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March 2013 - Foundation 5-a-day

Every Foundation sheet published in March 2013, with answers. Grades 3-4 - securing a Foundation pass: fractions, percentages, angles and the first algebra.

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March 2013

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in March 2013

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  1. 1st March 2013A line has equation y = 2x - 4. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  2. 2nd March 2013A recipe for 10 muffins uses 170 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 5 muffins?
  3. 3rd March 2013Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 115°. Work out the other.
  4. 4th March 2013Finlay has 5 scores with a mean of 15. Scores 15, 19, 14, 16 are known. Work out the missing score.
  5. 5th March 2013A pie chart shows 45 people. 15 of them chose French. Work out the angle of that sector.
  6. 6th March 2013A length x is 43 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  7. 7th March 2013The angles in a triangle are 3x°, x° and (x + 90)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  8. 8th March 20138 identical batteries cost £11.60. Work out the cost of 11 of the same batteries.
  9. 9th March 2013Two of the angles in a triangle are 35° and 62°. Work out the third angle.
  10. 10th March 2013The probability that it rains tomorrow is 4/5. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  11. 11th March 2013190 students were asked how they travel. 70 walked, and of those 5 were late. How many walkers were on time?
  12. 12th March 2013Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(24) lie?
  13. 13th March 2013A rectangle is x cm wide and 2 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  14. 14th March 2013A model of a lorry is built to a scale of 1 : 100. The real length is 8 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  15. 15th March 2013A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 6 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  16. 16th March 2013Using only the digits 2, 9, 4 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  17. 17th March 2013On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 2 people. A bar is 6 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  18. 18th March 2013Work out 1/2 divided by 3/7. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  19. 19th March 2013Use v = u + at with u = 6, a = 4 and t = 4. Work out v.
  20. 20th March 2013A 1200 g bag of pasta costs £7.20. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  21. 21st March 2013An L-shape is a 10 cm by 9 cm rectangle with a 7 cm by 4 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  22. 22nd March 2013Here are 6 numbers: 10, 10, 12, 6, 8, 8. Work out the mean.
  23. 23rd March 2013A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 2 with the leaves 0, 2, 4, 5, 7. Work out the median of the five values.
  24. 24th March 2013A length x is 710 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  25. 25th March 2013A sequence has nth term 2n - 9. Work out the 25th term.
  26. 26th March 2013£1 is worth 1.24 US dollars. How many US dollars does £560 buy?
  27. 27th March 2013A cuboid measures 4 cm by 5 cm by 7 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  28. 28th March 2013Here are seven numbers: 8, 22, 13, 2, 17, 5, 28. Work out the median and the range.
  29. 29th March 2013A pie chart shows 36 items. One sector has an angle of 50°. How many items does it represent?
  30. 30th March 2013Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(139) lie?
  31. 31st March 2013Solve the inequality 3x + 8 >= 35.

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