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March 1959 5-a-day

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March 1959

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 5-6

Every sheet in March 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 March 1959Rewrite the informal sentence "I don't think this is fair and you should change it" in a more formal register suitable for a letter to a headteacher.
  2. 2nd March 1959Identify the simile used in Extract A and explain what it suggests about Grandad's feelings towards the swifts.
  3. 3rd March 1959Complete the gap: 'The recipe called for two eggs, but Tom had only (1)_______ , so he halved the other ingredients too.'
  4. 4th March 1959A savings account of 500 pounds earns 4% interest in a year. Work out the amount in the account after one year.
  5. 5th March 1959Explain why it is important to identify which step, the fraction or the ratio, happens first in a combined ratio and fraction problem.
  6. 6th March 1959A cuboid has length 6 cm, width 4 cm and height 3 cm. Calculate its total surface area.
  7. 7th March 1959Maya is twice as old as her brother Leo. Maya is 16. How old is Leo?
  8. 8th March 1959Point H is at the origin, (0, 0). Translate H by 3 left and 5 up. Write down the new coordinates.
  9. 9th March 1959A train departs 09:20 and arrives 10:05. How long does the journey take?
  10. 10th March 1959Six numbers have a mean of 9. Work out their total.
  11. 11th March 1959Using the nth term rule 4n - 3, find the 10th term of the sequence.
  12. 12th March 1959A pupil answers 42 questions correctly out of 50 on a mock paper. What percentage did they score?
  13. 13th March 1959Find the 10th term of the sequence with nth term 6n - 2.
  14. 14th March 1959A cinema sells popcorn at 3.40 pounds and a drink at 2.10 pounds. What is the cost of one popcorn and one drink together?
  15. 15th March 1959Solve: 5x - 4 = 21.
  16. 16th March 1959A school buys 15 footballs at 8 pounds each and gets a 12-pound discount on the total order. How much does the school pay?
  17. 17th March 1959Write 5/8 as a decimal.
  18. 18th March 1959What number bond to 20 pairs with 14?
  19. 19th March 1959A baker makes 84 muffins and packs them into boxes of 6. How many boxes does she fill?
  20. 20th March 1959A rectangle has an area of 48 cm squared and a width of 6 cm. What is its length?
  21. 21st March 1959Work out 2/3 x 3/4, giving your answer in its simplest form.
  22. 22nd March 1959What is 8 times 5, plus 6?
  23. 23rd March 1959The nth term of a sequence is 4n - 1. Find the 6th term.
  24. 24th March 1959Tickets cost 8 pounds each. A family of 5 buys tickets and pays with 50 pounds. How much change do they get?
  25. 25th March 1959Write 29/8 as a mixed number.
  26. 26th March 1959Simplify the ratio 45 : 60 to its simplest form.
  27. 27th March 1959A rectangle has an area of 72 cm^2 and a length of 9 cm. Find its width.
  28. 28th March 1959Find 35% of 140 kg.
  29. 29th March 195912 x 12 = ?
  30. 30th March 1959A function machine multiplies a number by 3, then adds 5. If the output is 26, what was the input?
  31. 31st March 1959A number is a multiple of both 4 and 6, lies between 30 and 50, and has a digit sum of 9. What is the number?