Daily Practice · Foundation
May 2012 - Foundation 5-a-day
Every Foundation sheet published in May 2012, with answers. Grades 3-4 - securing a Foundation pass: fractions, percentages, angles and the first algebra.
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Every sheet in May 2012
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 2012A cuboid measures 7 cm by 2 cm by 7 cm. Work out its total surface area.
- 2nd May 2012A bag holds 9 red, 3 blue and 2 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is green.
- 3rd May 2012A pie chart shows 90 items. One sector has an angle of 16°. How many items does it represent?
- 4th May 2012A length x is 300 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
- 5th May 2012Simplify 6a + 2b + 6a - 2b.
- 6th May 2012A recipe for 6 pancakes uses 126 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 3 pancakes?
- 7th May 2012The point (-7, 4) is rotated 180° about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
- 8th May 2012A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 9th May 2012Of 47 students, 32 study French, 14 study German and 3 study both. How many study neither?
- 10th May 2012Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(148) lie?
- 11th May 2012A line has equation y = 5x - 25. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
- 12th May 20128 identical pens cost £18.40. Work out the cost of 2 of the same pens.
- 13th May 2012Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 130°, 61° and 76°. Work out the fourth.
- 14th May 2012Idris has 4 scores with a mean of 7. Scores 8, 6, 13 are known. Work out the missing score.
- 15th May 2012120 people were surveyed. 40 were adults, of whom 20 said yes. 20 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
- 16th May 2012Work out 8/9 x 1/3. Give your answer in its simplest form.
- 17th May 2012The angles in a triangle are 4x°, x° and (x + 36)°. Form an equation and work out x.
- 18th May 2012A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 50. The real length is 1.5 m. How long is the model, in cm?
- 19th May 2012A trapezium has parallel sides of 8 cm and 17 cm, 8 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 20th May 2012The probability that it rains tomorrow is 1/2. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
- 21st May 2012In a group of 130 students, 30 are boys. 15 boys and 5 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
- 22nd May 2012A length x is 85 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
- 23rd May 2012A rectangle is x cm wide and 5 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
- 24th May 2012A 900 g bag of oats costs £4.95. Work out the cost per 100 g.
- 25th May 2012The point (-1, -8) is reflected in the y-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.
- 26th May 2012Using only the digits 4, 8, 3, 9 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
- 27th May 2012In a survey 9 households own 1 car, 2 own 2 cars and 7 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
- 28th May 2012Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(13) lie?
- 29th May 2012Use v = u + at with u = 11, a = 2 and t = 4. Work out v.
- 30th May 2012£1 is worth 1.85 Australian dollars. How many Australian dollars does £140 buy?
- 31st May 2012The bearing of B from A is 314°. Work out the bearing of A from B.