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January 2020 - Foundation 5-a-day

Every Foundation sheet published in January 2020, with answers. Grades 3-4 - securing a Foundation pass: fractions, percentages, angles and the first algebra.

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January 2020

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in January 2020

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  1. 1st January 20204 identical batteries cost £5.20. Work out the cost of 11 of the same batteries.
  2. 2nd January 2020The bearing of B from A is 097°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  3. 3rd January 2020Here are 7 numbers: 15, 17, 22, 10, 16, 14, 18. Work out the mean.
  4. 4th January 2020A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 2, 9, 7 and 7. How many values are in the whole data set?
  5. 5th January 2020Work out 2/5 x 1/4. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  6. 6th January 2020A sequence has nth term 6n - 4. Work out the 100th term.
  7. 7th January 2020A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 100. The real length is 12 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  8. 8th January 2020A cuboid measures 7 cm by 8 cm by 15 cm. Work out its volume.
  9. 9th January 2020Here are seven numbers: 28, 5, 19, 17, 11, 25, 13. Work out the median and the range.
  10. 10th January 2020A scatter graph plots a runner's time for 100 m and the distance they can throw a ball. What type of correlation would you expect?
  11. 11th January 2020A length x is 270 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  12. 12th January 2020Solve the inequality 7x + 13 > 34.
  13. 13th January 2020A 1100 g bag of pasta costs £9.35. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  14. 14th January 2020Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 109°. Work out the other.
  15. 15th January 2020A bag holds 5 red, 8 blue and 6 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is red.
  16. 16th January 2020A pie chart shows 90 people. 24 of them chose maths. Work out the angle of that sector.
  17. 17th January 2020Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(39) lie?
  18. 18th January 2020Simplify 9a + 7b + 8a - 2b.
  19. 19th January 2020£1 is worth 1.08 Swiss francs. How many Swiss francs does £140 buy?
  20. 20th January 2020Two of the angles in a triangle are 34° and 112°. Work out the third angle.
  21. 21st January 2020A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  22. 22nd January 2020170 students were asked how they travel. 20 walked, and of those 5 were late. How many walkers were on time?
  23. 23rd January 2020Work out 2/4 x 1/7. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  24. 24th January 2020A line has equation y = 2x - 2. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  25. 25th January 2020A recipe for 4 pancakes uses 60 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 3 pancakes?
  26. 26th January 2020A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 10 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  27. 27th January 2020Tomasz has 5 scores with a mean of 11. Scores 17, 14, 5, 8 are known. Work out the missing score.
  28. 28th January 2020On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 2 people. A bar is 3 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  29. 29th January 2020A length x is 290 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  30. 30th January 2020The angles in a triangle are 3x°, x° and (x + 10)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  31. 31st January 20204 identical cupcakes cost £8.40. Work out the cost of 10 of the same cupcakes.

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