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August 1975 5-a-day

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August 1975

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 5-6

Every sheet in August 1975

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

  1. 1st August 1975Complete the sentence: "The choir rehearsed in the hall; (1)_______, the orchestra practised in a room upstairs." A) meanwhile B) consequently C) nevertheless
  2. 2nd August 1975In a cloze passage, the word 'wandered' was used correctly in a gap, but the word bank also offered 'strolled' and 'trudged'. Explain why 'strolled' or 'trudged' might be less suitable if the surrounding sentence describes someone moving with no particular direction or purpose.
  3. 3rd August 1975True or False: according to the extract, honeybees are useful only because they produce honey.
  4. 4th August 1975Round 4,652 to the nearest hundred.
  5. 5th August 1975Two shares are in the ratio 1 : 6, and the difference between them is 40. Find the total of the two shares.
  6. 6th August 1975Is 91 a prime number? Explain your answer.
  7. 7th August 1975A factory produces 2,400 toys in 8 hours. How many toys does it produce per hour?
  8. 8th August 1975Convert 4,500 cm^3 into litres.
  9. 9th August 1975Quadrilateral WXYZ has angle W = 85 degrees, angle X = 97 degrees, angle Y = 110 degrees and angle Z = x degrees. Find x.
  10. 10th August 1975A sandwich costs 2.65 pounds and a drink costs 1.15 pounds. What is the total cost?
  11. 11th August 1975A fair six-sided dice is rolled once. What is the probability of rolling a 4?
  12. 12th August 1975A taxi's cost in pounds is described in words as 'a 4 pound fixed charge plus 2 pounds per mile'. Write this as a formula using C for cost and m for miles.
  13. 13th August 1975Find the median of 4, 9, 2, 15, 7.
  14. 14th August 1975A line graph shows a plant's height as 4cm at week 1 and 10cm at week 3, growing at a steady rate. What is the height at week 2?
  15. 15th August 1975An exchange rate shows 10 pounds is equal to 12 US dollars. How many dollars is 25 pounds equal to?
  16. 16th August 1975In this 3 by 3 grid, every row and every column adds up to 18: Row 1: 3, 8, 7. Row 2: 10, a, 2. Row 3: 5, 4, b. Find the values of a and b.
  17. 17th August 1975Calculate: 36 x 24.
  18. 18th August 1975Look at this sequence: 2, 6, 18, 54, ... What is the next term?
  19. 19th August 1975Round 37,458 to the nearest hundred.
  20. 20th August 1975A shop has 80 T-shirts. It sells 3/4 of them on Monday, then half of the remaining T-shirts on Tuesday. How many T-shirts are left?
  21. 21st August 1975Solve for x: 3x - 4 = 17.
  22. 22nd August 1975Milk costs 90p per litre. How much does 1.5 litres cost?
  23. 23rd August 1975Find 35% of 160.
  24. 24th August 1975Round 7.362 to 1 decimal place.
  25. 25th August 1975Find 20% of 150.
  26. 26th August 1975A price of 60 pounds is increased by 10%, then the new price is increased by a further 10%. Find the final price.
  27. 27th August 1975Which is better value: 3 pens for 2 pounds 40, or 5 pens for 3 pounds 75?
  28. 28th August 1975What is 3/5 of 45?
  29. 29th August 1975A fuel tank has a capacity of 60 litres and is 5/6 full. How many litres of fuel are in the tank?
  30. 30th August 1975A jar has 72 sweets. 1/4 are red. Of the remaining sweets, 1/2 are green. How many sweets are green?
  31. 31st August 1975Simplify the ratio 24 : 36 to its simplest form.