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August 2001 - Foundation 5-a-day

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

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August 2001

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in August 2001

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  1. 1st August 2001A rectangle is x cm wide and 8 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  2. 2nd August 2001A recipe for 6 flapjacks uses 246 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 5 flapjacks?
  3. 3rd August 2001A cuboid measures 2 cm by 13 cm by 13 cm. Work out its volume.
  4. 4th August 2001Using only the digits 1, 5, 3, 6 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  5. 5th August 2001A scatter graph plots a phone's age and its resale value. What type of correlation would you expect?
  6. 6th August 2001A length x is 18 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  7. 7th August 2001Use v = u + at with u = 12, a = 5 and t = 8. Work out v.
  8. 8th August 20018 identical batteries cost £16.00. Work out the cost of 2 of the same batteries.
  9. 9th August 2001Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 84°. Work out the other.
  10. 10th August 2001Here are 7 numbers: 11, 20, 23, 14, 17, 15, 19. Work out the mean.
  11. 11th August 2001A pie chart shows 20 people. 12 of them chose art. Work out the angle of that sector.
  12. 12th August 2001Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(202) lie?
  13. 13th August 2001A sequence has nth term 7n - 2. Work out the 50th term.
  14. 14th August 2001A model of a bridge is built to a scale of 1 : 100. The real length is 6 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  15. 15th August 2001Two of the angles in a triangle are 43° and 47°. Work out the third angle.
  16. 16th August 2001Here are seven numbers: 14, 5, 8, 11, 13, 7, 22. Work out the median and the range.
  17. 17th August 2001100 students were asked how they travel. 50 walked, and of those 10 were late. How many walkers were on time?
  18. 18th August 2001Work out 1/2 x 3/4. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  19. 19th August 2001Solve the inequality 8x - 9 <= 71.
  20. 20th August 2001A 1200 g bag of oats costs £9.60. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  21. 21st August 2001A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 6 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  22. 22nd August 2001A bag holds 8 red, 9 blue and 8 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is green.
  23. 23rd August 2001On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 20 people. A bar is 5 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  24. 24th August 2001A length x is 70 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  25. 25th August 2001Simplify 3a + 7b + 8a - 4b.
  26. 26th August 2001£1 is worth 1.15 euros. How many euros does £440 buy?
  27. 27th August 2001An L-shape is a 12 cm by 19 cm rectangle with a 5 cm by 16 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  28. 28th August 2001A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
  29. 29th August 2001A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 3 with the leaves 2, 3, 4, 6, 7. Work out the median of the five values.
  30. 30th August 2001Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(45) lie?
  31. 31st August 2001A line has equation y = 3x - 6. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.

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