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March 1985

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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  1. 1st March 1985Here are 7 numbers: 24, 29, 34, 28, 34, 30, 24. Work out the mean.
  2. 2nd March 1985A pie chart shows 10 people. 9 of them chose French. Work out the angle of that sector.
  3. 3rd March 1985Work out 1/4 divided by 2/7. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  4. 4th March 1985A sequence has nth term 2n + 12. Work out the 50th term.
  5. 5th March 19853 identical pens cost £5.40. Work out the cost of 7 of the same pens.
  6. 6th March 1985Two of the angles in a triangle are 78° and 47°. Work out the third angle.
  7. 7th March 1985Here are seven numbers: 2, 8, 5, 28, 22, 7, 4. Work out the median and the range.
  8. 8th March 198570 students were asked how they travel. 50 walked, and of those 10 were late. How many walkers were on time?
  9. 9th March 1985A length x is 4.5 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  10. 10th March 1985Solve the inequality 3x + 6 > 45.
  11. 11th March 1985A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 20. The real length is 2.2 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  12. 12th March 1985A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 7 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  13. 13th March 1985A bag holds 2 red, 2 blue and 3 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is red.
  14. 14th March 1985On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 4 people. A bar is 7 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  15. 15th March 1985Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(172) lie?
  16. 16th March 1985Simplify 7a + 6b + 2a - 7b.
  17. 17th March 1985A 1200 g bag of pasta costs £5.40. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  18. 18th March 1985An L-shape is a 20 cm by 15 cm rectangle with a 13 cm by 4 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  19. 19th March 1985A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
  20. 20th March 1985A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 4 with the leaves 0, 4, 5, 7, 9. Work out the median of the five values.
  21. 21st March 1985Work out 2/6 x 1/2. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  22. 22nd March 1985A line has equation y = 6x - 12. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  23. 23rd March 1985£1 is worth 1.85 Australian dollars. How many Australian dollars does £600 buy?
  24. 24th March 1985A cuboid measures 5 cm by 3 cm by 12 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  25. 25th March 1985Ade has 4 scores with a mean of 10. Scores 11, 8, 9 are known. Work out the missing score.
  26. 26th March 1985A pie chart shows 36 items. One sector has an angle of 110°. How many items does it represent?
  27. 27th March 1985A length x is 25 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  28. 28th March 1985The angles in a triangle are 4x°, 3x° and (x + 100)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  29. 29th March 1985A recipe for 4 flapjacks uses 156 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 5 flapjacks?
  30. 30th March 1985The point (-7, -8) is rotated 90° anticlockwise about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  31. 31st March 1985The probability that it rains tomorrow is 9/20. Work out the probability that it does not rain.

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