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May 2021 - Foundation 5-a-day

Every Foundation sheet published in May 2021, with answers. Grades 3-4 - securing a Foundation pass: fractions, percentages, angles and the first algebra.

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May 2021

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in May 2021

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  1. 1st May 2021A model of a lorry is built to a scale of 1 : 25. The real length is 2.75 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  2. 2nd May 2021A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 12 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  3. 3rd May 2021Chloe has 4 scores with a mean of 9. Scores 6, 12, 3 are known. Work out the missing score.
  4. 4th May 2021On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 50 people. A bar is 9 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  5. 5th May 2021Work out 5/8 divided by 2/3. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  6. 6th May 2021The angles in a triangle are 3x°, 3x° and (x + 40)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  7. 7th May 2021A 1200 g bag of pasta costs £8.40. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  8. 8th May 2021An L-shape is a 19 cm by 10 cm rectangle with a 8 cm by 3 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  9. 9th May 2021The probability that it rains tomorrow is 1/10. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  10. 10th May 2021A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 2 with the leaves 2, 4, 5, 7, 8. Work out the median of the five values.
  11. 11th May 2021A length x is 5.8 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  12. 12th May 2021A rectangle is x cm wide and 9 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  13. 13th May 2021£1 is worth 1.08 Swiss francs. How many Swiss francs does £300 buy?
  14. 14th May 2021A cuboid measures 8 cm by 6 cm by 6 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  15. 15th May 2021Using only the digits 7, 8, 6 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  16. 16th May 2021A pie chart shows 72 items. One sector has an angle of 50°. How many items does it represent?
  17. 17th May 2021Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(114) lie?
  18. 18th May 2021Use v = u + at with u = 2, a = 7 and t = 5. Work out v.
  19. 19th May 2021A recipe for 6 muffins uses 174 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 20 muffins?
  20. 20th May 2021The point (3, 5) is rotated 180° about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  21. 21st May 2021Here are 5 numbers: 10, 13, 6, 3, 8. Work out the mean.
  22. 22nd May 2021Of 68 students, 28 study French, 32 study German and 11 study both. How many study neither?
  23. 23rd May 2021Work out 1/4 x 2/3. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  24. 24th May 2021A sequence has nth term 6n - 7. Work out the 20th term.
  25. 25th May 20216 identical pens cost £1.80. Work out the cost of 8 of the same pens.
  26. 26th May 2021Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 49°, 92° and 173°. Work out the fourth.
  27. 27th May 2021Here are seven numbers: 7, 2, 5, 25, 8, 11, 4. Work out the median and the range.
  28. 28th May 2021180 people were surveyed. 80 were adults, of whom 40 said yes. 45 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  29. 29th May 2021A length x is 22 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  30. 30th May 2021Solve the inequality 4x + 6 <= 62.
  31. 31st May 2021A model of a lorry is built to a scale of 1 : 100. The real length is 4 m. How long is the model, in cm?

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