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March 2001 - Foundation 5-a-day

Every Foundation sheet published in March 2001, with answers. Grades 3-4 - securing a Foundation pass: fractions, percentages, angles and the first algebra.

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March 2001

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in March 2001

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st March 2001Here are seven numbers: 17, 8, 7, 13, 11, 14, 22. Work out the median and the range.
  2. 2nd March 2001190 people were surveyed. 40 were adults, of whom 20 said yes. 55 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  3. 3rd March 2001Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(206) lie?
  4. 4th March 2001Solve the inequality 7x - 12 >= 93.
  5. 5th March 2001A recipe for 4 pancakes uses 72 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 5 pancakes?
  6. 6th March 2001A trapezium has parallel sides of 11 cm and 20 cm, 4 cm apart. Work out its area.
  7. 7th March 2001A bag holds 4 red, 8 blue and 3 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is green.
  8. 8th March 2001In a group of 150 students, 40 are boys. 5 boys and 20 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
  9. 9th March 2001Work out 4/8 x 1/2. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  10. 10th March 2001Simplify 9a + 3b + 9a - 3b.
  11. 11th March 20013 identical notebooks cost £5.70. Work out the cost of 9 of the same notebooks.
  12. 12th March 2001The point (1, -8) is reflected in the x-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  13. 13th March 2001A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
  14. 14th March 2001In a survey 4 households own 1 car, 6 own 2 cars and 9 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  15. 15th March 2001A length x is 20 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  16. 16th March 2001A line has equation y = 4x - 12. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  17. 17th March 2001A model of an aircraft is built to a scale of 1 : 25. The real length is 1 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  18. 18th March 2001The bearing of B from A is 175°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  19. 19th March 2001Kwame has 5 scores with a mean of 13. Scores 11, 15, 13, 14 are known. Work out the missing score.
  20. 20th March 2001A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 3, 7, 4 and 4. How many values are in the whole data set?
  21. 21st March 2001Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(161) lie?
  22. 22nd March 2001The angles in a triangle are 3x°, 2x° and (x + 66)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  23. 23rd March 2001A 1200 g bag of rice costs £11.40. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  24. 24th March 2001A cuboid measures 15 cm by 11 cm by 12 cm. Work out its volume.
  25. 25th March 2001The probability that it rains tomorrow is 2/5. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  26. 26th March 2001A scatter graph plots a person's shoe size and their height. What type of correlation would you expect?
  27. 27th March 2001Work out 4/8 x 2/4. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  28. 28th March 2001A rectangle is x cm wide and 4 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  29. 29th March 2001£1 is worth 1.15 euros. How many euros does £120 buy?
  30. 30th March 2001Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 45°. Work out the other.
  31. 31st March 2001Using only the digits 2, 4, 1, 9 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?

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