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October 2003 - Foundation 5-a-day

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

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October 2003

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in October 2003

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  1. 1st October 2003Work out 1/2 divided by 1/3. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  2. 2nd October 2003The angles in a triangle are 3x°, x° and (x + 25)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  3. 3rd October 2003A model of a lorry is built to a scale of 1 : 20. The real length is 1.4 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  4. 4th October 2003A cuboid measures 2 cm by 8 cm by 6 cm. Work out its volume.
  5. 5th October 2003The probability that it rains tomorrow is 1/8. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  6. 6th October 2003A scatter graph plots the height of a tree and its age. What type of correlation would you expect?
  7. 7th October 2003A length x is 20 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  8. 8th October 2003A rectangle is x cm wide and 4 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  9. 9th October 2003A 800 g bag of rice costs £6.00. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  10. 10th October 2003Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 58°. Work out the other.
  11. 11th October 2003Using only the digits 8, 2, 1, 4 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  12. 12th October 2003A pie chart shows 90 people. 89 of them chose art. Work out the angle of that sector.
  13. 13th October 2003Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(24) lie?
  14. 14th October 2003Use v = u + at with u = 13, a = 3 and t = 5. Work out v.
  15. 15th October 2003£1 is worth 1.08 Swiss francs. How many Swiss francs does £480 buy?
  16. 16th October 2003Two of the angles in a triangle are 28° and 121°. Work out the third angle.
  17. 17th October 2003Here are 5 numbers: 11, 9, 7, 3, 15. Work out the mean.
  18. 18th October 2003160 students were asked how they travel. 50 walked, and of those 15 were late. How many walkers were on time?
  19. 19th October 2003Work out 1/5 divided by 4/5. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  20. 20th October 2003A sequence has nth term 6n - 6. Work out the 25th term.
  21. 21st October 2003A recipe for 10 scones uses 440 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 15 scones?
  22. 22nd October 2003A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 12 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  23. 23rd October 2003Here are seven numbers: 28, 17, 2, 11, 8, 14, 22. Work out the median and the range.
  24. 24th October 2003On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 50 people. A bar is 7 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  25. 25th October 2003A length x is 100 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  26. 26th October 2003Solve the inequality 2x - 7 > 15.
  27. 27th October 20035 identical notebooks cost £6.00. Work out the cost of 9 of the same notebooks.
  28. 28th October 2003An L-shape is a 17 cm by 20 cm rectangle with a 5 cm by 17 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  29. 29th October 2003A bag holds 2 red, 9 blue and 8 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is green.
  30. 30th October 2003A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 5 with the leaves 0, 3, 4, 5, 7. Work out the median of the five values.
  31. 31st October 2003Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(70) lie?

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