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October 1961

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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  1. 1st October 1961A recipe for 6 muffins uses 108 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 9 muffins?
  2. 2nd October 1961The point (-4, 6) is rotated 180° about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  3. 3rd October 1961A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
  4. 4th October 1961Of 54 students, 40 study French, 20 study German and 12 study both. How many study neither?
  5. 5th October 1961Work out 1/9 x 1/6. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  6. 6th October 1961A line has equation y = 4x - 8. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  7. 7th October 19618 identical notebooks cost £16.80. Work out the cost of 9 of the same notebooks.
  8. 8th October 1961Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 78°, 117° and 48°. Work out the fourth.
  9. 9th October 1961Isla has 4 scores with a mean of 11. Scores 12, 9, 13 are known. Work out the missing score.
  10. 10th October 196180 people were surveyed. 60 were adults, of whom 15 said yes. 10 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  11. 11th October 1961A length x is 6 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  12. 12th October 1961The angles in a triangle are 2x°, 2x° and (x + 15)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  13. 13th October 1961A model of a bridge is built to a scale of 1 : 20. The real length is 1.2 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  14. 14th October 1961A trapezium has parallel sides of 12 cm and 14 cm, 16 cm apart. Work out its area.
  15. 15th October 1961The probability that it rains tomorrow is 2/5. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  16. 16th October 1961In a group of 60 students, 60 are boys. 25 boys and 0 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
  17. 17th October 1961Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(35) lie?
  18. 18th October 1961A rectangle is x cm wide and 6 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  19. 19th October 1961A 800 g bag of oats costs £7.60. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  20. 20th October 1961The point (-4, -4) is reflected in the x-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  21. 21st October 1961Using only the digits 7, 4, 5, 2 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  22. 22nd October 1961In a survey 7 households own 1 car, 7 own 2 cars and 8 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  23. 23rd October 1961Work out 1/5 x 7/8. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  24. 24th October 1961Use v = u + at with u = 9, a = 3 and t = 3. Work out v.
  25. 25th October 1961£1 is worth 1.08 Swiss francs. How many Swiss francs does £80 buy?
  26. 26th October 1961The bearing of B from A is 212°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  27. 27th October 1961Here are 5 numbers: 16, 14, 20, 18, 22. Work out the mean.
  28. 28th October 1961A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 9, 10, 7 and 7. How many values are in the whole data set?
  29. 29th October 1961A length x is 12.7 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  30. 30th October 1961A sequence has nth term 3n + 8. Work out the 50th term.
  31. 31st October 1961A recipe for 12 scones uses 180 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 15 scones?

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