Daily Practice · Foundation
May 1999 - Foundation 5-a-day
Every Foundation sheet published in May 1999, with answers. Grades 3-4 - securing a Foundation pass: fractions, percentages, angles and the first algebra.
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Every sheet in May 1999
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 1999A length x is 120 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
- 2nd May 1999Solve the inequality 7x + 11 >= 74.
- 3rd May 1999A 900 g bag of oats costs £7.65. Work out the cost per 100 g.
- 4th May 1999The point (2, 3) is rotated 90° clockwise about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
- 5th May 1999A bag holds 7 red, 5 blue and 8 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is blue.
- 6th May 1999Of 52 students, 30 study French, 18 study German and 8 study both. How many study neither?
- 7th May 1999Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(18) lie?
- 8th May 1999Simplify 4a + 2b + 9a - 4b.
- 9th May 1999£1 is worth 1.85 Australian dollars. How many Australian dollars does £360 buy?
- 10th May 1999Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 131°, 71° and 126°. Work out the fourth.
- 11th May 1999A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 12th May 1999230 people were surveyed. 40 were adults, of whom 15 said yes. 30 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
- 13th May 1999Work out 1/2 x 3/6. Give your answer in its simplest form.
- 14th May 1999A line has equation y = 3x - 3. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
- 15th May 1999A recipe for 10 muffins uses 260 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 15 muffins?
- 16th May 1999A trapezium has parallel sides of 6 cm and 15 cm, 12 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 17th May 1999Anika has 4 scores with a mean of 7. Scores 8, 10, 4 are known. Work out the missing score.
- 18th May 1999In a group of 50 students, 70 are boys. 15 boys and 0 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
- 19th May 1999A length x is 89 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
- 20th May 1999The angles in a triangle are 3x°, x° and (x + 85)°. Form an equation and work out x.
- 21st May 19993 identical batteries cost £4.95. Work out the cost of 12 of the same batteries.
- 22nd May 1999The point (2, 4) is reflected in the x-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.
- 23rd May 1999The probability that it rains tomorrow is 1/2. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
- 24th May 1999In a survey 6 households own 1 car, 8 own 2 cars and 8 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
- 25th May 1999Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(195) lie?
- 26th May 1999A rectangle is x cm wide and 4 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
- 27th May 1999A model of an aircraft is built to a scale of 1 : 25. The real length is 1.75 m. How long is the model, in cm?
- 28th May 1999The bearing of B from A is 212°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 29th May 1999Using only the digits 1, 7, 9, 4 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
- 30th May 1999A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 5, 10, 7 and 8. How many values are in the whole data set?
- 31st May 1999Work out 1/8 x 2/3. Give your answer in its simplest form.