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October 1987

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st October 1987A bill is £816 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  2. 2nd October 1987Expand and simplify 6(2x - 9).
  3. 3rd October 1987Red and blue raffle tickets are in the ratio 3 : 5. There are 33 red raffle tickets. How many raffle tickets are there altogether?
  4. 4th October 1987Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 114°, 94° and 87°. Work out the fourth.
  5. 5th October 1987A bag holds 6 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  6. 6th October 1987Of 69 students, 44 study French, 25 study German and 14 study both. How many study neither?
  7. 7th October 1987Work out (27 x 10^10) / (9 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  8. 8th October 1987A line has equation y = 4x - 20. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  9. 9th October 1987A map has a scale of 1 : 25000. Two villages are 5.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  10. 10th October 1987A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 20 cm and height 3 cm. The prism is 7 cm long. Work out its volume.
  11. 11th October 1987A bag holds 6 red and 5 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  12. 12th October 1987In a survey 9 households own 1 car, 6 own 2 cars and 4 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  13. 13th October 1987A meal deal has 6 mains, 4 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  14. 14th October 1987Solve 2(x - 7) = -4.
  15. 15th October 1987A pack of 9 batteries costs £5.40. A pack of 27 costs £15.93. Which pack is better value?
  16. 16th October 1987Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular pentagon.
  17. 17th October 1987A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
  18. 18th October 1987A box plot has a minimum of 11 and a maximum of 59. Work out the range.
  19. 19th October 1987A bill is £288 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  20. 20th October 1987Use v = u + at with u = 2, a = 2 and t = 7. Work out v.
  21. 21st October 1987Work out 5% of 340.
  22. 22nd October 1987The bearing of B from A is 019°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  23. 23rd October 1987A bag holds 4 red and 6 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  24. 24th October 1987A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 6x + 16. Use it to estimate y when x = 7.
  25. 25th October 1987Work out (81 x 10^10) / (9 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
  26. 26th October 19875 teas and 1 cake cost £14.35. 1 tea and 5 cakes cost £18.95. Find the price of a tea.
  27. 27th October 1987Write the ratio 3 : 24 in the form 1 : n.
  28. 28th October 1987A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 5 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  29. 29th October 1987A bag holds 4 red and 5 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  30. 30th October 1987Four classes in order have frequencies 3, 4, 6, 10. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  31. 31st October 1987A meal deal has 7 mains, 6 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?

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