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October 1959 5-a-day

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October 1959

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st October 1959A trapezium has parallel sides of 13 cm and 16 cm, 16 cm apart. Work out its area.
  2. 2nd October 1959A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
  3. 3rd October 1959Of 31 students, 12 study French, 16 study German and 5 study both. How many study neither?
  4. 4th October 1959A bill is £384 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  5. 5th October 1959A line has equation y = 4x - 20. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  6. 6th October 1959Write the ratio 2 : 4 in the form 1 : n.
  7. 7th October 1959Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 50°, 117° and 155°. Work out the fourth.
  8. 8th October 1959A bag holds 5 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  9. 9th October 1959In a survey 6 households own 1 car, 6 own 2 cars and 6 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  10. 10th October 1959Work out (72 x 10^12) / (9 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
  11. 11th October 1959Solve 5(x - 2) = 25.
  12. 12th October 1959A coach travels 70 km in 1 hour, then 60 km in 0.5 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  13. 13th October 1959A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 16 cm and height 7 cm. The prism is 9 cm long. Work out its volume.
  14. 14th October 1959A bag holds 2 red and 4 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  15. 15th October 1959A box plot has a minimum of 19 and a maximum of 54. Work out the range.
  16. 16th October 1959A meal deal has 5 mains, 9 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  17. 17th October 1959Use v = u + at with u = 4, a = 4 and t = 7. Work out v.
  18. 18th October 1959Aisha drives 135 km in 3 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  19. 19th October 1959Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular octagon.
  20. 20th October 1959A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
  21. 21st October 1959A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 9x + 29. Use it to estimate y when x = 8.
  22. 22nd October 1959A bill is £600 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  23. 23rd October 19593 teas and 4 cakes cost £10.40. 4 teas and 2 cakes cost £7.20. Find the price of a tea.
  24. 24th October 1959Red and blue sweets are in the ratio 7 : 9. There are 21 red sweets. How many sweets are there altogether?
  25. 25th October 1959The bearing of B from A is 353°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  26. 26th October 1959A bag holds 3 red and 8 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  27. 27th October 1959Four classes in order have frequencies 9, 4, 11, 12. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  28. 28th October 1959Work out (42 x 10^7) / (6 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
  29. 29th October 1959For the curve y = 55/x, work out y when x = -5, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  30. 30th October 1959A map has a scale of 1 : 10000. Two villages are 6 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  31. 31st October 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.

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