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October 1970 5-a-day

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October 1970

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 5-6

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  1. 1st October 1970'The clouds gathered ominously overhead just as the argument between the two brothers began to turn bitter.' Explain what effect this description has on the reader's sense of what is about to happen.
  2. 2nd October 1970Complete the sentence: "The hotel's rooms were spacious and comfortable; (1)_______, the food in the restaurant was disappointing." A) furthermore B) however C) therefore
  3. 3rd October 1970Complete the gap: 'By the time we arrived, the film (1)_______ already started.' A) has B) had C) have
  4. 4th October 1970Give one word from the extract that signals the writer is about to explain a consequence or result.
  5. 5th October 1970Write the correct symbol, < or >, between 0.6 and 0.58.
  6. 6th October 1970Explain why you divide by the difference between the ratio numbers, rather than their sum, when you are given the difference between two shares.
  7. 7th October 1970Find the HCF of 24 and 36.
  8. 8th October 1970A recipe for 4 people needs 300 g of rice. How much rice is needed for 10 people?
  9. 9th October 1970A cuboid has a volume of 200 cm^3, and its base is 10 cm by 5 cm. Find its height.
  10. 10th October 1970Triangle DEF is isosceles with DE = DF. The angle at D (the apex) is 46 degrees. Calculate the size of each base angle.
  11. 11th October 1970A pack of 6 buns costs 2.40 pounds. What is the cost of one bun?
  12. 12th October 1970A fair coin is flipped. What is the probability of it landing on heads?
  13. 13th October 1970Using the formula C = 3h + 5 from the worked example, a customer is charged 26 pounds. Work out how many hours the bike was hired for.
  14. 14th October 1970Find the mean of 8, 12, 10 and 14.
  15. 15th October 1970A conversion graph shows 1kg is equal to 2.2 pounds (lb). Using this, how many pounds is 5kg equal to?
  16. 16th October 1970Paint is mixed in the ratio blue:white = 3:5. If 12 litres of blue is used, how much white is needed?
  17. 17th October 1970In a code, every letter is replaced by the letter 2 places later in the alphabet (A becomes C, B becomes D, and so on, wrapping so Y becomes A and Z becomes B). Decode the word OCVJU.
  18. 18th October 1970Calculate: 9.4 - 3.68.
  19. 19th October 1970In a class, 18 pupils play football, 14 play tennis, and 6 play both sports. How many pupils play at least one of the two sports?
  20. 20th October 1970Order these numbers from smallest to largest: 6,281, 6,128, 6,812, 6,218.
  21. 21st October 1970A car travels 60 miles in the first hour and 3/4 of that distance in the second hour. What total distance has it travelled after 2 hours?
  22. 22nd October 1970Solve for x: x + 9 = 20.
  23. 23rd October 1970A ribbon 3 metres long is cut into pieces 25cm long. How many pieces can be cut?
  24. 24th October 1970Which is greater: 5/8 or 0.6?
  25. 25th October 1970In the number 6.284, what is the value of the digit 8?
  26. 26th October 1970What is 132 / 11?
  27. 27th October 1970Increase 150 by 12%.
  28. 28th October 1970A sandwich costs 2 pounds 35 and a drink costs 1 pound 15. What is the total cost?
  29. 29th October 1970Convert 0.65 to a percentage.
  30. 30th October 1970A recipe needs 750 g of flour and makes 5 loaves. How much flour is needed for 8 loaves?
  31. 31st October 1970Write 7/20 as a percentage.