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March 2010 - Foundation 5-a-day

Every Foundation sheet published in March 2010, with answers. Grades 3-4 - securing a Foundation pass: fractions, percentages, angles and the first algebra.

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March 2010

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in March 2010

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  1. 1st March 2010A cuboid measures 4 cm by 12 cm by 9 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  2. 2nd March 2010A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  3. 3rd March 2010A pie chart shows 120 items. One sector has an angle of 3°. How many items does it represent?
  4. 4th March 2010A length x is 28 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  5. 5th March 2010A line has equation y = 6x - 24. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  6. 6th March 2010A 1000 g bag of pasta costs £2.50. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  7. 7th March 2010The point (-1, -6) is rotated 180° about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  8. 8th March 2010Jacob has 4 scores with a mean of 6. Scores 8, 5, 4 are known. Work out the missing score.
  9. 9th March 2010Of 56 students, 32 study French, 26 study German and 8 study both. How many study neither?
  10. 10th March 2010Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(17) lie?
  11. 11th March 2010The angles in a triangle are 4x°, x° and (x + 48)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  12. 12th March 2010£1 is worth 1.15 euros. How many euros does £300 buy?
  13. 13th March 2010Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 61°, 89° and 160°. Work out the fourth.
  14. 14th March 2010The probability that it rains tomorrow is 1/2. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  15. 15th March 2010200 people were surveyed. 70 were adults, of whom 15 said yes. 35 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  16. 16th March 2010Work out 4/5 x 1/2. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  17. 17th March 2010A rectangle is x cm wide and 5 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  18. 18th March 2010A recipe for 10 pancakes uses 330 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 20 pancakes?
  19. 19th March 2010A trapezium has parallel sides of 8 cm and 12 cm, 18 cm apart. Work out its area.
  20. 20th March 2010Using only the digits 1, 7, 9, 4 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  21. 21st March 2010In a group of 100 students, 40 are boys. 20 boys and 20 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
  22. 22nd March 2010A length x is 37 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  23. 23rd March 2010Use v = u + at with u = 9, a = 8 and t = 7. Work out v.
  24. 24th March 20103 identical cupcakes cost £7.35. Work out the cost of 7 of the same cupcakes.
  25. 25th March 2010The point (-5, 3) is reflected in the y-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  26. 26th March 2010Here are 5 numbers: 26, 20, 14, 26, 14. Work out the mean.
  27. 27th March 2010In a survey 3 households own 1 car, 8 own 2 cars and 5 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  28. 28th March 2010Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(13) lie?
  29. 29th March 2010A sequence has nth term 6n - 7. Work out the 100th term.
  30. 30th March 2010A model of an aircraft is built to a scale of 1 : 25. The real length is 2 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  31. 31st March 2010The bearing of B from A is 329°. Work out the bearing of A from B.

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