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October 1955

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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  1. 1st October 1955Work out 2/3 x 2/6. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  2. 2nd October 1955Solve the inequality 3x - 12 < 12.
  3. 3rd October 1955A recipe for 6 scones uses 228 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 5 scones?
  4. 4th October 1955An L-shape is a 16 cm by 10 cm rectangle with a 2 cm by 2 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  5. 5th October 1955A bag holds 5 red, 3 blue and 2 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is green.
  6. 6th October 1955A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 4 with the leaves 0, 1, 4, 5, 6. Work out the median of the five values.
  7. 7th October 1955A length x is 780 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  8. 8th October 1955Simplify 9a + 6b + 7a - 1b.
  9. 9th October 19555 identical pens cost £5.25. Work out the cost of 6 of the same pens.
  10. 10th October 1955A cuboid measures 11 cm by 2 cm by 10 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  11. 11th October 1955A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
  12. 12th October 1955A pie chart shows 30 items. One sector has an angle of 60°. How many items does it represent?
  13. 13th October 1955Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(211) lie?
  14. 14th October 1955A line has equation y = 2x - 12. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  15. 15th October 1955A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 50. The real length is 1.5 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  16. 16th October 1955The point (-3, -5) is rotated 90° anticlockwise about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  17. 17th October 1955Ellis has 4 scores with a mean of 9. Scores 11, 7, 11 are known. Work out the missing score.
  18. 18th October 1955Of 56 students, 24 study French, 24 study German and 3 study both. How many study neither?
  19. 19th October 1955Work out 4/8 x 1/2. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  20. 20th October 1955The angles in a triangle are 2x°, x° and (x + 120)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  21. 21st October 1955A 800 g bag of pasta costs £6.40. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  22. 22nd October 1955Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 108°, 136° and 72°. Work out the fourth.
  23. 23rd October 1955The probability that it rains tomorrow is 4/5. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  24. 24th October 1955140 people were surveyed. 50 were adults, of whom 15 said yes. 15 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  25. 25th October 1955A length x is 49 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  26. 26th October 1955A rectangle is x cm wide and 5 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  27. 27th October 1955£1 is worth 1.24 US dollars. How many US dollars does £540 buy?
  28. 28th October 1955A trapezium has parallel sides of 8 cm and 16 cm, 14 cm apart. Work out its area.
  29. 29th October 1955Using only the digits 7, 6, 2 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  30. 30th October 1955In a group of 80 students, 30 are boys. 5 boys and 20 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
  31. 31st October 1955Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(31) lie?

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