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September 1987 5-a-day

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September 1987

30 sheets · 150 questions · Years 5-6

Every sheet in September 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 September 1987Explain why you divide by the difference between the ratio numbers, rather than their sum, when you are given the difference between two shares.
  2. 2nd September 1987Find the HCF of 24 and 36.
  3. 3rd September 1987Maya buys 3 books at 4.50 pounds each and pays with a 20 pound note. How much change does she receive?
  4. 4th September 1987A tank holds 5 litres of water. How many cm^3 is this?
  5. 5th September 1987State whether an angle of 155 degrees is acute, obtuse, reflex or a right angle.
  6. 6th September 1987A pack of 6 buns costs 2.40 pounds. What is the cost of one bun?
  7. 7th September 1987A fair coin is flipped. What is the probability of it landing on heads?
  8. 8th September 1987Using the formula C = 3h + 5 from the worked example, a customer is charged 26 pounds. Work out how many hours the bike was hired for.
  9. 9th September 1987Find the range of 23, 9, 17, 31, 15.
  10. 10th September 1987A temperature graph shows a steady rise from 8C at 6am to 20C at 12 noon. What is the temperature at 9am?
  11. 11th September 1987A map has a scale where 2cm represents 5km. How many km does 8cm represent?
  12. 12th September 1987Look at the number sequence: 5, 9, 13, 17, ... What is the next term?
  13. 13th September 1987Calculate: 4,672 + 1,859.
  14. 14th September 1987Four friends, Leo, Mia, Sam and Zara, each finished in a different position (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th) in a race. (1) Leo did not finish 1st or 4th. (2) Mia finished immediately before Sam. (3) Zara finished 1st. Find each person's finishing position.
  15. 15th September 1987Write 'seven thousand and sixty' in figures.
  16. 16th September 1987Tom has 45 pounds. He spends 1/3 of it on a book, then 2/5 of what is left on a game. How much does he have left?
  17. 17th September 1987Find the missing term in this sequence: 2, 5, 10, 17, [], 37.
  18. 18th September 1987A train journey starts at 09:45 and takes 1 hour 50 minutes. What time does it arrive?
  19. 19th September 1987Order these from smallest to largest: 0.45, 2/5, 48%.
  20. 20th September 1987Work out 4.7 + 3.85.
  21. 21st September 1987What is 47 + 68?
  22. 22nd September 1987Express 18 out of 40 as a percentage.
  23. 23rd September 1987A cafe sells a meal deal for 5 pounds 50, or the items separately for 2 pounds 20 and 3 pounds 60. How much is saved by buying the meal deal?
  24. 24th September 1987Find the mean of 6, 9, 12, 13.
  25. 25th September 1987A recipe needs 750 g of flour and makes 5 loaves. How much flour is needed for 8 loaves?
  26. 26th September 1987Work out 5/6 - 3/8, giving your answer in its simplest form.
  27. 27th September 1987Complete the missing number: 5 : 9 = 15 : ___.
  28. 28th September 1987Six numbers have a mean of 14. Five of them are 9, 17, 12, 20 and 11. What is the sixth number?
  29. 29th September 1987Write 15:20 in 12-hour clock time.
  30. 30th September 1987A jug holds 1.5 litres. How many millilitres is this?