Daily Practice · Foundation
May 1974 5-a-day
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- 1st May 1974A rectangle is x cm wide and 3 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
- 2nd May 19746 identical pens cost £3.60. Work out the cost of 6 of the same pens.
- 3rd May 1974Two of the angles in a triangle are 39° and 41°. Work out the third angle.
- 4th May 1974Using only the digits 8, 7, 3 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
- 5th May 197490 students were asked how they travel. 20 walked, and of those 10 were late. How many walkers were on time?
- 6th May 1974A length x is 250 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
- 7th May 1974Use v = u + at with u = 5, a = 6 and t = 7. Work out v.
- 8th May 1974A model of a lorry is built to a scale of 1 : 20. The real length is 0.6 m. How long is the model, in cm?
- 9th May 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.
- 10th May 1974Here are 7 numbers: 35, 25, 31, 25, 29, 30, 35. Work out the mean.
- 11th May 1974On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 4 people. A bar is 9 squares tall. How many people does it show?
- 12th May 1974Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(152) lie?
- 13th May 1974A sequence has nth term 7n - 8. Work out the 10th term.
- 14th May 1974A 1100 g bag of oats costs £6.60. Work out the cost per 100 g.
- 15th May 1974An L-shape is a 16 cm by 20 cm rectangle with a 4 cm by 15 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
- 16th May 1974Here are seven numbers: 28, 22, 13, 14, 19, 5, 25. Work out the median and the range.
- 17th May 1974A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 2 with the leaves 0, 5, 6, 7, 9. Work out the median of the five values.
- 18th May 1974Work out 3/4 x 3/6. Give your answer in its simplest form.
- 19th May 1974Solve the inequality 5x + 5 < 55.
- 20th May 1974£1 is worth 1.08 Swiss francs. How many Swiss francs does £180 buy?
- 21st May 1974A cuboid measures 10 cm by 4 cm by 4 cm. Work out its total surface area.
- 22nd May 1974A bag holds 5 red, 2 blue and 3 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is blue.
- 23rd May 1974A pie chart shows 40 items. One sector has an angle of 36°. How many items does it represent?
- 24th May 1974A length x is 11 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
- 25th May 1974Simplify 8a + 9b + 6a - 8b.
- 26th May 1974A recipe for 12 scones uses 336 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 3 scones?
- 27th May 1974The point (8, -1) is rotated 90° anticlockwise about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
- 28th May 1974A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 29th May 1974Of 55 students, 23 study French, 33 study German and 6 study both. How many study neither?
- 30th May 1974Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(17) lie?
- 31st May 1974A line has equation y = 6x - 6. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.