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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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May 2015

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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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.

  1. 1st May 2015Work out 2/3 divided by 2/3. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  2. 2nd May 2015Simplify 8a + 2b + 7a - 8b.
  3. 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?
  4. 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.
  5. 5th May 2015A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
  6. 6th May 2015A pie chart shows 72 people. 43 of them chose maths. Work out the angle of that sector.
  7. 7th May 2015A length x is 6.7 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  8. 8th May 2015A line has equation y = 6x - 6. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  9. 9th May 2015A 900 g bag of coffee costs £3.15. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  10. 10th May 2015Two of the angles in a triangle are 63° and 37°. Work out the third angle.
  11. 11th May 2015Amelia has 4 scores with a mean of 19. Scores 23, 15, 16 are known. Work out the missing score.
  12. 12th May 2015150 students were asked how they travel. 80 walked, and of those 25 were late. How many walkers were on time?
  13. 13th May 2015Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(139) lie?
  14. 14th May 2015The angles in a triangle are 3x°, 3x° and (x + 103)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  15. 15th May 2015£1 is worth 1.85 Australian dollars. How many Australian dollars does £320 buy?
  16. 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.
  17. 17th May 2015The probability that it rains tomorrow is 4/5. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  18. 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?
  19. 19th May 2015Work out 4/6 x 6/7. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  20. 20th May 2015A rectangle is x cm wide and 2 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  21. 21st May 2015A recipe for 6 muffins uses 258 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 24 muffins?
  22. 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.
  23. 23rd May 2015Using only the digits 8, 9, 3, 2 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  24. 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.
  25. 25th May 2015A length x is 52 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  26. 26th May 2015Use v = u + at with u = 12, a = 8 and t = 2. Work out v.
  27. 27th May 20156 identical batteries cost £2.70. Work out the cost of 5 of the same batteries.
  28. 28th May 2015A cuboid measures 3 cm by 3 cm by 9 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  29. 29th May 2015Here are 6 numbers: 23, 24, 22, 32, 34, 33. Work out the mean.
  30. 30th May 2015A pie chart shows 36 items. One sector has an angle of 80°. How many items does it represent?
  31. 31st May 2015Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(152) lie?

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