Daily Practice · Foundation
May 1981 5-a-day
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- 1st May 1981A model of an aircraft is built to a scale of 1 : 25. The real length is 2 m. How long is the model, in cm?
- 2nd May 1981The bearing of B from A is 340°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 3rd May 1981The probability that it rains tomorrow is 3/5. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
- 4th May 1981A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 7, 9, 12 and 9. How many values are in the whole data set?
- 5th May 1981A length x is 500 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
- 6th May 1981A rectangle is x cm wide and 3 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
- 7th May 1981A 800 g bag of coffee costs £5.20. Work out the cost per 100 g.
- 8th May 1981A cuboid measures 5 cm by 8 cm by 15 cm. Work out its volume.
- 9th May 1981Using only the digits 8, 3, 5 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
- 10th May 1981A scatter graph plots a phone's age and its resale value. What type of correlation would you expect?
- 11th May 1981Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(141) lie?
- 12th May 1981Use v = u + at with u = 12, a = 9 and t = 2. Work out v.
- 13th May 1981£1 is worth 1.85 Australian dollars. How many Australian dollars does £100 buy?
- 14th May 1981Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 75°. Work out the other.
- 15th May 1981Here are 7 numbers: 23, 14, 22, 16, 19, 15, 24. Work out the mean.
- 16th May 1981A pie chart shows 10 people. 6 of them chose science. Work out the angle of that sector.
- 17th May 1981Work out 2/4 x 4/5. Give your answer in its simplest form.
- 18th May 1981A sequence has nth term 5n + 5. Work out the 12th term.
- 19th May 1981A recipe for 4 scones uses 172 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 5 scones?
- 20th May 1981Two of the angles in a triangle are 78° and 37°. Work out the third angle.
- 21st May 1981Here are seven numbers: 22, 2, 13, 8, 7, 11, 14. Work out the median and the range.
- 22nd May 1981130 students were asked how they travel. 50 walked, and of those 15 were late. How many walkers were on time?
- 23rd May 1981A length x is 17.9 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
- 24th May 1981Solve the inequality 8x - 11 < 29.
- 25th May 19816 identical notebooks cost £10.80. Work out the cost of 11 of the same notebooks.
- 26th May 1981A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 12 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 27th May 1981A bag holds 5 red, 4 blue and 7 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is blue.
- 28th May 1981On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 4 people. A bar is 5 squares tall. How many people does it show?
- 29th May 1981Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(30) lie?
- 30th May 1981Simplify 8a + 3b + 7a - 7b.
- 31st May 1981A model of an aircraft is built to a scale of 1 : 100. The real length is 2 m. How long is the model, in cm?