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May 2011 - Foundation 5-a-day

Every Foundation sheet published in May 2011, with answers. Grades 3-4 - securing a Foundation pass: fractions, percentages, angles and the first algebra.

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May 2011

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in May 2011

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  1. 1st May 2011The bearing of B from A is 059°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  2. 2nd May 2011Idris has 4 scores with a mean of 6. Scores 8, 4, 5 are known. Work out the missing score.
  3. 3rd May 2011A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 11, 5, 4 and 11. How many values are in the whole data set?
  4. 4th May 2011Work out 5/6 divided by 1/2. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  5. 5th May 2011The angles in a triangle are 3x°, 2x° and (x + 12)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  6. 6th May 2011£1 is worth 1.24 US dollars. How many US dollars does £440 buy?
  7. 7th May 2011A cuboid measures 9 cm by 12 cm by 7 cm. Work out its volume.
  8. 8th May 2011The probability that it rains tomorrow is 3/4. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  9. 9th May 2011A scatter graph plots a car's engine size and the miles it does per gallon. What type of correlation would you expect?
  10. 10th May 2011A length x is 19 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  11. 11th May 2011A rectangle is x cm wide and 3 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  12. 12th May 2011A recipe for 8 pancakes uses 336 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 15 pancakes?
  13. 13th May 2011Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 116°. Work out the other.
  14. 14th May 2011Using only the digits 1, 6, 4 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  15. 15th May 2011A pie chart shows 10 people. 3 of them chose history. Work out the angle of that sector.
  16. 16th May 2011Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(18) lie?
  17. 17th May 2011Use v = u + at with u = 4, a = 8 and t = 8. Work out v.
  18. 18th May 20118 identical cupcakes cost £6.80. Work out the cost of 6 of the same cupcakes.
  19. 19th May 2011Two of the angles in a triangle are 78° and 45°. Work out the third angle.
  20. 20th May 2011Here are 5 numbers: 23, 29, 29, 17, 17. Work out the mean.
  21. 21st May 2011180 students were asked how they travel. 80 walked, and of those 25 were late. How many walkers were on time?
  22. 22nd May 2011Work out 1/6 divided by 1/3. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  23. 23rd May 2011A sequence has nth term 2n + 10. Work out the 12th term.
  24. 24th May 2011A model of an aircraft is built to a scale of 1 : 100. The real length is 11 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  25. 25th May 2011A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 12 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  26. 26th May 2011Here are seven numbers: 5, 28, 11, 13, 14, 4, 17. Work out the median and the range.
  27. 27th May 2011On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 50 people. A bar is 8 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  28. 28th May 2011A length x is 14.8 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  29. 29th May 2011Solve the inequality 2x + 7 >= 11.
  30. 30th May 2011A 700 g bag of pasta costs £4.55. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  31. 31st May 2011An L-shape is a 15 cm by 15 cm rectangle with a 12 cm by 6 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.

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