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January 2017 - Foundation 5-a-day

Every Foundation sheet published in January 2017, with answers. Grades 3-4 - securing a Foundation pass: fractions, percentages, angles and the first algebra.

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January 2017

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in January 2017

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  1. 1st January 2017On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 5 people. A bar is 2 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  2. 2nd January 2017Work out 1/6 divided by 1/3. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  3. 3rd January 2017Use v = u + at with u = 6, a = 5 and t = 2. Work out v.
  4. 4th January 2017£1 is worth 1.24 US dollars. How many US dollars does £300 buy?
  5. 5th January 2017An L-shape is a 19 cm by 12 cm rectangle with a 10 cm by 3 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  6. 6th January 2017Here are 6 numbers: 14, 18, 15, 19, 20, 16. Work out the mean.
  7. 7th January 2017A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 5 with the leaves 0, 3, 6, 7, 8. Work out the median of the five values.
  8. 8th January 2017A length x is 880 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  9. 9th January 2017A sequence has nth term 3n + 11. Work out the 20th term.
  10. 10th January 2017A recipe for 4 flapjacks uses 152 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 20 flapjacks?
  11. 11th January 2017A cuboid measures 3 cm by 3 cm by 12 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  12. 12th January 2017Here are seven numbers: 14, 4, 2, 11, 19, 8, 22. Work out the median and the range.
  13. 13th January 2017A pie chart shows 72 items. One sector has an angle of 35°. How many items does it represent?
  14. 14th January 2017Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(168) lie?
  15. 15th January 2017Solve the inequality 6x + 12 > 36.
  16. 16th January 20175 identical cupcakes cost £5.00. Work out the cost of 6 of the same cupcakes.
  17. 17th January 2017The point (-8, -3) is rotated 90° anticlockwise about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  18. 18th January 2017A bag holds 6 red, 3 blue and 2 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is blue.
  19. 19th January 2017Of 48 students, 25 study French, 20 study German and 10 study both. How many study neither?
  20. 20th January 2017Work out 1/2 x 3/5. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  21. 21st January 2017Simplify 9a + 3b + 2a - 1b.
  22. 22nd January 2017A model of an aircraft is built to a scale of 1 : 25. The real length is 3 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  23. 23rd January 2017Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 110°, 74° and 103°. Work out the fourth.
  24. 24th January 2017A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
  25. 25th January 2017140 people were surveyed. 40 were adults, of whom 20 said yes. 45 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  26. 26th January 2017A length x is 2.1 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  27. 27th January 2017A line has equation y = 4x - 24. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  28. 28th January 2017A 800 g bag of rice costs £6.80. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  29. 29th January 2017A trapezium has parallel sides of 4 cm and 15 cm, 6 cm apart. Work out its area.
  30. 30th January 2017Kwame has 5 scores with a mean of 14. Scores 10, 18, 14, 9 are known. Work out the missing score.
  31. 31st January 2017In a group of 100 students, 60 are boys. 20 boys and 10 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?

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