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October 1983

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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  1. 1st October 1983A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 5 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  2. 2nd October 1983The probability that it rains tomorrow is 1/4. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  3. 3rd October 1983On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 4 people. A bar is 2 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  4. 4th October 1983A length x is 620 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  5. 5th October 1983A rectangle is x cm wide and 5 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  6. 6th October 1983A recipe for 4 pancakes uses 104 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 20 pancakes?
  7. 7th October 1983An L-shape is a 16 cm by 15 cm rectangle with a 3 cm by 10 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  8. 8th October 1983Using only the digits 6, 3, 5, 2 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  9. 9th October 1983A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 2 with the leaves 2, 4, 7, 8, 9. Work out the median of the five values.
  10. 10th October 1983Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(18) lie?
  11. 11th October 1983Use v = u + at with u = 4, a = 4 and t = 5. Work out v.
  12. 12th October 19834 identical batteries cost £7.60. Work out the cost of 8 of the same batteries.
  13. 13th October 1983A cuboid measures 9 cm by 8 cm by 7 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  14. 14th October 1983Here are 5 numbers: 10, 13, 7, 14, 6. Work out the mean.
  15. 15th October 1983A pie chart shows 30 items. One sector has an angle of 108°. How many items does it represent?
  16. 16th October 1983Work out 1/4 x 1/2. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  17. 17th October 1983A sequence has nth term 6n + 5. Work out the 10th term.
  18. 18th October 1983A model of a bridge is built to a scale of 1 : 50. The real length is 1.5 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  19. 19th October 1983The point (0, 4) is rotated 90° anticlockwise about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  20. 20th October 1983Here are seven numbers: 8, 11, 25, 22, 28, 17, 7. Work out the median and the range.
  21. 21st October 1983Of 57 students, 22 study French, 28 study German and 10 study both. How many study neither?
  22. 22nd October 1983A length x is 450 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  23. 23rd October 1983Solve the inequality 2x + 13 >= 21.
  24. 24th October 1983A 400 g bag of coffee costs £3.00. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  25. 25th October 1983Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 79°, 99° and 119°. Work out the fourth.
  26. 26th October 1983A bag holds 6 red, 3 blue and 6 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is red.
  27. 27th October 1983170 people were surveyed. 50 were adults, of whom 15 said yes. 40 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  28. 28th October 1983Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(151) lie?
  29. 29th October 1983Simplify 7a + 6b + 2a - 4b.
  30. 30th October 1983£1 is worth 1.85 Australian dollars. How many Australian dollars does £460 buy?
  31. 31st October 1983A trapezium has parallel sides of 6 cm and 9 cm, 6 cm apart. Work out its area.

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