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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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May 2018

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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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.

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

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