Daily Practice · Foundation

May 2016 - Foundation 5-a-day

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

← Today's Foundation sheet

May 2016

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

Printing for a group?

The batch download puts all 5 tiers' May 2016 sheets in a single PDF, each tier behind its own divider page - 155 sheets in one file.

Every sheet in May 2016

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 2016A length x is 54 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  2. 2nd May 2016A sequence has nth term 9n - 8. Work out the 12th term.
  3. 3rd May 2016A 900 g bag of oats costs £2.25. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  4. 4th May 2016Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 89°, 108° and 77°. Work out the fourth.
  5. 5th May 2016Here are seven numbers: 28, 25, 22, 2, 8, 5, 13. Work out the median and the range.
  6. 6th May 2016180 people were surveyed. 60 were adults, of whom 25 said yes. 40 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  7. 7th May 2016Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(56) lie?
  8. 8th May 2016Solve the inequality 7x - 2 <= 40.
  9. 9th May 2016£1 is worth 1.24 US dollars. How many US dollars does £580 buy?
  10. 10th May 2016A trapezium has parallel sides of 8 cm and 16 cm, 10 cm apart. Work out its area.
  11. 11th May 2016A bag holds 2 red, 4 blue and 4 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is blue.
  12. 12th May 2016In a group of 70 students, 50 are boys. 5 boys and 10 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
  13. 13th May 2016Work out 5/9 divided by 2/4. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  14. 14th May 2016Simplify 5a + 7b + 4a - 7b.
  15. 15th May 2016A recipe for 4 muffins uses 176 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 9 muffins?
  16. 16th May 2016The point (-2, -2) is reflected in the x-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  17. 17th May 2016A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  18. 18th May 2016In a survey 2 households own 1 car, 7 own 2 cars and 3 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  19. 19th May 2016A length x is 17.1 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  20. 20th May 2016A line has equation y = 2x - 10. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  21. 21st May 20164 identical batteries cost £9.60. Work out the cost of 10 of the same batteries.
  22. 22nd May 2016The bearing of B from A is 177°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  23. 23rd May 2016Jacob has 4 scores with a mean of 12. Scores 11, 7, 13 are known. Work out the missing score.
  24. 24th May 2016A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 10, 3, 11 and 9. How many values are in the whole data set?
  25. 25th May 2016Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(177) lie?
  26. 26th May 2016The angles in a triangle are 4x°, 3x° and (x + 76)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  27. 27th May 2016A model of an aircraft is built to a scale of 1 : 50. The real length is 1.5 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  28. 28th May 2016A cuboid measures 5 cm by 14 cm by 7 cm. Work out its volume.
  29. 29th May 2016The probability that it rains tomorrow is 1/8. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  30. 30th May 2016A scatter graph plots a phone's age and its resale value. What type of correlation would you expect?
  31. 31st May 2016Work out 4/5 x 5/6. Give your answer in its simplest form.

The same month at another level