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October 1955

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st October 1955A meal deal has 5 mains, 4 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  2. 2nd October 1955The angles in a triangle are 2x°, 2x° and (x + 60)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  3. 3rd October 1955A coach travels 60 km in 0.5 hours, then 40 km in 1.5 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  4. 4th October 1955Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular nonagon.
  5. 5th October 1955A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
  6. 6th October 1955Grouped data has five classes of width 10, the first being 40 < x <= 50. The frequencies in order are 21, 3, 7, 16, 11. Write down the modal class.
  7. 7th October 1955A bill is £72 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  8. 8th October 1955Expand and simplify 2(3x + 7).
  9. 9th October 1955Musa drives 100 km in 2 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  10. 10th October 1955The bearing of B from A is 101°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  11. 11th October 1955A bag holds 6 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  12. 12th October 1955Of 27 students, 11 study French, 20 study German and 6 study both. How many study neither?
  13. 13th October 1955Work out (16 x 10^12) / (2 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  14. 14th October 1955A line has equation y = 5x - 25. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  15. 15th October 1955Red and blue sweets are in the ratio 3 : 5. There are 39 red sweets. How many sweets are there altogether?
  16. 16th October 1955A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 6 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  17. 17th October 1955A bag holds 4 red and 6 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  18. 18th October 1955In a survey 2 households own 1 car, 4 own 2 cars and 4 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  19. 19th October 1955A meal deal has 9 mains, 3 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  20. 20th October 1955Solve 7(x - 1) = 7.
  21. 21st October 1955A map has a scale of 1 : 25000. Two villages are 14.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  22. 22nd October 1955A trapezium has parallel sides of 6 cm and 11 cm, 10 cm apart. Work out its area.
  23. 23rd October 1955A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
  24. 24th October 1955A box plot has a minimum of 13 and a maximum of 64. Work out the range.
  25. 25th October 1955A bill is £624 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  26. 26th October 1955Use v = u + at with u = 15, a = 8 and t = 8. Work out v.
  27. 27th October 1955A pack of 6 pencils costs £1.20. A pack of 18 costs £2.88. Which pack is better value?
  28. 28th October 1955Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 58°, 70° and 49°. Work out the fourth.
  29. 29th October 1955A bag holds 7 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  30. 30th October 1955A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 2x + 37. Use it to estimate y when x = 9.
  31. 31st October 1955Work out (54 x 10^12) / (9 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.

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