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March 1953

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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  1. 1st March 1953The probability that it rains tomorrow is 1/4. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  2. 2nd March 1953A scatter graph plots the day of the month and the temperature at noon. What type of correlation would you expect?
  3. 3rd March 1953Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(38) lie?
  4. 4th March 1953A rectangle is x cm wide and 6 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  5. 5th March 1953A 1200 g bag of oats costs £14.40. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  6. 6th March 1953Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 66°. Work out the other.
  7. 7th March 1953Using only the digits 9, 2, 3, 4 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  8. 8th March 1953A pie chart shows 20 people. 9 of them chose art. Work out the angle of that sector.
  9. 9th March 1953Work out 2/3 x 5/9. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  10. 10th March 1953Use v = u + at with u = 12, a = 8 and t = 7. Work out v.
  11. 11th March 1953£1 is worth 1.24 US dollars. How many US dollars does £140 buy?
  12. 12th March 1953Two of the angles in a triangle are 39° and 35°. Work out the third angle.
  13. 13th March 1953Here are 5 numbers: 24, 36, 34, 30, 26. Work out the mean.
  14. 14th March 195390 students were asked how they travel. 40 walked, and of those 5 were late. How many walkers were on time?
  15. 15th March 1953A length x is 890 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  16. 16th March 1953A sequence has nth term 7n - 7. Work out the 50th term.
  17. 17th March 1953A recipe for 10 pancakes uses 360 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 9 pancakes?
  18. 18th March 1953A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 9 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  19. 19th March 1953Here are seven numbers: 22, 4, 7, 19, 28, 2, 11. Work out the median and the range.
  20. 20th March 1953On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 50 people. A bar is 3 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  21. 21st March 1953Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(73) lie?
  22. 22nd March 1953Solve the inequality 8x + 15 > 87.
  23. 23rd March 19536 identical batteries cost £6.90. Work out the cost of 7 of the same batteries.
  24. 24th March 1953An L-shape is a 19 cm by 18 cm rectangle with a 14 cm by 5 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  25. 25th March 1953A bag holds 6 red, 4 blue and 5 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is blue.
  26. 26th March 1953A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 3 with the leaves 2, 4, 5, 7, 9. Work out the median of the five values.
  27. 27th March 1953Work out 1/4 divided by 2/6. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  28. 28th March 1953Simplify 9a + 3b + 8a - 6b.
  29. 29th March 1953A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 100. The real length is 5 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  30. 30th March 1953A cuboid measures 9 cm by 5 cm by 11 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  31. 31st March 1953A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?

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