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March 2018 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day

Every Foundation Plus sheet published in March 2018, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.

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March 2018

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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Every sheet in March 2018

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  1. 1st March 2018The bearing of B from A is 331°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  2. 2nd March 2018A bag holds 6 red and 6 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  3. 3rd March 2018A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 4x + 27. Use it to estimate y when x = 2.
  4. 4th March 2018Work out (24 x 10^10) / (4 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  5. 5th March 20183 teas and 1 cake cost £8.10. 4 teas and 4 cakes cost £14.40. Find the price of a tea.
  6. 6th March 2018Write the ratio 4 : 36 in the form 1 : n.
  7. 7th March 2018A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 6 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  8. 8th March 2018A bag holds 9 red and 3 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  9. 9th March 2018Four classes in order have frequencies 11, 10, 6, 12. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  10. 10th March 2018A meal deal has 8 mains, 9 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  11. 11th March 2018For the curve y = -20/x, work out y when x = 4, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  12. 12th March 2018A coach travels 50 km in 1.5 hours, then 50 km in 2 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  13. 13th March 2018A trapezium has parallel sides of 12 cm and 19 cm, 10 cm apart. Work out its area.
  14. 14th March 2018A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
  15. 15th March 201820 voles are marked and released. Later 35 are caught, of which 5 are marked. Estimate the population.
  16. 16th March 2018A bill is £912 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  17. 17th March 2018Factorise x^2 + 3x - 10.
  18. 18th March 2018Maeve drives 120 km in 1.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  19. 19th March 2018Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 127°, 74° and 81°. Work out the fourth.
  20. 20th March 2018A bag holds 5 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  21. 21st March 2018A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 196 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  22. 22nd March 2018Work out (16 x 10^6) / (2 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  23. 23rd March 2018Does the point (3, 7) satisfy y > x - 2?
  24. 24th March 2018Red and blue raffle tickets are in the ratio 5 : 8. There are 30 red raffle tickets. How many raffle tickets are there altogether?
  25. 25th March 2018A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 4 cm and height 7 cm. The prism is 13 cm long. Work out its volume.
  26. 26th March 2018A bag holds 9 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  27. 27th March 2018200 people were surveyed. 40 were adults, of whom 20 said yes. 75 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  28. 28th March 2018A meal deal has 7 mains, 9 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  29. 29th March 2018A line has gradient 1 and passes through (2, -1). Work out its equation.
  30. 30th March 2018A map has a scale of 1 : 25000. Two villages are 13 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  31. 31st March 2018Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular nonagon.

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