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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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December 2018

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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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.

  1. 1st December 2018Red and blue marbles are in the ratio 4 : 5. There are 32 red marbles. How many marbles are there altogether?
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 4th December 201810 beetles are marked and released. Later 70 are caught, of which 7 are marked. Estimate the population.
  5. 5th December 2018A meal deal has 6 mains, 7 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  6. 6th December 2018Factorise x^2 - 5x - 24.
  7. 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?
  8. 8th December 2018Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular hexagon.
  9. 9th December 2018A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
  10. 10th December 2018A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 80 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  11. 11th December 2018A bill is £600 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  12. 12th December 2018Does the point (4, 12) satisfy y > 2x + 7?
  13. 13th December 2018A pack of 9 teabags costs £4.05. A pack of 36 costs £15.84. Which pack is better value?
  14. 14th December 2018The bearing of B from A is 089°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  15. 15th December 2018A bag holds 7 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  16. 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?
  17. 17th December 2018Work out (35 x 10^9) / (7 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  18. 18th December 2018A line has gradient -4 and passes through (6, -20). Work out its equation.
  19. 19th December 2018Work out 20% of 300.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. 22nd December 2018A box plot has minimum 11, lower quartile 20, median 28, upper quartile 35 and maximum 39. Work out the interquartile range.
  23. 23rd December 2018A meal deal has 6 mains, 7 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  24. 24th December 2018Make x the subject of y = 2x^2 - 6.
  25. 25th December 2018Write the ratio 6 : 12 in the form 1 : n.
  26. 26th December 2018A trapezium has parallel sides of 3 cm and 7 cm, 16 cm apart. Work out its area.
  27. 27th December 2018A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
  28. 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?
  29. 29th December 2018A bill is £672 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  30. 30th December 2018The angles in a triangle are 4x°, 2x° and (x + 61)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  31. 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.

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