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March 1974

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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  1. 1st March 1974Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(40) lie?
  2. 2nd March 1974Simplify 4a + 6b + 5a - 4b.
  3. 3rd March 19745 identical cupcakes cost £9.75. Work out the cost of 4 of the same cupcakes.
  4. 4th March 1974A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 3 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  5. 5th March 1974A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
  6. 6th March 1974On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 50 people. A bar is 8 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  7. 7th March 1974Work out 6/7 x 1/2. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  8. 8th March 1974A line has equation y = 3x - 15. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  9. 9th March 1974A model of an aircraft is built to a scale of 1 : 100. The real length is 4 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  10. 10th March 1974An L-shape is a 10 cm by 15 cm rectangle with a 6 cm by 3 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  11. 11th March 1974Isla has 4 scores with a mean of 15. Scores 12, 10, 20 are known. Work out the missing score.
  12. 12th March 1974A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 6 with the leaves 1, 3, 5, 7, 8. Work out the median of the five values.
  13. 13th March 1974A length x is 180 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  14. 14th March 1974The angles in a triangle are 2x°, 3x° and (x + 84)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  15. 15th March 1974A 1000 g bag of rice costs £7.00. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  16. 16th March 1974A cuboid measures 3 cm by 5 cm by 4 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  17. 17th March 1974The probability that it rains tomorrow is 1/4. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  18. 18th March 1974A pie chart shows 24 items. One sector has an angle of 105°. How many items does it represent?
  19. 19th March 1974Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(93) lie?
  20. 20th March 1974A rectangle is x cm wide and 3 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  21. 21st March 1974£1 is worth 1.08 Swiss francs. How many Swiss francs does £220 buy?
  22. 22nd March 1974The point (5, -2) is rotated 90° anticlockwise about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  23. 23rd March 1974Using only the digits 9, 5, 7, 4 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  24. 24th March 1974Of 62 students, 32 study French, 20 study German and 3 study both. How many study neither?
  25. 25th March 1974Work out 2/3 x 1/3. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  26. 26th March 1974Use v = u + at with u = 10, a = 7 and t = 4. Work out v.
  27. 27th March 1974A recipe for 10 scones uses 450 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 5 scones?
  28. 28th March 1974Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 130°, 93° and 33°. Work out the fourth.
  29. 29th March 1974Here are 5 numbers: 24, 22, 22, 24, 23. Work out the mean.
  30. 30th March 1974180 people were surveyed. 70 were adults, of whom 5 said yes. 50 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  31. 31st March 1974A length x is 30 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.

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