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May 2001 - Foundation 5-a-day

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

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May 2001

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in May 2001

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  1. 1st May 2001Of 57 students, 18 study French, 24 study German and 4 study both. How many study neither?
  2. 2nd May 2001Work out 3/4 x 4/5. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  3. 3rd May 2001The angles in a triangle are 2x°, 2x° and (x + 10)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  4. 4th May 2001A recipe for 10 pancakes uses 420 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 15 pancakes?
  5. 5th May 2001Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 72°, 139° and 116°. Work out the fourth.
  6. 6th May 2001The probability that it rains tomorrow is 1/2. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  7. 7th May 2001200 people were surveyed. 70 were adults, of whom 5 said yes. 45 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  8. 8th May 2001A length x is 510 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  9. 9th May 2001A rectangle is x cm wide and 3 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  10. 10th May 20014 identical notebooks cost £1.20. Work out the cost of 11 of the same notebooks.
  11. 11th May 2001A trapezium has parallel sides of 14 cm and 19 cm, 16 cm apart. Work out its area.
  12. 12th May 2001Using only the digits 9, 2, 7 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  13. 13th May 2001In a group of 70 students, 50 are boys. 20 boys and 5 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
  14. 14th May 2001Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(73) lie?
  15. 15th May 2001Use v = u + at with u = 5, a = 5 and t = 8. Work out v.
  16. 16th May 2001A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 100. The real length is 3 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  17. 17th May 2001The point (1, 2) is reflected in the y-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  18. 18th May 2001Here are 7 numbers: 26, 33, 23, 28, 24, 32, 30. Work out the mean.
  19. 19th May 2001In a survey 6 households own 1 car, 2 own 2 cars and 8 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  20. 20th May 2001Work out 2/5 x 2/4. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  21. 21st May 2001A sequence has nth term 8n + 2. Work out the 100th term.
  22. 22nd May 2001A 1100 g bag of pasta costs £3.30. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  23. 23rd May 2001The bearing of B from A is 184°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  24. 24th May 2001Here are seven numbers: 11, 5, 25, 7, 19, 14, 17. Work out the median and the range.
  25. 25th May 2001A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 9, 3, 12 and 11. How many values are in the whole data set?
  26. 26th May 2001A length x is 16.5 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  27. 27th May 2001Solve the inequality 7x - 3 < 74.
  28. 28th May 2001£1 is worth 1.08 Swiss francs. How many Swiss francs does £420 buy?
  29. 29th May 2001A cuboid measures 13 cm by 9 cm by 12 cm. Work out its volume.
  30. 30th May 2001A bag holds 6 red, 7 blue and 9 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is blue.
  31. 31st May 2001A scatter graph plots a runner's time for 100 m and the distance they can throw a ball. What type of correlation would you expect?

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