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August 2009 - Foundation 5-a-day

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

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August 2009

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in August 2009

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  1. 1st August 2009Simplify 2a + 8b + 7a - 7b.
  2. 2nd August 2009A model of an aircraft is built to a scale of 1 : 20. The real length is 1.4 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  3. 3rd August 2009A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 10 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  4. 4th August 2009A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
  5. 5th August 2009On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 5 people. A bar is 3 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  6. 6th August 2009Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(159) lie?
  7. 7th August 2009A line has equation y = 4x - 24. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  8. 8th August 2009A 1100 g bag of coffee costs £11.55. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  9. 9th August 2009An L-shape is a 16 cm by 20 cm rectangle with a 13 cm by 14 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  10. 10th August 2009Callum has 5 scores with a mean of 7. Scores 1, 7, 3, 11 are known. Work out the missing score.
  11. 11th August 2009A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 2 with the leaves 1, 2, 3, 8, 9. Work out the median of the five values.
  12. 12th August 2009Work out 1/9 divided by 5/9. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  13. 13th August 2009The angles in a triangle are 3x°, 2x° and (x + 60)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  14. 14th August 2009£1 is worth 1.85 Australian dollars. How many Australian dollars does £400 buy?
  15. 15th August 2009A cuboid measures 10 cm by 3 cm by 9 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  16. 16th August 2009The probability that it rains tomorrow is 1/4. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  17. 17th August 2009A pie chart shows 20 items. One sector has an angle of 216°. How many items does it represent?
  18. 18th August 2009A length x is 570 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  19. 19th August 2009A rectangle is x cm wide and 3 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  20. 20th August 2009A recipe for 6 muffins uses 162 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 20 muffins?
  21. 21st August 2009The point (-6, -5) is rotated 180° about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  22. 22nd August 2009Using only the digits 7, 8, 4 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  23. 23rd August 2009Of 40 students, 24 study French, 23 study German and 11 study both. How many study neither?
  24. 24th August 2009Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(109) lie?
  25. 25th August 2009Use v = u + at with u = 10, a = 2 and t = 8. Work out v.
  26. 26th August 20094 identical batteries cost £5.40. Work out the cost of 10 of the same batteries.
  27. 27th August 2009Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 40°, 105° and 72°. Work out the fourth.
  28. 28th August 2009Here are 7 numbers: 17, 22, 22, 23, 12, 11, 12. Work out the mean.
  29. 29th August 2009210 people were surveyed. 30 were adults, of whom 10 said yes. 20 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  30. 30th August 2009Work out 3/4 divided by 5/9. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  31. 31st August 2009A sequence has nth term 7n - 9. Work out the 25th term.

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