Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
October 2023 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day
Every Foundation Plus sheet published in October 2023, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.
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The batch download puts all 5 tiers' October 2023 sheets in a single PDF, each tier behind its own divider page - 155 sheets in one file.
Every sheet in October 2023
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 2023A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 10 cm and height 9 cm. The prism is 15 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 2nd October 2023A bag holds 6 red and 3 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 3rd October 2023A box plot has a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 25. Work out the range.
- 4th October 2023A meal deal has 7 mains, 7 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 5th October 2023Use v = u + at with u = 3, a = 4 and t = 5. Work out v.
- 6th October 2023A map has a scale of 1 : 10000. Two villages are 3 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 7th October 2023Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular 12-sided polygon.
- 8th October 2023A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 9th October 2023A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 5x + 17. Use it to estimate y when x = 9.
- 10th October 2023A bill is £288 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 11th October 20234 teas and 2 cakes cost £14.50. 3 teas and 3 cakes cost £14.70. Find the price of a tea.
- 12th October 2023A pack of 8 batteries costs £4.40. A pack of 16 costs £8.16. Which pack is better value?
- 13th October 2023The bearing of B from A is 138°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 14th October 2023A bag holds 5 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 15th October 2023Four classes in order have frequencies 4, 6, 11, 9. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 16th October 2023Work out (14 x 10^12) / (2 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
- 17th October 2023For the curve y = 2/x, work out y when x = -1, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 18th October 2023Work out 25% of 280.
- 19th October 2023A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 7 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 20th October 2023A bag holds 5 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 21st October 202335 newts are marked and released. Later 25 are caught, of which 5 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 22nd October 2023A meal deal has 6 mains, 4 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 23rd October 2023Factorise x^2 - 2x - 24.
- 24th October 2023Write the ratio 4 : 28 in the form 1 : n.
- 25th October 2023A trapezium has parallel sides of 4 cm and 11 cm, 12 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 26th October 2023A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 27th October 2023A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 228 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 28th October 2023A bill is £744 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 29th October 2023Does the point (-2, 3) satisfy y > -2x + 6?
- 30th October 2023A coach travels 60 km in 1 hour, then 40 km in 1 hour. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 31st October 2023Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 122°, 130° and 59°. Work out the fourth.