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October 2017 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day

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

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October 2017

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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Every sheet in October 2017

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st October 2017Priya drives 280 km in 4 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  2. 2nd October 2017Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular nonagon.
  3. 3rd October 2017A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
  4. 4th October 2017Of 45 students, 35 study French, 18 study German and 12 study both. How many study neither?
  5. 5th October 2017A bill is £480 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  6. 6th October 2017A line has equation y = 4x - 20. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  7. 7th October 2017Red and blue raffle tickets are in the ratio 3 : 5. There are 33 red raffle tickets. How many raffle tickets are there altogether?
  8. 8th October 2017The bearing of B from A is 302°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  9. 9th October 2017A bag holds 4 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  10. 10th October 2017In a survey 5 households own 1 car, 7 own 2 cars and 3 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  11. 11th October 2017Work out (48 x 10^9) / (6 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
  12. 12th October 2017Solve 4(x - 7) = -20.
  13. 13th October 2017A map has a scale of 1 : 10000. Two villages are 9 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  14. 14th October 2017A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 10 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  15. 15th October 2017A bag holds 7 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  16. 16th October 2017A box plot has a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 57. Work out the range.
  17. 17th October 2017A meal deal has 4 mains, 5 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  18. 18th October 2017Use v = u + at with u = 10, a = 2 and t = 5. Work out v.
  19. 19th October 2017A pack of 10 batteries costs £1.50. A pack of 20 costs £2.20. Which pack is better value?
  20. 20th October 2017A trapezium has parallel sides of 11 cm and 16 cm, 6 cm apart. Work out its area.
  21. 21st October 2017A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
  22. 22nd October 2017A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 5x + 26. Use it to estimate y when x = 12.
  23. 23rd October 2017A bill is £672 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  24. 24th October 20174 teas and 2 cakes cost £13.00. 3 teas and 2 cakes cost £10.75. Find the price of a tea.
  25. 25th October 2017Work out 60% of 160.
  26. 26th October 2017Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 56°, 107° and 148°. Work out the fourth.
  27. 27th October 2017A bag holds 7 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  28. 28th October 2017Four classes in order have frequencies 3, 6, 8, 5. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  29. 29th October 2017Work out (42 x 10^9) / (7 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  30. 30th October 2017For the curve y = -35/x, work out y when x = -5, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  31. 31st October 2017Write the ratio 5 : 25 in the form 1 : n.

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