Daily Practice · Foundation
October 1974 5-a-day
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Every sheet in October 1974
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 1974A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 2nd October 1974A pie chart shows 60 items. One sector has an angle of 18°. How many items does it represent?
- 3rd October 1974Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(77) lie?
- 4th October 1974A line has equation y = 2x - 10. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
- 5th October 1974A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 50. The real length is 5 m. How long is the model, in cm?
- 6th October 1974The point (-3, 0) is rotated 90° anticlockwise about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
- 7th October 1974Rohan has 5 scores with a mean of 8. Scores 10, 6, 8, 12 are known. Work out the missing score.
- 8th October 1974Of 56 students, 32 study French, 29 study German and 7 study both. How many study neither?
- 9th October 1974Work out 1/2 x 7/8. Give your answer in its simplest form.
- 10th October 1974The angles in a triangle are 3x°, 3x° and (x + 68)°. Form an equation and work out x.
- 11th October 1974A 600 g bag of rice costs £6.30. Work out the cost per 100 g.
- 12th October 1974Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 97°, 136° and 82°. Work out the fourth.
- 13th October 1974The probability that it rains tomorrow is 5/8. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
- 14th October 1974130 people were surveyed. 50 were adults, of whom 15 said yes. 5 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
- 15th October 1974A length x is 33 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
- 16th October 1974A rectangle is x cm wide and 2 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
- 17th October 1974£1 is worth 1.08 Swiss francs. How many Swiss francs does £80 buy?
- 18th October 1974A trapezium has parallel sides of 5 cm and 15 cm, 10 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 19th October 1974Using only the digits 6, 8, 9 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
- 20th October 1974In a group of 90 students, 20 are boys. 5 boys and 10 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
- 21st October 1974Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(68) lie?
- 22nd October 1974Use v = u + at with u = 4, a = 3 and t = 7. Work out v.
- 23rd October 1974A recipe for 6 flapjacks uses 228 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 20 flapjacks?
- 24th October 1974The point (-8, 5) is reflected in the y-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.
- 25th October 1974Here are 6 numbers: 19, 16, 17, 23, 25, 26. Work out the mean.
- 26th October 1974In a survey 4 households own 1 car, 5 own 2 cars and 8 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
- 27th October 1974Work out 2/3 divided by 1/2. Give your answer in its simplest form.
- 28th October 1974A sequence has nth term 5n - 2. Work out the 12th term.
- 29th October 19743 identical pens cost £5.70. Work out the cost of 9 of the same pens.
- 30th October 1974The bearing of B from A is 181°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 31st October 1974Here are seven numbers: 8, 19, 4, 7, 17, 5, 14. Work out the median and the range.