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September 1997 - Foundation 5-a-day

Every Foundation sheet published in September 1997, with answers. Grades 3-4 - securing a Foundation pass: fractions, percentages, angles and the first algebra.

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September 1997

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in September 1997

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  1. 1st September 1997On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 20 people. A bar is 3 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  2. 2nd September 1997Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(131) lie?
  3. 3rd September 1997A rectangle is x cm wide and 3 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  4. 4th September 1997A model of an aircraft is built to a scale of 1 : 100. The real length is 8 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  5. 5th September 1997An L-shape is a 15 cm by 20 cm rectangle with a 4 cm by 3 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  6. 6th September 1997Using only the digits 3, 1, 8, 7 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  7. 7th September 1997A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 4 with the leaves 1, 2, 3, 5, 8. Work out the median of the five values.
  8. 8th September 1997Work out 2/5 divided by 4/6. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  9. 9th September 1997Use v = u + at with u = 6, a = 3 and t = 5. Work out v.
  10. 10th September 1997A 1000 g bag of pasta costs £7.00. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  11. 11th September 1997A cuboid measures 8 cm by 11 cm by 2 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  12. 12th September 1997Here are 5 numbers: 26, 22, 29, 24, 19. Work out the mean.
  13. 13th September 1997A pie chart shows 36 items. One sector has an angle of 30°. How many items does it represent?
  14. 14th September 1997A length x is 700 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  15. 15th September 1997A sequence has nth term 7n + 1. Work out the 50th term.
  16. 16th September 1997£1 is worth 1.24 US dollars. How many US dollars does £180 buy?
  17. 17th September 1997The point (-6, -7) is rotated 90° clockwise about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  18. 18th September 1997Here are seven numbers: 25, 17, 19, 13, 22, 14, 11. Work out the median and the range.
  19. 19th September 1997Of 75 students, 38 study French, 38 study German and 11 study both. How many study neither?
  20. 20th September 1997Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(215) lie?
  21. 21st September 1997Solve the inequality 5x - 10 >= 0.
  22. 22nd September 1997A recipe for 6 flapjacks uses 222 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 15 flapjacks?
  23. 23rd September 1997Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 102°, 84° and 106°. Work out the fourth.
  24. 24th September 1997A bag holds 8 red, 5 blue and 3 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is red.
  25. 25th September 1997150 people were surveyed. 70 were adults, of whom 5 said yes. 20 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  26. 26th September 1997Work out 1/9 x 1/3. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  27. 27th September 1997Simplify 3a + 7b + 4a - 2b.
  28. 28th September 19976 identical notebooks cost £6.90. Work out the cost of 2 of the same notebooks.
  29. 29th September 1997A trapezium has parallel sides of 11 cm and 22 cm, 18 cm apart. Work out its area.
  30. 30th September 1997A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?

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