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March 2012 - Foundation 5-a-day

Every Foundation sheet published in March 2012, with answers. Grades 3-4 - securing a Foundation pass: fractions, percentages, angles and the first algebra.

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March 2012

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in March 2012

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  1. 1st March 2012£1 is worth 1.24 US dollars. How many US dollars does £220 buy?
  2. 2nd March 2012The point (-2, -8) is rotated 180° about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  3. 3rd March 2012Using only the digits 4, 5, 9 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  4. 4th March 2012Of 56 students, 35 study French, 25 study German and 11 study both. How many study neither?
  5. 5th March 2012Work out 4/5 divided by 1/2. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  6. 6th March 2012Use v = u + at with u = 13, a = 2 and t = 8. Work out v.
  7. 7th March 2012A recipe for 6 pancakes uses 108 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 20 pancakes?
  8. 8th March 2012Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 136°, 106° and 66°. Work out the fourth.
  9. 9th March 2012Here are 6 numbers: 14, 18, 12, 20, 16, 22. Work out the mean.
  10. 10th March 2012190 people were surveyed. 90 were adults, of whom 15 said yes. 30 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  11. 11th March 2012A length x is 220 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  12. 12th March 2012A sequence has nth term 3n + 5. Work out the 50th term.
  13. 13th March 20128 identical batteries cost £8.40. Work out the cost of 12 of the same batteries.
  14. 14th March 2012A trapezium has parallel sides of 8 cm and 18 cm, 8 cm apart. Work out its area.
  15. 15th March 2012Here are seven numbers: 25, 22, 13, 5, 11, 7, 17. Work out the median and the range.
  16. 16th March 2012In a group of 120 students, 40 are boys. 10 boys and 35 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
  17. 17th March 2012Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(118) lie?
  18. 18th March 2012Solve the inequality 7x + 8 > 99.
  19. 19th March 2012A model of a lorry is built to a scale of 1 : 50. The real length is 4 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  20. 20th March 2012The point (-6, -1) is reflected in the x-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  21. 21st March 2012A bag holds 7 red, 2 blue and 4 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is green.
  22. 22nd March 2012In a survey 5 households own 1 car, 3 own 2 cars and 7 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  23. 23rd March 2012Work out 5/7 divided by 5/6. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  24. 24th March 2012Simplify 9a + 5b + 4a - 7b.
  25. 25th March 2012A 300 g bag of oats costs £2.25. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  26. 26th March 2012The bearing of B from A is 142°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  27. 27th March 2012A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  28. 28th March 2012A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 5, 6, 12 and 3. How many values are in the whole data set?
  29. 29th March 2012A length x is 50 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  30. 30th March 2012A line has equation y = 2x - 6. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  31. 31st March 2012£1 is worth 1.08 Swiss francs. How many Swiss francs does £300 buy?

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