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October 2017 - Foundation 5-a-day

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

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October 2017

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in October 2017

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  1. 1st October 2017£1 is worth 1.85 Australian dollars. How many Australian dollars does £80 buy?
  2. 2nd October 2017A cuboid measures 11 cm by 3 cm by 6 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  3. 3rd October 2017A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
  4. 4th October 2017A pie chart shows 24 items. One sector has an angle of 30°. How many items does it represent?
  5. 5th October 2017A length x is 460 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  6. 6th October 2017A line has equation y = 4x - 16. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  7. 7th October 2017A recipe for 8 pancakes uses 336 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 24 pancakes?
  8. 8th October 2017The point (-7, 0) is rotated 180° about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  9. 9th October 2017Jacob has 5 scores with a mean of 9. Scores 9, 14, 12, 6 are known. Work out the missing score.
  10. 10th October 2017Of 77 students, 40 study French, 38 study German and 10 study both. How many study neither?
  11. 11th October 2017Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(210) lie?
  12. 12th October 2017The angles in a triangle are 3x°, x° and (x + 120)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  13. 13th October 20176 identical pens cost £9.30. Work out the cost of 3 of the same pens.
  14. 14th October 2017Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 41°, 124° and 161°. Work out the fourth.
  15. 15th October 2017The probability that it rains tomorrow is 2/5. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  16. 16th October 2017190 people were surveyed. 40 were adults, of whom 5 said yes. 30 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  17. 17th October 2017Work out 2/4 divided by 2/4. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  18. 18th October 2017A rectangle is x cm wide and 8 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  19. 19th October 2017A model of a lorry is built to a scale of 1 : 50. The real length is 4.5 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  20. 20th October 2017A trapezium has parallel sides of 8 cm and 13 cm, 10 cm apart. Work out its area.
  21. 21st October 2017Using only the digits 9, 5, 6 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  22. 22nd October 2017In a group of 70 students, 40 are boys. 20 boys and 10 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
  23. 23rd October 2017A length x is 6.3 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  24. 24th October 2017Use v = u + at with u = 6, a = 7 and t = 8. Work out v.
  25. 25th October 2017A 900 g bag of oats costs £7.65. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  26. 26th October 2017The point (-2, 8) is reflected in the y-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  27. 27th October 2017Here are 7 numbers: 13, 9, 13, 5, 13, 5, 5. Work out the mean.
  28. 28th October 2017In 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.
  29. 29th October 2017Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(200) lie?
  30. 30th October 2017A sequence has nth term 6n - 2. Work out the 25th term.
  31. 31st October 2017£1 is worth 1.24 US dollars. How many US dollars does £240 buy?

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