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August 1998 - Foundation 5-a-day
Every Foundation sheet published in August 1998, with answers. Grades 3-4 - securing a Foundation pass: fractions, percentages, angles and the first algebra.
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Every sheet in August 1998
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 1998An L-shape is a 19 cm by 13 cm rectangle with a 16 cm by 2 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
- 2nd August 1998The probability that it rains tomorrow is 4/5. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
- 3rd August 1998A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 6 with the leaves 1, 3, 5, 6, 9. Work out the median of the five values.
- 4th August 1998A length x is 320 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
- 5th August 1998A rectangle is x cm wide and 7 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
- 6th August 1998A 600 g bag of oats costs £6.90. Work out the cost per 100 g.
- 7th August 1998A cuboid measures 6 cm by 11 cm by 3 cm. Work out its total surface area.
- 8th August 1998Using only the digits 5, 1, 4 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
- 9th August 1998A pie chart shows 60 items. One sector has an angle of 42°. How many items does it represent?
- 10th August 1998Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(101) lie?
- 11th August 1998Use v = u + at with u = 5, a = 8 and t = 6. Work out v.
- 12th August 1998£1 is worth 1.85 Australian dollars. How many Australian dollars does £540 buy?
- 13th August 1998The point (7, -5) is rotated 90° anticlockwise about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
- 14th August 1998Here are 5 numbers: 22, 20, 14, 17, 12. Work out the mean.
- 15th August 1998Of 70 students, 35 study French, 33 study German and 15 study both. How many study neither?
- 16th August 1998Work out 2/5 x 2/9. Give your answer in its simplest form.
- 17th August 1998A sequence has nth term 8n - 1. Work out the 100th term.
- 18th August 1998A recipe for 12 muffins uses 528 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 9 muffins?
- 19th August 1998Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 65°, 60° and 181°. Work out the fourth.
- 20th August 1998Here are seven numbers: 14, 17, 11, 28, 5, 4, 19. Work out the median and the range.
- 21st August 1998170 people were surveyed. 70 were adults, of whom 25 said yes. 20 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
- 22nd August 1998A length x is 11 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
- 23rd August 1998Solve the inequality 5x - 14 > 11.
- 24th August 19988 identical batteries cost £4.80. Work out the cost of 2 of the same batteries.
- 25th August 1998A trapezium has parallel sides of 3 cm and 12 cm, 12 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 26th August 1998A bag holds 5 red, 8 blue and 4 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is blue.
- 27th August 1998In a group of 100 students, 40 are boys. 5 boys and 5 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
- 28th August 1998Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(46) lie?
- 29th August 1998Simplify 9a + 6b + 3a - 9b.
- 30th August 1998A model of a lorry is built to a scale of 1 : 25. The real length is 1 m. How long is the model, in cm?
- 31st August 1998The point (4, 7) is reflected in the y-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.