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November 1997 - Foundation 5-a-day

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

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November 1997

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in November 1997

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  1. 1st November 1997Work out 7/8 x 1/2. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  2. 2nd November 1997Solve the inequality 5x + 15 <= 25.
  3. 3rd November 1997A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 50. The real length is 3.5 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  4. 4th November 1997A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 4 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  5. 5th November 1997A bag holds 7 red, 6 blue and 5 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is red.
  6. 6th November 1997On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 4 people. A bar is 2 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  7. 7th November 1997A length x is 120 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  8. 8th November 1997Simplify 7a + 6b + 6a - 2b.
  9. 9th November 1997A 600 g bag of coffee costs £1.50. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  10. 10th November 1997An L-shape is a 10 cm by 12 cm rectangle with a 4 cm by 9 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  11. 11th November 1997A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  12. 12th November 1997A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 6 with the leaves 3, 4, 6, 8, 9. Work out the median of the five values.
  13. 13th November 1997Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(73) lie?
  14. 14th November 1997A line has equation y = 2x - 4. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  15. 15th November 1997£1 is worth 1.24 US dollars. How many US dollars does £480 buy?
  16. 16th November 1997A cuboid measures 2 cm by 5 cm by 7 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  17. 17th November 1997Freya has 5 scores with a mean of 9. Scores 10, 9, 13, 8 are known. Work out the missing score.
  18. 18th November 1997A pie chart shows 90 items. One sector has an angle of 36°. How many items does it represent?
  19. 19th November 1997Work out 1/2 divided by 6/7. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  20. 20th November 1997The angles in a triangle are 4x°, 2x° and (x + 12)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  21. 21st November 1997A recipe for 12 flapjacks uses 204 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 24 flapjacks?
  22. 22nd November 1997The point (-4, 2) is rotated 90° clockwise about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  23. 23rd November 1997The probability that it rains tomorrow is 5/8. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  24. 24th November 1997Of 48 students, 10 study French, 28 study German and 4 study both. How many study neither?
  25. 25th November 1997A length x is 11 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  26. 26th November 1997A rectangle is x cm wide and 7 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  27. 27th November 19973 identical pens cost £3.30. Work out the cost of 8 of the same pens.
  28. 28th November 1997Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 136°, 124° and 67°. Work out the fourth.
  29. 29th November 1997Using only the digits 6, 1, 5 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  30. 30th November 1997200 people were surveyed. 90 were adults, of whom 15 said yes. 10 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?

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