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October 1958

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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  1. 1st October 1958A bag holds 8 red, 5 blue and 6 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is red.
  2. 2nd October 1958A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 10, 12, 7 and 10. How many values are in the whole data set?
  3. 3rd October 1958Work out 3/5 x 1/2. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  4. 4th October 1958Simplify 5a + 5b + 6a - 6b.
  5. 5th October 1958A 800 g bag of rice costs £2.40. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  6. 6th October 1958A cuboid measures 12 cm by 8 cm by 3 cm. Work out its volume.
  7. 7th October 1958A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
  8. 8th October 1958A scatter graph plots the length of a queue and the number of tills open. What type of correlation would you expect?
  9. 9th October 1958A length x is 520 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  10. 10th October 1958A line has equation y = 5x - 30. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  11. 11th October 1958£1 is worth 1.24 US dollars. How many US dollars does £80 buy?
  12. 12th October 1958Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 117°. Work out the other.
  13. 13th October 1958Jacob has 5 scores with a mean of 11. Scores 5, 10, 12, 11 are known. Work out the missing score.
  14. 14th October 1958A pie chart shows 10 people. 8 of them chose art. Work out the angle of that sector.
  15. 15th October 1958Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(183) lie?
  16. 16th October 1958The angles in a triangle are 4x°, x° and (x + 18)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  17. 17th October 1958A recipe for 10 flapjacks uses 180 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 5 flapjacks?
  18. 18th October 1958Two of the angles in a triangle are 82° and 57°. Work out the third angle.
  19. 19th October 1958The probability that it rains tomorrow is 3/4. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  20. 20th October 1958110 students were asked how they travel. 20 walked, and of those 10 were late. How many walkers were on time?
  21. 21st October 1958Work out 3/9 x 1/7. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  22. 22nd October 1958A rectangle is x cm wide and 3 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  23. 23rd October 19587 identical cupcakes cost £4.20. Work out the cost of 10 of the same cupcakes.
  24. 24th October 1958A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 3 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  25. 25th October 1958Using only the digits 2, 6, 1, 3 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  26. 26th October 1958On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 2 people. A bar is 2 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  27. 27th October 1958A length x is 6.9 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  28. 28th October 1958Use v = u + at with u = 10, a = 5 and t = 8. Work out v.
  29. 29th October 1958A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 50. The real length is 3 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  30. 30th October 1958An L-shape is a 13 cm by 8 cm rectangle with a 2 cm by 2 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  31. 31st October 1958Here are 6 numbers: 33, 26, 25, 32, 28, 30. Work out the mean.

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