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September 2008 - Foundation 5-a-day

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

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September 2008

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in September 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 September 2008Two of the angles in a triangle are 30° and 25°. Work out the third angle.
  2. 2nd September 2008A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
  3. 3rd September 2008170 students were asked how they travel. 60 walked, and of those 25 were late. How many walkers were on time?
  4. 4th September 2008Work out 2/3 divided by 2/9. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  5. 5th September 2008A line has equation y = 6x - 18. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  6. 6th September 2008A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 50. The real length is 3 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  7. 7th September 2008A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 6 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  8. 8th September 2008Aisha has 5 scores with a mean of 20. Scores 17, 20, 22, 18 are known. Work out the missing score.
  9. 9th September 2008On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 4 people. A bar is 5 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  10. 10th September 2008A length x is 580 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  11. 11th September 2008The angles in a triangle are 2x°, x° and (x + 132)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  12. 12th September 2008A 500 g bag of rice costs £1.25. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  13. 13th September 2008An L-shape is a 17 cm by 11 cm rectangle with a 11 cm by 4 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  14. 14th September 2008The probability that it rains tomorrow is 1/2. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  15. 15th September 2008A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 4 with the leaves 0, 1, 4, 5, 9. Work out the median of the five values.
  16. 16th September 2008Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(127) lie?
  17. 17th September 2008A rectangle is x cm wide and 2 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  18. 18th September 2008£1 is worth 1.24 US dollars. How many US dollars does £360 buy?
  19. 19th September 2008A cuboid measures 2 cm by 8 cm by 12 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  20. 20th September 2008Using only the digits 4, 1, 9, 6 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  21. 21st September 2008A pie chart shows 20 items. One sector has an angle of 108°. How many items does it represent?
  22. 22nd September 2008Work out 4/5 divided by 7/8. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  23. 23rd September 2008Use v = u + at with u = 9, a = 5 and t = 8. Work out v.
  24. 24th September 2008A recipe for 8 muffins uses 256 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 24 muffins?
  25. 25th September 2008The point (3, 0) is rotated 90° anticlockwise about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  26. 26th September 2008Here are 6 numbers: 16, 10, 14, 17, 20, 13. Work out the mean.
  27. 27th September 2008Of 55 students, 28 study French, 22 study German and 7 study both. How many study neither?
  28. 28th September 2008A length x is 62 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  29. 29th September 2008A sequence has nth term 5n - 8. Work out the 12th term.
  30. 30th September 20085 identical notebooks cost £9.75. Work out the cost of 2 of the same notebooks.

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