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September 2018 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day

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

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September 2018

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 4-6

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Every sheet in September 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 September 2018A line has equation y = 4x - 8. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  2. 2nd September 2018Callum drives 135 km in 3 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  3. 3rd September 2018A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 5 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  4. 4th September 2018A bag holds 4 red and 3 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  5. 5th September 2018In a survey 7 households own 1 car, 3 own 2 cars and 4 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  6. 6th September 2018A meal deal has 8 mains, 5 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  7. 7th September 2018Solve 7(x + 3) = 56.
  8. 8th September 2018Red and blue marbles are in the ratio 3 : 7. There are 24 red marbles. How many marbles are there altogether?
  9. 9th September 2018A trapezium has parallel sides of 3 cm and 5 cm, 18 cm apart. Work out its area.
  10. 10th September 2018A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
  11. 11th September 2018A box plot has a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 65. Work out the range.
  12. 12th September 2018A bill is £288 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  13. 13th September 2018Use v = u + at with u = 8, a = 4 and t = 5. Work out v.
  14. 14th September 2018A map has a scale of 1 : 50000. Two villages are 9.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  15. 15th September 2018Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 129°, 123° and 37°. Work out the fourth.
  16. 16th September 2018A bag holds 4 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  17. 17th September 2018A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 2x + 39. Use it to estimate y when x = 3.
  18. 18th September 2018Work out (25 x 10^7) / (5 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
  19. 19th September 20184 teas and 4 cakes cost £10.60. 1 tea and 5 cakes cost £9.45. Find the price of a tea.
  20. 20th September 2018A pack of 6 batteries costs £3.00. A pack of 18 costs £8.28. Which pack is better value?
  21. 21st September 2018A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 24 cm and height 13 cm. The prism is 16 cm long. Work out its volume.
  22. 22nd September 2018A bag holds 2 red and 7 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  23. 23rd September 2018Four classes in order have frequencies 6, 11, 4, 8. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  24. 24th September 2018A meal deal has 9 mains, 6 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  25. 25th September 2018For the curve y = -9/x, work out y when x = 1, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  26. 26th September 2018Work out 10% of 60.
  27. 27th September 2018Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular 12-sided polygon.
  28. 28th September 2018A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
  29. 29th September 201830 voles are marked and released. Later 90 are caught, of which 9 are marked. Estimate the population.
  30. 30th September 2018A bill is £720 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.

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