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October 1998 - Foundation 5-a-day

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

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October 1998

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in October 1998

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  1. 1st October 1998Here are seven numbers: 2, 25, 28, 14, 4, 19, 8. Work out the median and the range.
  2. 2nd October 1998On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 2 people. A bar is 8 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  3. 3rd October 1998Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(92) lie?
  4. 4th October 1998Solve the inequality 2x - 13 <= 7.
  5. 5th October 1998A 300 g bag of coffee costs £2.25. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  6. 6th October 1998An L-shape is a 14 cm by 17 cm rectangle with a 2 cm by 2 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  7. 7th October 1998A bag holds 5 red, 2 blue and 3 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is red.
  8. 8th October 1998A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 6 with the leaves 2, 3, 5, 6, 8. Work out the median of the five values.
  9. 9th October 1998Work out 3/8 divided by 7/9. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  10. 10th October 1998Simplify 2a + 3b + 2a - 2b.
  11. 11th October 1998£1 is worth 1.24 US dollars. How many US dollars does £560 buy?
  12. 12th October 1998A cuboid measures 8 cm by 7 cm by 11 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  13. 13th October 1998A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
  14. 14th October 1998A pie chart shows 40 items. One sector has an angle of 36°. How many items does it represent?
  15. 15th October 1998A length x is 79 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  16. 16th October 1998A line has equation y = 4x - 8. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  17. 17th October 1998A recipe for 10 flapjacks uses 280 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 9 flapjacks?
  18. 18th October 1998The point (-7, -3) is rotated 90° clockwise about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  19. 19th October 1998Freya has 4 scores with a mean of 20. Scores 18, 22, 25 are known. Work out the missing score.
  20. 20th October 1998Of 57 students, 34 study French, 24 study German and 14 study both. How many study neither?
  21. 21st October 1998Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(99) lie?
  22. 22nd October 1998The angles in a triangle are 4x°, 2x° and (x + 96)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  23. 23rd October 19983 identical cupcakes cost £3.60. Work out the cost of 5 of the same cupcakes.
  24. 24th October 1998Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 135°, 104° and 73°. Work out the fourth.
  25. 25th October 1998The probability that it rains tomorrow is 1/4. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  26. 26th October 1998220 people were surveyed. 40 were adults, of whom 20 said yes. 30 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  27. 27th October 1998Work out 1/3 divided by 4/7. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  28. 28th October 1998A rectangle is x cm wide and 6 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  29. 29th October 1998A model of an aircraft is built to a scale of 1 : 100. The real length is 10 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  30. 30th October 1998A trapezium has parallel sides of 12 cm and 15 cm, 4 cm apart. Work out its area.
  31. 31st October 1998Using only the digits 1, 5, 2, 4 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?

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