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December 1978 5-a-day

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December 1978

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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  1. 1st December 1978A recipe for 6 scones uses 162 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 15 scones?
  2. 2nd December 1978The point (7, -8) is rotated 90° anticlockwise about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  3. 3rd December 1978The probability that it rains tomorrow is 1/2. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  4. 4th December 1978Of 38 students, 12 study French, 23 study German and 6 study both. How many study neither?
  5. 5th December 1978A length x is 34 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  6. 6th December 1978A rectangle is x cm wide and 7 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  7. 7th December 19788 identical pens cost £18.00. Work out the cost of 10 of the same pens.
  8. 8th December 1978Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 88°, 64° and 54°. Work out the fourth.
  9. 9th December 1978Using only the digits 1, 2, 5 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  10. 10th December 1978210 people were surveyed. 60 were adults, of whom 5 said yes. 15 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  11. 11th December 1978Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(93) lie?
  12. 12th December 1978Use v = u + at with u = 4, a = 7 and t = 4. Work out v.
  13. 13th December 1978A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 25. The real length is 1.75 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  14. 14th December 1978A trapezium has parallel sides of 7 cm and 18 cm, 8 cm apart. Work out its area.
  15. 15th December 1978Here are 5 numbers: 28, 23, 33, 29, 27. Work out the mean.
  16. 16th December 1978In a group of 130 students, 30 are boys. 10 boys and 40 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
  17. 17th December 1978Work out 1/5 x 6/8. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  18. 18th December 1978A sequence has nth term 9n - 12. Work out the 25th term.
  19. 19th December 1978A 1200 g bag of oats costs £7.80. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  20. 20th December 1978The point (2, -1) is reflected in the y-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  21. 21st December 1978Here are seven numbers: 13, 4, 8, 25, 14, 17, 28. Work out the median and the range.
  22. 22nd December 1978In a survey 9 households own 1 car, 5 own 2 cars and 4 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  23. 23rd December 1978A length x is 8.1 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  24. 24th December 1978Solve the inequality 6x - 15 < 45.
  25. 25th December 1978£1 is worth 1.24 US dollars. How many US dollars does £480 buy?
  26. 26th December 1978The bearing of B from A is 117°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  27. 27th December 1978A bag holds 9 red, 8 blue and 9 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is green.
  28. 28th December 1978A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 5, 11, 2 and 8. How many values are in the whole data set?
  29. 29th December 1978Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(55) lie?
  30. 30th December 1978Simplify 5a + 6b + 7a - 3b.
  31. 31st December 1978A recipe for 6 scones uses 126 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 15 scones?

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