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January 1999 - Foundation 5-a-day

Every Foundation sheet published in January 1999, with answers. Grades 3-4 - securing a Foundation pass: fractions, percentages, angles and the first algebra.

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January 1999

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in January 1999

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  1. 1st January 1999Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(129) lie?
  2. 2nd January 1999Simplify 2a + 2b + 6a - 6b.
  3. 3rd January 1999A 500 g bag of coffee costs £5.50. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  4. 4th January 1999A trapezium has parallel sides of 5 cm and 7 cm, 4 cm apart. Work out its area.
  5. 5th January 1999A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
  6. 6th January 1999In a group of 120 students, 50 are boys. 10 boys and 35 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
  7. 7th January 1999Work out 3/8 divided by 4/5. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  8. 8th January 1999A line has equation y = 5x - 30. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  9. 9th January 1999£1 is worth 1.15 euros. How many euros does £300 buy?
  10. 10th January 1999The point (2, 2) is reflected in the x-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  11. 11th January 1999Freya has 5 scores with a mean of 12. Scores 12, 8, 6, 18 are known. Work out the missing score.
  12. 12th January 1999In a survey 4 households own 1 car, 3 own 2 cars and 7 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  13. 13th January 1999A length x is 3.8 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  14. 14th January 1999The angles in a triangle are 2x°, 3x° and (x + 120)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  15. 15th January 1999A recipe for 12 muffins uses 492 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 24 muffins?
  16. 16th January 1999The bearing of B from A is 211°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  17. 17th January 1999The probability that it rains tomorrow is 3/8. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  18. 18th January 1999A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 8, 6, 8 and 7. How many values are in the whole data set?
  19. 19th January 1999Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(120) lie?
  20. 20th January 1999A rectangle is x cm wide and 3 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  21. 21st January 19998 identical notebooks cost £12.00. Work out the cost of 6 of the same notebooks.
  22. 22nd January 1999A cuboid measures 15 cm by 11 cm by 12 cm. Work out its volume.
  23. 23rd January 1999Using only the digits 3, 2, 7, 9 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  24. 24th January 1999A scatter graph plots how far a lorry has driven and the fuel left in its tank. What type of correlation would you expect?
  25. 25th January 1999Work out 4/6 divided by 2/4. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  26. 26th January 1999Use v = u + at with u = 7, a = 8 and t = 5. Work out v.
  27. 27th January 1999A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 20. The real length is 1.8 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  28. 28th January 1999Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 56°. Work out the other.
  29. 29th January 1999Here are 5 numbers: 12, 7, 17, 11, 13. Work out the mean.
  30. 30th January 1999A pie chart shows 18 people. 5 of them chose maths. Work out the angle of that sector.
  31. 31st January 1999A length x is 15 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.

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