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October 1968

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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  1. 1st October 1968A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 12 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  2. 2nd October 1968A bag holds 9 red, 7 blue and 5 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is green.
  3. 3rd October 1968On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 2 people. A bar is 3 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  4. 4th October 1968Work out 2/5 divided by 1/6. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  5. 5th October 1968Simplify 8a + 3b + 7a - 4b.
  6. 6th October 1968A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 100. The real length is 8 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  7. 7th October 1968An L-shape is a 9 cm by 14 cm rectangle with a 5 cm by 9 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  8. 8th October 1968A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  9. 9th October 1968A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 5 with the leaves 2, 4, 6, 8, 9. Work out the median of the five values.
  10. 10th October 1968A length x is 390 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  11. 11th October 1968A line has equation y = 6x - 18. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  12. 12th October 1968A 700 g bag of pasta costs £3.15. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  13. 13th October 1968A cuboid measures 6 cm by 3 cm by 9 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  14. 14th October 1968Tomasz has 4 scores with a mean of 15. Scores 18, 12, 18 are known. Work out the missing score.
  15. 15th October 1968A pie chart shows 30 items. One sector has an angle of 144°. How many items does it represent?
  16. 16th October 1968Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(60) lie?
  17. 17th October 1968The angles in a triangle are 2x°, 3x° and (x + 48)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  18. 18th October 1968£1 is worth 1.15 euros. How many euros does £540 buy?
  19. 19th October 1968The point (8, 0) is rotated 90° clockwise about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  20. 20th October 1968The probability that it rains tomorrow is 1/2. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  21. 21st October 1968Of 59 students, 35 study French, 29 study German and 15 study both. How many study neither?
  22. 22nd October 1968Work out 1/3 divided by 4/5. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  23. 23rd October 1968A rectangle is x cm wide and 5 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  24. 24th October 1968A recipe for 6 flapjacks uses 96 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 3 flapjacks?
  25. 25th October 1968Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 109°, 107° and 109°. Work out the fourth.
  26. 26th October 1968Using only the digits 5, 9, 7, 4 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  27. 27th October 1968130 people were surveyed. 80 were adults, of whom 25 said yes. 20 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  28. 28th October 1968A length x is 17.7 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  29. 29th October 1968Use v = u + at with u = 3, a = 5 and t = 4. Work out v.
  30. 30th October 19688 identical notebooks cost £4.00. Work out the cost of 6 of the same notebooks.
  31. 31st October 1968A trapezium has parallel sides of 5 cm and 14 cm, 6 cm apart. Work out its area.

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