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September 1979

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 3-4

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  1. 1st September 1979A length x is 7.6 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  2. 2nd September 1979Solve the inequality 2x + 11 > 17.
  3. 3rd September 19796 identical pens cost £4.50. Work out the cost of 11 of the same pens.
  4. 4th September 1979A trapezium has parallel sides of 8 cm and 19 cm, 4 cm apart. Work out its area.
  5. 5th September 1979A bag holds 6 red, 3 blue and 6 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is blue.
  6. 6th September 1979In a group of 90 students, 50 are boys. 20 boys and 10 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
  7. 7th September 1979Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(193) lie?
  8. 8th September 1979Simplify 6a + 2b + 2a - 7b.
  9. 9th September 1979A model of an aircraft is built to a scale of 1 : 20. The real length is 2.4 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  10. 10th September 1979The point (1, -7) is reflected in the x-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  11. 11th September 1979A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
  12. 12th September 1979In a survey 5 households own 1 car, 5 own 2 cars and 7 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  13. 13th September 1979Work out 3/5 x 1/7. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  14. 14th September 1979A line has equation y = 5x - 10. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  15. 15th September 1979A 400 g bag of pasta costs £1.00. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  16. 16th September 1979The bearing of B from A is 340°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  17. 17th September 1979Idris has 4 scores with a mean of 11. Scores 14, 8, 7 are known. Work out the missing score.
  18. 18th September 1979A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 4, 5, 12 and 4. How many values are in the whole data set?
  19. 19th September 1979A length x is 680 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  20. 20th September 1979The angles in a triangle are 3x°, 3x° and (x + 96)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  21. 21st September 1979£1 is worth 1.15 euros. How many euros does £380 buy?
  22. 22nd September 1979A cuboid measures 7 cm by 2 cm by 9 cm. Work out its volume.
  23. 23rd September 1979The probability that it rains tomorrow is 4/5. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  24. 24th September 1979A scatter graph plots a house's floor area and its asking price. What type of correlation would you expect?
  25. 25th September 1979Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(110) lie?
  26. 26th September 1979A rectangle is x cm wide and 4 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  27. 27th September 1979A recipe for 4 scones uses 136 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 20 scones?
  28. 28th September 1979Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 115°. Work out the other.
  29. 29th September 1979Using only the digits 9, 6, 8 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  30. 30th September 1979A pie chart shows 40 people. 26 of them chose science. Work out the angle of that sector.

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