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August 1972

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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  1. 1st August 1972A pie chart shows 40 items. One sector has an angle of 90°. How many items does it represent?
  2. 2nd August 1972Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(84) lie?
  3. 3rd August 1972The angles in a triangle are 4x°, x° and (x + 18)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  4. 4th August 1972A recipe for 10 muffins uses 390 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 20 muffins?
  5. 5th August 1972The point (-2, -2) is rotated 90° clockwise about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  6. 6th August 1972The probability that it rains tomorrow is 3/4. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  7. 7th August 1972Of 40 students, 16 study French, 15 study German and 4 study both. How many study neither?
  8. 8th August 1972Work out 1/2 divided by 1/2. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  9. 9th August 1972A rectangle is x cm wide and 7 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  10. 10th August 19728 identical pens cost £12.80. Work out the cost of 3 of the same pens.
  11. 11th August 1972Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 60°, 44° and 222°. Work out the fourth.
  12. 12th August 1972Using only the digits 2, 9, 4, 7 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  13. 13th August 1972210 people were surveyed. 30 were adults, of whom 5 said yes. 75 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  14. 14th August 1972A length x is 79 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  15. 15th August 1972Use v = u + at with u = 10, a = 7 and t = 2. Work out v.
  16. 16th August 1972A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 20. The real length is 2.4 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  17. 17th August 1972A trapezium has parallel sides of 10 cm and 14 cm, 8 cm apart. Work out its area.
  18. 18th August 1972Here are 5 numbers: 11, 9, 4, 10, 16. Work out the mean.
  19. 19th August 1972In a group of 60 students, 30 are boys. 10 boys and 15 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
  20. 20th August 1972Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(47) lie?
  21. 21st August 1972A sequence has nth term 6n - 5. Work out the 25th term.
  22. 22nd August 1972A 400 g bag of rice costs £2.20. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  23. 23rd August 1972The point (8, 4) is reflected in the x-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  24. 24th August 1972Here are seven numbers: 28, 5, 22, 2, 25, 4, 13. Work out the median and the range.
  25. 25th August 1972In a survey 2 households own 1 car, 4 own 2 cars and 4 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  26. 26th August 1972Work out 4/7 x 5/6. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  27. 27th August 1972Solve the inequality 6x + 14 >= 50.
  28. 28th August 1972£1 is worth 1.24 US dollars. How many US dollars does £420 buy?
  29. 29th August 1972The bearing of B from A is 099°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  30. 30th August 1972A bag holds 9 red, 7 blue and 3 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is blue.
  31. 31st August 1972A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 7, 6, 7 and 8. How many values are in the whole data set?

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