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August 1959 5-a-day
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Every sheet in August 1959
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 1959Red and blue raffle tickets are in the ratio 2 : 9. There are 6 red raffle tickets. How many raffle tickets are there altogether?
- 2nd August 1959A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 18 cm and height 9 cm. The prism is 4 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 3rd August 1959A bag holds 5 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 4th August 1959In a survey 4 households own 1 car, 2 own 2 cars and 6 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
- 5th August 1959A meal deal has 3 mains, 3 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 6th August 1959Solve 3(x + 8) = 36.
- 7th August 1959A map has a scale of 1 : 25000. Two villages are 2 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 8th August 1959Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular hexagon.
- 9th August 1959A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 10th August 1959A box plot has a minimum of 19 and a maximum of 68. Work out the range.
- 11th August 1959A bill is £408 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 12th August 1959Use v = u + at with u = 3, a = 5 and t = 5. Work out v.
- 13th August 1959A pack of 9 sponges costs £3.60. A pack of 18 costs £6.84. Which pack is better value?
- 14th August 1959The bearing of B from A is 022°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 15th August 1959A bag holds 6 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 16th August 1959A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 4x + 23. Use it to estimate y when x = 3.
- 17th August 1959Work out (12 x 10^6) / (3 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
- 18th August 19594 teas and 1 cake cost £10.90. 4 teas and 3 cakes cost £16.30. Find the price of a tea.
- 19th August 1959Work out 60% of 200.
- 20th August 1959A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 5 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 21st August 1959A bag holds 4 red and 3 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 22nd August 1959Four classes in order have frequencies 12, 4, 10, 10. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 23rd August 1959A meal deal has 5 mains, 8 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 24th August 1959For the curve y = -35/x, work out y when x = -5, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 25th August 1959Write the ratio 6 : 36 in the form 1 : n.
- 26th August 1959A trapezium has parallel sides of 5 cm and 16 cm, 16 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 27th August 1959A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 28th August 195910 beetles are marked and released. Later 32 are caught, of which 4 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 29th August 1959A bill is £504 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 30th August 1959Factorise x^2 - 5x - 24.
- 31st August 1959A coach travels 90 km in 1.5 hours, then 70 km in 1 hour. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.