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May 2002 - Foundation 5-a-day

Every Foundation sheet published in May 2002, with answers. Grades 3-4 - securing a Foundation pass: fractions, percentages, angles and the first algebra.

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May 2002

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in May 2002

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

  1. 1st May 2002A bag holds 3 red, 7 blue and 5 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is red.
  2. 2nd May 2002A pie chart shows 12 people. 9 of them chose maths. Work out the angle of that sector.
  3. 3rd May 2002A length x is 81 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  4. 4th May 2002Simplify 6a + 5b + 7a - 3b.
  5. 5th May 20026 identical pens cost £3.90. Work out the cost of 3 of the same pens.
  6. 6th May 2002Two of the angles in a triangle are 71° and 41°. Work out the third angle.
  7. 7th May 2002A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
  8. 8th May 2002140 students were asked how they travel. 30 walked, and of those 10 were late. How many walkers were on time?
  9. 9th May 2002Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(97) lie?
  10. 10th May 2002A line has equation y = 3x - 6. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  11. 11th May 2002A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 50. The real length is 3 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  12. 12th May 2002A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 10 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  13. 13th May 2002Callum has 5 scores with a mean of 12. Scores 10, 14, 12, 17 are known. Work out the missing score.
  14. 14th May 2002On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 2 people. A bar is 5 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  15. 15th May 2002Work out 1/2 x 1/4. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  16. 16th May 2002The angles in a triangle are 3x°, 3x° and (x + 40)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  17. 17th May 2002A 700 g bag of coffee costs £7.00. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  18. 18th May 2002An L-shape is a 18 cm by 13 cm rectangle with a 10 cm by 3 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  19. 19th May 2002The probability that it rains tomorrow is 9/10. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  20. 20th May 2002A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 6 with the leaves 0, 1, 4, 5, 7. Work out the median of the five values.
  21. 21st May 2002A length x is 17.3 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  22. 22nd May 2002A rectangle is x cm wide and 2 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  23. 23rd May 2002£1 is worth 1.24 US dollars. How many US dollars does £480 buy?
  24. 24th May 2002A cuboid measures 9 cm by 8 cm by 7 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  25. 25th May 2002Using only the digits 4, 6, 9 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  26. 26th May 2002A pie chart shows 30 items. One sector has an angle of 48°. How many items does it represent?
  27. 27th May 2002Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(131) lie?
  28. 28th May 2002Use v = u + at with u = 11, a = 6 and t = 3. Work out v.
  29. 29th May 2002A recipe for 12 flapjacks uses 336 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 5 flapjacks?
  30. 30th May 2002The point (4, -7) is rotated 180° about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  31. 31st May 2002Here are 5 numbers: 29, 25, 20, 21, 30. Work out the mean.

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