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January 2026 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day

Every Foundation Plus sheet published in January 2026, with answers. Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.

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January 2026

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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Every sheet in January 2026

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  1. 1st January 2026A bag holds 6 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  2. 2nd January 202680 people were surveyed. 40 were adults, of whom 15 said yes. 5 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  3. 3rd January 2026Work out (12 x 10^7) / (6 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  4. 4th January 2026A line has gradient -1 and passes through (2, 7). Work out its equation.
  5. 5th January 2026A coach travels 70 km in 1.5 hours, then 60 km in 2 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  6. 6th January 2026A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 22 cm and height 3 cm. The prism is 6 cm long. Work out its volume.
  7. 7th January 2026A bag holds 6 red and 5 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  8. 8th January 2026A box plot has minimum 12, lower quartile 16, median 24, upper quartile 27 and maximum 37. Work out the interquartile range.
  9. 9th January 2026A meal deal has 6 mains, 5 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  10. 10th January 2026Make x the subject of y = 4x^2 - 7.
  11. 11th January 2026Zara drives 140 km in 2 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  12. 12th January 2026Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular 12-sided polygon.
  13. 13th January 2026A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
  14. 14th January 2026A scatter graph plots the height of a tree and its age. What type of correlation would you expect?
  15. 15th January 2026A bill is £504 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  16. 16th January 2026The angles in a triangle are 4x°, x° and (x + 72)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  17. 17th January 2026Red and blue sweets are in the ratio 4 : 7. There are 52 red sweets. How many sweets are there altogether?
  18. 18th January 2026The bearing of B from A is 281°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  19. 19th January 2026A bag holds 5 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  20. 20th January 2026Grouped data has five classes of width 10, the first being 0 < x <= 10. The frequencies in order are 16, 11, 21, 7, 3. Write down the modal class.
  21. 21st January 2026Work out (25 x 10^9) / (5 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
  22. 22nd January 2026Expand and simplify 3(6x + 8).
  23. 23rd January 2026A map has a scale of 1 : 50000. Two villages are 2.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  24. 24th January 2026A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 12 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  25. 25th January 2026A bag holds 2 red and 7 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  26. 26th January 2026Of 46 students, 10 study French, 35 study German and 5 study both. How many study neither?
  27. 27th January 2026A meal deal has 9 mains, 8 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  28. 28th January 2026A line has equation y = 6x - 24. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  29. 29th January 2026A pack of 11 batteries costs £2.75. A pack of 22 costs £4.84. Which pack is better value?
  30. 30th January 2026A trapezium has parallel sides of 12 cm and 17 cm, 8 cm apart. Work out its area.
  31. 31st January 2026A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?

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