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January 1978

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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  1. 1st January 1978The probability that it rains tomorrow is 1/4. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  2. 2nd January 1978A pie chart shows 72 items. One sector has an angle of 60°. How many items does it represent?
  3. 3rd January 1978Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(39) lie?
  4. 4th January 1978A rectangle is x cm wide and 4 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  5. 5th January 1978A recipe for 8 pancakes uses 352 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 15 pancakes?
  6. 6th January 1978The point (5, -5) is rotated 90° anticlockwise about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  7. 7th January 1978Using only the digits 9, 8, 2, 5 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  8. 8th January 1978Of 65 students, 25 study French, 25 study German and 4 study both. How many study neither?
  9. 9th January 1978Work out 5/9 divided by 1/2. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  10. 10th January 1978Use v = u + at with u = 5, a = 5 and t = 7. Work out v.
  11. 11th January 19783 identical notebooks cost £4.20. Work out the cost of 7 of the same notebooks.
  12. 12th January 1978Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 129°, 95° and 73°. Work out the fourth.
  13. 13th January 1978Here are 7 numbers: 14, 16, 9, 16, 12, 19, 12. Work out the mean.
  14. 14th January 1978240 people were surveyed. 50 were adults, of whom 25 said yes. 75 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  15. 15th January 1978A length x is 850 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  16. 16th January 1978A sequence has nth term 9n - 4. Work out the 100th term.
  17. 17th January 1978A model of a bridge is built to a scale of 1 : 100. The real length is 8 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  18. 18th January 1978A trapezium has parallel sides of 6 cm and 8 cm, 6 cm apart. Work out its area.
  19. 19th January 1978Here are seven numbers: 8, 14, 4, 28, 5, 2, 22. Work out the median and the range.
  20. 20th January 1978In a group of 110 students, 60 are boys. 5 boys and 20 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
  21. 21st January 1978Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(123) lie?
  22. 22nd January 1978Solve the inequality 6x - 13 >= 65.
  23. 23rd January 1978A 600 g bag of pasta costs £3.60. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  24. 24th January 1978The point (-8, -6) is reflected in the x-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  25. 25th January 1978A bag holds 7 red, 8 blue and 4 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is red.
  26. 26th January 1978In a survey 8 households own 1 car, 4 own 2 cars and 8 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  27. 27th January 1978Work out 2/9 x 1/3. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  28. 28th January 1978Simplify 9a + 4b + 2a - 4b.
  29. 29th January 1978£1 is worth 1.24 US dollars. How many US dollars does £380 buy?
  30. 30th January 1978The bearing of B from A is 062°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  31. 31st January 1978A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?

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