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October 2006 - Foundation 5-a-day

Every Foundation sheet published in October 2006, with answers. Grades 3-4 - securing a Foundation pass: fractions, percentages, angles and the first algebra.

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October 2006

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in October 2006

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  1. 1st October 2006The probability that it rains tomorrow is 7/10. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  2. 2nd October 2006Of 48 students, 28 study French, 26 study German and 8 study both. How many study neither?
  3. 3rd October 2006Work out 6/7 x 5/8. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  4. 4th October 2006A rectangle is x cm wide and 2 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  5. 5th October 2006A recipe for 6 pancakes uses 240 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 3 pancakes?
  6. 6th October 2006Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 130°, 77° and 94°. Work out the fourth.
  7. 7th October 2006Using only the digits 1, 7, 4 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  8. 8th October 2006220 people were surveyed. 40 were adults, of whom 20 said yes. 45 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  9. 9th October 2006A length x is 47 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  10. 10th October 2006Use v = u + at with u = 11, a = 7 and t = 4. Work out v.
  11. 11th October 20068 identical notebooks cost £9.60. Work out the cost of 6 of the same notebooks.
  12. 12th October 2006A trapezium has parallel sides of 8 cm and 10 cm, 12 cm apart. Work out its area.
  13. 13th October 2006Here are 7 numbers: 23, 14, 24, 18, 15, 19, 20. Work out the mean.
  14. 14th October 2006In a group of 70 students, 20 are boys. 10 boys and 15 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
  15. 15th October 2006Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(10) lie?
  16. 16th October 2006A sequence has nth term 9n + 11. Work out the 25th term.
  17. 17th October 2006A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 100. The real length is 11 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  18. 18th October 2006The point (-6, 8) is reflected in the x-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  19. 19th October 2006Here are seven numbers: 11, 14, 17, 5, 28, 2, 4. Work out the median and the range.
  20. 20th October 2006In a survey 9 households own 1 car, 6 own 2 cars and 5 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  21. 21st October 2006Work out 4/7 x 1/2. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  22. 22nd October 2006Solve the inequality 4x + 6 < 38.
  23. 23rd October 2006A 400 g bag of rice costs £2.60. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  24. 24th October 2006The bearing of B from A is 136°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  25. 25th October 2006A bag holds 5 red, 3 blue and 7 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is red.
  26. 26th October 2006A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 2, 7, 10 and 5. How many values are in the whole data set?
  27. 27th October 2006A length x is 10.4 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  28. 28th October 2006Simplify 9a + 2b + 3a - 7b.
  29. 29th October 2006£1 is worth 1.15 euros. How many euros does £460 buy?
  30. 30th October 2006A cuboid measures 12 cm by 5 cm by 11 cm. Work out its volume.
  31. 31st October 2006A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?

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