Daily Practice · Foundation
October 2014 - Foundation 5-a-day
Every Foundation sheet published in October 2014, with answers. Grades 3-4 - securing a Foundation pass: fractions, percentages, angles and the first algebra.
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The batch download puts all 5 tiers' October 2014 sheets in a single PDF, each tier behind its own divider page - 155 sheets in one file.
Every sheet in October 2014
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 2014A bag holds 6 red, 2 blue and 2 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is red.
- 2nd October 2014In a survey 4 households own 1 car, 5 own 2 cars and 7 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
- 3rd October 2014A length x is 80 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
- 4th October 2014Simplify 9a + 2b + 8a - 6b.
- 5th October 2014A model of an aircraft is built to a scale of 1 : 100. The real length is 9 m. How long is the model, in cm?
- 6th October 2014The bearing of B from A is 168°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 7th October 2014A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 8th October 2014A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 11, 10, 3 and 4. How many values are in the whole data set?
- 9th October 2014Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(76) lie?
- 10th October 2014A line has equation y = 3x - 15. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
- 11th October 2014A 800 g bag of oats costs £9.20. Work out the cost per 100 g.
- 12th October 2014A cuboid measures 5 cm by 5 cm by 6 cm. Work out its volume.
- 13th October 2014Ade has 4 scores with a mean of 11. Scores 13, 16, 6 are known. Work out the missing score.
- 14th October 2014A scatter graph plots how far a lorry has driven and the fuel left in its tank. What type of correlation would you expect?
- 15th October 2014Work out 4/9 x 1/4. Give your answer in its simplest form.
- 16th October 2014The angles in a triangle are 2x°, 2x° and (x + 15)°. Form an equation and work out x.
- 17th October 2014£1 is worth 1.08 Swiss francs. How many Swiss francs does £220 buy?
- 18th October 2014Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 132°. Work out the other.
- 19th October 2014The probability that it rains tomorrow is 3/5. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
- 20th October 2014A pie chart shows 45 people. 35 of them chose history. Work out the angle of that sector.
- 21st October 2014A length x is 320 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
- 22nd October 2014A rectangle is x cm wide and 9 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
- 23rd October 2014A recipe for 6 pancakes uses 108 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 15 pancakes?
- 24th October 2014Two of the angles in a triangle are 52° and 91°. Work out the third angle.
- 25th October 2014Using only the digits 5, 4, 2 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
- 26th October 2014200 students were asked how they travel. 60 walked, and of those 15 were late. How many walkers were on time?
- 27th October 2014Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(82) lie?
- 28th October 2014Use v = u + at with u = 7, a = 8 and t = 2. Work out v.
- 29th October 20148 identical notebooks cost £12.40. Work out the cost of 8 of the same notebooks.
- 30th October 2014A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 6 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 31st October 2014Here are 5 numbers: 26, 16, 19, 23, 21. Work out the mean.