Daily Practice · Foundation
October 2009 - Foundation 5-a-day
Every Foundation sheet published in October 2009, with answers. Grades 3-4 - securing a Foundation pass: fractions, percentages, angles and the first algebra.
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Every sheet in October 2009
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 2009A model of a bridge is built to a scale of 1 : 20. The real length is 2.2 m. How long is the model, in cm?
- 2nd October 2009Two of the angles in a triangle are 41° and 89°. Work out the third angle.
- 3rd October 2009Using only the digits 3, 9, 1, 8 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
- 4th October 2009120 students were asked how they travel. 70 walked, and of those 35 were late. How many walkers were on time?
- 5th October 2009Work out 2/4 divided by 3/8. Give your answer in its simplest form.
- 6th October 2009Use v = u + at with u = 11, a = 4 and t = 6. Work out v.
- 7th October 2009A 500 g bag of rice costs £4.75. Work out the cost per 100 g.
- 8th October 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.
- 9th October 2009Here are 5 numbers: 24, 23, 22, 20, 26. Work out the mean.
- 10th October 2009On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 2 people. A bar is 3 squares tall. How many people does it show?
- 11th October 2009A length x is 15 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
- 12th October 2009A sequence has nth term 6n + 6. Work out the 12th term.
- 13th October 2009£1 is worth 1.08 Swiss francs. How many Swiss francs does £420 buy?
- 14th October 2009An L-shape is a 8 cm by 15 cm rectangle with a 4 cm by 4 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
- 15th October 2009Here are seven numbers: 13, 5, 14, 28, 8, 25, 19. Work out the median and the range.
- 16th October 2009A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 2 with the leaves 0, 1, 4, 5, 8. Work out the median of the five values.
- 17th October 2009Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(208) lie?
- 18th October 2009Solve the inequality 2x + 14 > 20.
- 19th October 2009A recipe for 12 flapjacks uses 540 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 5 flapjacks?
- 20th October 2009A cuboid measures 6 cm by 6 cm by 12 cm. Work out its total surface area.
- 21st October 2009A bag holds 7 red, 8 blue and 3 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is blue.
- 22nd October 2009A pie chart shows 60 items. One sector has an angle of 6°. How many items does it represent?
- 23rd October 2009Work out 2/7 x 2/7. Give your answer in its simplest form.
- 24th October 2009Simplify 2a + 4b + 4a - 2b.
- 25th October 20093 identical batteries cost £4.20. Work out the cost of 2 of the same batteries.
- 26th October 2009The point (3, 6) is rotated 90° clockwise about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
- 27th October 2009A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 28th October 2009Of 53 students, 20 study French, 34 study German and 5 study both. How many study neither?
- 29th October 2009A length x is 49 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
- 30th October 2009A line has equation y = 6x - 30. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
- 31st October 2009A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 25. The real length is 1.25 m. How long is the model, in cm?