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September 2012 - Foundation 5-a-day

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

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September 2012

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in September 2012

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  1. 1st September 2012Work out 3/5 x 1/2. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  2. 2nd September 2012Solve the inequality 2x - 10 > 0.
  3. 3rd September 2012A recipe for 6 scones uses 144 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 5 scones?
  4. 4th September 2012An L-shape is a 20 cm by 18 cm rectangle with a 15 cm by 15 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  5. 5th September 2012A bag holds 8 red, 7 blue and 7 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is red.
  6. 6th September 2012A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 2 with the leaves 2, 3, 6, 8, 9. Work out the median of the five values.
  7. 7th September 2012A length x is 15.4 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  8. 8th September 2012Simplify 7a + 8b + 2a - 1b.
  9. 9th September 20128 identical pens cost £13.60. Work out the cost of 6 of the same pens.
  10. 10th September 2012A cuboid measures 2 cm by 7 cm by 12 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  11. 11th September 2012A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  12. 12th September 2012A pie chart shows 30 items. One sector has an angle of 24°. How many items does it represent?
  13. 13th September 2012Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(108) lie?
  14. 14th September 2012A line has equation y = 2x - 2. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  15. 15th September 2012A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 100. The real length is 6 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  16. 16th September 2012The point (7, 3) is rotated 180° about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  17. 17th September 2012Jacob has 5 scores with a mean of 7. Scores 5, 3, 11, 7 are known. Work out the missing score.
  18. 18th September 2012Of 52 students, 18 study French, 29 study German and 8 study both. How many study neither?
  19. 19th September 2012Work out 3/8 divided by 6/9. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  20. 20th September 2012The angles in a triangle are 4x°, 3x° and (x + 76)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  21. 21st September 2012A 700 g bag of oats costs £2.45. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  22. 22nd September 2012Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 87°, 88° and 116°. Work out the fourth.
  23. 23rd September 2012The probability that it rains tomorrow is 9/10. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  24. 24th September 2012210 people were surveyed. 40 were adults, of whom 20 said yes. 75 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  25. 25th September 2012A length x is 19.1 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  26. 26th September 2012A rectangle is x cm wide and 7 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  27. 27th September 2012£1 is worth 1.24 US dollars. How many US dollars does £200 buy?
  28. 28th September 2012A trapezium has parallel sides of 4 cm and 11 cm, 10 cm apart. Work out its area.
  29. 29th September 2012Using only the digits 9, 5, 4, 7 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  30. 30th September 2012In a group of 50 students, 30 are boys. 5 boys and 10 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?

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