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October 2010 - Foundation 5-a-day

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

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October 2010

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in October 2010

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  1. 1st October 2010A line has equation y = 2x - 12. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  2. 2nd October 2010A 700 g bag of pasta costs £1.75. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  3. 3rd October 2010A trapezium has parallel sides of 11 cm and 18 cm, 8 cm apart. Work out its area.
  4. 4th October 2010Amelia has 5 scores with a mean of 18. Scores 21, 15, 18, 16 are known. Work out the missing score.
  5. 5th October 2010In a group of 140 students, 50 are boys. 20 boys and 30 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
  6. 6th October 2010A length x is 3.6 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  7. 7th October 2010The angles in a triangle are 3x°, 3x° and (x + 19)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  8. 8th October 2010£1 is worth 1.08 Swiss francs. How many Swiss francs does £120 buy?
  9. 9th October 2010The point (6, -8) is reflected in the y-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  10. 10th October 2010The probability that it rains tomorrow is 3/4. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  11. 11th October 2010In a survey 9 households own 1 car, 5 own 2 cars and 5 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  12. 12th October 2010Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(27) lie?
  13. 13th October 2010A rectangle is x cm wide and 7 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  14. 14th October 2010A recipe for 8 scones uses 344 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 20 scones?
  15. 15th October 2010The bearing of B from A is 146°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  16. 16th October 2010Using only the digits 2, 8, 9 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  17. 17th October 2010A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 11, 5, 7 and 5. How many values are in the whole data set?
  18. 18th October 2010Work out 5/6 divided by 6/7. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  19. 19th October 2010Use v = u + at with u = 15, a = 5 and t = 7. Work out v.
  20. 20th October 20106 identical notebooks cost £13.50. Work out the cost of 8 of the same notebooks.
  21. 21st October 2010A cuboid measures 8 cm by 4 cm by 15 cm. Work out its volume.
  22. 22nd October 2010Here are 5 numbers: 30, 26, 31, 28, 25. Work out the mean.
  23. 23rd October 2010A scatter graph plots a house's floor area and its asking price. What type of correlation would you expect?
  24. 24th October 2010A length x is 73 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  25. 25th October 2010A sequence has nth term 5n + 8. Work out the 12th term.
  26. 26th October 2010A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 100. The real length is 4 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  27. 27th October 2010Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 81°. Work out the other.
  28. 28th October 2010Here are seven numbers: 13, 8, 19, 17, 2, 4, 22. Work out the median and the range.
  29. 29th October 2010A pie chart shows 90 people. 36 of them chose science. Work out the angle of that sector.
  30. 30th October 2010Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(138) lie?
  31. 31st October 2010Solve the inequality 4x + 15 < 39.

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