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September 2015 - Foundation 5-a-day

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

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September 2015

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in September 2015

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  1. 1st September 2015The bearing of B from A is 320°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  2. 2nd September 2015A bag holds 8 red, 5 blue and 4 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is red.
  3. 3rd September 2015A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 4, 4, 10 and 8. How many values are in the whole data set?
  4. 4th September 2015Work out 1/5 x 1/2. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  5. 5th September 2015Simplify 7a + 9b + 8a - 1b.
  6. 6th September 2015A 1200 g bag of rice costs £3.60. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  7. 7th September 2015A cuboid measures 15 cm by 8 cm by 9 cm. Work out its volume.
  8. 8th September 2015A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
  9. 9th September 2015A scatter graph plots a person's shoe size and their height. What type of correlation would you expect?
  10. 10th September 2015A length x is 42 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  11. 11th September 2015A line has equation y = 6x - 18. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  12. 12th September 2015£1 is worth 1.08 Swiss francs. How many Swiss francs does £120 buy?
  13. 13th September 2015Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 46°. Work out the other.
  14. 14th September 2015Finlay has 5 scores with a mean of 8. Scores 8, 11, 5, 11 are known. Work out the missing score.
  15. 15th September 2015A pie chart shows 45 people. 22 of them chose science. Work out the angle of that sector.
  16. 16th September 2015Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(167) lie?
  17. 17th September 2015The angles in a triangle are 2x°, x° and (x + 44)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  18. 18th September 2015A recipe for 10 flapjacks uses 320 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 3 flapjacks?
  19. 19th September 2015Two of the angles in a triangle are 65° and 82°. Work out the third angle.
  20. 20th September 2015The probability that it rains tomorrow is 1/4. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  21. 21st September 2015200 students were asked how they travel. 20 walked, and of those 10 were late. How many walkers were on time?
  22. 22nd September 2015Work out 3/5 divided by 1/6. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  23. 23rd September 2015A rectangle is x cm wide and 2 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  24. 24th September 20157 identical notebooks cost £5.95. Work out the cost of 2 of the same notebooks.
  25. 25th September 2015A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 4 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  26. 26th September 2015Using only the digits 2, 8, 1, 5 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  27. 27th September 2015On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 5 people. A bar is 8 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  28. 28th September 2015A length x is 7.2 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  29. 29th September 2015Use v = u + at with u = 3, a = 6 and t = 5. Work out v.
  30. 30th September 2015A model of a lorry is built to a scale of 1 : 20. The real length is 0.8 m. How long is the model, in cm?

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