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January 1959 5-a-day

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January 1959

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 5-6

Every sheet in January 1959

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

  1. 1st January 1959Work out 503 - 176 without a calculator.
  2. 2nd January 1959Work out 205 - 78.
  3. 3rd January 1959Write the missing symbol, < or >, between -6 and -2.
  4. 4th January 1959The angles in a quadrilateral are 90, 90, 60 and x degrees. Find x.
  5. 5th January 1959A shirt costs £25 and is reduced by 20%. Find the new price.
  6. 6th January 1959A jacket originally costing 42 pounds is reduced by 15 pounds in a sale. Calculate the sale price.
  7. 7th January 1959What is 13 less than 100?
  8. 8th January 1959Explain why it can be easier to compare fractions with different denominators by first converting them to decimals, rather than finding a common denominator.
  9. 9th January 1959Using the same grid as above, what is the side elevation, reading row 1 then row 2?
  10. 10th January 1959Figure 1: square with 1 dot. Figure 2: square with 2 dots. Figure 3: pentagon with 3 dots. What should the answer figure look like?
  11. 11th January 1959A net is a vertical column of four squares, top to bottom: P, Q, R, S, with square T attached to the left edge of Q and square U attached to the right edge of Q. Which square is opposite P?
  12. 12th January 1959A map has a scale of 1:25000. A distance on the map is 4 cm. What is the real distance in kilometres?
  13. 13th January 1959Find the range of 21, 8, 34, 15, 8 and 40.
  14. 14th January 1959PILOT is to AEROPLANE as CAPTAIN is to ? Choose from: (a) sea (b) ship (c) sailor (d) anchor.
  15. 15th January 1959'The scientist's findings, though preliminary, hinted at a significant breakthrough.' What does 'preliminary' tell you about the findings?
  16. 16th January 1959In a code, each letter is represented by the number of the letter that comes immediately before it in the alphabet (so B=1, C=2). What number represents the letter F?
  17. 17th January 1959Continue the number sequence: 7, 14, 28, 56, ...
  18. 18th January 1959A film screening starts at 19:45. The trailers last 10 minutes, then the film itself lasts 2 hours 15 minutes. What time does the film finish?
  19. 19th January 1959A shape has an arrow pointing upwards. The shape is rotated 90 degrees anti-clockwise. Which direction does the arrow now point?
  20. 20th January 1959Find the four-letter animal hidden across the join of these two words: 'slide errand'.
  21. 21st January 1959What is 30% of 3/4 of 200?
  22. 22nd January 1959Convert 2.4 litres into millilitres.
  23. 23rd January 1959A 3D block is built from 2 layers: the bottom layer is a 4x3 arrangement of cubes and the top layer is a 2x2 arrangement sitting centrally on top. How many cubes make up the block in total?
  24. 24th January 1959Work out 15% of 140 without a calculator.
  25. 25th January 1959'The committee's decision was met with widespread indignation.' What does 'indignation' suggest about people's reaction?
  26. 26th January 1959PIN ( ) CHAIR - which word completes PIN and begins CHAIR?
  27. 27th January 1959(SMART, CLEVER) (RAPID, QUICK) (SILENT, ?)
  28. 28th January 1959Find the next number: 3, 8, 18, 38, 78, ( ? )
  29. 29th January 1959F=3, G=4, H=5, J=17, K=23. Work out F + G x H. Which letter has this value?
  30. 30th January 1959If the code for FOX is 6-15-24, what is the code for HEN?
  31. 31st January 1959AC is to BF as DG is to ( ? ). Work out how each letter shifts, then apply the same shifts to the second pair. A) EH B) EJ C) FJ D) EK E) DJ