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February 1978 5-a-day

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February 1978

28 sheets · 140 questions · Years 5-6

Every sheet in February 1978

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

  1. 1st February 1978A jug holds 1.5 litres. How many millilitres is this?
  2. 2nd February 1978A sequence has nth term 40 - 4n. Write the first three terms and explain how you can tell, without listing them all, that 0 will appear in the sequence.
  3. 3rd February 1978Write 15:40 using the 12-hour clock.
  4. 4th February 1978A box has 10 tickets numbered 1 to 10. What is the probability of picking a multiple of 3?
  5. 5th February 1978Explain why dividing a number by 100 gives a smaller result than dividing the same number by 10.
  6. 6th February 1978A square sheet measures 8cm by 8cm. It is folded in half horizontally, bottom half folded up onto the top half. A hole is punched 1cm from the crease and 2cm from the left edge, on the folded top half. Where do the two holes appear, measured from the left edge and the bottom edge?
  7. 7th February 1978Figure 1: hexagon (6 sides) with 3 dots, shaded grey. Figure 2: octagon (8 sides) with 4 dots, shaded grey. Figure 3: square (4 sides) with 2 dots, shaded grey. Which follows the same rule: a decagon (10 sides) with 5 dots shaded grey, or a decagon (10 sides) with 5 dots shaded white?
  8. 8th February 1978A car park has 3 rows of 24 spaces. If 56 spaces are full, how many are empty?
  9. 9th February 19783 identical notebooks cost 5.40 pounds. How much would 7 notebooks cost?
  10. 10th February 1978Round 6,384 to the nearest hundred.
  11. 11th February 1978What word means the same as both 'a request for money owed' and 'the beak of a bird'?
  12. 12th February 1978'The word can mean either a young sheep or a gentle, easily led person.' Which word is being described?
  13. 13th February 1978A cyclist rides at 12 km per hour for 2 hours 30 minutes. How far do they travel?
  14. 14th February 1978A ribbon is cut in the ratio 2:3. If the ribbon is 45cm long, how long is the shorter piece?
  15. 15th February 1978'The scientist's claim, though bold, was backed by years of careful data.' What does 'bold' suggest about the claim?
  16. 16th February 1978In a sequence, a square rotates 90 degrees clockwise at each step. If it starts pointing with one corner at the top, which way up will it be after two steps?
  17. 17th February 1978Continue the letter series: Z, X, V, T, ...
  18. 18th February 1978'The old sailor could read the sky before any forecast was issued.' What does 'read' mean in this sentence?
  19. 19th February 1978Continue the number series: 81, 27, 9, 3, ...
  20. 20th February 1978Work out 13 x 12.
  21. 21st February 1978A car park charges £1.50 for the first hour and 80p for every hour after that. How much does 3 hours cost?
  22. 22nd February 1978Find the letter that completes the word before the bracket and begins the word after the bracket: CHA ( ? ) OWN
  23. 23rd February 1978DESERT is to DRY as RAINFOREST is to ?
  24. 24th February 1978(STAND, TAN) (CRIMP, RIM) (STOMP, ?)
  25. 25th February 1978(10 - 4) x 5 = [ ] + 20. Find the missing number.
  26. 26th February 1978L=5, M=6, N=3, P=23, Q=33. Work out L + M x N. Which letter has this value?
  27. 27th February 1978The blue box is heavier than the red box. The green box is lighter than the red box. Which box is the lightest?
  28. 28th February 1978Choose the word closest in meaning to FRAGILE. A) sturdy B) delicate C) heavy D) careless E) plain