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March 2017 - Foundation 5-a-day

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

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March 2017

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in March 2017

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  1. 1st March 2017A bag holds 9 red, 9 blue and 4 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is blue.
  2. 2nd March 201770 students were asked how they travel. 30 walked, and of those 5 were late. How many walkers were on time?
  3. 3rd March 2017A length x is 720 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  4. 4th March 2017Simplify 5a + 3b + 7a - 4b.
  5. 5th March 2017£1 is worth 1.08 Swiss francs. How many Swiss francs does £160 buy?
  6. 6th March 2017A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 8 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  7. 7th March 2017A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
  8. 8th March 2017On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 5 people. A bar is 2 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  9. 9th March 2017Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(62) lie?
  10. 10th March 2017A line has equation y = 4x - 16. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  11. 11th March 2017A recipe for 4 flapjacks uses 88 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 3 flapjacks?
  12. 12th March 2017An L-shape is a 8 cm by 13 cm rectangle with a 2 cm by 8 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  13. 13th March 2017Priya has 4 scores with a mean of 6. Scores 4, 7, 8 are known. Work out the missing score.
  14. 14th March 2017A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 3 with the leaves 0, 1, 2, 7, 9. Work out the median of the five values.
  15. 15th March 2017Work out 1/2 divided by 1/2. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  16. 16th March 2017The angles in a triangle are 2x°, x° and (x + 92)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  17. 17th March 20178 identical notebooks cost £14.40. Work out the cost of 11 of the same notebooks.
  18. 18th March 2017A cuboid measures 2 cm by 5 cm by 5 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  19. 19th March 2017The probability that it rains tomorrow is 7/8. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  20. 20th March 2017A pie chart shows 72 items. One sector has an angle of 50°. How many items does it represent?
  21. 21st March 2017A length x is 73 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  22. 22nd March 2017A rectangle is x cm wide and 4 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  23. 23rd March 2017A model of a bridge is built to a scale of 1 : 100. The real length is 12 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  24. 24th March 2017The point (7, -7) is rotated 90° anticlockwise about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  25. 25th March 2017Using only the digits 1, 8, 9, 2 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  26. 26th March 2017Of 43 students, 22 study French, 20 study German and 13 study both. How many study neither?
  27. 27th March 2017Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(189) lie?
  28. 28th March 2017Use v = u + at with u = 9, a = 2 and t = 3. Work out v.
  29. 29th March 2017A 700 g bag of coffee costs £8.40. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  30. 30th March 2017Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 60°, 111° and 149°. Work out the fourth.
  31. 31st March 2017Here are 5 numbers: 8, 12, 9, 10, 6. Work out the mean.

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