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May 1956 5-a-day

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May 1956

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 5-6

May 1956 compilationAll answers

Every sheet in May 1956

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st May 1956Increase 150 by 12%.
  2. 2nd May 1956A sandwich costs 2 pounds 35 and a drink costs 1 pound 15. What is the total cost?
  3. 3rd May 1956Convert 0.65 to a percentage.
  4. 4th May 1956Five numbers have a range of 18. The smallest number is 7. What is the largest number?
  5. 5th May 1956Write 7/20 as a percentage.
  6. 6th May 1956A box contains red and green marbles in the ratio 3 : 8. There are 12 red marbles. How many green marbles are there?
  7. 7th May 1956A recipe uses 300 ml of milk to make 4 pancakes. How much milk is needed for 10 pancakes?
  8. 8th May 1956Convert 3.4 kilometres to metres.
  9. 9th May 1956A recipe needs 250g of flour to make 10 cakes. How much flour is needed for 25 cakes?
  10. 10th May 1956Solve: x + 7 = 15.
  11. 11th May 1956Write 15:40 using the 12-hour clock.
  12. 12th May 1956A bag has 4 red and 6 blue counters. What is the probability of picking a red counter?
  13. 13th May 1956Work out 8.5 x 100.
  14. 14th May 1956A square sheet measures 8cm by 8cm. It is folded in half horizontally, bottom half folded up onto the top half. A hole is punched 1cm from the crease and 2cm from the left edge, on the folded top half. Where do the two holes appear, measured from the left edge and the bottom edge?
  15. 15th May 1956Figure 1: hexagon (6 sides) with 3 dots, shaded grey. Figure 2: octagon (8 sides) with 4 dots, shaded grey. Figure 3: square (4 sides) with 2 dots, shaded grey. Which follows the same rule: a decagon (10 sides) with 5 dots shaded grey, or a decagon (10 sides) with 5 dots shaded white?
  16. 16th May 1956What is 3/4 as a decimal?
  17. 17th May 1956Choose the word closest in meaning to WEARY: A) Energetic B) Exhausted C) Anxious D) Cheerful E) Curious
  18. 18th May 1956What is the value of the digit 7 in the number 47,908?
  19. 19th May 1956What word means the same as both 'a request for money owed' and 'the beak of a bird'?
  20. 20th May 1956'Many islanders were sceptical when the surveyors announced the bridge could be finished within a year.' What does 'sceptical' suggest about the islanders' reaction?
  21. 21st May 1956A cyclist rides at 12 km per hour for 2 hours 30 minutes. How far do they travel?
  22. 22nd May 1956A ribbon is cut in the ratio 2:3. If the ribbon is 45cm long, how long is the shorter piece?
  23. 23rd May 1956'The scientist's claim, though bold, was backed by years of careful data.' What does 'bold' suggest about the claim?
  24. 24th May 1956In a sequence, a square rotates 90 degrees clockwise at each step. If it starts pointing with one corner at the top, which way up will it be after two steps?
  25. 25th May 1956Choose the word most nearly opposite in meaning to TRANSPARENT: clear, obvious, opaque, thin.
  26. 26th May 1956'The old sailor could read the sky before any forecast was issued.' What does 'read' mean in this sentence?
  27. 27th May 1956Choose the word most nearly opposite in meaning to GENEROUS: kind, mean, wealthy, friendly.
  28. 28th May 1956Find the missing letter: CAR ( ? ) OT, where the letter completes the first word and starts the second.
  29. 29th May 1956Work out 8 x 34 without a calculator.
  30. 30th May 1956Find the letter that completes the word before the bracket and begins the word after the bracket: CHA ( ? ) OWN
  31. 31st May 1956DESERT is to DRY as RAINFOREST is to ?