Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
May 2018 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day
Every Foundation Plus sheet published in May 2018, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.
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Every sheet in May 2018
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 2018A bag holds 5 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 2nd May 2018A box plot has a minimum of 11 and a maximum of 60. Work out the range.
- 3rd May 2018A meal deal has 4 mains, 6 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 4th May 2018Use v = u + at with u = 7, a = 8 and t = 6. Work out v.
- 5th May 2018Red and blue sweets are in the ratio 2 : 9. There are 20 red sweets. How many sweets are there altogether?
- 6th May 2018Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular hexagon.
- 7th May 2018A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 8th May 2018A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 7x + 12. Use it to estimate y when x = 9.
- 9th May 2018A bill is £576 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 10th May 20182 teas and 2 cakes cost £11.00. 1 tea and 3 cakes cost £11.90. Find the price of a tea.
- 11th May 2018A map has a scale of 1 : 50000. Two villages are 10 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 12th May 2018The bearing of B from A is 217°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 13th May 2018A bag holds 3 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 14th May 2018Four classes in order have frequencies 6, 8, 7, 7. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 15th May 2018Work out (45 x 10^10) / (9 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
- 16th May 2018For the curve y = 16/x, work out y when x = -4, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 17th May 2018A pack of 12 teabags costs £1.80. A pack of 36 costs £5.04. Which pack is better value?
- 18th May 2018A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 11 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 19th May 2018A bag holds 4 red and 3 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 20th May 201820 voles are marked and released. Later 63 are caught, of which 7 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 21st May 2018A meal deal has 7 mains, 6 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 22nd May 2018Factorise x^2 + 2x - 15.
- 23rd May 2018Work out 10% of 100.
- 24th May 2018A trapezium has parallel sides of 6 cm and 18 cm, 14 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 25th May 2018A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 26th May 2018A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 72 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 27th May 2018A bill is £192 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 28th May 2018Does the point (2, -8) satisfy y > 4x - 8?
- 29th May 2018Write the ratio 6 : 54 in the form 1 : n.
- 30th May 2018Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 140°, 127° and 34°. Work out the fourth.
- 31st May 2018A bag holds 3 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.