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December 1975 5-a-day

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December 1975

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 5-6

Every sheet in December 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 December 1975Express the ratio 15:25 in its simplest form.
  2. 2nd December 1975Tom has 20 pounds. He buys a t-shirt for 12.75 pounds and a cap for 5.50 pounds. Calculate how much money he has left.
  3. 3rd December 1975What is a sixth of 42?
  4. 4th December 1975Explain why it can be easier to compare fractions with different denominators by first converting them to decimals, rather than finding a common denominator.
  5. 5th December 1975A solid is rotated 90 degrees on the spot so that the face that used to be its right-hand side now faces the front; the new front elevation becomes identical to the old side elevation, read in the same order. If the solid's old side elevation (row 1 to row 3) was 2, 3, 1, what is the new front elevation?
  6. 6th December 1975Figure 1: arrow pointing North. Figure 2: arrow pointing East. Figure 3: arrow pointing South. What should the answer figure look like?
  7. 7th December 1975Using the same net, an option shows the star and the heart as two faces that do not touch at all, sitting on opposite sides of the cube. Could this be correct?
  8. 8th December 1975Divide 60 in the ratio 1:2:3.
  9. 9th December 1975Find the range of 21, 8, 34, 15, 8 and 40.
  10. 10th December 1975Find the compound word made from 'RAIN' and one of these: (a) SUN (b) BOW (c) SNOW (d) WIND.
  11. 11th December 1975'The negotiations were fraught, with both sides refusing to compromise.' What does 'fraught' suggest about the negotiations?
  12. 12th December 1975A sequence starts 3, 7, 15, 31. Describe the rule in words and give the next term.
  13. 13th December 1975Continue the number sequence: 7, 14, 28, 56, ...
  14. 14th December 1975A 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?
  15. 15th December 1975In a 2x2 grid, the top-left shape has 3 sides, the top-right shape has 4 sides and the bottom-left shape has 4 sides. Each row's shapes increase by 1 side moving left to right, and each column's shapes increase by 1 side moving top to bottom. How many sides does the bottom-right shape have?
  16. 16th December 1975Find the four-letter animal hidden across the join of these two words: 'slide errand'.
  17. 17th December 1975(CARD) (ART). Exactly one letter can move from the end of the first word to the front of the second word so that both words made are still correctly spelled real words. Which letter moves, and what are the two new words?
  18. 18th December 1975A phone bill of 45 pounds is reduced by 10%. What is the new bill?
  19. 19th December 1975A shape is rotated 90 degrees clockwise. If a shaded triangle sits in the top-left corner of the original shape, where will it be after the rotation?
  20. 20th December 1975Work out 15% of 140 without a calculator.
  21. 21st December 1975Give a word that is the opposite of 'reluctant'.
  22. 22nd December 1975GRASS ( ) SLIDE - which word completes GRASS and begins SLIDE?
  23. 23rd December 1975(CHILD, CHILDREN) (MAN, MEN) (TOOTH, ?)
  24. 24th December 1975Find the next number: 160, 80, 40, 20, 10, ( ? )
  25. 25th December 1975F=4, G=6, H=10, J=2, K=12. Work out G x J. Which letter has this value?
  26. 26th December 1975In this code, each letter's alphabet position has 3 added to it. If the code for FOX is 9-18-27, what is the code for PIG?
  27. 27th December 1975In this code, each letter's alphabet position is doubled. If the code for CLOCK is 6-24-30-6-22, what is the code for TRAIN, using the same rule? A) 20-18-1-9-14 B) 40-36-2-18-28 C) 40-18-2-18-14 D) 20-36-1-9-28 E) 40-36-1-18-14
  28. 28th December 1975Kiran is heavier than Leo. Leo is heavier than Mona. Mona is heavier than Nina. Who is the lightest?
  29. 29th December 1975D=5, E=20, F=4, G=2, H=13. Work out F x G + D. Which letter has this value?
  30. 30th December 1975Choose the word most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to GENUINE. A) real B) fake C) rare D) precious E) plain
  31. 31st December 1975Which ONE word means both 'a fitting that controls the flow of water' and 'a style of dance performed in shoes with metal soles'? A) Jig B) Tap C) Step D) Flow E) Beat