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October 1971 5-a-day

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October 1971

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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  1. 1st October 1971Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(45) lie?
  2. 2nd October 1971Simplify 7a + 3b + 4a - 5b.
  3. 3rd October 1971£1 is worth 1.15 euros. How many euros does £500 buy?
  4. 4th October 1971The bearing of B from A is 236°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  5. 5th October 1971A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  6. 6th October 1971A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 11, 3, 3 and 10. How many values are in the whole data set?
  7. 7th October 1971Work out 1/8 divided by 1/2. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  8. 8th October 1971A line has equation y = 4x - 12. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  9. 9th October 1971A recipe for 6 pancakes uses 114 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 5 pancakes?
  10. 10th October 1971A cuboid measures 10 cm by 10 cm by 9 cm. Work out its volume.
  11. 11th October 1971Jacob has 5 scores with a mean of 7. Scores 11, 7, 11, 3 are known. Work out the missing score.
  12. 12th October 1971A scatter graph plots the length of a queue and the number of tills open. What type of correlation would you expect?
  13. 13th October 1971A length x is 12 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  14. 14th October 1971The angles in a triangle are 4x°, 2x° and (x + 26)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  15. 15th October 19715 identical batteries cost £5.00. Work out the cost of 3 of the same batteries.
  16. 16th October 1971Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 104°. Work out the other.
  17. 17th October 1971The probability that it rains tomorrow is 3/8. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  18. 18th October 1971A pie chart shows 10 people. 3 of them chose French. Work out the angle of that sector.
  19. 19th October 1971Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(126) lie?
  20. 20th October 1971A rectangle is x cm wide and 2 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  21. 21st October 1971A model of an aircraft is built to a scale of 1 : 25. The real length is 0.5 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  22. 22nd October 1971Two of the angles in a triangle are 80° and 55°. Work out the third angle.
  23. 23rd October 1971Using only the digits 8, 2, 5, 3 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  24. 24th October 1971110 students were asked how they travel. 80 walked, and of those 5 were late. How many walkers were on time?
  25. 25th October 1971Work out 2/6 x 4/6. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  26. 26th October 1971Use v = u + at with u = 7, a = 8 and t = 8. Work out v.
  27. 27th October 1971A 500 g bag of pasta costs £3.75. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  28. 28th October 1971A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 3 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  29. 29th October 1971Here are 5 numbers: 21, 21, 11, 11, 16. Work out the mean.
  30. 30th October 1971On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 20 people. A bar is 6 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  31. 31st October 1971A length x is 840 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.

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