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October 2011 - Foundation 5-a-day

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

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October 2011

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in October 2011

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  1. 1st October 2011A length x is 9.9 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  2. 2nd October 2011Solve the inequality 4x + 12 < 40.
  3. 3rd October 2011£1 is worth 1.08 Swiss francs. How many Swiss francs does £120 buy?
  4. 4th October 2011A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 9 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  5. 5th October 2011A bag holds 7 red, 4 blue and 2 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is red.
  6. 6th October 2011On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 2 people. A bar is 7 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  7. 7th October 2011Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(200) lie?
  8. 8th October 2011Simplify 2a + 6b + 2a - 3b.
  9. 9th October 2011A recipe for 4 muffins uses 136 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 9 muffins?
  10. 10th October 2011An L-shape is a 16 cm by 17 cm rectangle with a 5 cm by 7 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  11. 11th October 2011A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
  12. 12th October 2011A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 6 with the leaves 1, 3, 4, 6, 9. Work out the median of the five values.
  13. 13th October 2011Work out 3/6 divided by 4/5. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  14. 14th October 2011A line has equation y = 3x - 12. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  15. 15th October 20115 identical batteries cost £2.75. Work out the cost of 12 of the same batteries.
  16. 16th October 2011A cuboid measures 8 cm by 4 cm by 5 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  17. 17th October 2011Rhys has 4 scores with a mean of 6. Scores 5, 7, 10 are known. Work out the missing score.
  18. 18th October 2011A pie chart shows 20 items. One sector has an angle of 90°. How many items does it represent?
  19. 19th October 2011A length x is 64 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  20. 20th October 2011The angles in a triangle are 3x°, 2x° and (x + 78)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  21. 21st October 2011A model of an aircraft is built to a scale of 1 : 100. The real length is 12 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  22. 22nd October 2011The point (7, 6) is rotated 90° anticlockwise about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  23. 23rd October 2011The probability that it rains tomorrow is 2/5. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  24. 24th October 2011Of 67 students, 29 study French, 25 study German and 6 study both. How many study neither?
  25. 25th October 2011Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(63) lie?
  26. 26th October 2011A rectangle is x cm wide and 8 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  27. 27th October 2011A 1000 g bag of rice costs £4.50. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  28. 28th October 2011Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 83°, 56° and 85°. Work out the fourth.
  29. 29th October 2011Using only the digits 7, 5, 3 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  30. 30th October 2011200 people were surveyed. 30 were adults, of whom 15 said yes. 50 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  31. 31st October 2011Work out 2/5 x 1/2. Give your answer in its simplest form.

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