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January 2009 - Foundation 5-a-day

Every Foundation sheet published in January 2009, with answers. Grades 3-4 - securing a Foundation pass: fractions, percentages, angles and the first algebra.

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January 2009

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in January 2009

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  1. 1st January 2009A scatter graph plots a pupil's height and their score in a spelling test. What type of correlation would you expect?
  2. 2nd January 2009Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(106) lie?
  3. 3rd January 2009Simplify 5a + 8b + 9a - 8b.
  4. 4th January 2009A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 100. The real length is 10 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  5. 5th January 2009Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 69°. Work out the other.
  6. 6th January 2009A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
  7. 7th January 2009A pie chart shows 60 people. 42 of them chose maths. Work out the angle of that sector.
  8. 8th January 2009Work out 2/5 x 1/9. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  9. 9th January 2009A line has equation y = 4x - 4. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  10. 10th January 2009A 1100 g bag of pasta costs £4.40. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  11. 11th January 2009Two of the angles in a triangle are 40° and 65°. Work out the third angle.
  12. 12th January 2009Callum has 5 scores with a mean of 6. Scores 3, 6, 7, 5 are known. Work out the missing score.
  13. 13th January 2009150 students were asked how they travel. 60 walked, and of those 10 were late. How many walkers were on time?
  14. 14th January 2009A length x is 7.7 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  15. 15th January 2009The angles in a triangle are 3x°, 3x° and (x + 54)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  16. 16th January 2009£1 is worth 1.85 Australian dollars. How many Australian dollars does £560 buy?
  17. 17th January 2009A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 7 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  18. 18th January 2009The probability that it rains tomorrow is 11/20. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  19. 19th January 2009On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 5 people. A bar is 3 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  20. 20th January 2009Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(27) lie?
  21. 21st January 2009A rectangle is x cm wide and 3 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  22. 22nd January 2009A recipe for 6 pancakes uses 228 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 20 pancakes?
  23. 23rd January 2009An L-shape is a 12 cm by 19 cm rectangle with a 6 cm by 7 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  24. 24th January 2009Using only the digits 7, 5, 2 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  25. 25th January 2009A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 3 with the leaves 0, 1, 4, 6, 7. Work out the median of the five values.
  26. 26th January 2009Work out 2/6 x 4/5. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  27. 27th January 2009Use v = u + at with u = 7, a = 6 and t = 6. Work out v.
  28. 28th January 20093 identical notebooks cost £1.95. Work out the cost of 8 of the same notebooks.
  29. 29th January 2009A cuboid measures 9 cm by 11 cm by 8 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  30. 30th January 2009Here are 6 numbers: 29, 25, 22, 32, 21, 33. Work out the mean.
  31. 31st January 2009A pie chart shows 30 items. One sector has an angle of 72°. How many items does it represent?

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