Daily Practice · Foundation
May 2015 - Foundation 5-a-day
Every Foundation sheet published in May 2015, with answers. Grades 3-4 - securing a Foundation pass: fractions, percentages, angles and the first algebra.
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Every sheet in May 2015
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 2015Work out 2/3 divided by 2/3. Give your answer in its simplest form.
- 2nd May 2015Simplify 8a + 2b + 7a - 8b.
- 3rd May 2015A model of a bridge is built to a scale of 1 : 20. The real length is 0.6 m. How long is the model, in cm?
- 4th May 2015Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 38°. Work out the other.
- 5th May 2015A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 6th May 2015A pie chart shows 72 people. 43 of them chose maths. Work out the angle of that sector.
- 7th May 2015A length x is 6.7 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
- 8th May 2015A line has equation y = 6x - 6. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
- 9th May 2015A 900 g bag of coffee costs £3.15. Work out the cost per 100 g.
- 10th May 2015Two of the angles in a triangle are 63° and 37°. Work out the third angle.
- 11th May 2015Amelia has 4 scores with a mean of 19. Scores 23, 15, 16 are known. Work out the missing score.
- 12th May 2015150 students were asked how they travel. 80 walked, and of those 25 were late. How many walkers were on time?
- 13th May 2015Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(139) lie?
- 14th May 2015The angles in a triangle are 3x°, 3x° and (x + 103)°. Form an equation and work out x.
- 15th May 2015£1 is worth 1.85 Australian dollars. How many Australian dollars does £320 buy?
- 16th May 2015A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 7 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 17th May 2015The probability that it rains tomorrow is 4/5. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
- 18th May 2015On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 2 people. A bar is 5 squares tall. How many people does it show?
- 19th May 2015Work out 4/6 x 6/7. Give your answer in its simplest form.
- 20th May 2015A rectangle is x cm wide and 2 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
- 21st May 2015A recipe for 6 muffins uses 258 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 24 muffins?
- 22nd May 2015An L-shape is a 11 cm by 11 cm rectangle with a 2 cm by 4 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
- 23rd May 2015Using only the digits 8, 9, 3, 2 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
- 24th May 2015A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 3 with the leaves 1, 2, 4, 5, 6. Work out the median of the five values.
- 25th May 2015A length x is 52 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
- 26th May 2015Use v = u + at with u = 12, a = 8 and t = 2. Work out v.
- 27th May 20156 identical batteries cost £2.70. Work out the cost of 5 of the same batteries.
- 28th May 2015A cuboid measures 3 cm by 3 cm by 9 cm. Work out its total surface area.
- 29th May 2015Here are 6 numbers: 23, 24, 22, 32, 34, 33. Work out the mean.
- 30th May 2015A pie chart shows 36 items. One sector has an angle of 80°. How many items does it represent?
- 31st May 2015Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(152) lie?