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February 1998 - Foundation 5-a-day

Every Foundation sheet published in February 1998, with answers. Grades 3-4 - securing a Foundation pass: fractions, percentages, angles and the first algebra.

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February 1998

28 sheets · 140 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in February 1998

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  1. 1st February 1998A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 100. The real length is 6 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  2. 2nd February 1998Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 47°, 109° and 113°. Work out the fourth.
  3. 3rd February 1998A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
  4. 4th February 1998190 people were surveyed. 90 were adults, of whom 20 said yes. 25 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  5. 5th February 1998A length x is 12.3 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  6. 6th February 1998A line has equation y = 6x - 6. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  7. 7th February 1998A 900 g bag of rice costs £4.50. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  8. 8th February 1998A trapezium has parallel sides of 3 cm and 8 cm, 18 cm apart. Work out its area.
  9. 9th February 1998Nia has 4 scores with a mean of 18. Scores 14, 20, 16 are known. Work out the missing score.
  10. 10th February 1998In a group of 110 students, 20 are boys. 10 boys and 15 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
  11. 11th February 1998Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(113) lie?
  12. 12th February 1998The angles in a triangle are 2x°, 3x° and (x + 108)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  13. 13th February 1998£1 is worth 1.24 US dollars. How many US dollars does £240 buy?
  14. 14th February 1998The point (-3, 1) is reflected in the x-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  15. 15th February 1998The probability that it rains tomorrow is 3/10. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  16. 16th February 1998In a survey 3 households own 1 car, 5 own 2 cars and 6 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  17. 17th February 1998Work out 5/6 x 1/4. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  18. 18th February 1998A rectangle is x cm wide and 4 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  19. 19th February 1998A recipe for 4 scones uses 100 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 24 scones?
  20. 20th February 1998The bearing of B from A is 272°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  21. 21st February 1998Using only the digits 8, 5, 3 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  22. 22nd February 1998A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 8, 12, 9 and 6. How many values are in the whole data set?
  23. 23rd February 1998A length x is 12.7 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  24. 24th February 1998Use v = u + at with u = 8, a = 9 and t = 2. Work out v.
  25. 25th February 19987 identical cupcakes cost £11.20. Work out the cost of 6 of the same cupcakes.
  26. 26th February 1998A cuboid measures 15 cm by 12 cm by 11 cm. Work out its volume.
  27. 27th February 1998Here are 5 numbers: 32, 27, 30, 28, 33. Work out the mean.
  28. 28th February 1998A scatter graph plots the height of a tree and its age. What type of correlation would you expect?

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