Daily Practice · Foundation
May 1996 - Foundation 5-a-day
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Every sheet in May 1996
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 1996The bearing of B from A is 278°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 2nd May 1996Here are seven numbers: 25, 7, 22, 5, 8, 11, 17. Work out the median and the range.
- 3rd May 1996A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 2, 11, 6 and 4. How many values are in the whole data set?
- 4th May 1996Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(60) lie?
- 5th May 1996Solve the inequality 5x + 8 >= 18.
- 6th May 19966 identical cupcakes cost £7.20. Work out the cost of 10 of the same cupcakes.
- 7th May 1996A cuboid measures 4 cm by 11 cm by 4 cm. Work out its volume.
- 8th May 1996A bag holds 5 red, 8 blue and 4 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is red.
- 9th May 1996A scatter graph plots the temperature outside and the number of ice creams sold. What type of correlation would you expect?
- 10th May 1996Work out 8/9 divided by 1/5. Give your answer in its simplest form.
- 11th May 1996Simplify 2a + 5b + 2a - 1b.
- 12th May 1996A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 50. The real length is 1.5 m. How long is the model, in cm?
- 13th May 1996Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 90°. Work out the other.
- 14th May 1996A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 15th May 1996A pie chart shows 60 people. 34 of them chose maths. Work out the angle of that sector.
- 16th May 1996A length x is 840 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
- 17th May 1996A line has equation y = 6x - 24. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
- 18th May 1996A 400 g bag of rice costs £4.40. Work out the cost per 100 g.
- 19th May 1996Two of the angles in a triangle are 90° and 27°. Work out the third angle.
- 20th May 1996Freya has 4 scores with a mean of 6. Scores 7, 9, 5 are known. Work out the missing score.
- 21st May 1996100 students were asked how they travel. 30 walked, and of those 15 were late. How many walkers were on time?
- 22nd May 1996Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(132) lie?
- 23rd May 1996The angles in a triangle are 3x°, x° and (x + 120)°. Form an equation and work out x.
- 24th May 1996£1 is worth 1.08 Swiss francs. How many Swiss francs does £580 buy?
- 25th May 1996A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 5 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 26th May 1996The probability that it rains tomorrow is 4/5. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
- 27th May 1996On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 4 people. A bar is 5 squares tall. How many people does it show?
- 28th May 1996Work out 3/5 divided by 3/6. Give your answer in its simplest form.
- 29th May 1996A rectangle is x cm wide and 2 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
- 30th May 1996A recipe for 4 flapjacks uses 144 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 15 flapjacks?
- 31st May 1996An L-shape is a 20 cm by 11 cm rectangle with a 9 cm by 6 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.