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May 1986 5-a-day

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May 1986

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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  1. 1st May 1986Here are seven numbers: 25, 28, 22, 13, 19, 14, 17. Work out the median and the range.
  2. 2nd May 1986Of 60 students, 29 study French, 22 study German and 5 study both. How many study neither?
  3. 3rd May 1986Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(27) lie?
  4. 4th May 1986Solve the inequality 8x - 4 > 52.
  5. 5th May 1986A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 50. The real length is 2.5 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  6. 6th May 1986Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 129°, 102° and 51°. Work out the fourth.
  7. 7th May 1986A bag holds 8 red, 7 blue and 6 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is green.
  8. 8th May 198690 people were surveyed. 40 were adults, of whom 20 said yes. 10 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  9. 9th May 1986Work out 6/7 divided by 2/3. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  10. 10th May 1986Simplify 9a + 2b + 2a - 2b.
  11. 11th May 1986A 400 g bag of oats costs £4.00. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  12. 12th May 1986A trapezium has parallel sides of 10 cm and 12 cm, 18 cm apart. Work out its area.
  13. 13th May 1986A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
  14. 14th May 1986In a group of 140 students, 30 are boys. 15 boys and 40 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
  15. 15th May 1986A length x is 64 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  16. 16th May 1986A line has equation y = 2x - 8. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  17. 17th May 1986£1 is worth 1.15 euros. How many euros does £40 buy?
  18. 18th May 1986The point (-7, 4) is reflected in the y-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  19. 19th May 1986Sanjay has 4 scores with a mean of 9. Scores 3, 15, 10 are known. Work out the missing score.
  20. 20th May 1986In a survey 7 households own 1 car, 6 own 2 cars and 4 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  21. 21st May 1986Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(58) lie?
  22. 22nd May 1986The angles in a triangle are 3x°, 3x° and (x + 19)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  23. 23rd May 1986A recipe for 10 scones uses 360 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 15 scones?
  24. 24th May 1986The bearing of B from A is 236°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  25. 25th May 1986The probability that it rains tomorrow is 3/4. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  26. 26th May 1986A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 12, 2, 12 and 11. How many values are in the whole data set?
  27. 27th May 1986Work out 4/5 divided by 1/7. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  28. 28th May 1986A rectangle is x cm wide and 2 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  29. 29th May 19863 identical batteries cost £3.60. Work out the cost of 2 of the same batteries.
  30. 30th May 1986A cuboid measures 4 cm by 10 cm by 14 cm. Work out its volume.
  31. 31st May 1986Using only the digits 8, 4, 3, 6 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?

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