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October 1978 5-a-day

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October 1978

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 5-6

Every sheet in October 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 October 1978A sequence has nth term 3n + 5. Work out the first three terms.
  2. 2nd October 1978Three friends share a bill in the ratio 2:3:5. If the total bill is 60 pounds, how much does the friend with the largest share pay?
  3. 3rd October 1978A journey of 245km is covered at an average speed of 70km/h. How long does the journey take?
  4. 4th October 1978Find 5% of 220.
  5. 5th October 1978What is 0.75 written as a fraction in its simplest form?
  6. 6th October 1978A sequence begins 200, 190, 180, ... Find the 8th term.
  7. 7th October 1978A film starts at 19:45 and lasts 2 hours 20 minutes. What time does it end?
  8. 8th October 1978What is 7 times 6, minus 5?
  9. 9th October 1978Share 32 counters between two people in the ratio 3:5.
  10. 10th October 1978What is the smallest four-digit number that can be made using the digits 5, 0, 8 and 2 exactly once, if the number cannot start with 0?
  11. 11th October 1978A minibus can carry 16 passengers. Work out how many passengers 7 minibuses can carry.
  12. 12th October 1978A recipe for 5 people uses 250g of rice. How much rice is needed for 15 people?
  13. 13th October 1978Find the mode of this data set: 3, 7, 7, 2, 7, 9, 3.
  14. 14th October 1978What is 9 times 4, plus 8?
  15. 15th October 1978Multiply 34 by 7.
  16. 16th October 1978Express 15 out of 60 as a percentage.
  17. 17th October 1978A regular pentagon has 5 equal sides and 5 equal angles. Calculate the size of one interior angle.
  18. 18th October 1978The mean of four numbers is 9. Three of the numbers are 6, 11 and 8. What is the fourth number?
  19. 19th October 1978What is 7 times 6, minus 5?
  20. 20th October 1978Simplify the ratio 63 : 81 to its simplest form.
  21. 21st October 1978A charity needs to raise 500 pounds and has so far raised 3/5 of this target. How much more does it need to raise?
  22. 22nd October 1978Take 18 away from 74.
  23. 23rd October 1978Find the mean of 8, 12, 15, 9 and 16.
  24. 24th October 1978Double 39
  25. 25th October 1978In a school, the ratio of boys to girls is 4:5. There are 27 more girls than boys. How many pupils are there in total?
  26. 26th October 1978A school trip costs £12 per student. 45 students go on the trip. How much is collected in total?
  27. 27th October 1978Work out 7/8 - 1/3.
  28. 28th October 1978Shape 1: a pentagon (5 sides). Shape 2: a hexagon (6 sides). Shape 3: a heptagon (7 sides). What does Shape 4 look like?
  29. 29th October 1978Shape A: hexagon (6 sides) with 4 tally marks. Shape B: heptagon (7 sides) with 3 tally marks. Shape C: octagon (8 sides) with 2 tally marks. Shape D: pentagon (5 sides) with 5 tally marks. Shape E: square (4 sides) with 5 tally marks. Which is the odd one out?
  30. 30th October 1978A flag starts pointing North. It is rotated 90 degrees clockwise. Which direction does it point now?
  31. 31st October 1978A sequence of shapes has 2, 4, 6, 8 lines of symmetry in that order. How many lines of symmetry does the next shape have?