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January 1985 5-a-day

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January 1985

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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  1. 1st January 1985110 students were asked how they travel. 30 walked, and of those 15 were late. How many walkers were on time?
  2. 2nd January 1985Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(123) lie?
  3. 3rd January 1985The angles in a triangle are 3x°, x° and (x + 35)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  4. 4th January 19857 identical cupcakes cost £12.60. Work out the cost of 8 of the same cupcakes.
  5. 5th January 1985A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 9 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  6. 6th January 1985The probability that it rains tomorrow is 3/10. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  7. 7th January 1985On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 50 people. A bar is 5 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  8. 8th January 1985Work out 1/3 x 1/8. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  9. 9th January 1985A rectangle is x cm wide and 4 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  10. 10th January 1985A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 100. The real length is 6 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  11. 11th January 1985An L-shape is a 9 cm by 12 cm rectangle with a 5 cm by 3 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  12. 12th January 1985Using only the digits 8, 1, 5 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  13. 13th January 1985A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 5 with the leaves 0, 2, 3, 5, 7. Work out the median of the five values.
  14. 14th January 1985A length x is 82 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  15. 15th January 1985Use v = u + at with u = 10, a = 4 and t = 6. Work out v.
  16. 16th January 1985A 300 g bag of oats costs £3.60. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  17. 17th January 1985A cuboid measures 2 cm by 4 cm by 5 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  18. 18th January 1985Here are 5 numbers: 32, 26, 28, 20, 24. Work out the mean.
  19. 19th January 1985A pie chart shows 20 items. One sector has an angle of 144°. How many items does it represent?
  20. 20th January 1985Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(105) lie?
  21. 21st January 1985A sequence has nth term 6n + 8. Work out the 20th term.
  22. 22nd January 1985£1 is worth 1.85 Australian dollars. How many Australian dollars does £320 buy?
  23. 23rd January 1985The point (-5, -5) is rotated 90° anticlockwise about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  24. 24th January 1985Here are seven numbers: 25, 28, 22, 19, 17, 13, 11. Work out the median and the range.
  25. 25th January 1985Of 66 students, 24 study French, 32 study German and 7 study both. How many study neither?
  26. 26th January 1985Work out 6/8 divided by 1/2. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  27. 27th January 1985Solve the inequality 4x + 7 > 51.
  28. 28th January 1985A recipe for 4 flapjacks uses 84 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 24 flapjacks?
  29. 29th January 1985Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 54°, 53° and 203°. Work out the fourth.
  30. 30th January 1985A bag holds 6 red, 8 blue and 3 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is red.
  31. 31st January 198580 people were surveyed. 70 were adults, of whom 10 said yes. 5 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?

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