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December 2012 - Foundation 5-a-day

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

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December 2012

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in December 2012

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  1. 1st December 2012Simplify 3a + 8b + 9a - 6b.
  2. 2nd December 2012A recipe for 12 pancakes uses 360 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 3 pancakes?
  3. 3rd December 2012A trapezium has parallel sides of 10 cm and 22 cm, 16 cm apart. Work out its area.
  4. 4th December 2012A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
  5. 5th December 2012In a group of 50 students, 30 are boys. 5 boys and 10 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
  6. 6th December 2012A length x is 83 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  7. 7th December 2012A line has equation y = 4x - 24. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  8. 8th December 20123 identical batteries cost £6.60. Work out the cost of 8 of the same batteries.
  9. 9th December 2012The point (-3, -2) is reflected in the x-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  10. 10th December 2012Bea has 4 scores with a mean of 7. Scores 1, 6, 13 are known. Work out the missing score.
  11. 11th December 2012In a survey 3 households own 1 car, 5 own 2 cars and 9 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  12. 12th December 2012Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(70) lie?
  13. 13th December 2012The angles in a triangle are 3x°, 3x° and (x + 61)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  14. 14th December 2012A model of an aircraft is built to a scale of 1 : 25. The real length is 2 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  15. 15th December 2012The bearing of B from A is 312°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  16. 16th December 2012The probability that it rains tomorrow is 7/8. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  17. 17th December 2012A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 4, 8, 8 and 7. How many values are in the whole data set?
  18. 18th December 2012Work out 3/7 divided by 4/7. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  19. 19th December 2012A rectangle is x cm wide and 3 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  20. 20th December 2012A 500 g bag of rice costs £4.50. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  21. 21st December 2012A cuboid measures 3 cm by 15 cm by 3 cm. Work out its volume.
  22. 22nd December 2012Using only the digits 7, 1, 3 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  23. 23rd December 2012A scatter graph plots how far a lorry has driven and the fuel left in its tank. What type of correlation would you expect?
  24. 24th December 2012A length x is 240 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  25. 25th December 2012Use v = u + at with u = 11, a = 5 and t = 6. Work out v.
  26. 26th December 2012£1 is worth 1.85 Australian dollars. How many Australian dollars does £200 buy?
  27. 27th December 2012Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 99°. Work out the other.
  28. 28th December 2012Here are 6 numbers: 23, 30, 27, 20, 26, 24. Work out the mean.
  29. 29th December 2012A pie chart shows 40 people. 8 of them chose art. Work out the angle of that sector.
  30. 30th December 2012Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(186) lie?
  31. 31st December 2012A sequence has nth term 4n - 1. Work out the 10th term.

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