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December 2008 - Foundation 5-a-day

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

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December 2008

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in December 2008

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  1. 1st December 2008Kwame has 5 scores with a mean of 13. Scores 19, 12, 13, 14 are known. Work out the missing score.
  2. 2nd December 2008Of 66 students, 40 study French, 22 study German and 14 study both. How many study neither?
  3. 3rd December 2008Work out 4/9 x 5/7. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  4. 4th December 2008The angles in a triangle are 4x°, 3x° and (x + 92)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  5. 5th December 2008A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 20. The real length is 2.2 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  6. 6th December 2008Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 95°, 123° and 94°. Work out the fourth.
  7. 7th December 2008The probability that it rains tomorrow is 1/5. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  8. 8th December 2008190 people were surveyed. 50 were adults, of whom 5 said yes. 25 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  9. 9th December 2008A length x is 80 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  10. 10th December 2008A rectangle is x cm wide and 2 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  11. 11th December 2008A 500 g bag of rice costs £5.25. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  12. 12th December 2008A trapezium has parallel sides of 14 cm and 22 cm, 12 cm apart. Work out its area.
  13. 13th December 2008Using only the digits 8, 9, 5, 6 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  14. 14th December 2008In a group of 100 students, 30 are boys. 15 boys and 5 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
  15. 15th December 2008Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(11) lie?
  16. 16th December 2008Use v = u + at with u = 3, a = 3 and t = 6. Work out v.
  17. 17th December 2008£1 is worth 1.85 Australian dollars. How many Australian dollars does £220 buy?
  18. 18th December 2008The point (-2, 0) is reflected in the x-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  19. 19th December 2008Here are 5 numbers: 28, 23, 20, 18, 26. Work out the mean.
  20. 20th December 2008In a survey 7 households own 1 car, 2 own 2 cars and 4 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  21. 21st December 2008Work out 2/7 divided by 1/2. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  22. 22nd December 2008A sequence has nth term 2n - 8. Work out the 20th term.
  23. 23rd December 2008A recipe for 12 scones uses 384 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 20 scones?
  24. 24th December 2008The bearing of B from A is 015°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  25. 25th December 2008Here are seven numbers: 8, 22, 17, 11, 7, 4, 13. Work out the median and the range.
  26. 26th December 2008A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 2, 9, 3 and 12. How many values are in the whole data set?
  27. 27th December 2008A length x is 17 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  28. 28th December 2008Solve the inequality 4x - 12 < 40.
  29. 29th December 20085 identical cupcakes cost £6.00. Work out the cost of 6 of the same cupcakes.
  30. 30th December 2008A cuboid measures 11 cm by 4 cm by 13 cm. Work out its volume.
  31. 31st December 2008A bag holds 2 red, 4 blue and 2 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is green.

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