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December 2003 - Foundation 5-a-day

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

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December 2003

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in December 2003

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  1. 1st December 2003A sequence has nth term 6n - 1. Work out the 20th term.
  2. 2nd December 2003A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 50. The real length is 2 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  3. 3rd December 2003The bearing of B from A is 020°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  4. 4th December 2003Here are seven numbers: 13, 2, 5, 4, 14, 8, 19. Work out the median and the range.
  5. 5th December 2003A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 4, 12, 7 and 2. How many values are in the whole data set?
  6. 6th December 2003Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(165) lie?
  7. 7th December 2003Solve the inequality 5x + 7 < 27.
  8. 8th December 2003A 600 g bag of rice costs £3.00. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  9. 9th December 2003A cuboid measures 9 cm by 7 cm by 8 cm. Work out its volume.
  10. 10th December 2003A bag holds 6 red, 3 blue and 8 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is green.
  11. 11th December 2003A scatter graph plots a phone's age and its resale value. What type of correlation would you expect?
  12. 12th December 2003Work out 1/2 divided by 2/3. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  13. 13th December 2003Simplify 7a + 8b + 8a - 9b.
  14. 14th December 2003£1 is worth 1.24 US dollars. How many US dollars does £520 buy?
  15. 15th December 2003Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 64°. Work out the other.
  16. 16th December 2003A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
  17. 17th December 2003A pie chart shows 40 people. 27 of them chose French. Work out the angle of that sector.
  18. 18th December 2003A length x is 820 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  19. 19th December 2003A line has equation y = 2x - 2. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  20. 20th December 2003A recipe for 12 muffins uses 504 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 5 muffins?
  21. 21st December 2003Two of the angles in a triangle are 80° and 39°. Work out the third angle.
  22. 22nd December 2003Rhys has 4 scores with a mean of 10. Scores 14, 13, 7 are known. Work out the missing score.
  23. 23rd December 2003100 students were asked how they travel. 30 walked, and of those 5 were late. How many walkers were on time?
  24. 24th December 2003Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(27) lie?
  25. 25th December 2003The angles in a triangle are 2x°, 3x° and (x + 120)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  26. 26th December 20036 identical pens cost £6.90. Work out the cost of 9 of the same pens.
  27. 27th December 2003A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 8 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  28. 28th December 2003The probability that it rains tomorrow is 1/2. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  29. 29th December 2003On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 4 people. A bar is 8 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  30. 30th December 2003Work out 3/5 divided by 5/8. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  31. 31st December 2003A rectangle is x cm wide and 5 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.

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