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January 2015 - Foundation 5-a-day

Every Foundation sheet published in January 2015, with answers. Grades 3-4 - securing a Foundation pass: fractions, percentages, angles and the first algebra.

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January 2015

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in January 2015

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  1. 1st January 2015A length x is 640 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  2. 2nd January 2015A line has equation y = 6x - 18. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  3. 3rd January 2015A model of an aircraft is built to a scale of 1 : 20. The real length is 1.2 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  4. 4th January 2015A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 6 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  5. 5th January 2015Erin has 5 scores with a mean of 16. Scores 21, 11, 16, 11 are known. Work out the missing score.
  6. 6th January 2015On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 50 people. A bar is 9 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  7. 7th January 2015Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(105) lie?
  8. 8th January 2015The angles in a triangle are 3x°, x° and (x + 90)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  9. 9th January 2015A 800 g bag of pasta costs £5.60. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  10. 10th January 2015An L-shape is a 19 cm by 12 cm rectangle with a 6 cm by 7 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  11. 11th January 2015The probability that it rains tomorrow is 3/5. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  12. 12th January 2015A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 3 with the leaves 1, 3, 4, 5, 8. Work out the median of the five values.
  13. 13th January 2015Work out 3/6 divided by 1/5. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  14. 14th January 2015A rectangle is x cm wide and 8 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  15. 15th January 2015£1 is worth 1.24 US dollars. How many US dollars does £120 buy?
  16. 16th January 2015A cuboid measures 3 cm by 9 cm by 10 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  17. 17th January 2015Using only the digits 5, 3, 9, 1 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  18. 18th January 2015A pie chart shows 30 items. One sector has an angle of 60°. How many items does it represent?
  19. 19th January 2015A length x is 33 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  20. 20th January 2015Use v = u + at with u = 10, a = 6 and t = 3. Work out v.
  21. 21st January 2015A recipe for 10 flapjacks uses 220 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 5 flapjacks?
  22. 22nd January 2015The point (0, -6) is rotated 180° about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  23. 23rd January 2015Here are 7 numbers: 9, 18, 12, 21, 14, 16, 15. Work out the mean.
  24. 24th January 2015Of 61 students, 18 study French, 32 study German and 3 study both. How many study neither?
  25. 25th January 2015Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(59) lie?
  26. 26th January 2015A sequence has nth term 4n - 8. Work out the 25th term.
  27. 27th January 20155 identical cupcakes cost £9.75. Work out the cost of 10 of the same cupcakes.
  28. 28th January 2015Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 58°, 135° and 105°. Work out the fourth.
  29. 29th January 2015Here are seven numbers: 13, 4, 17, 2, 14, 25, 28. Work out the median and the range.
  30. 30th January 2015140 people were surveyed. 50 were adults, of whom 15 said yes. 30 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  31. 31st January 2015Work out 2/3 divided by 2/4. Give your answer in its simplest form.

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