Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
October 1978 5-a-day
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Every sheet in October 1978
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 1978Solve 2(x + 5) = 22.
- 2nd October 1978A coach travels 60 km in 1 hour, then 70 km in 0.5 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 3rd October 1978A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 9 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 4th October 1978A bag holds 7 red and 5 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 5th October 1978A box plot has a minimum of 16 and a maximum of 44. Work out the range.
- 6th October 1978A meal deal has 5 mains, 6 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 7th October 1978Use v = u + at with u = 15, a = 7 and t = 6. Work out v.
- 8th October 1978Chloe drives 120 km in 1.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 9th October 1978A trapezium has parallel sides of 12 cm and 20 cm, 12 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 10th October 1978A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 11th October 1978A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 4x + 20. Use it to estimate y when x = 4.
- 12th October 1978A bill is £768 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 13th October 19782 teas and 1 cake cost £3.60. 4 teas and 5 cakes cost £12.90. Find the price of a tea.
- 14th October 1978Red and blue raffle tickets are in the ratio 3 : 5. There are 42 red raffle tickets. How many raffle tickets are there altogether?
- 15th October 1978Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 76°, 106° and 117°. Work out the fourth.
- 16th October 1978A bag holds 3 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 17th October 1978Four classes in order have frequencies 11, 7, 7, 6. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 18th October 1978Work out (49 x 10^11) / (7 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
- 19th October 1978For the curve y = -24/x, work out y when x = -2, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 20th October 1978A map has a scale of 1 : 50000. Two villages are 9.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 21st October 1978A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 6 cm and height 11 cm. The prism is 11 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 22nd October 1978A bag holds 5 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 23rd October 197835 fish are marked and released. Later 84 are caught, of which 7 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 24th October 1978A meal deal has 8 mains, 4 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 25th October 1978Factorise x^2 - 2x - 63.
- 26th October 1978A pack of 6 sponges costs £2.70. A pack of 12 costs £4.68. Which pack is better value?
- 27th October 1978Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular pentagon.
- 28th October 1978A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 29th October 1978A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 76 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 30th October 1978A bill is £48 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 31st October 1978Does the point (-2, -5) satisfy y > x - 1?