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January 1986 5-a-day

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January 1986

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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  1. 1st January 1986A bag holds 5 red, 3 blue and 7 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is red.
  2. 2nd January 1986In a group of 60 students, 40 are boys. 5 boys and 10 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
  3. 3rd January 1986Work out 1/2 divided by 7/8. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  4. 4th January 1986Simplify 8a + 3b + 4a - 6b.
  5. 5th January 1986A model of a lorry is built to a scale of 1 : 100. The real length is 11 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  6. 6th January 1986The point (4, 3) is reflected in the y-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  7. 7th January 1986A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
  8. 8th January 1986In a survey 6 households own 1 car, 7 own 2 cars and 2 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  9. 9th January 1986A length x is 11 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  10. 10th January 1986A line has equation y = 2x - 4. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  11. 11th January 1986A 1100 g bag of rice costs £12.10. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  12. 12th January 1986The bearing of B from A is 043°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  13. 13th January 1986Kwame has 5 scores with a mean of 10. Scores 8, 13, 12, 10 are known. Work out the missing score.
  14. 14th January 1986A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 10, 7, 12 and 5. How many values are in the whole data set?
  15. 15th January 1986Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(109) lie?
  16. 16th January 1986The angles in a triangle are 4x°, 2x° and (x + 61)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  17. 17th January 1986£1 is worth 1.85 Australian dollars. How many Australian dollars does £200 buy?
  18. 18th January 1986A cuboid measures 3 cm by 15 cm by 11 cm. Work out its volume.
  19. 19th January 1986The probability that it rains tomorrow is 9/10. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  20. 20th January 1986A scatter graph plots the day of the month and the temperature at noon. What type of correlation would you expect?
  21. 21st January 1986Work out 2/9 x 2/8. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  22. 22nd January 1986A rectangle is x cm wide and 2 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  23. 23rd January 1986A recipe for 6 pancakes uses 216 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 24 pancakes?
  24. 24th January 1986Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 94°. Work out the other.
  25. 25th January 1986Using only the digits 2, 1, 4, 3 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  26. 26th January 1986A pie chart shows 30 people. 26 of them chose history. Work out the angle of that sector.
  27. 27th January 1986A length x is 87 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  28. 28th January 1986Use v = u + at with u = 9, a = 4 and t = 2. Work out v.
  29. 29th January 19868 identical notebooks cost £10.40. Work out the cost of 11 of the same notebooks.
  30. 30th January 1986Two of the angles in a triangle are 32° and 86°. Work out the third angle.
  31. 31st January 1986Here are 6 numbers: 25, 16, 17, 19, 26, 23. Work out the mean.

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