Daily Practice · Foundation
May 1956 5-a-day
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Every sheet in May 1956
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 1956The point (-3, -1) is rotated 90° anticlockwise about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
- 2nd May 1956A bag holds 5 red, 2 blue and 4 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is green.
- 3rd May 1956Of 68 students, 34 study French, 28 study German and 6 study both. How many study neither?
- 4th May 1956Work out 1/2 divided by 1/6. Give your answer in its simplest form.
- 5th May 1956Simplify 5a + 4b + 6a - 9b.
- 6th May 19568 identical pens cost £11.20. Work out the cost of 4 of the same pens.
- 7th May 1956Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 99°, 67° and 77°. Work out the fourth.
- 8th May 1956A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 9th May 195690 people were surveyed. 60 were adults, of whom 30 said yes. 15 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
- 10th May 1956A length x is 830 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
- 11th May 1956A line has equation y = 6x - 6. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
- 12th May 1956A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 100. The real length is 12 m. How long is the model, in cm?
- 13th May 1956A trapezium has parallel sides of 6 cm and 8 cm, 8 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 14th May 1956Chloe has 4 scores with a mean of 13. Scores 14, 7, 19 are known. Work out the missing score.
- 15th May 1956In a group of 150 students, 70 are boys. 10 boys and 25 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
- 16th May 1956Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(37) lie?
- 17th May 1956The angles in a triangle are 2x°, 2x° and (x + 100)°. Form an equation and work out x.
- 18th May 1956A 400 g bag of oats costs £2.60. Work out the cost per 100 g.
- 19th May 1956The point (7, -7) is reflected in the x-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.
- 20th May 1956The probability that it rains tomorrow is 3/8. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
- 21st May 1956In a survey 4 households own 1 car, 9 own 2 cars and 7 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
- 22nd May 1956Work out 5/8 x 8/9. Give your answer in its simplest form.
- 23rd May 1956A rectangle is x cm wide and 5 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
- 24th May 1956£1 is worth 1.08 Swiss francs. How many Swiss francs does £400 buy?
- 25th May 1956The bearing of B from A is 233°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 26th May 1956Using only the digits 2, 3, 6, 4 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
- 27th May 1956A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 11, 9, 2 and 12. How many values are in the whole data set?
- 28th May 1956A length x is 140 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
- 29th May 1956Use v = u + at with u = 15, a = 5 and t = 7. Work out v.
- 30th May 1956A recipe for 12 flapjacks uses 348 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 24 flapjacks?
- 31st May 1956A cuboid measures 10 cm by 10 cm by 4 cm. Work out its volume.