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September 2005 - Foundation 5-a-day

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

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September 2005

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in September 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 September 2005Of 55 students, 34 study French, 29 study German and 13 study both. How many study neither?
  2. 2nd September 2005Work out 2/7 divided by 1/3. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  3. 3rd September 2005Simplify 8a + 5b + 6a - 4b.
  4. 4th September 2005£1 is worth 1.24 US dollars. How many US dollars does £140 buy?
  5. 5th September 2005Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 137°, 64° and 87°. Work out the fourth.
  6. 6th September 2005A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
  7. 7th September 2005200 people were surveyed. 80 were adults, of whom 30 said yes. 40 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  8. 8th September 2005A length x is 530 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  9. 9th September 2005A line has equation y = 4x - 4. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  10. 10th September 2005A recipe for 12 pancakes uses 216 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 24 pancakes?
  11. 11th September 2005A trapezium has parallel sides of 12 cm and 18 cm, 14 cm apart. Work out its area.
  12. 12th September 2005Rhys has 4 scores with a mean of 6. Scores 9, 4, 3 are known. Work out the missing score.
  13. 13th September 2005In a group of 60 students, 50 are boys. 10 boys and 5 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
  14. 14th September 2005Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(116) lie?
  15. 15th September 2005The angles in a triangle are 3x°, 2x° and (x + 60)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  16. 16th September 20055 identical notebooks cost £7.75. Work out the cost of 4 of the same notebooks.
  17. 17th September 2005The point (5, 6) is reflected in the y-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  18. 18th September 2005The probability that it rains tomorrow is 1/2. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  19. 19th September 2005In a survey 5 households own 1 car, 3 own 2 cars and 9 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  20. 20th September 2005Work out 1/2 x 1/9. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  21. 21st September 2005A rectangle is x cm wide and 3 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  22. 22nd September 2005A model of an aircraft is built to a scale of 1 : 20. The real length is 2 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  23. 23rd September 2005The bearing of B from A is 241°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  24. 24th September 2005Using only the digits 7, 5, 2, 8 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  25. 25th September 2005A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 12, 3, 8 and 10. How many values are in the whole data set?
  26. 26th September 2005A length x is 2.8 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  27. 27th September 2005Use v = u + at with u = 11, a = 2 and t = 6. Work out v.
  28. 28th September 2005A 1100 g bag of coffee costs £3.85. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  29. 29th September 2005A cuboid measures 13 cm by 15 cm by 10 cm. Work out its volume.
  30. 30th September 2005Here are 7 numbers: 14, 5, 2, 8, 11, 5, 11. Work out the mean.

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