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March 1990 5-a-day

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March 1990

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 5-6

Every sheet in March 1990

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

  1. 1st March 1990Find the term-to-term rule for the sequence 100, 90, 80, 70, ...
  2. 2nd March 1990A train leaves at 07:42 and arrives at 09:05. How long does the journey take?
  3. 3rd March 1990A fair dice is rolled. What is the probability of rolling an even number?
  4. 4th March 1990Work out 8.5 x 100.
  5. 5th March 1990A square sheet of paper is folded in half diagonally, corner to corner, so the bottom-left corner lands exactly on the top-right corner. A hole is punched 2cm from the crease, well inside the folded triangle. How many holes appear once unfolded, and are they the same distance from the crease as the original hole?
  6. 6th March 1990Figure 1: square with a smaller white square centred inside it at exactly half its width. Figure 2: pentagon with a smaller white pentagon centred inside it at exactly half its width. Figure 3: hexagon with a smaller white hexagon centred inside it at exactly half its width. Which follows the same rule: an octagon with a smaller white octagon inside it at half its width, or an octagon with a smaller white octagon inside it at a third of its width?
  7. 7th March 1990What is 3/4 as a decimal?
  8. 8th March 1990Choose the word closest in meaning to WEARY: A) Energetic B) Exhausted C) Anxious D) Cheerful E) Curious
  9. 9th March 1990What is the value of the digit 7 in the number 47,908?
  10. 10th March 1990Choose the word most nearly opposite in meaning to TIMID: shy, bold, quiet, gentle.
  11. 11th March 1990'Many islanders were sceptical when the surveyors announced the bridge could be finished within a year.' What does 'sceptical' suggest about the islanders' reaction?
  12. 12th March 1990Convert 450 seconds into minutes and seconds.
  13. 13th March 1990What is 15% of 220?
  14. 14th March 1990The word can mean the main stem of a tree, or a large box used for storage or travel. Which word is being described?
  15. 15th March 1990A shape is reflected in a vertical mirror line. If the original shape has a black triangle in its top-left corner, where will the triangle appear in the reflected shape?
  16. 16th March 1990Choose the word most nearly opposite in meaning to TRANSPARENT: clear, obvious, opaque, thin.
  17. 17th March 1990Which meaning of 'plant' fits this sentence: 'Detectives suspected the evidence had been planted to mislead them.' (a) a living organism that grows in soil (b) a factory (c) to place something secretly to deceive (d) to put a seed in the ground?
  18. 18th March 1990Choose the word most nearly opposite in meaning to GENEROUS: kind, mean, wealthy, friendly.
  19. 19th March 1990Find the missing letter: CAR ( ? ) OT, where the letter completes the first word and starts the second.
  20. 20th March 1990Work out 8 x 34 without a calculator.
  21. 21st March 1990Find the letter that completes the word before the bracket and begins the word after the bracket: FLA ( ? ) IRE
  22. 22nd March 1990TYRE is to RUBBER as WINDOW is to ?
  23. 23rd March 1990(CROWN, MONARCHY) (SCALES, JUSTICE) (DOVE, ?)
  24. 24th March 19909 + 8 = 11 + [ ]. Find the missing number.
  25. 25th March 1990R=6, S=2, T=5, U=38, V=40. Work out (R + S) x T - S. Which letter has this value?
  26. 26th March 1990Zainab is older than Farah. Farah is older than Leon. Leon is older than Ivy. Who is the third oldest?
  27. 27th March 1990Choose the word most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to TIMID. A) Shy B) Nervous C) Bold D) Quiet E) Careful
  28. 28th March 1990Here are five words: STOP, HOUSE, POTS, GARDEN, TOPS. Which TWO words do NOT belong with the other three?
  29. 29th March 1990LIFEJACKET is to DROWNING as HELMET is to ? A) Cycling B) Head C) Injury D) Safety E) Road
  30. 30th March 19903 (10) 7 | 5 (?) 9. The number in brackets is found the same way both times. What is the missing number?
  31. 31st March 1990DOCTOR is to HOSPITAL as TEACHER is to ? A) Student B) School C) Classroom D) Lesson E) Chalk