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January 2020 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day

Every Foundation Plus sheet published in January 2020, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.

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January 2020

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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Every sheet in January 2020

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  1. 1st January 2020Work out 15% of 140.
  2. 2nd January 2020A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 24 cm and height 9 cm. The prism is 4 cm long. Work out its volume.
  3. 3rd January 2020A bag holds 6 red and 4 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  4. 4th January 202050 newts are marked and released. Later 30 are caught, of which 6 are marked. Estimate the population.
  5. 5th January 2020A meal deal has 3 mains, 7 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  6. 6th January 2020Factorise x^2 + 13x + 36.
  7. 7th January 2020Write the ratio 3 : 6 in the form 1 : n.
  8. 8th January 2020Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular octagon.
  9. 9th January 2020A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  10. 10th January 2020A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 188 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  11. 11th January 2020A bill is £408 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  12. 12th January 2020Does the point (2, -8) satisfy y > -4x - 4?
  13. 13th January 2020A coach travels 20 km in 1.5 hours, then 70 km in 2 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  14. 14th January 2020The bearing of B from A is 318°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  15. 15th January 2020A bag holds 4 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  16. 16th January 2020240 people were surveyed. 90 were adults, of whom 15 said yes. 15 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  17. 17th January 2020Work out (4 x 10^6) / (2 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  18. 18th January 2020A line has gradient -5 and passes through (2, -7). Work out its equation.
  19. 19th January 2020Sanjay drives 180 km in 3 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  20. 20th January 2020A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 6 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  21. 21st January 2020A bag holds 6 red and 4 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  22. 22nd January 2020A box plot has minimum 11, lower quartile 16, median 26, upper quartile 29 and maximum 38. Work out the interquartile range.
  23. 23rd January 2020A meal deal has 9 mains, 5 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  24. 24th January 2020Make x the subject of y = 7x^2 - 4.
  25. 25th January 2020Red and blue sweets are in the ratio 4 : 5. There are 40 red sweets. How many sweets are there altogether?
  26. 26th January 2020A trapezium has parallel sides of 7 cm and 14 cm, 18 cm apart. Work out its area.
  27. 27th January 2020A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
  28. 28th January 2020A scatter graph plots rainfall in a week and the number of umbrellas sold. What type of correlation would you expect?
  29. 29th January 2020A bill is £624 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  30. 30th January 2020The angles in a triangle are 2x°, x° and (x + 44)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  31. 31st January 2020A map has a scale of 1 : 50000. Two villages are 8 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?

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