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May 1976 5-a-day

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May 1976

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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  1. 1st May 1976Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(48) lie?
  2. 2nd May 1976Solve the inequality 7x - 14 > 42.
  3. 3rd May 1976A 600 g bag of coffee costs £3.00. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  4. 4th May 1976A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 6 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  5. 5th May 1976A bag holds 3 red, 3 blue and 6 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is blue.
  6. 6th May 1976On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 5 people. A bar is 3 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  7. 7th May 1976Work out 1/2 x 1/2. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  8. 8th May 1976Simplify 4a + 8b + 4a - 2b.
  9. 9th May 1976£1 is worth 1.15 euros. How many euros does £460 buy?
  10. 10th May 1976An L-shape is a 10 cm by 18 cm rectangle with a 7 cm by 10 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  11. 11th May 1976A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
  12. 12th May 1976A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 5 with the leaves 2, 3, 5, 6, 9. Work out the median of the five values.
  13. 13th May 1976A length x is 18.5 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  14. 14th May 1976A line has equation y = 5x - 15. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  15. 15th May 1976A recipe for 8 muffins uses 256 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 3 muffins?
  16. 16th May 1976A cuboid measures 7 cm by 7 cm by 7 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  17. 17th May 1976Ade has 4 scores with a mean of 12. Scores 17, 16, 7 are known. Work out the missing score.
  18. 18th May 1976A pie chart shows 24 items. One sector has an angle of 45°. How many items does it represent?
  19. 19th May 1976Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(108) lie?
  20. 20th May 1976The angles in a triangle are 2x°, 2x° and (x + 75)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  21. 21st May 19766 identical batteries cost £6.00. Work out the cost of 12 of the same batteries.
  22. 22nd May 1976The point (0, 7) is rotated 180° about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  23. 23rd May 1976The probability that it rains tomorrow is 3/20. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  24. 24th May 1976Of 60 students, 28 study French, 38 study German and 15 study both. How many study neither?
  25. 25th May 1976Work out 5/7 divided by 1/2. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  26. 26th May 1976A rectangle is x cm wide and 5 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  27. 27th May 1976A model of a bridge is built to a scale of 1 : 100. The real length is 9 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  28. 28th May 1976Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 121°, 43° and 54°. Work out the fourth.
  29. 29th May 1976Using only the digits 8, 9, 4 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  30. 30th May 1976110 people were surveyed. 80 were adults, of whom 5 said yes. 10 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  31. 31st May 1976A length x is 17.8 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.

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