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January 1987 5-a-day

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January 1987

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 5-6

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Every sheet in January 1987

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

  1. 1st January 1987A sum of money is shared between Leo and Zara in the ratio 3 : 7. Zara receives 84 pounds more than Leo. How much does Leo receive?
  2. 2nd January 1987A rectangular swimming pool 20 m long and 8 m wide is surrounded by a path 2 m wide. Find the area of the path alone.
  3. 3rd January 1987After a 5% pay rise, Dev's salary is 25,200 pounds. Work out his salary before the rise.
  4. 4th January 19876 x 8 = ?
  5. 5th January 1987Solve the equation 5x - 2 = 18.
  6. 6th January 1987Working backwards: a number is multiplied by 3, then 8 is subtracted, giving 25. What was the original number?
  7. 7th January 1987Multiply 7 by 12.
  8. 8th January 1987Ben buys 5 stickers costing 45p each. Work out the total cost.
  9. 9th January 1987Work out 1/2 + 1/4.
  10. 10th January 1987What is three-quarters of 32?
  11. 11th January 1987A model train is built at a scale of 1:50. If the real train is 15 metres long, how long is the model in cm?
  12. 12th January 1987A recipe uses 2/3 of a cup of flour per batch. How many batches can be made from 6 cups of flour?
  13. 13th January 1987A solid is built on a 3 by 3 grid. The centre stack has height 3, and all eight surrounding stacks have height 2. A unit cube counts as completely hidden if it has no visible left, right, front, back or top face (the underside does not count). How many unit cubes in this solid are completely hidden?
  14. 14th January 1987Top-left: hexagon rotated 0 degrees, unshaded. Top-right: hexagon rotated 60 degrees clockwise, unshaded. Bottom-left: hexagon rotated 0 degrees, shaded grey. What is the bottom-right cell?
  15. 15th January 1987A single cell shaded in row 1, column 1 of a grid is first reflected in a vertical mirror line through column 2, and the resulting figure is then reflected in a horizontal mirror line through row 2. Where does the cell end up finally?
  16. 16th January 1987'He gave a tentative smile, unsure whether the joke had landed.' What does 'tentative' suggest about the smile?
  17. 17th January 1987BOOK is to READ as FORK is to ?
  18. 18th January 1987Write 7/20 as a decimal.
  19. 19th January 19879 (28) 5 | 7 ( ? ) 4. The two outside numbers are added together, then the total is doubled. Work out the missing number.
  20. 20th January 1987'The workshop fell solemn as the old clockmaker examined the broken mechanism.' What does 'solemn' suggest about the mood in the workshop?
  21. 21st January 1987Give one word that means the opposite of 'generous'.
  22. 22nd January 1987A rectangle has a length of 9 cm and a width of 4 cm. What is its perimeter?
  23. 23rd January 1987Give a word that is a synonym for 'elated'.
  24. 24th January 1987Find the missing three-letter word that fits both sentences: 'The carpenter used a ( ) to cut the wood.' and 'I ( ) my friend at the shop yesterday.'
  25. 25th January 1987A square has a perimeter of 36cm. What is the length of one side?
  26. 26th January 1987'The young violinist looked reticent backstage, saying little as the other players warmed up around her.' What does 'reticent' suggest about the violinist?
  27. 27th January 1987Which word means the opposite of 'transparent': see-through, clear, cloudy, glossy?
  28. 28th January 1987A jacket originally costing 60 pounds is reduced by 25%. What is the sale price?
  29. 29th January 1987Round 4,867 to the nearest hundred.
  30. 30th January 1987TEA ( ) HOLE - which word completes TEA and begins HOLE?
  31. 31st January 1987Choose the word most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to RELUCTANT.