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October 1997 - Foundation 5-a-day
Every Foundation sheet published in October 1997, with answers. Grades 3-4 - securing a Foundation pass: fractions, percentages, angles and the first algebra.
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Every sheet in October 1997
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 1997In a group of 50 students, 40 are boys. 15 boys and 5 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
- 2nd October 1997A length x is 18.1 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
- 3rd October 1997A line has equation y = 6x - 30. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
- 4th October 1997A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 25. The real length is 3 m. How long is the model, in cm?
- 5th October 1997The point (-2, 0) is reflected in the x-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.
- 6th October 1997Leo has 4 scores with a mean of 7. Scores 13, 12, 2 are known. Work out the missing score.
- 7th October 1997In a survey 7 households own 1 car, 4 own 2 cars and 8 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
- 8th October 1997Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(217) lie?
- 9th October 1997The angles in a triangle are 4x°, 3x° and (x + 44)°. Form an equation and work out x.
- 10th October 1997A 500 g bag of rice costs £1.25. Work out the cost per 100 g.
- 11th October 1997The bearing of B from A is 071°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 12th October 1997The probability that it rains tomorrow is 3/5. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
- 13th October 1997A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 8, 8, 9 and 5. How many values are in the whole data set?
- 14th October 1997Work out 1/2 x 2/5. Give your answer in its simplest form.
- 15th October 1997A rectangle is x cm wide and 9 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
- 16th October 1997£1 is worth 1.85 Australian dollars. How many Australian dollars does £600 buy?
- 17th October 1997A cuboid measures 8 cm by 10 cm by 6 cm. Work out its volume.
- 18th October 1997Using only the digits 4, 2, 5, 3 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
- 19th October 1997A scatter graph plots the day of the month and the temperature at noon. What type of correlation would you expect?
- 20th October 1997A length x is 210 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
- 21st October 1997Use v = u + at with u = 9, a = 7 and t = 7. Work out v.
- 22nd October 1997A recipe for 8 scones uses 232 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 3 scones?
- 23rd October 1997Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 83°. Work out the other.
- 24th October 1997Here are 7 numbers: 19, 11, 18, 14, 16, 12, 15. Work out the mean.
- 25th October 1997A pie chart shows 40 people. 5 of them chose French. Work out the angle of that sector.
- 26th October 1997Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(76) lie?
- 27th October 1997A sequence has nth term 3n + 10. Work out the 12th term.
- 28th October 19977 identical pens cost £16.80. Work out the cost of 6 of the same pens.
- 29th October 1997Two of the angles in a triangle are 61° and 30°. Work out the third angle.
- 30th October 1997Here are seven numbers: 11, 28, 13, 4, 2, 8, 25. Work out the median and the range.
- 31st October 1997110 students were asked how they travel. 30 walked, and of those 10 were late. How many walkers were on time?