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October 2021 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day
Every Foundation Plus sheet published in October 2021, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.
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Every sheet in October 2021
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 2021In a survey 3 households own 1 car, 6 own 2 cars and 9 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
- 2nd October 2021A bill is £720 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 3rd October 2021Solve 4(x + 5) = 52.
- 4th October 2021A coach travels 60 km in 1 hour, then 50 km in 1.5 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 5th October 2021Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 69°, 104° and 74°. Work out the fourth.
- 6th October 2021A bag holds 4 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 7th October 2021A box plot has a minimum of 13 and a maximum of 50. Work out the range.
- 8th October 2021Work out (10 x 10^9) / (5 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
- 9th October 2021Use v = u + at with u = 5, a = 8 and t = 7. Work out v.
- 10th October 2021Kwame drives 67.5 km in 1.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 11th October 2021A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 20 cm and height 4 cm. The prism is 15 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 12th October 2021A bag holds 5 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 13th October 2021A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 6x + 24. Use it to estimate y when x = 10.
- 14th October 2021A meal deal has 8 mains, 7 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 15th October 20214 teas and 4 cakes cost £17.80. 2 teas and 4 cakes cost £14.60. Find the price of a tea.
- 16th October 2021Red and blue stickers are in the ratio 3 : 8. There are 15 red stickers. How many stickers are there altogether?
- 17th October 2021Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular nonagon.
- 18th October 2021A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 19th October 2021Four classes in order have frequencies 8, 3, 4, 8. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 20th October 2021A bill is £72 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 21st October 2021For the curve y = -18/x, work out y when x = -2, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 22nd October 2021A map has a scale of 1 : 50000. Two villages are 4.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 23rd October 2021The bearing of B from A is 060°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 24th October 2021A bag holds 6 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 25th October 202125 beetles are marked and released. Later 16 are caught, of which 4 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 26th October 2021Work out (18 x 10^9) / (9 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
- 27th October 2021Factorise x^2 + 7x - 18.
- 28th October 2021A pack of 5 batteries costs £2.25. A pack of 15 costs £6.15. Which pack is better value?
- 29th October 2021A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 8 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 30th October 2021A bag holds 5 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 31st October 2021A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 152 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?