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August 2008 - Foundation 5-a-day

Every Foundation sheet published in August 2008, with answers. Grades 3-4 - securing a Foundation pass: fractions, percentages, angles and the first algebra.

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August 2008

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in August 2008

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st August 20088 identical notebooks cost £15.60. Work out the cost of 10 of the same notebooks.
  2. 2nd August 2008A trapezium has parallel sides of 7 cm and 17 cm, 6 cm apart. Work out its area.
  3. 3rd August 2008The probability that it rains tomorrow is 3/4. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  4. 4th August 2008In a group of 90 students, 30 are boys. 15 boys and 30 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
  5. 5th August 2008A length x is 600 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  6. 6th August 2008A rectangle is x cm wide and 3 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  7. 7th August 2008A model of a lorry is built to a scale of 1 : 100. The real length is 9 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  8. 8th August 2008The point (-7, 5) is reflected in the y-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  9. 9th August 2008Using only the digits 2, 6, 7, 5 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  10. 10th August 2008In a survey 3 households own 1 car, 8 own 2 cars and 4 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  11. 11th August 2008Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(47) lie?
  12. 12th August 2008Use v = u + at with u = 11, a = 9 and t = 8. Work out v.
  13. 13th August 2008A 900 g bag of coffee costs £5.85. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  14. 14th August 2008The bearing of B from A is 119°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  15. 15th August 2008Here are 5 numbers: 25, 21, 19, 17, 23. Work out the mean.
  16. 16th August 2008A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 4, 6, 12 and 8. How many values are in the whole data set?
  17. 17th August 2008Work out 1/5 divided by 5/6. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  18. 18th August 2008A sequence has nth term 8n + 9. Work out the 10th term.
  19. 19th August 2008£1 is worth 1.85 Australian dollars. How many Australian dollars does £100 buy?
  20. 20th August 2008A cuboid measures 13 cm by 12 cm by 12 cm. Work out its volume.
  21. 21st August 2008Here are seven numbers: 5, 25, 28, 4, 7, 8, 22. Work out the median and the range.
  22. 22nd August 2008A scatter graph plots a person's shoe size and their height. What type of correlation would you expect?
  23. 23rd August 2008A length x is 730 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  24. 24th August 2008Solve the inequality 6x + 10 < 58.
  25. 25th August 2008A recipe for 8 pancakes uses 272 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 3 pancakes?
  26. 26th August 2008Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 64°. Work out the other.
  27. 27th August 2008A bag holds 4 red, 5 blue and 4 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is green.
  28. 28th August 2008A pie chart shows 90 people. 27 of them chose maths. Work out the angle of that sector.
  29. 29th August 2008Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(15) lie?
  30. 30th August 2008Simplify 8a + 9b + 6a - 9b.
  31. 31st August 20085 identical pens cost £11.75. Work out the cost of 2 of the same pens.

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