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March 2016 - Foundation 5-a-day

Every Foundation sheet published in March 2016, with answers. Grades 3-4 - securing a Foundation pass: fractions, percentages, angles and the first algebra.

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March 2016

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in March 2016

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  1. 1st March 2016140 people were surveyed. 90 were adults, of whom 15 said yes. 25 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  2. 2nd March 2016Work out 2/3 x 6/9. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  3. 3rd March 2016The angles in a triangle are 3x°, 2x° and (x + 12)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  4. 4th March 2016A 700 g bag of pasta costs £4.90. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  5. 5th March 2016A trapezium has parallel sides of 6 cm and 17 cm, 12 cm apart. Work out its area.
  6. 6th March 2016The probability that it rains tomorrow is 1/10. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  7. 7th March 2016In a group of 60 students, 70 are boys. 10 boys and 5 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
  8. 8th March 2016A length x is 4.9 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  9. 9th March 2016A rectangle is x cm wide and 9 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  10. 10th March 2016£1 is worth 1.08 Swiss francs. How many Swiss francs does £160 buy?
  11. 11th March 2016The point (-5, -7) is reflected in the x-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  12. 12th March 2016Using only the digits 8, 4, 9 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  13. 13th March 2016In a survey 2 households own 1 car, 6 own 2 cars and 9 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  14. 14th March 2016Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(153) lie?
  15. 15th March 2016Use v = u + at with u = 4, a = 3 and t = 5. Work out v.
  16. 16th March 2016A recipe for 12 flapjacks uses 504 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 20 flapjacks?
  17. 17th March 2016The bearing of B from A is 303°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  18. 18th March 2016Here are 6 numbers: 9, 7, 17, 15, 16, 8. Work out the mean.
  19. 19th March 2016A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 6, 8, 11 and 4. How many values are in the whole data set?
  20. 20th March 2016Work out 4/5 x 5/9. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  21. 21st March 2016A sequence has nth term 2n + 9. Work out the 25th term.
  22. 22nd March 20165 identical batteries cost £8.00. Work out the cost of 11 of the same batteries.
  23. 23rd March 2016A cuboid measures 9 cm by 15 cm by 3 cm. Work out its volume.
  24. 24th March 2016Here are seven numbers: 11, 25, 5, 13, 17, 2, 4. Work out the median and the range.
  25. 25th March 2016A scatter graph plots rainfall in a week and the number of umbrellas sold. What type of correlation would you expect?
  26. 26th March 2016A length x is 740 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  27. 27th March 2016Solve the inequality 7x - 12 > 86.
  28. 28th March 2016A model of a lorry is built to a scale of 1 : 25. The real length is 2.5 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  29. 29th March 2016Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 102°. Work out the other.
  30. 30th March 2016A bag holds 3 red, 7 blue and 4 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is blue.
  31. 31st March 2016A pie chart shows 72 people. 33 of them chose history. Work out the angle of that sector.

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