 90° and 83°. Work out the fourth.
  12. 12th January 2017A bag holds 5 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  13. 13th January 2017Of 49 students, 23 study French, 36 study German and 13 study both. How many study neither?
  14. 14th January 2017Work out (18 x 10^11) / (9 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
  15. 15th January 2017A line has equation y = 6x - 24. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  16. 16th January 2017A coach travels 80 km in 0.5 hours, then 30 km in 1 hour. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  17. 17th January 2017A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 16 cm and height 6 cm. The prism is 12 cm long. Work out its volume.
  18. 18th January 2017A bag holds 8 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  19. 19th January 2017In a survey 6 households own 1 car, 3 own 2 cars and 6 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  20. 20th January 2017A meal deal has 5 mains, 4 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  21. 21st January 2017Solve 6(x + 5) = 54.
  22. 22nd January 2017Noah drives 150 km in 2.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  23. 23rd January 2017Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular octagon.
  24. 24th January 2017A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
  25. 25th January 2017A box plot has a minimum of 11 and a maximum of 57. Work out the range.
  26. 26th January 2017A bill is £312 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  27. 27th January 2017Use v = u + at with u = 15, a = 7 and t = 6. Work out v.
  28. 28th January 2017Red and blue marbles are in the ratio 3 : 8. There are 18 red marbles. How many marbles are there altogether?
  29. 29th January 2017The bearing of B from A is 195°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  30. 30th January 2017A bag holds 5 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  31. 31st January 2017A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 7x + 5. Use it to estimate y when x = 3.

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