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September 1981

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 3-4

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  1. 1st September 1981In a group of 120 students, 40 are boys. 10 boys and 25 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
  2. 2nd September 1981Work out 2/6 divided by 2/5. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  3. 3rd September 1981The angles in a triangle are 2x°, 3x° and (x + 120)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  4. 4th September 1981A 1200 g bag of pasta costs £9.60. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  5. 5th September 1981The point (-8, 4) is reflected in the x-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  6. 6th September 1981The probability that it rains tomorrow is 3/8. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  7. 7th September 1981In a survey 8 households own 1 car, 9 own 2 cars and 8 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  8. 8th September 1981A length x is 17.7 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  9. 9th September 1981A rectangle is x cm wide and 3 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  10. 10th September 1981£1 is worth 1.15 euros. How many euros does £360 buy?
  11. 11th September 1981The bearing of B from A is 066°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  12. 12th September 1981Using only the digits 4, 1, 9 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  13. 13th September 1981A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 9, 10, 5 and 9. How many values are in the whole data set?
  14. 14th September 1981Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(181) lie?
  15. 15th September 1981Use v = u + at with u = 15, a = 7 and t = 3. Work out v.
  16. 16th September 1981A recipe for 8 muffins uses 296 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 3 muffins?
  17. 17th September 1981A cuboid measures 3 cm by 15 cm by 4 cm. Work out its volume.
  18. 18th September 1981Here are 6 numbers: 16, 11, 23, 11, 18, 23. Work out the mean.
  19. 19th September 1981A scatter graph plots the temperature outside and the number of hot drinks sold. What type of correlation would you expect?
  20. 20th September 1981Work out 1/5 x 4/8. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  21. 21st September 1981A sequence has nth term 5n + 1. Work out the 100th term.
  22. 22nd September 19813 identical notebooks cost £2.25. Work out the cost of 7 of the same notebooks.
  23. 23rd September 1981Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 137°. Work out the other.
  24. 24th September 1981Here are seven numbers: 17, 22, 5, 11, 28, 8, 7. Work out the median and the range.
  25. 25th September 1981A pie chart shows 10 people. 9 of them chose French. Work out the angle of that sector.
  26. 26th September 1981A length x is 39 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  27. 27th September 1981Solve the inequality 4x + 11 < 67.
  28. 28th September 1981A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 25. The real length is 0.75 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  29. 29th September 1981Two of the angles in a triangle are 62° and 47°. Work out the third angle.
  30. 30th September 1981A bag holds 5 red, 4 blue and 3 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is blue.

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