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February 1999 - Foundation 5-a-day

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

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February 1999

28 sheets · 140 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in February 1999

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  1. 1st February 1999A sequence has nth term 8n + 6. Work out the 100th term.
  2. 2nd February 1999A 700 g bag of rice costs £8.05. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  3. 3rd February 1999Two of the angles in a triangle are 50° and 27°. Work out the third angle.
  4. 4th February 1999Here are seven numbers: 19, 5, 2, 28, 8, 11, 25. Work out the median and the range.
  5. 5th February 1999200 students were asked how they travel. 60 walked, and of those 5 were late. How many walkers were on time?
  6. 6th February 1999Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(145) lie?
  7. 7th February 1999Solve the inequality 5x - 1 <= 29.
  8. 8th February 1999£1 is worth 1.08 Swiss francs. How many Swiss francs does £340 buy?
  9. 9th February 1999A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 11 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  10. 10th February 1999A bag holds 5 red, 8 blue and 9 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is red.
  11. 11th February 1999On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 50 people. A bar is 9 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  12. 12th February 1999Work out 1/6 divided by 1/2. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  13. 13th February 1999Simplify 2a + 7b + 6a - 1b.
  14. 14th February 1999A recipe for 8 muffins uses 320 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 20 muffins?
  15. 15th February 1999An L-shape is a 10 cm by 13 cm rectangle with a 4 cm by 8 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  16. 16th February 1999A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
  17. 17th February 1999A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 2 with the leaves 1, 2, 6, 7, 9. Work out the median of the five values.
  18. 18th February 1999A length x is 610 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  19. 19th February 1999A line has equation y = 3x - 12. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  20. 20th February 19994 identical batteries cost £3.20. Work out the cost of 11 of the same batteries.
  21. 21st February 1999A cuboid measures 11 cm by 4 cm by 11 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  22. 22nd February 1999Rohan has 4 scores with a mean of 18. Scores 20, 15, 16 are known. Work out the missing score.
  23. 23rd February 1999A pie chart shows 20 items. One sector has an angle of 216°. How many items does it represent?
  24. 24th February 1999Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(164) lie?
  25. 25th February 1999The angles in a triangle are 3x°, 2x° and (x + 90)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  26. 26th February 1999A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 20. The real length is 2 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  27. 27th February 1999The point (3, -3) is rotated 90° anticlockwise about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  28. 28th February 1999The probability that it rains tomorrow is 1/4. Work out the probability that it does not rain.

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