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December 2009 - Foundation 5-a-day

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

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December 2009

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in December 2009

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  1. 1st December 2009Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 80°. Work out the other.
  2. 2nd December 2009A bag holds 8 red, 3 blue and 2 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is red.
  3. 3rd December 2009A pie chart shows 45 people. 31 of them chose art. Work out the angle of that sector.
  4. 4th December 2009A length x is 13.1 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  5. 5th December 2009Simplify 3a + 8b + 8a - 7b.
  6. 6th December 2009A 800 g bag of oats costs £7.20. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  7. 7th December 2009Two of the angles in a triangle are 88° and 48°. Work out the third angle.
  8. 8th December 2009A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
  9. 9th December 2009120 students were asked how they travel. 30 walked, and of those 5 were late. How many walkers were on time?
  10. 10th December 2009Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(42) lie?
  11. 11th December 2009A line has equation y = 4x - 24. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  12. 12th December 2009£1 is worth 1.24 US dollars. How many US dollars does £500 buy?
  13. 13th December 2009A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 11 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  14. 14th December 2009Kwame has 5 scores with a mean of 19. Scores 15, 14, 19, 24 are known. Work out the missing score.
  15. 15th December 2009On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 5 people. A bar is 9 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  16. 16th December 2009Work out 3/5 divided by 1/4. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  17. 17th December 2009The angles in a triangle are 2x°, 2x° and (x + 55)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  18. 18th December 2009A recipe for 6 pancakes uses 270 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 20 pancakes?
  19. 19th December 2009An L-shape is a 15 cm by 12 cm rectangle with a 7 cm by 5 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  20. 20th December 2009The probability that it rains tomorrow is 1/5. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  21. 21st December 2009A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 6 with the leaves 2, 3, 5, 6, 8. Work out the median of the five values.
  22. 22nd December 2009A length x is 17.8 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  23. 23rd December 2009A rectangle is x cm wide and 8 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  24. 24th December 20093 identical pens cost £6.90. Work out the cost of 7 of the same pens.
  25. 25th December 2009A cuboid measures 4 cm by 8 cm by 4 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  26. 26th December 2009Using only the digits 4, 5, 8 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  27. 27th December 2009A pie chart shows 72 items. One sector has an angle of 15°. How many items does it represent?
  28. 28th December 2009Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(80) lie?
  29. 29th December 2009Use v = u + at with u = 15, a = 6 and t = 6. Work out v.
  30. 30th December 2009A model of a bridge is built to a scale of 1 : 20. The real length is 2 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  31. 31st December 2009The point (7, 3) is rotated 180° about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.

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