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January 1959 5-a-day

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January 1959

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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  1. 1st January 1959Work out 1/2 x 1/2. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  2. 2nd January 1959A line has equation y = 5x - 10. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  3. 3rd January 1959A 1100 g bag of coffee costs £11.55. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  4. 4th January 1959An L-shape is a 13 cm by 11 cm rectangle with a 5 cm by 3 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  5. 5th January 1959Musa has 5 scores with a mean of 15. Scores 14, 16, 19, 11 are known. Work out the missing score.
  6. 6th January 1959A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 5 with the leaves 1, 2, 3, 5, 8. Work out the median of the five values.
  7. 7th January 1959A length x is 76 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  8. 8th January 1959The angles in a triangle are 4x°, x° and (x + 60)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  9. 9th January 1959£1 is worth 1.15 euros. How many euros does £260 buy?
  10. 10th January 1959A cuboid measures 10 cm by 6 cm by 9 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  11. 11th January 1959The probability that it rains tomorrow is 1/5. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  12. 12th January 1959A pie chart shows 30 items. One sector has an angle of 24°. How many items does it represent?
  13. 13th January 1959Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(61) lie?
  14. 14th January 1959A rectangle is x cm wide and 7 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  15. 15th January 1959A recipe for 6 flapjacks uses 174 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 24 flapjacks?
  16. 16th January 1959The point (-2, -5) is rotated 90° anticlockwise about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  17. 17th January 1959Using only the digits 5, 8, 6, 4 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  18. 18th January 1959Of 66 students, 35 study French, 34 study German and 12 study both. How many study neither?
  19. 19th January 1959Work out 4/6 divided by 5/9. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  20. 20th January 1959Use v = u + at with u = 12, a = 2 and t = 3. Work out v.
  21. 21st January 19595 identical pens cost £6.75. Work out the cost of 9 of the same pens.
  22. 22nd January 1959Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 102°, 81° and 139°. Work out the fourth.
  23. 23rd January 1959Here are 5 numbers: 12, 13, 15, 14, 16. Work out the mean.
  24. 24th January 1959190 people were surveyed. 90 were adults, of whom 10 said yes. 10 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  25. 25th January 1959A length x is 70 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  26. 26th January 1959A sequence has nth term 5n - 10. Work out the 100th term.
  27. 27th January 1959A model of an aircraft is built to a scale of 1 : 100. The real length is 6 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  28. 28th January 1959A trapezium has parallel sides of 14 cm and 19 cm, 10 cm apart. Work out its area.
  29. 29th January 1959Here are seven numbers: 4, 25, 13, 11, 7, 8, 17. Work out the median and the range.
  30. 30th January 1959In a group of 70 students, 50 are boys. 20 boys and 5 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
  31. 31st January 1959Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(71) lie?

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