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September 1981 5-a-day

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September 1981

30 sheets · 150 questions · Years 5-6

Every sheet in September 1981

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

  1. 1st September 1981Order these numbers from smallest to largest: -6, 3, -2, -9.
  2. 2nd September 1981A baker makes 96 rolls. She sells half in the morning, then a quarter of what remains in the afternoon. How many rolls are left at the end of the day?
  3. 3rd September 1981The nth term of a sequence is 3n + 2. Find the 5th term.
  4. 4th September 1981Convert 2.5 kilograms to grams.
  5. 5th September 1981Convert 9/20 to a percentage.
  6. 6th September 1981Order these decimals from smallest to largest: 0.6, 0.56, 0.605, 0.65.
  7. 7th September 1981Find 3/4 of 48.
  8. 8th September 1981Decrease 240 by 15%.
  9. 9th September 1981A weekly budget is 25 pounds. After buying items costing 8 pounds 40 and 6 pounds 15, how much of the budget remains?
  10. 10th September 1981A rectangle has a length of 9cm and a width of 4cm. Find its area.
  11. 11th September 1981Five numbers have a range of 18. The smallest number is 7. What is the largest number?
  12. 12th September 1981Convert 0.6 to a fraction in its simplest form.
  13. 13th September 1981A scale drawing has a scale of 1 : 200. A wall on the drawing is 8 cm long. Work out the real length of the wall in metres.
  14. 14th September 1981A recipe uses 300 ml of milk to make 4 pancakes. How much milk is needed for 10 pancakes?
  15. 15th September 1981A car travels 180 km in 3 hours. What is its average speed in km/h?
  16. 16th September 1981A train journey takes 2 hours 45 minutes. It departs at 09:20. What time does it arrive?
  17. 17th September 1981Solve: 5x = 35.
  18. 18th September 1981Write 'twenty five past six in the evening' using the 24-hour clock.
  19. 19th September 1981Two fair coins are flipped. What is the probability that both land on tails?
  20. 20th September 1981Work out 8.5 x 100.
  21. 21st September 1981A square sheet is folded in half vertically, then in half vertically again the same way, so the sheet is now a quarter of its original width but full height (4 layers thick). A hole is punched near the middle of the height, well away from any crease. How many holes will appear when the paper is fully unfolded?
  22. 22nd September 1981Figure 1: an arrow pointing at 12 o'clock with a flag folded exactly halfway along its shaft. Figure 2: an arrow pointing at 3 o'clock with a flag folded exactly halfway along its shaft. Figure 3: an arrow pointing at 6 o'clock with a flag folded exactly halfway along its shaft. Which follows the same rule: an arrow pointing at 9 o'clock with its flag folded exactly halfway, or an arrow pointing at 9 o'clock with its flag folded a quarter of the way along?
  23. 23rd September 1981What is 3/4 as a decimal?
  24. 24th September 1981Choose the word closest in meaning to WEARY: A) Energetic B) Exhausted C) Anxious D) Cheerful E) Curious
  25. 25th September 1981What is the value of the digit 7 in the number 47,908?
  26. 26th September 1981Continue the number series: 2, 5, 11, 23, 47, ...
  27. 27th September 1981'Many islanders were sceptical when the surveyors announced the bridge could be finished within a year.' What does 'sceptical' suggest about the islanders' reaction?
  28. 28th September 1981Convert 2.5 hours into minutes.
  29. 29th September 1981If a train leaves at 10:40am and the journey takes 1 hour 55 minutes, what time does it arrive?
  30. 30th September 1981'Despite arriving an hour early, Tom found the box office already closed.' What does this suggest, even though it is not stated directly?