Daily Practice · Foundation
August 1978 5-a-day
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- 1st August 1978A length x is 40 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
- 2nd August 1978A rectangle is x cm wide and 9 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
- 3rd August 1978A recipe for 8 scones uses 304 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 15 scones?
- 4th August 1978A trapezium has parallel sides of 4 cm and 11 cm, 10 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 5th August 1978Using only the digits 7, 2, 8 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
- 6th August 1978In a group of 120 students, 60 are boys. 10 boys and 10 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
- 7th August 1978Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(220) lie?
- 8th August 1978Use v = u + at with u = 12, a = 5 and t = 5. Work out v.
- 9th August 19785 identical cupcakes cost £2.25. Work out the cost of 5 of the same cupcakes.
- 10th August 1978The point (7, 8) is reflected in the x-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.
- 11th August 1978Here are 6 numbers: 20, 32, 29, 30, 22, 23. Work out the mean.
- 12th August 1978In a survey 7 households own 1 car, 3 own 2 cars and 4 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
- 13th August 1978Work out 6/7 x 3/7. Give your answer in its simplest form.
- 14th August 1978A sequence has nth term 7n + 11. Work out the 20th term.
- 15th August 1978A model of a bridge is built to a scale of 1 : 25. The real length is 0.75 m. How long is the model, in cm?
- 16th August 1978The bearing of B from A is 108°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 17th August 1978Here are seven numbers: 22, 7, 5, 2, 19, 8, 14. Work out the median and the range.
- 18th August 1978A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 6, 3, 4 and 12. How many values are in the whole data set?
- 19th August 1978A length x is 15.3 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
- 20th August 1978Solve the inequality 4x + 4 <= 36.
- 21st August 1978A 1100 g bag of oats costs £9.35. Work out the cost per 100 g.
- 22nd August 1978A cuboid measures 9 cm by 2 cm by 7 cm. Work out its volume.
- 23rd August 1978A bag holds 5 red, 3 blue and 2 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is blue.
- 24th August 1978A scatter graph plots a house's floor area and its asking price. What type of correlation would you expect?
- 25th August 1978Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(17) lie?
- 26th August 1978Simplify 2a + 2b + 2a - 4b.
- 27th August 1978£1 is worth 1.08 Swiss francs. How many Swiss francs does £400 buy?
- 28th August 1978Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 40°. Work out the other.
- 29th August 1978A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 30th August 1978A pie chart shows 24 people. 6 of them chose art. Work out the angle of that sector.
- 31st August 1978Work out 3/5 divided by 1/3. Give your answer in its simplest form.