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August 2020 - Foundation 5-a-day

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

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August 2020

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in August 2020

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  1. 1st August 2020A pie chart shows 72 people. 22 of them chose history. Work out the angle of that sector.
  2. 2nd August 2020Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(77) lie?
  3. 3rd August 2020A sequence has nth term 6n - 6. Work out the 12th term.
  4. 4th August 2020A model of a bridge is built to a scale of 1 : 20. The real length is 1.8 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  5. 5th August 2020Two of the angles in a triangle are 37° and 56°. Work out the third angle.
  6. 6th August 2020Here are seven numbers: 25, 11, 7, 17, 4, 14, 28. Work out the median and the range.
  7. 7th August 2020170 students were asked how they travel. 80 walked, and of those 15 were late. How many walkers were on time?
  8. 8th August 2020Work out 1/4 x 2/4. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  9. 9th August 2020Solve the inequality 3x - 12 < 0.
  10. 10th August 2020A 400 g bag of coffee costs £2.40. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  11. 11th August 2020A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 3 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  12. 12th August 2020A bag holds 6 red, 3 blue and 3 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is green.
  13. 13th August 2020On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 2 people. A bar is 6 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  14. 14th August 2020A length x is 13.1 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  15. 15th August 2020Simplify 3a + 7b + 2a - 4b.
  16. 16th August 2020£1 is worth 1.15 euros. How many euros does £480 buy?
  17. 17th August 2020An L-shape is a 8 cm by 12 cm rectangle with a 3 cm by 8 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  18. 18th August 2020A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
  19. 19th August 2020A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 6 with the leaves 0, 1, 5, 6, 7. Work out the median of the five values.
  20. 20th August 2020Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(147) lie?
  21. 21st August 2020A line has equation y = 4x - 24. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  22. 22nd August 2020A recipe for 12 flapjacks uses 468 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 15 flapjacks?
  23. 23rd August 2020A cuboid measures 11 cm by 6 cm by 10 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  24. 24th August 2020Nia has 5 scores with a mean of 8. Scores 6, 12, 10, 8 are known. Work out the missing score.
  25. 25th August 2020A pie chart shows 40 items. One sector has an angle of 81°. How many items does it represent?
  26. 26th August 2020Work out 2/6 divided by 2/5. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  27. 27th August 2020The angles in a triangle are 3x°, 3x° and (x + 96)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  28. 28th August 20208 identical pens cost £19.60. Work out the cost of 7 of the same pens.
  29. 29th August 2020The point (1, 6) is rotated 90° clockwise about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  30. 30th August 2020The probability that it rains tomorrow is 3/5. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  31. 31st August 2020Of 64 students, 36 study French, 20 study German and 7 study both. How many study neither?

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