Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
December 2018 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day
Every Foundation Plus sheet published in December 2018, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.
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Every sheet in December 2018
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 2018Red and blue marbles are in the ratio 4 : 5. There are 32 red marbles. How many marbles are there altogether?
- 2nd December 2018A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 8 cm and height 13 cm. The prism is 19 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 3rd December 2018A bag holds 4 red and 6 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 4th December 201810 beetles are marked and released. Later 70 are caught, of which 7 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 5th December 2018A meal deal has 6 mains, 7 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 6th December 2018Factorise x^2 - 5x - 24.
- 7th December 2018A map has a scale of 1 : 25000. Two villages are 14 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 8th December 2018Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular hexagon.
- 9th December 2018A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 10th December 2018A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 80 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 11th December 2018A bill is £600 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 12th December 2018Does the point (4, 12) satisfy y > 2x + 7?
- 13th December 2018A pack of 9 teabags costs £4.05. A pack of 36 costs £15.84. Which pack is better value?
- 14th December 2018The bearing of B from A is 089°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 15th December 2018A bag holds 7 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 16th December 2018150 people were surveyed. 50 were adults, of whom 15 said yes. 10 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
- 17th December 2018Work out (35 x 10^9) / (7 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
- 18th December 2018A line has gradient -4 and passes through (6, -20). Work out its equation.
- 19th December 2018Work out 20% of 300.
- 20th December 2018A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 12 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 21st December 2018A bag holds 4 red and 6 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 22nd December 2018A box plot has minimum 11, lower quartile 20, median 28, upper quartile 35 and maximum 39. Work out the interquartile range.
- 23rd December 2018A meal deal has 6 mains, 7 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 24th December 2018Make x the subject of y = 2x^2 - 6.
- 25th December 2018Write the ratio 6 : 12 in the form 1 : n.
- 26th December 2018A trapezium has parallel sides of 3 cm and 7 cm, 16 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 27th December 2018A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 28th December 2018A scatter graph plots how far a lorry has driven and the fuel left in its tank. What type of correlation would you expect?
- 29th December 2018A bill is £672 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 30th December 2018The angles in a triangle are 4x°, 2x° and (x + 61)°. Form an equation and work out x.
- 31st December 2018A coach travels 20 km in 0.5 hours, then 60 km in 1 hour. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.