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May 2017 - Foundation 5-a-day

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

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May 2017

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in May 2017

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  1. 1st May 2017A pie chart shows 72 people. 23 of them chose art. Work out the angle of that sector.
  2. 2nd May 2017Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(192) lie?
  3. 3rd May 2017A rectangle is x cm wide and 3 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  4. 4th May 2017£1 is worth 1.15 euros. How many euros does £540 buy?
  5. 5th May 2017Two of the angles in a triangle are 80° and 45°. Work out the third angle.
  6. 6th May 2017Using only the digits 6, 5, 2, 3 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  7. 7th May 201770 students were asked how they travel. 40 walked, and of those 10 were late. How many walkers were on time?
  8. 8th May 2017Work out 6/7 divided by 1/2. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  9. 9th May 2017Use v = u + at with u = 12, a = 8 and t = 7. Work out v.
  10. 10th May 2017A recipe for 8 muffins uses 136 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 5 muffins?
  11. 11th May 2017A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 11 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  12. 12th May 2017Here are 6 numbers: 22, 19, 18, 25, 15, 21. Work out the mean.
  13. 13th May 2017On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 20 people. A bar is 9 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  14. 14th May 2017A length x is 19.9 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  15. 15th May 2017A sequence has nth term 8n - 2. Work out the 20th term.
  16. 16th May 20177 identical notebooks cost £5.25. Work out the cost of 7 of the same notebooks.
  17. 17th May 2017An L-shape is a 13 cm by 9 cm rectangle with a 7 cm by 4 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  18. 18th May 2017Here are seven numbers: 7, 25, 28, 14, 2, 4, 22. Work out the median and the range.
  19. 19th May 2017A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 2 with the leaves 0, 2, 4, 7, 9. Work out the median of the five values.
  20. 20th May 2017Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(35) lie?
  21. 21st May 2017Solve the inequality 6x + 10 <= 88.
  22. 22nd May 2017A model of an aircraft is built to a scale of 1 : 20. The real length is 1 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  23. 23rd May 2017A cuboid measures 11 cm by 5 cm by 4 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  24. 24th May 2017A bag holds 2 red, 5 blue and 9 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is red.
  25. 25th May 2017A pie chart shows 60 items. One sector has an angle of 12°. How many items does it represent?
  26. 26th May 2017Work out 6/8 x 1/5. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  27. 27th May 2017Simplify 4a + 7b + 9a - 5b.
  28. 28th May 2017A 500 g bag of oats costs £5.50. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  29. 29th May 2017The point (7, -4) is rotated 90° anticlockwise about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  30. 30th May 2017A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  31. 31st May 2017Of 67 students, 32 study French, 24 study German and 5 study both. How many study neither?

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