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October 1978

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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  1. 1st October 1978Solve the inequality 4x - 13 >= 27.
  2. 2nd October 1978A recipe for 12 muffins uses 324 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 20 muffins?
  3. 3rd October 1978Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 116°, 129° and 68°. Work out the fourth.
  4. 4th October 1978A bag holds 5 red, 3 blue and 2 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is red.
  5. 5th October 1978130 people were surveyed. 60 were adults, of whom 5 said yes. 15 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  6. 6th October 1978Work out 3/5 divided by 4/9. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  7. 7th October 1978Simplify 4a + 5b + 3a - 1b.
  8. 8th October 19787 identical cupcakes cost £15.40. Work out the cost of 12 of the same cupcakes.
  9. 9th October 1978A trapezium has parallel sides of 13 cm and 18 cm, 12 cm apart. Work out its area.
  10. 10th October 1978A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
  11. 11th October 1978In a group of 90 students, 30 are boys. 10 boys and 15 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
  12. 12th October 1978A length x is 140 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  13. 13th October 1978A line has equation y = 2x - 8. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  14. 14th October 1978A model of a bridge is built to a scale of 1 : 100. The real length is 12 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  15. 15th October 1978The point (-7, 5) is reflected in the y-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  16. 16th October 1978Isla has 5 scores with a mean of 14. Scores 10, 14, 12, 16 are known. Work out the missing score.
  17. 17th October 1978In a survey 6 households own 1 car, 3 own 2 cars and 2 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  18. 18th October 1978Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(10) lie?
  19. 19th October 1978The angles in a triangle are 4x°, 2x° and (x + 12)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  20. 20th October 1978A 1000 g bag of coffee costs £4.00. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  21. 21st October 1978The bearing of B from A is 191°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  22. 22nd October 1978The probability that it rains tomorrow is 1/2. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  23. 23rd October 1978A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 10, 2, 3 and 6. How many values are in the whole data set?
  24. 24th October 1978Work out 1/3 divided by 4/5. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  25. 25th October 1978A rectangle is x cm wide and 4 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  26. 26th October 1978£1 is worth 1.24 US dollars. How many US dollars does £120 buy?
  27. 27th October 1978A cuboid measures 9 cm by 13 cm by 7 cm. Work out its volume.
  28. 28th October 1978Using only the digits 5, 3, 6, 1 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  29. 29th October 1978A scatter graph plots how far a lorry has driven and the fuel left in its tank. What type of correlation would you expect?
  30. 30th October 1978A length x is 80 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  31. 31st October 1978Use v = u + at with u = 8, a = 3 and t = 5. Work out v.

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