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October 1985 5-a-day

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October 1985

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 5-6

October 1985 compilationAll answers

Every sheet in October 1985

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 1985Eight numbers have a mean of 7. Seven of them are 4, 6, 9, 3, 8, 10 and 5. Work out the eighth number.
  2. 2nd October 1985The nth term of a sequence is 2n + 5. Which term of the sequence is equal to 23?
  3. 3rd October 1985Estimate first, then calculate exactly: roughly what is 198 x 4? Then work out the exact answer.
  4. 4th October 1985A pattern sequence made from matchsticks has 4 matchsticks in pattern 1, 7 in pattern 2 and 10 in pattern 3. How many matchsticks will be in pattern 6?
  5. 5th October 1985A price list shows a return train ticket costs 14.80 pounds, and a single ticket costs 8.50 pounds. How much cheaper is the return ticket than buying two single tickets?
  6. 6th October 1985A function machine multiplies a number by 4, then subtracts 6, giving an output of 26. What was the input number?
  7. 7th October 1985A jug holds 2 litres of juice. If 350ml is poured out, how many millilitres remain?
  8. 8th October 1985Order these decimals from smallest to largest: 0.6, 0.09, 0.45, 0.5.
  9. 9th October 1985What is 9 x 6?
  10. 10th October 1985A box of 24 chocolates is shared equally between 4 children. How many chocolates does each child get?
  11. 11th October 1985A square has a perimeter of 36 cm. What is the length of one side?
  12. 12th October 1985Find 3/5 of 65.
  13. 13th October 1985What is a third of 45?
  14. 14th October 1985Solve for x: 4x + 5 = 33.
  15. 15th October 1985A shop has 84 balloons. It sells 1/3 of them in the first hour. How many balloons are sold in the first hour?
  16. 16th October 1985Work out 3/5 x 5/6, giving your answer in its simplest form.
  17. 17th October 1985The ratio of cars to vans in a car park is 5 : 2. There are 40 cars. How many vehicles are there in total?
  18. 18th October 1985A triangle has an area of 42 cm^2 and a base of 12 cm. Find its perpendicular height.
  19. 19th October 1985Find 10% of 480 ml.
  20. 20th October 198513 x 4 = ? (use 13 = 10 + 3)
  21. 21st October 1985If a = 6 and b = 4, work out the value of 3a - b.
  22. 22nd October 1985A two-digit number has a tens digit that is twice its units digit, and the digits add up to 9. What is the number?
  23. 23rd October 1985What is 15 less than 92?
  24. 24th October 1985Two friends share 56 pounds in the ratio 3 : 4. How much does each receive?
  25. 25th October 1985Which is larger, 0.6 or 5/8?
  26. 26th October 1985What is 7 times 8, minus 9?
  27. 27th October 1985Share 54 counters between two people in the ratio 4:5.
  28. 28th October 1985A ribbon is 5/6 m long. It is cut into pieces each 1/12 m long. How many pieces are cut?
  29. 29th October 1985The same solid (centre stack height 3, all eight surrounding stacks height 2, on a 3 by 3 grid) is lifted, dipped completely in paint so every outward-facing surface, including the underside, is coloured, then rebuilt in exactly the same arrangement. How many individual unit cubes have exactly 1 painted face?
  30. 30th October 1985A 3 by 3 grid uses a single rule running in reading order (left to right, row 1, then row 2, then row 3): the figure rotates 45 degrees clockwise from each cell to the next, starting at 0 degrees in the top-left cell. What is the rotation of the bottom-right (9th) cell?
  31. 31st October 1985A black arrow points right, lying above a horizontal mirror line, with a small notch cut into its top edge near the tail. After reflecting the arrow in the mirror line, which edge does the notch now appear on, and which way does the arrow still point?