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May 2020 - Foundation 5-a-day

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

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May 2020

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in May 2020

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  1. 1st May 2020A trapezium has parallel sides of 14 cm and 18 cm, 16 cm apart. Work out its area.
  2. 2nd May 2020Using only the digits 1, 5, 3 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  3. 3rd May 2020In a group of 70 students, 40 are boys. 10 boys and 5 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
  4. 4th May 2020Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(114) lie?
  5. 5th May 2020Use v = u + at with u = 12, a = 2 and t = 3. Work out v.
  6. 6th May 2020A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 100. The real length is 7 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  7. 7th May 2020The point (-1, 1) is reflected in the x-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  8. 8th May 2020Here are 7 numbers: 18, 25, 30, 24, 23, 30, 18. Work out the mean.
  9. 9th May 2020In a survey 4 households own 1 car, 5 own 2 cars and 4 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  10. 10th May 2020Work out 2/4 divided by 3/9. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  11. 11th May 2020A sequence has nth term 7n - 3. Work out the 25th term.
  12. 12th May 2020A 700 g bag of pasta costs £3.85. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  13. 13th May 2020The bearing of B from A is 123°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  14. 14th May 2020Here are seven numbers: 4, 22, 25, 14, 5, 19, 13. Work out the median and the range.
  15. 15th May 2020A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 7, 10, 6 and 12. How many values are in the whole data set?
  16. 16th May 2020A length x is 12.4 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  17. 17th May 2020Solve the inequality 5x - 1 >= 69.
  18. 18th May 2020£1 is worth 1.15 euros. How many euros does £140 buy?
  19. 19th May 2020A cuboid measures 8 cm by 9 cm by 10 cm. Work out its volume.
  20. 20th May 2020A bag holds 3 red, 6 blue and 6 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is green.
  21. 21st May 2020A scatter graph plots a person's shoe size and their height. What type of correlation would you expect?
  22. 22nd May 2020Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(15) lie?
  23. 23rd May 2020Simplify 3a + 5b + 9a - 9b.
  24. 24th May 2020A recipe for 12 pancakes uses 396 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 15 pancakes?
  25. 25th May 2020Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 75°. Work out the other.
  26. 26th May 2020A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  27. 27th May 2020A pie chart shows 72 people. 22 of them chose science. Work out the angle of that sector.
  28. 28th May 2020Work out 1/2 divided by 1/8. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  29. 29th May 2020A line has equation y = 2x - 10. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  30. 30th May 20206 identical pens cost £7.50. Work out the cost of 6 of the same pens.
  31. 31st May 2020Two of the angles in a triangle are 42° and 89°. Work out the third angle.

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