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May 2020 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day

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

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May 2020

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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Every sheet in May 2020

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 2020The bearing of B from A is 060°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  2. 2nd May 2020A bag holds 7 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  3. 3rd May 2020A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 3x + 8. Use it to estimate y when x = 8.
  4. 4th May 2020Work out (72 x 10^9) / (8 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
  5. 5th May 20205 teas and 3 cakes cost £19.25. 3 teas and 2 cakes cost £12.05. Find the price of a tea.
  6. 6th May 2020Work out 60% of 80.
  7. 7th May 2020A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 3 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  8. 8th May 2020A bag holds 2 red and 4 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  9. 9th May 2020Four classes in order have frequencies 9, 11, 6, 7. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  10. 10th May 2020A meal deal has 3 mains, 4 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  11. 11th May 2020For the curve y = 25/x, work out y when x = -5, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  12. 12th May 2020Write the ratio 6 : 18 in the form 1 : n.
  13. 13th May 2020A trapezium has parallel sides of 9 cm and 16 cm, 18 cm apart. Work out its area.
  14. 14th May 2020A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
  15. 15th May 202040 voles are marked and released. Later 36 are caught, of which 6 are marked. Estimate the population.
  16. 16th May 2020A bill is £336 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  17. 17th May 2020Factorise x^2 + 3x - 10.
  18. 18th May 2020A coach travels 70 km in 0.5 hours, then 30 km in 0.5 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  19. 19th May 2020Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 128°, 117° and 57°. Work out the fourth.
  20. 20th May 2020A bag holds 4 red and 6 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  21. 21st May 2020A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 208 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  22. 22nd May 2020Work out (32 x 10^11) / (8 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  23. 23rd May 2020Does the point (5, 8) satisfy y > 2x + 6?
  24. 24th May 2020Amelia drives 120 km in 1.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  25. 25th May 2020A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 16 cm and height 6 cm. The prism is 4 cm long. Work out its volume.
  26. 26th May 2020A bag holds 4 red and 5 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  27. 27th May 2020190 people were surveyed. 60 were adults, of whom 30 said yes. 15 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  28. 28th May 2020A meal deal has 9 mains, 4 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  29. 29th May 2020A line has gradient 4 and passes through (3, 17). Work out its equation.
  30. 30th May 2020Red and blue stickers are in the ratio 4 : 7. There are 56 red stickers. How many stickers are there altogether?
  31. 31st May 2020Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular octagon.

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