Five questions a day – Foundation grade E – Set 2
GCSE Maths – Foundation grade E
Five questions a day
Set 2
No calculators!
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Five questions a day – Foundation grade E – Set 2
Instructions
Complete one set of questions each day.
Write your answers in the boxes and remember to show your working.
Calculators are NOT allowed!
Once the answers have been
marked, record your progress on
page 8
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Five questions a day – Foundation grade E – Set 2
Day 1
Simplifying expressions
1. Simplify fully
7𝑥 + 3 + 3𝑥 − 1
2. Simplify fully
4𝑦 + 2 − 𝑦 − 7
3. Simplify fully
2𝑎 − 2 − 5𝑎 − 1
4. Simplify fully
3𝑏 − 4 + 2𝑏 − 6
5. Simplify fully
−7𝑥 + 1 + 2𝑥 − 4
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Five questions a day – Foundation grade E – Set 2
Day 2
Using ratio
1. A piece of wood is of length 45 cm. The length is divided in the ratio
7:2
Work out the length of each part.
2. Alex and Ben were given a total of £240. They shared the money in
the ratio 5 : 7
Work out how much money Ben received.
3. Ken and Susan share £20 in the ratio 1 : 3
Work out how much money each person gets.
4. Rosa prepares pizzas with cheese, topping and dough in the ratio
2 : 3 : 5 . She uses 70 grams of dough.
Work out the number of grams of cheese and topping Rosa uses.
5. Amy, Beth and Colin share 36 sweets in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4
Work out the number of sweets that each of them receives.
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Five questions a day – Foundation grade E – Set 2
Day 3
Adding and subtracting fractions
1. Work out the answer to this question:
7
5
−
=
16
16
(Answer in simplest form.)
2. Work out the answer to this question:
5
13
+
=
16
16
(Answer in simplest form.)
3. Work out the answer to this question:
15
6
11
+
−
=
20
20
20
(Answer in simplest form.)
4. Work out the answer to this question:
8
12
−
=
14
14
(Answer in simplest form.)
5. Work out the answer to this question:
2
5
3
− 1 =
8
8
(Answer in simplest form.)
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Five questions a day – Foundation grade E – Set 2
Day 4
Areas of triangles
1. Work out the area of the triangle.
2. Work out the area of the triangle.
8cm
5cm
10cm
3. Work out the area of the triangle.
5cm
5cm
6cm
4. Work out the area of the triangle.
7cm
4cm
5. Work out the area of the triangle.
3.5cm
8cm
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Five questions a day – Foundation grade E – Set 2
Day 5
Multiplication
1. Work out 9 x 23
2. Work out 12 x 21
3. Work out 140 x 16
4. Work out 16 x 8
5. Work out 45 x 45
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Five questions a day – Foundation grade E – Set 2
Progress
Topic
Score
Traffic light
Comment
Simplifying
expressions
Using ratio
Adding and
subtracting
fractions
Areas of
triangles
Multiplication
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Five daily revision questions – Foundation grade E – Set 2
Solutions
Day 1
1. 10𝑥 + 2
2.
3.
4.
5.
3𝑦 − 5
−3𝑎 − 3
5𝑏 − 10
−5𝑥 − 3
Day 2
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
35cm and 10 cm
Alex - £100, Ben - £140
Ken - £5, Susan - £15
Cheese – 28g, topping – 42g
Amy – 8 sweets, Beth – 12 sweets, Colin – 16 sweets
Day 3
1.
1
8
1
2. 1 8
3
5
−2
3. 1
4.
5.
7
1
14
Day 4
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
3
25cm2
12cm2
14cm2
14cm2
Day 5
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
207
252
2240
128
2025
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