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May 2004 - Foundation 5-a-day

Every Foundation sheet published in May 2004, with answers. Grades 3-4 - securing a Foundation pass: fractions, percentages, angles and the first algebra.

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May 2004

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in May 2004

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  1. 1st May 2004Two of the angles in a triangle are 26° and 43°. Work out the third angle.
  2. 2nd May 2004The probability that it rains tomorrow is 9/10. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  3. 3rd May 2004170 students were asked how they travel. 60 walked, and of those 30 were late. How many walkers were on time?
  4. 4th May 2004Work out 2/3 x 1/3. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  5. 5th May 2004A rectangle is x cm wide and 8 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  6. 6th May 2004A 600 g bag of pasta costs £2.10. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  7. 7th May 2004A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 5 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  8. 8th May 2004Using only the digits 5, 8, 2, 4 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  9. 9th May 2004On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 20 people. A bar is 8 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  10. 10th May 2004A length x is 11.4 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  11. 11th May 2004Use v = u + at with u = 6, a = 9 and t = 8. Work out v.
  12. 12th May 2004£1 is worth 1.08 Swiss francs. How many Swiss francs does £340 buy?
  13. 13th May 2004An L-shape is a 20 cm by 13 cm rectangle with a 5 cm by 10 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  14. 14th May 2004Here are 7 numbers: 25, 33, 25, 30, 33, 28, 29. Work out the mean.
  15. 15th May 2004A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 4 with the leaves 0, 5, 6, 8, 9. Work out the median of the five values.
  16. 16th May 2004Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(187) lie?
  17. 17th May 2004A sequence has nth term 8n + 11. Work out the 10th term.
  18. 18th May 2004A recipe for 10 pancakes uses 200 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 5 pancakes?
  19. 19th May 2004A cuboid measures 2 cm by 9 cm by 7 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  20. 20th May 2004Here are seven numbers: 4, 5, 2, 17, 7, 22, 14. Work out the median and the range.
  21. 21st May 2004A pie chart shows 30 items. One sector has an angle of 12°. How many items does it represent?
  22. 22nd May 2004Work out 2/4 divided by 1/2. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  23. 23rd May 2004Solve the inequality 8x - 14 >= 66.
  24. 24th May 20045 identical pens cost £11.75. Work out the cost of 7 of the same pens.
  25. 25th May 2004The point (-6, -4) is rotated 90° clockwise about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  26. 26th May 2004A bag holds 5 red, 9 blue and 5 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is green.
  27. 27th May 2004Of 64 students, 27 study French, 34 study German and 10 study both. How many study neither?
  28. 28th May 2004A length x is 52 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  29. 29th May 2004Simplify 5a + 7b + 9a - 5b.
  30. 30th May 2004A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 25. The real length is 1 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  31. 31st May 2004Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 68°, 102° and 101°. Work out the fourth.

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