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December 1998 - Foundation 5-a-day

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

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December 1998

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in December 1998

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  1. 1st December 1998120 students were asked how they travel. 60 walked, and of those 25 were late. How many walkers were on time?
  2. 2nd December 1998Work out 1/3 divided by 1/5. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  3. 3rd December 1998The angles in a triangle are 4x°, x° and (x + 102)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  4. 4th December 1998A 1200 g bag of pasta costs £10.80. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  5. 5th December 1998A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 10 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  6. 6th December 1998The probability that it rains tomorrow is 1/10. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  7. 7th December 1998On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 2 people. A bar is 4 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  8. 8th December 1998A length x is 11.1 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  9. 9th December 1998A rectangle is x cm wide and 5 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  10. 10th December 1998£1 is worth 1.24 US dollars. How many US dollars does £400 buy?
  11. 11th December 1998An L-shape is a 10 cm by 16 cm rectangle with a 3 cm by 4 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  12. 12th December 1998Using only the digits 2, 8, 1, 4 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  13. 13th December 1998A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 5 with the leaves 0, 1, 2, 3, 8. Work out the median of the five values.
  14. 14th December 1998Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(176) lie?
  15. 15th December 1998Use v = u + at with u = 15, a = 2 and t = 5. Work out v.
  16. 16th December 1998A recipe for 8 flapjacks uses 152 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 5 flapjacks?
  17. 17th December 1998A cuboid measures 4 cm by 2 cm by 2 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  18. 18th December 1998Here are 7 numbers: 23, 22, 16, 16, 21, 28, 28. Work out the mean.
  19. 19th December 1998A pie chart shows 36 items. One sector has an angle of 60°. How many items does it represent?
  20. 20th December 1998Work out 1/2 divided by 3/5. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  21. 21st December 1998A sequence has nth term 3n - 12. Work out the 25th term.
  22. 22nd December 19986 identical pens cost £9.90. Work out the cost of 4 of the same pens.
  23. 23rd December 1998The point (-4, 8) is rotated 180° about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  24. 24th December 1998Here are seven numbers: 5, 17, 19, 4, 2, 25, 22. Work out the median and the range.
  25. 25th December 1998Of 42 students, 16 study French, 17 study German and 4 study both. How many study neither?
  26. 26th December 1998A length x is 770 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  27. 27th December 1998Solve the inequality 3x + 13 >= 58.
  28. 28th December 1998A model of a bridge is built to a scale of 1 : 25. The real length is 0.75 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  29. 29th December 1998Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 40°, 74° and 136°. Work out the fourth.
  30. 30th December 1998A bag holds 8 red, 4 blue and 9 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is green.
  31. 31st December 1998130 people were surveyed. 70 were adults, of whom 5 said yes. 5 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?

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