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October 1957 5-a-day

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October 1957

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 5-6

Every sheet in October 1957

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

  1. 1st October 1957A bar chart shows a shop sold 35 umbrellas in April and 20 in May. How many more umbrellas were sold in April than May?
  2. 2nd October 1957Solve 4(x + 1) = 2(x + 9).
  3. 3rd October 1957A total bill of 56 pounds is split equally between 4 friends, but one friend also owes an extra 5 pounds for a drink they had alone. Find how much that friend pays in total.
  4. 4th October 1957Find the perimeter of a square with side length 11cm.
  5. 5th October 1957Find 1/3 of 27.
  6. 6th October 1957Team A scored 87 points. Team B scored 59 points. By how many points did Team A win?
  7. 7th October 1957The mean of four numbers is 10. Three of the numbers are 8, 11 and 9. What is the fourth number?
  8. 8th October 1957A jug holds 2/5 of a litre of juice. Write this amount as a decimal.
  9. 9th October 1957Round 74,528 to the nearest thousand.
  10. 10th October 1957Work out 5/9 + 2/9, giving your answer in its simplest form.
  11. 11th October 1957A charity raises 720 pounds. It gives 1/3 to one cause, then splits the remainder equally between 6 other causes, before adding a further 60 pounds from a separate donation to just one of those 6 causes. How much does that one cause receive in total?
  12. 12th October 1957Three friends share a restaurant bill of 47.85 pounds equally. How much does each person pay?
  13. 13th October 1957Find the range of this data set: 9, 15, 4, 22, 11.
  14. 14th October 1957A function machine takes a number, multiplies it by 3, then adds 5. What is the output when the input is 8?
  15. 15th October 195736 sweets are shared between Alex and Beth in the ratio 4 : 5. How many sweets does Beth receive?
  16. 16th October 1957What is 1/8 as a percentage?
  17. 17th October 1957Work out 347 + 268 without a calculator.
  18. 18th October 1957Work out 6 x 34.
  19. 19th October 1957Write -8 and 3 in order from smallest to largest.
  20. 20th October 1957A triangle has a base of 12cm and a height of 7cm. Find its area.
  21. 21st October 1957A class has 12 boys and 18 girls. Write the ratio of boys to girls in its simplest form.
  22. 22nd October 1957Work out the total cost of 3 pens at 0.65 pounds each and 2 pencils at 0.30 pounds each.
  23. 23rd October 1957Divide 91 by 7.
  24. 24th October 1957True or False: 0.75 is the same value as 3/4.
  25. 25th October 1957The plan of a solid on a 2 by 3 grid (columns A, B; rows 1, 2, 3) shades squares A1, B1, A2 and B3, leaving B2 and A3 blank. Which of these two options cannot be the front elevation: bars of 1, 1 (columns A, B) or bars of 0, 1 (columns A, B)?
  26. 26th October 1957Figure 1: hexagon (6 sides), unshaded. Figure 2: heptagon (7 sides), unshaded. Figure 3: square (4 sides), unshaded. What should the answer figure look like?
  27. 27th October 1957A net has a straight line of four squares showing, in order, a smiley face, a star, a moon and a heart. A diamond is attached above the star and a cross is attached below the star. State the three pairs of opposite faces on the folded cube.
  28. 28th October 1957A recipe uses flour and sugar in the ratio 5:2. If 250g of sugar is used, how much flour is needed?
  29. 29th October 1957A class's mean test score is 62 out of 100. Priya says this means every pupil in the class scored at least 62. Is Priya correct? Explain your answer.
  30. 30th October 1957AUTHOR is to BOOK as COMPOSER is to ? Choose from: (a) music (b) piano (c) song (d) orchestra.
  31. 31st October 1957'The politician's speech was notably candid about the mistakes made.' Which is closest in meaning to 'candid': (a) vague (b) honest (c) angry (d) lengthy?