Daily Practice · Foundation
March 2009 - Foundation 5-a-day
Every Foundation sheet published in March 2009, with answers. Grades 3-4 - securing a Foundation pass: fractions, percentages, angles and the first algebra.
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Every sheet in March 2009
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 2009The probability that it rains tomorrow is 1/2. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
- 2nd March 2009A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 5, 6, 7 and 9. How many values are in the whole data set?
- 3rd March 2009Work out 5/6 x 1/2. Give your answer in its simplest form.
- 4th March 2009A rectangle is x cm wide and 5 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
- 5th March 2009A model of a lorry is built to a scale of 1 : 25. The real length is 2 m. How long is the model, in cm?
- 6th March 2009A cuboid measures 5 cm by 8 cm by 3 cm. Work out its volume.
- 7th March 2009Using only the digits 2, 1, 3, 4 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
- 8th March 2009A scatter graph plots the temperature outside and the number of hot drinks sold. What type of correlation would you expect?
- 9th March 2009A length x is 220 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
- 10th March 2009Use v = u + at with u = 4, a = 3 and t = 2. Work out v.
- 11th March 2009A 400 g bag of rice costs £2.00. Work out the cost per 100 g.
- 12th March 2009Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 93°. Work out the other.
- 13th March 2009Here are 6 numbers: 10, 16, 12, 18, 18, 10. Work out the mean.
- 14th March 2009A pie chart shows 90 people. 21 of them chose science. Work out the angle of that sector.
- 15th March 2009Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(175) lie?
- 16th March 2009A sequence has nth term 5n - 3. Work out the 25th term.
- 17th March 2009£1 is worth 1.15 euros. How many euros does £160 buy?
- 18th March 2009Two of the angles in a triangle are 34° and 115°. Work out the third angle.
- 19th March 2009Here are seven numbers: 13, 25, 22, 19, 4, 8, 14. Work out the median and the range.
- 20th March 2009110 students were asked how they travel. 30 walked, and of those 5 were late. How many walkers were on time?
- 21st March 2009Work out 2/3 divided by 2/9. Give your answer in its simplest form.
- 22nd March 2009Solve the inequality 2x + 14 <= 20.
- 23rd March 2009A recipe for 6 scones uses 270 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 15 scones?
- 24th March 2009A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 8 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 25th March 2009A bag holds 6 red, 6 blue and 4 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is red.
- 26th March 2009On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 20 people. A bar is 4 squares tall. How many people does it show?
- 27th March 2009A length x is 15 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
- 28th March 2009Simplify 8a + 9b + 9a - 7b.
- 29th March 20095 identical batteries cost £8.50. Work out the cost of 11 of the same batteries.
- 30th March 2009An L-shape is a 10 cm by 13 cm rectangle with a 3 cm by 9 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
- 31st March 2009A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?