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May 1991 5-a-day

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May 1991

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 5-6

Every sheet in May 1991

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

  1. 1st May 1991A tank holds 200 litres. 30% is drained, then half of what remains is drained again. How much water is left?
  2. 2nd May 1991Find the next two terms in this sequence: 3, 7, 11, 15, ...
  3. 3rd May 1991A cinema ticket costs 6 pounds 50. A group of 4 friends buys tickets. What is the total cost?
  4. 4th May 1991Convert 0.28 to a fraction in its simplest form.
  5. 5th May 1991Convert 0.125 to a fraction in its simplest form.
  6. 6th May 1991Share 36 in the ratio 1:3.
  7. 7th May 1991Out of 25 questions in a test, Sam gets 21 correct. What percentage did Sam get correct?
  8. 8th May 1991Jamie pays for a 7 pound 60 item with a 10 pound note. How much change does he receive?
  9. 9th May 1991A shape has 3 sides of equal length and all angles equal. What is this shape called, and what is the size of each interior angle?
  10. 10th May 1991Paint is mixed in the ratio blue:white = 2:7. If 18 litres of blue paint are used, how many litres of white paint are needed?
  11. 11th May 1991Find 2/7 of 84.
  12. 12th May 199172 stickers are shared between Jack and Mia in the ratio 5 : 7. How many stickers does Mia receive?
  13. 13th May 1991A youth orchestra has string and wind players in the ratio 5:3. There are 24 wind players. How many string players are there?
  14. 14th May 1991Convert 2500 millilitres to litres.
  15. 15th May 1991A train journey takes 2 hours 45 minutes. It departs at 09:20. What time does it arrive?
  16. 16th May 1991Solve: 5x = 35.
  17. 17th May 1991A film starts at 19:50 and lasts 1 hour 45 minutes. At what time does it end?
  18. 18th May 1991Two fair coins are flipped. What is the probability that both land on tails?
  19. 19th May 1991Find the value of 0.3 x 10 x 10.
  20. 20th May 1991A square sheet is folded in half vertically, then folded in half again horizontally, so the final folded shape is a quarter of the original size. A single hole is punched through all the layers, well away from both crease lines. How many holes will there be once fully unfolded, and why?
  21. 21st May 1991Figure 1: square (4 sides) with 2 dots. Figure 2: hexagon (6 sides) with 3 dots. Figure 3: octagon (8 sides) with 4 dots. Which follows the same rule: a decagon (10 sides) with 5 dots, or a decagon (10 sides) with 6 dots?
  22. 22nd May 1991Work out 9 squared minus 40.
  23. 23rd May 1991Which ONE word means both 'a device worn on the wrist to tell the time' and 'to look at something carefully'?
  24. 24th May 1991Write these numbers in order, smallest first: 3,206, 3,260, 3,026 and 3,602.
  25. 25th May 1991Move one letter from the first word to the second word to make two new words: CARE and OT.
  26. 26th May 1991'The negotiator's tone remained level throughout, giving nothing away.' What does 'level' suggest about the negotiator's tone in this sentence?
  27. 27th May 1991Convert 3.2 kilograms into grams.
  28. 28th May 1991A stadium holds 6,847 people. A reporter writes that about 7,000 people attended. To what has the figure been rounded, and what is the difference between the rounded figure and the true one?
  29. 29th May 1991Which word is closest in meaning to 'reluctant': (a) eager (b) unwilling (c) confident (d) careless?
  30. 30th May 1991Which shape is the odd one out: a circle with 3 dots, a circle with 3 dots, a circle with 3 dots, a circle with 4 dots?
  31. 31st May 1991A train ticket costs £24. A group ticket for 5 people costs £95. How much cheaper per person is the group ticket compared with buying single tickets?