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October 2001 - Foundation 5-a-day

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

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October 2001

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in October 2001

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  1. 1st October 2001A recipe for 6 pancakes uses 228 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 9 pancakes?
  2. 2nd October 2001The bearing of B from A is 286°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  3. 3rd October 2001A bag holds 8 red, 9 blue and 4 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is blue.
  4. 4th October 2001A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 8, 10, 8 and 7. How many values are in the whole data set?
  5. 5th October 2001Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(31) lie?
  6. 6th October 2001Simplify 3a + 2b + 8a - 6b.
  7. 7th October 20017 identical cupcakes cost £9.10. Work out the cost of 6 of the same cupcakes.
  8. 8th October 2001A cuboid measures 15 cm by 8 cm by 8 cm. Work out its volume.
  9. 9th October 2001A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
  10. 10th October 2001A scatter graph plots a person's shoe size and their height. What type of correlation would you expect?
  11. 11th October 2001Work out 3/7 divided by 2/8. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  12. 12th October 2001A line has equation y = 5x - 25. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  13. 13th October 2001A model of a bridge is built to a scale of 1 : 20. The real length is 2.4 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  14. 14th October 2001Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 113°. Work out the other.
  15. 15th October 2001Freya has 5 scores with a mean of 15. Scores 10, 20, 10, 15 are known. Work out the missing score.
  16. 16th October 2001A pie chart shows 40 people. 13 of them chose history. Work out the angle of that sector.
  17. 17th October 2001A length x is 470 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  18. 18th October 2001The angles in a triangle are 2x°, 3x° and (x + 48)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  19. 19th October 2001A 1200 g bag of coffee costs £5.40. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  20. 20th October 2001Two of the angles in a triangle are 60° and 80°. Work out the third angle.
  21. 21st October 2001The probability that it rains tomorrow is 11/20. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  22. 22nd October 2001150 students were asked how they travel. 50 walked, and of those 20 were late. How many walkers were on time?
  23. 23rd October 2001Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(189) lie?
  24. 24th October 2001A rectangle is x cm wide and 5 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  25. 25th October 2001£1 is worth 1.15 euros. How many euros does £480 buy?
  26. 26th October 2001A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 12 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  27. 27th October 2001Using only the digits 6, 2, 7 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  28. 28th October 2001On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 20 people. A bar is 6 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  29. 29th October 2001Work out 6/7 x 4/6. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  30. 30th October 2001Use v = u + at with u = 15, a = 5 and t = 8. Work out v.
  31. 31st October 2001A recipe for 8 flapjacks uses 200 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 3 flapjacks?

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