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August 1983

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st August 1983A coach travels 90 km in 0.5 hours, then 60 km in 2 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  2. 2nd August 1983A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 4 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  3. 3rd August 1983A bag holds 4 red and 4 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  4. 4th August 1983Grouped data has five classes of width 10, the first being 40 < x <= 50. The frequencies in order are 3, 16, 21, 7, 11. Write down the modal class.
  5. 5th August 1983A meal deal has 6 mains, 8 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  6. 6th August 1983Expand and simplify 7(9x + 10).
  7. 7th August 1983Kwame drives 280 km in 4 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  8. 8th August 1983A trapezium has parallel sides of 6 cm and 9 cm, 14 cm apart. Work out its area.
  9. 9th August 1983A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
  10. 10th August 1983Of 28 students, 14 study French, 10 study German and 4 study both. How many study neither?
  11. 11th August 1983A bill is £96 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  12. 12th August 1983A line has equation y = 3x - 12. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  13. 13th August 1983Red and blue raffle tickets are in the ratio 2 : 7. There are 30 red raffle tickets. How many raffle tickets are there altogether?
  14. 14th August 1983Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 73°, 72° and 60°. Work out the fourth.
  15. 15th August 1983A bag holds 4 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  16. 16th August 1983In a survey 2 households own 1 car, 7 own 2 cars and 8 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  17. 17th August 1983Work out (63 x 10^7) / (9 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
  18. 18th August 1983Solve 3(x + 8) = 57.
  19. 19th August 1983A map has a scale of 1 : 25000. Two villages are 10 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  20. 20th August 1983A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 18 cm and height 13 cm. The prism is 11 cm long. Work out its volume.
  21. 21st August 1983A bag holds 2 red and 4 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  22. 22nd August 1983A box plot has a minimum of 16 and a maximum of 37. Work out the range.
  23. 23rd August 1983A meal deal has 3 mains, 3 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  24. 24th August 1983Use v = u + at with u = 3, a = 6 and t = 7. Work out v.
  25. 25th August 1983A pack of 12 teabags costs £3.00. A pack of 48 costs £9.12. Which pack is better value?
  26. 26th August 1983Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular hexagon.
  27. 27th August 1983A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
  28. 28th August 1983A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 8x + 20. Use it to estimate y when x = 9.
  29. 29th August 1983A bill is £840 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  30. 30th August 19832 teas and 3 cakes cost £9.60. 4 teas and 2 cakes cost £12.80. Find the price of a tea.
  31. 31st August 1983Work out 5% of 100.

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