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August 2011 - Foundation 5-a-day

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

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August 2011

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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  1. 1st August 2011On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 5 people. A bar is 7 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  2. 2nd August 2011Work out 4/5 x 1/2. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  3. 3rd August 2011A rectangle is x cm wide and 7 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  4. 4th August 2011£1 is worth 1.85 Australian dollars. How many Australian dollars does £600 buy?
  5. 5th August 2011An L-shape is a 9 cm by 18 cm rectangle with a 4 cm by 14 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  6. 6th August 2011Using only the digits 5, 8, 7 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  7. 7th August 2011A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 4 with the leaves 0, 1, 2, 5, 7. Work out the median of the five values.
  8. 8th August 2011A length x is 120 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  9. 9th August 2011Use v = u + at with u = 15, a = 5 and t = 2. Work out v.
  10. 10th August 2011A recipe for 12 flapjacks uses 228 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 20 flapjacks?
  11. 11th August 2011A cuboid measures 3 cm by 11 cm by 4 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  12. 12th August 2011Here are 5 numbers: 28, 20, 22, 16, 24. Work out the mean.
  13. 13th August 2011A pie chart shows 60 items. One sector has an angle of 36°. How many items does it represent?
  14. 14th August 2011Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(141) lie?
  15. 15th August 2011A sequence has nth term 8n + 8. Work out the 20th term.
  16. 16th August 20114 identical cupcakes cost £5.40. Work out the cost of 11 of the same cupcakes.
  17. 17th August 2011The point (-4, -5) is rotated 90° anticlockwise about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  18. 18th August 2011Here are seven numbers: 14, 22, 11, 13, 19, 4, 28. Work out the median and the range.
  19. 19th August 2011Of 45 students, 16 study French, 17 study German and 8 study both. How many study neither?
  20. 20th August 2011Work out 4/9 divided by 6/9. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  21. 21st August 2011Solve the inequality 3x - 10 >= 2.
  22. 22nd August 2011A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 100. The real length is 11 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  23. 23rd August 2011Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 65°, 84° and 142°. Work out the fourth.
  24. 24th August 2011A bag holds 8 red, 3 blue and 8 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is blue.
  25. 25th August 201190 people were surveyed. 30 were adults, of whom 15 said yes. 30 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  26. 26th August 2011A length x is 9.2 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  27. 27th August 2011Simplify 9a + 5b + 8a - 1b.
  28. 28th August 2011A 900 g bag of coffee costs £4.50. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  29. 29th August 2011A trapezium has parallel sides of 12 cm and 22 cm, 18 cm apart. Work out its area.
  30. 30th August 2011A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
  31. 31st August 2011In a group of 80 students, 30 are boys. 5 boys and 15 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?

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