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August 2003 - Foundation 5-a-day

Every Foundation sheet published in August 2003, with answers. Grades 3-4 - securing a Foundation pass: fractions, percentages, angles and the first algebra.

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August 2003

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in August 2003

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  1. 1st August 2003A scatter graph plots the height of a tree and its age. What type of correlation would you expect?
  2. 2nd August 2003Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(211) lie?
  3. 3rd August 2003Solve the inequality 8x - 8 <= 40.
  4. 4th August 2003A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 50. The real length is 3.5 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  5. 5th August 2003Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 74°. Work out the other.
  6. 6th August 2003A bag holds 4 red, 5 blue and 4 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is green.
  7. 7th August 2003A pie chart shows 40 people. 16 of them chose maths. Work out the angle of that sector.
  8. 8th August 2003Work out 3/5 x 1/2. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  9. 9th August 2003Simplify 4a + 7b + 3a - 7b.
  10. 10th August 2003A 500 g bag of coffee costs £5.75. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  11. 11th August 2003Two of the angles in a triangle are 82° and 53°. Work out the third angle.
  12. 12th August 2003A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  13. 13th August 2003100 students were asked how they travel. 60 walked, and of those 5 were late. How many walkers were on time?
  14. 14th August 2003A length x is 16.3 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  15. 15th August 2003A line has equation y = 5x - 5. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  16. 16th August 2003£1 is worth 1.24 US dollars. How many US dollars does £480 buy?
  17. 17th August 2003A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 11 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  18. 18th August 2003Noah has 5 scores with a mean of 6. Scores 3, 9, 3, 9 are known. Work out the missing score.
  19. 19th August 2003On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 50 people. A bar is 9 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  20. 20th August 2003Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(12) lie?
  21. 21st August 2003The angles in a triangle are 4x°, x° and (x + 48)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  22. 22nd August 2003A recipe for 8 flapjacks uses 288 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 20 flapjacks?
  23. 23rd August 2003An L-shape is a 15 cm by 19 cm rectangle with a 3 cm by 9 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  24. 24th August 2003The probability that it rains tomorrow is 4/5. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  25. 25th August 2003A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 2 with the leaves 0, 5, 7, 8, 9. Work out the median of the five values.
  26. 26th August 2003Work out 3/4 x 1/2. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  27. 27th August 2003A rectangle is x cm wide and 6 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  28. 28th August 20038 identical notebooks cost £12.40. Work out the cost of 11 of the same notebooks.
  29. 29th August 2003A cuboid measures 4 cm by 12 cm by 3 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  30. 30th August 2003Using only the digits 4, 5, 9, 1 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  31. 31st August 2003A pie chart shows 40 items. One sector has an angle of 36°. How many items does it represent?

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