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May 2000 - Foundation 5-a-day

Every Foundation sheet published in May 2000, with answers. Grades 3-4 - securing a Foundation pass: fractions, percentages, angles and the first algebra.

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May 2000

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in May 2000

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  1. 1st May 2000Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(216) lie?
  2. 2nd May 2000Use v = u + at with u = 12, a = 3 and t = 6. Work out v.
  3. 3rd May 2000£1 is worth 1.24 US dollars. How many US dollars does £480 buy?
  4. 4th May 2000Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 140°. Work out the other.
  5. 5th May 2000Here are 5 numbers: 7, 7, 13, 10, 13. Work out the mean.
  6. 6th May 2000A pie chart shows 18 people. 17 of them chose maths. Work out the angle of that sector.
  7. 7th May 2000Work out 1/3 x 1/2. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  8. 8th May 2000A sequence has nth term 4n - 12. Work out the 12th term.
  9. 9th May 2000A recipe for 4 muffins uses 136 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 24 muffins?
  10. 10th May 2000Two of the angles in a triangle are 36° and 54°. Work out the third angle.
  11. 11th May 2000Here are seven numbers: 25, 11, 4, 19, 5, 13, 2. Work out the median and the range.
  12. 12th May 200060 students were asked how they travel. 40 walked, and of those 15 were late. How many walkers were on time?
  13. 13th May 2000A length x is 89 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  14. 14th May 2000Solve the inequality 6x + 11 >= 95.
  15. 15th May 20003 identical pens cost £2.10. Work out the cost of 5 of the same pens.
  16. 16th May 2000A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 9 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  17. 17th May 2000A bag holds 5 red, 4 blue and 2 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is green.
  18. 18th May 2000On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 5 people. A bar is 6 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  19. 19th May 2000Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(87) lie?
  20. 20th May 2000Simplify 7a + 7b + 9a - 7b.
  21. 21st May 2000A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 20. The real length is 1.2 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  22. 22nd May 2000An L-shape is a 11 cm by 10 cm rectangle with a 4 cm by 5 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  23. 23rd May 2000A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
  24. 24th May 2000A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 6 with the leaves 1, 2, 3, 4, 9. Work out the median of the five values.
  25. 25th May 2000Work out 2/4 x 2/3. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  26. 26th May 2000A line has equation y = 6x - 24. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  27. 27th May 2000A 800 g bag of rice costs £7.20. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  28. 28th May 2000A cuboid measures 2 cm by 2 cm by 7 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  29. 29th May 2000Freya has 4 scores with a mean of 6. Scores 7, 5, 5 are known. Work out the missing score.
  30. 30th May 2000A pie chart shows 20 items. One sector has an angle of 144°. How many items does it represent?
  31. 31st May 2000A length x is 30 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.

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