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August 1983 5-a-day

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August 1983

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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  1. 1st August 1983£1 is worth 1.24 US dollars. How many US dollars does £260 buy?
  2. 2nd August 1983An L-shape is a 13 cm by 14 cm rectangle with a 8 cm by 10 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  3. 3rd August 1983A bag holds 5 red, 2 blue and 7 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is blue.
  4. 4th August 1983A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 6 with the leaves 2, 4, 6, 7, 9. Work out the median of the five values.
  5. 5th August 1983Work out 6/7 divided by 2/3. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  6. 6th August 1983Simplify 5a + 8b + 3a - 5b.
  7. 7th August 1983A recipe for 8 flapjacks uses 128 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 9 flapjacks?
  8. 8th August 1983A cuboid measures 6 cm by 3 cm by 6 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  9. 9th August 1983A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
  10. 10th August 1983A pie chart shows 90 items. One sector has an angle of 16°. How many items does it represent?
  11. 11th August 1983A length x is 5.6 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  12. 12th August 1983A line has equation y = 2x - 6. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  13. 13th August 19833 identical batteries cost £1.80. Work out the cost of 11 of the same batteries.
  14. 14th August 1983The point (4, 1) is rotated 180° about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  15. 15th August 1983Anika has 4 scores with a mean of 6. Scores 4, 11, 8 are known. Work out the missing score.
  16. 16th August 1983Of 52 students, 37 study French, 17 study German and 10 study both. How many study neither?
  17. 17th August 1983Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(52) lie?
  18. 18th August 1983The angles in a triangle are 4x°, 3x° and (x + 84)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  19. 19th August 1983A model of a lorry is built to a scale of 1 : 25. The real length is 1.5 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  20. 20th August 1983Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 114°, 87° and 128°. Work out the fourth.
  21. 21st August 1983The probability that it rains tomorrow is 1/5. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  22. 22nd August 1983100 people were surveyed. 70 were adults, of whom 15 said yes. 10 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  23. 23rd August 1983Work out 2/3 x 5/8. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  24. 24th August 1983A rectangle is x cm wide and 2 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  25. 25th August 1983A 300 g bag of coffee costs £2.70. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  26. 26th August 1983A trapezium has parallel sides of 11 cm and 23 cm, 4 cm apart. Work out its area.
  27. 27th August 1983Using only the digits 3, 2, 7, 4 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  28. 28th August 1983In a group of 80 students, 40 are boys. 5 boys and 5 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
  29. 29th August 1983A length x is 12.1 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  30. 30th August 1983Use v = u + at with u = 5, a = 2 and t = 3. Work out v.
  31. 31st August 1983£1 is worth 1.85 Australian dollars. How many Australian dollars does £60 buy?

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