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May 2005 - Foundation 5-a-day

Every Foundation sheet published in May 2005, with answers. Grades 3-4 - securing a Foundation pass: fractions, percentages, angles and the first algebra.

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May 2005

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in May 2005

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 2005A 700 g bag of oats costs £5.95. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  2. 2nd May 2005A trapezium has parallel sides of 14 cm and 16 cm, 4 cm apart. Work out its area.
  3. 3rd May 2005A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
  4. 4th May 2005In a group of 130 students, 70 are boys. 10 boys and 30 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
  5. 5th May 2005A length x is 15.8 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  6. 6th May 2005A line has equation y = 2x - 2. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  7. 7th May 2005£1 is worth 1.15 euros. How many euros does £40 buy?
  8. 8th May 2005The point (3, -6) is reflected in the x-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  9. 9th May 2005Mia has 5 scores with a mean of 15. Scores 19, 13, 11, 15 are known. Work out the missing score.
  10. 10th May 2005In a survey 6 households own 1 car, 7 own 2 cars and 8 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  11. 11th May 2005Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(79) lie?
  12. 12th May 2005The angles in a triangle are 4x°, x° and (x + 36)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  13. 13th May 2005A recipe for 6 muffins uses 246 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 3 muffins?
  14. 14th May 2005The bearing of B from A is 354°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  15. 15th May 2005The probability that it rains tomorrow is 3/10. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  16. 16th May 2005A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 7, 10, 5 and 4. How many values are in the whole data set?
  17. 17th May 2005Work out 1/3 x 4/9. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  18. 18th May 2005A rectangle is x cm wide and 3 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  19. 19th May 20054 identical cupcakes cost £7.40. Work out the cost of 8 of the same cupcakes.
  20. 20th May 2005A cuboid measures 2 cm by 15 cm by 3 cm. Work out its volume.
  21. 21st May 2005Using only the digits 7, 6, 8 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  22. 22nd May 2005A scatter graph plots the number of hours revised and the test mark. What type of correlation would you expect?
  23. 23rd May 2005A length x is 18.5 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  24. 24th May 2005Use v = u + at with u = 11, a = 2 and t = 3. Work out v.
  25. 25th May 2005A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 100. The real length is 8 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  26. 26th May 2005Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 136°. Work out the other.
  27. 27th May 2005Here are 6 numbers: 8, 11, 18, 15, 7, 19. Work out the mean.
  28. 28th May 2005A pie chart shows 24 people. 15 of them chose French. Work out the angle of that sector.
  29. 29th May 2005Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(148) lie?
  30. 30th May 2005A sequence has nth term 2n + 6. Work out the 20th term.
  31. 31st May 2005A 800 g bag of coffee costs £5.60. Work out the cost per 100 g.

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