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October 2019 - Foundation 5-a-day

Every Foundation sheet published in October 2019, with answers. Grades 3-4 - securing a Foundation pass: fractions, percentages, angles and the first algebra.

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October 2019

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in October 2019

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  1. 1st October 2019Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(85) lie?
  2. 2nd October 2019A rectangle is x cm wide and 9 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  3. 3rd October 20196 identical cupcakes cost £2.70. Work out the cost of 10 of the same cupcakes.
  4. 4th October 2019The point (6, 4) is rotated 90° anticlockwise about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  5. 5th October 2019Using only the digits 6, 7, 8, 5 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  6. 6th October 2019Of 60 students, 34 study French, 29 study German and 7 study both. How many study neither?
  7. 7th October 2019Work out 1/3 x 2/6. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  8. 8th October 2019Use v = u + at with u = 9, a = 4 and t = 4. Work out v.
  9. 9th October 2019A model of an aircraft is built to a scale of 1 : 100. The real length is 7 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  10. 10th October 2019Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 43°, 80° and 107°. Work out the fourth.
  11. 11th October 2019Here are 5 numbers: 23, 29, 32, 26, 20. Work out the mean.
  12. 12th October 201980 people were surveyed. 40 were adults, of whom 15 said yes. 15 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  13. 13th October 2019A length x is 430 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  14. 14th October 2019A sequence has nth term 5n - 8. Work out the 50th term.
  15. 15th October 2019A 1100 g bag of rice costs £6.05. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  16. 16th October 2019A trapezium has parallel sides of 7 cm and 12 cm, 10 cm apart. Work out its area.
  17. 17th October 2019Here are seven numbers: 19, 22, 17, 25, 11, 8, 2. Work out the median and the range.
  18. 18th October 2019In a group of 80 students, 40 are boys. 20 boys and 20 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
  19. 19th October 2019Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(83) lie?
  20. 20th October 2019Solve the inequality 8x - 10 <= 54.
  21. 21st October 2019£1 is worth 1.24 US dollars. How many US dollars does £500 buy?
  22. 22nd October 2019The point (5, -3) is reflected in the y-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  23. 23rd October 2019A bag holds 3 red, 8 blue and 3 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is green.
  24. 24th October 2019In a survey 7 households own 1 car, 4 own 2 cars and 3 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  25. 25th October 2019Work out 4/7 x 1/2. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  26. 26th October 2019Simplify 2a + 3b + 5a - 4b.
  27. 27th October 2019A recipe for 4 scones uses 144 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 20 scones?
  28. 28th October 2019The bearing of B from A is 101°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  29. 29th October 2019A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
  30. 30th October 2019A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 7, 10, 2 and 5. How many values are in the whole data set?
  31. 31st October 2019A length x is 38 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.

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