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March 1999 - Foundation 5-a-day

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

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March 1999

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in March 1999

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  1. 1st March 1999Of 50 students, 41 study French, 19 study German and 14 study both. How many study neither?
  2. 2nd March 1999Work out 1/2 x 1/3. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  3. 3rd March 1999A rectangle is x cm wide and 3 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  4. 4th March 1999A 800 g bag of rice costs £6.80. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  5. 5th March 1999Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 99°, 132° and 96°. Work out the fourth.
  6. 6th March 1999Using only the digits 6, 7, 2, 1 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  7. 7th March 1999220 people were surveyed. 70 were adults, of whom 30 said yes. 20 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  8. 8th March 1999A length x is 550 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  9. 9th March 1999Use v = u + at with u = 11, a = 6 and t = 7. Work out v.
  10. 10th March 1999£1 is worth 1.15 euros. How many euros does £380 buy?
  11. 11th March 1999A trapezium has parallel sides of 14 cm and 26 cm, 16 cm apart. Work out its area.
  12. 12th March 1999Here are 7 numbers: 22, 20, 14, 12, 18, 17, 16. Work out the mean.
  13. 13th March 1999In a group of 50 students, 30 are boys. 5 boys and 5 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
  14. 14th March 1999Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(129) lie?
  15. 15th March 1999A sequence has nth term 3n - 1. Work out the 12th term.
  16. 16th March 1999A recipe for 12 flapjacks uses 528 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 15 flapjacks?
  17. 17th March 1999The point (-1, 5) is reflected in the y-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  18. 18th March 1999Here are seven numbers: 13, 7, 4, 2, 19, 11, 25. Work out the median and the range.
  19. 19th March 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.
  20. 20th March 1999Work out 2/4 x 3/9. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  21. 21st March 1999Solve the inequality 3x - 11 >= 25.
  22. 22nd March 19995 identical pens cost £2.50. Work out the cost of 6 of the same pens.
  23. 23rd March 1999The bearing of B from A is 083°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  24. 24th March 1999A bag holds 5 red, 9 blue and 9 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is red.
  25. 25th March 1999A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 6, 4, 12 and 7. How many values are in the whole data set?
  26. 26th March 1999A length x is 44 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  27. 27th March 1999Simplify 3a + 9b + 8a - 3b.
  28. 28th March 1999A model of a lorry is built to a scale of 1 : 25. The real length is 0.75 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  29. 29th March 1999A cuboid measures 9 cm by 3 cm by 7 cm. Work out its volume.
  30. 30th March 1999A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
  31. 31st March 1999A scatter graph plots a car's engine size and the miles it does per gallon. What type of correlation would you expect?

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