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August 2012 - Foundation 5-a-day
Every Foundation sheet published in August 2012, with answers. Grades 3-4 - securing a Foundation pass: fractions, percentages, angles and the first algebra.
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Every sheet in August 2012
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 2012In a survey 5 households own 1 car, 6 own 2 cars and 3 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
- 2nd August 2012A length x is 80 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
- 3rd August 2012A line has equation y = 3x - 6. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
- 4th August 2012A recipe for 6 scones uses 126 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 15 scones?
- 5th August 2012The bearing of B from A is 078°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 6th August 2012Musa has 5 scores with a mean of 20. Scores 19, 21, 20, 21 are known. Work out the missing score.
- 7th August 2012A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 8, 2, 6 and 9. How many values are in the whole data set?
- 8th August 2012Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(181) lie?
- 9th August 2012The angles in a triangle are 2x°, x° and (x + 112)°. Form an equation and work out x.
- 10th August 20124 identical batteries cost £4.60. Work out the cost of 9 of the same batteries.
- 11th August 2012A cuboid measures 4 cm by 4 cm by 10 cm. Work out its volume.
- 12th August 2012The probability that it rains tomorrow is 3/8. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
- 13th August 2012A scatter graph plots a runner's time for 100 m and the distance they can throw a ball. What type of correlation would you expect?
- 14th August 2012Work out 2/7 x 8/9. Give your answer in its simplest form.
- 15th August 2012A rectangle is x cm wide and 2 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
- 16th August 2012A model of an aircraft is built to a scale of 1 : 20. The real length is 0.8 m. How long is the model, in cm?
- 17th August 2012Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 58°. Work out the other.
- 18th August 2012Using only the digits 9, 6, 2 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
- 19th August 2012A pie chart shows 10 people. 1 of them chose French. Work out the angle of that sector.
- 20th August 2012A length x is 650 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
- 21st August 2012Use v = u + at with u = 10, a = 4 and t = 2. Work out v.
- 22nd August 2012A 900 g bag of coffee costs £2.25. Work out the cost per 100 g.
- 23rd August 2012Two of the angles in a triangle are 74° and 25°. Work out the third angle.
- 24th August 2012Here are 7 numbers: 15, 12, 7, 11, 13, 10, 9. Work out the mean.
- 25th August 201280 students were asked how they travel. 80 walked, and of those 20 were late. How many walkers were on time?
- 26th August 2012Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(26) lie?
- 27th August 2012A sequence has nth term 5n + 4. Work out the 100th term.
- 28th August 2012£1 is worth 1.08 Swiss francs. How many Swiss francs does £520 buy?
- 29th August 2012A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 5 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 30th August 2012Here are seven numbers: 4, 17, 19, 28, 7, 2, 13. Work out the median and the range.
- 31st August 2012On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 4 people. A bar is 3 squares tall. How many people does it show?