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January 2026 - Foundation 5-a-day

Every Foundation sheet published in January 2026, with answers. Grades 3-4 - securing a Foundation pass: fractions, percentages, angles and the first algebra.

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January 2026

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in January 2026

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  1. 1st January 2026Here are seven numbers: 13, 22, 25, 4, 7, 11, 14. Work out the median and the range.
  2. 2nd January 2026A pie chart shows 40 people. 19 of them chose art. Work out the angle of that sector.
  3. 3rd January 2026Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(135) lie?
  4. 4th January 2026Solve the inequality 7x + 12 > 33.
  5. 5th January 2026A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 100. The real length is 3 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  6. 6th January 2026Two of the angles in a triangle are 84° and 29°. Work out the third angle.
  7. 7th January 2026A bag holds 5 red, 3 blue and 5 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is blue.
  8. 8th January 2026190 students were asked how they travel. 60 walked, and of those 20 were late. How many walkers were on time?
  9. 9th January 2026Work out 3/4 divided by 4/8. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  10. 10th January 2026Simplify 9a + 7b + 8a - 7b.
  11. 11th January 2026A 900 g bag of oats costs £4.05. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  12. 12th January 2026A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 12 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  13. 13th January 2026A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
  14. 14th January 2026On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 5 people. A bar is 8 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  15. 15th January 2026A length x is 16.6 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  16. 16th January 2026A line has equation y = 2x - 10. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  17. 17th January 2026£1 is worth 1.24 US dollars. How many US dollars does £100 buy?
  18. 18th January 2026An L-shape is a 15 cm by 12 cm rectangle with a 9 cm by 7 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  19. 19th January 2026Noah has 4 scores with a mean of 15. Scores 19, 11, 17 are known. Work out the missing score.
  20. 20th January 2026A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 3 with the leaves 0, 2, 4, 6, 8. Work out the median of the five values.
  21. 21st January 2026Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(218) lie?
  22. 22nd January 2026The angles in a triangle are 3x°, x° and (x + 45)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  23. 23rd January 2026A recipe for 12 scones uses 276 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 24 scones?
  24. 24th January 2026A cuboid measures 2 cm by 9 cm by 12 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  25. 25th January 2026The probability that it rains tomorrow is 3/5. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  26. 26th January 2026A pie chart shows 40 items. One sector has an angle of 36°. How many items does it represent?
  27. 27th January 2026Work out 1/4 x 4/5. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  28. 28th January 2026A rectangle is x cm wide and 8 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  29. 29th January 20265 identical cupcakes cost £10.25. Work out the cost of 5 of the same cupcakes.
  30. 30th January 2026The point (-5, -4) is rotated 90° anticlockwise about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  31. 31st January 2026Using only the digits 9, 5, 8 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?

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