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December 2013 - Foundation 5-a-day

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

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December 2013

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in December 2013

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  1. 1st December 2013A length x is 80 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  2. 2nd December 2013A sequence has nth term 4n + 10. Work out the 25th term.
  3. 3rd December 20136 identical pens cost £9.60. Work out the cost of 3 of the same pens.
  4. 4th December 2013A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 7 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  5. 5th December 2013Here are seven numbers: 2, 4, 25, 14, 19, 8, 28. Work out the median and the range.
  6. 6th December 2013On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 2 people. A bar is 8 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  7. 7th December 2013Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(222) lie?
  8. 8th December 2013Solve the inequality 8x + 9 >= 57.
  9. 9th December 2013A model of an aircraft is built to a scale of 1 : 50. The real length is 2 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  10. 10th December 2013An L-shape is a 17 cm by 12 cm rectangle with a 12 cm by 9 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  11. 11th December 2013A bag holds 9 red, 3 blue and 8 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is red.
  12. 12th December 2013A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 5 with the leaves 0, 2, 4, 7, 9. Work out the median of the five values.
  13. 13th December 2013Work out 3/5 divided by 3/9. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  14. 14th December 2013Simplify 3a + 8b + 3a - 4b.
  15. 15th December 2013A 800 g bag of pasta costs £6.80. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  16. 16th December 2013A cuboid measures 4 cm by 5 cm by 4 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  17. 17th December 2013A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
  18. 18th December 2013A pie chart shows 120 items. One sector has an angle of 24°. How many items does it represent?
  19. 19th December 2013A length x is 74 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  20. 20th December 2013A line has equation y = 3x - 18. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  21. 21st December 2013£1 is worth 1.24 US dollars. How many US dollars does £180 buy?
  22. 22nd December 2013The point (0, -1) is rotated 90° clockwise about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  23. 23rd December 2013Ellis has 5 scores with a mean of 16. Scores 19, 11, 13, 16 are known. Work out the missing score.
  24. 24th December 2013Of 58 students, 19 study French, 43 study German and 14 study both. How many study neither?
  25. 25th December 2013Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(11) lie?
  26. 26th December 2013The angles in a triangle are 4x°, 2x° and (x + 33)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  27. 27th December 2013A recipe for 8 muffins uses 208 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 5 muffins?
  28. 28th December 2013Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 104°, 101° and 30°. Work out the fourth.
  29. 29th December 2013The probability that it rains tomorrow is 3/4. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  30. 30th December 2013100 people were surveyed. 40 were adults, of whom 5 said yes. 10 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  31. 31st December 2013Work out 7/9 x 4/6. Give your answer in its simplest form.

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