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May 2024 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day

Every Foundation Plus sheet published in May 2024, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.

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May 2024

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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Every sheet in May 2024

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 2024Work out (64 x 10^11) / (8 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  2. 2nd May 2024For the curve y = 40/x, work out y when x = -4, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  3. 3rd May 2024A map has a scale of 1 : 50000. Two villages are 6 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  4. 4th May 2024A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 6 cm and height 10 cm. The prism is 4 cm long. Work out its volume.
  5. 5th May 2024A bag holds 4 red and 5 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  6. 6th May 202415 newts are marked and released. Later 56 are caught, of which 8 are marked. Estimate the population.
  7. 7th May 2024A meal deal has 3 mains, 8 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  8. 8th May 2024Factorise x^2 + 8x + 16.
  9. 9th May 2024A pack of 11 batteries costs £4.95. A pack of 33 costs £14.19. Which pack is better value?
  10. 10th May 2024Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular decagon.
  11. 11th May 2024A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
  12. 12th May 2024A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 152 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  13. 13th May 2024A bill is £408 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  14. 14th May 2024Does the point (4, -16) satisfy y > -3x - 3?
  15. 15th May 2024Work out 15% of 80.
  16. 16th May 2024The bearing of B from A is 113°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  17. 17th May 2024A bag holds 4 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  18. 18th May 2024140 people were surveyed. 60 were adults, of whom 30 said yes. 30 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  19. 19th May 2024Work out (4 x 10^6) / (2 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  20. 20th May 2024A line has gradient -1 and passes through (6, -7). Work out its equation.
  21. 21st May 2024Write the ratio 2 : 12 in the form 1 : n.
  22. 22nd May 2024A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 3 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  23. 23rd May 2024A bag holds 5 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  24. 24th May 2024A box plot has minimum 12, lower quartile 14, median 19, upper quartile 24 and maximum 27. Work out the interquartile range.
  25. 25th May 2024A meal deal has 6 mains, 7 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  26. 26th May 2024Make x the subject of y = 6x^2 - 6.
  27. 27th May 2024A coach travels 60 km in 1 hour, then 30 km in 2 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  28. 28th May 2024A trapezium has parallel sides of 5 cm and 15 cm, 18 cm apart. Work out its area.
  29. 29th May 2024A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
  30. 30th May 2024A scatter graph plots the temperature outside and the number of ice creams sold. What type of correlation would you expect?
  31. 31st May 2024A bill is £120 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.

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