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May 2009 - Foundation 5-a-day

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

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May 2009

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in May 2009

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  1. 1st May 2009In a survey 8 households own 1 car, 4 own 2 cars and 8 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  2. 2nd May 2009A length x is 870 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  3. 3rd May 2009Solve the inequality 6x - 9 > 51.
  4. 4th May 2009A model of a bridge is built to a scale of 1 : 100. The real length is 7 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  5. 5th May 2009The bearing of B from A is 029°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  6. 6th May 2009A bag holds 8 red, 6 blue and 9 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is green.
  7. 7th May 2009A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 11, 9, 12 and 2. How many values are in the whole data set?
  8. 8th May 2009Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(106) lie?
  9. 9th May 2009Simplify 9a + 7b + 8a - 2b.
  10. 10th May 2009A 800 g bag of pasta costs £5.60. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  11. 11th May 2009A cuboid measures 4 cm by 7 cm by 4 cm. Work out its volume.
  12. 12th May 2009A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
  13. 13th May 2009A scatter graph plots the day of the month and the temperature at noon. What type of correlation would you expect?
  14. 14th May 2009Work out 2/3 x 8/9. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  15. 15th May 2009A line has equation y = 4x - 8. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  16. 16th May 2009£1 is worth 1.15 euros. How many euros does £120 buy?
  17. 17th May 2009Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 107°. Work out the other.
  18. 18th May 2009Oliwia has 5 scores with a mean of 6. Scores 1, 11, 9, 3 are known. Work out the missing score.
  19. 19th May 2009A pie chart shows 45 people. 8 of them chose maths. Work out the angle of that sector.
  20. 20th May 2009A length x is 720 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  21. 21st May 2009The angles in a triangle are 2x°, x° and (x + 48)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  22. 22nd May 2009A recipe for 4 muffins uses 136 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 24 muffins?
  23. 23rd May 2009Two of the angles in a triangle are 89° and 52°. Work out the third angle.
  24. 24th May 2009The probability that it rains tomorrow is 13/20. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  25. 25th May 2009150 students were asked how they travel. 60 walked, and of those 15 were late. How many walkers were on time?
  26. 26th May 2009Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(96) lie?
  27. 27th May 2009A rectangle is x cm wide and 4 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  28. 28th May 20098 identical batteries cost £10.40. Work out the cost of 3 of the same batteries.
  29. 29th May 2009A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 4 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  30. 30th May 2009Using only the digits 9, 8, 4, 7 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  31. 31st May 2009On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 2 people. A bar is 2 squares tall. How many people does it show?

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