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September 2010 - Foundation 5-a-day

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

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September 2010

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in September 2010

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  1. 1st September 2010A rectangle is x cm wide and 4 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  2. 2nd September 2010A 300 g bag of pasta costs £1.65. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  3. 3rd September 2010A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 7 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  4. 4th September 2010Using only the digits 8, 1, 4, 2 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  5. 5th September 2010On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 5 people. A bar is 6 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  6. 6th September 2010Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(41) lie?
  7. 7th September 2010Use v = u + at with u = 14, a = 2 and t = 4. Work out v.
  8. 8th September 2010£1 is worth 1.24 US dollars. How many US dollars does £240 buy?
  9. 9th September 2010An L-shape is a 10 cm by 15 cm rectangle with a 4 cm by 6 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  10. 10th September 2010Here are 6 numbers: 21, 22, 19, 12, 15, 13. Work out the mean.
  11. 11th September 2010A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 4 with the leaves 0, 2, 4, 5, 6. Work out the median of the five values.
  12. 12th September 2010Work out 2/8 x 2/3. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  13. 13th September 2010A sequence has nth term 4n - 4. Work out the 20th term.
  14. 14th September 2010A recipe for 10 scones uses 360 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 9 scones?
  15. 15th September 2010A cuboid measures 11 cm by 5 cm by 8 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  16. 16th September 2010Here are seven numbers: 28, 17, 8, 5, 25, 22, 19. Work out the median and the range.
  17. 17th September 2010A pie chart shows 120 items. One sector has an angle of 6°. How many items does it represent?
  18. 18th September 2010A length x is 64 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  19. 19th September 2010Solve the inequality 7x + 9 < 30.
  20. 20th September 20108 identical cupcakes cost £16.40. Work out the cost of 4 of the same cupcakes.
  21. 21st September 2010The point (-2, -2) is rotated 90° clockwise about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  22. 22nd September 2010A bag holds 3 red, 6 blue and 9 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is green.
  23. 23rd September 2010Of 66 students, 17 study French, 33 study German and 3 study both. How many study neither?
  24. 24th September 2010Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(48) lie?
  25. 25th September 2010Simplify 3a + 8b + 2a - 8b.
  26. 26th September 2010A model of an aircraft is built to a scale of 1 : 20. The real length is 1.6 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  27. 27th September 2010Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 135°, 118° and 69°. Work out the fourth.
  28. 28th September 2010A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  29. 29th September 201080 people were surveyed. 60 were adults, of whom 30 said yes. 5 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  30. 30th September 2010Work out 3/8 x 2/3. Give your answer in its simplest form.

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