Daily Practice · Foundation
October 1986 5-a-day
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Every sheet in October 1986
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- 1st October 1986A rectangle is x cm wide and 9 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
- 2nd October 1986A model of a bridge is built to a scale of 1 : 25. The real length is 1.25 m. How long is the model, in cm?
- 3rd October 1986The bearing of B from A is 203°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 4th October 1986Using only the digits 2, 7, 8 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
- 5th October 1986A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 6, 4, 11 and 7. How many values are in the whole data set?
- 6th October 1986A length x is 650 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
- 7th October 1986Use v = u + at with u = 8, a = 3 and t = 6. Work out v.
- 8th October 1986A 600 g bag of rice costs £1.50. Work out the cost per 100 g.
- 9th October 1986A cuboid measures 12 cm by 9 cm by 12 cm. Work out its volume.
- 10th October 1986Here are 6 numbers: 20, 31, 26, 30, 24, 19. Work out the mean.
- 11th October 1986A scatter graph plots a runner's time for 100 m and the distance they can throw a ball. What type of correlation would you expect?
- 12th October 1986Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(110) lie?
- 13th October 1986A sequence has nth term 4n - 9. Work out the 10th term.
- 14th October 1986£1 is worth 1.15 euros. How many euros does £460 buy?
- 15th October 1986Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 70°. Work out the other.
- 16th October 1986Here are seven numbers: 14, 2, 25, 8, 7, 13, 17. Work out the median and the range.
- 17th October 1986A pie chart shows 20 people. 15 of them chose maths. Work out the angle of that sector.
- 18th October 1986Work out 1/4 divided by 1/3. Give your answer in its simplest form.
- 19th October 1986Solve the inequality 2x - 5 > 9.
- 20th October 1986A recipe for 8 pancakes uses 296 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 3 pancakes?
- 21st October 1986Two of the angles in a triangle are 55° and 25°. Work out the third angle.
- 22nd October 1986A bag holds 8 red, 6 blue and 9 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is red.
- 23rd October 198690 students were asked how they travel. 80 walked, and of those 40 were late. How many walkers were on time?
- 24th October 1986A length x is 540 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
- 25th October 1986Simplify 8a + 2b + 7a - 4b.
- 26th October 19868 identical cupcakes cost £6.00. Work out the cost of 5 of the same cupcakes.
- 27th October 1986A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 9 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 28th October 1986A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 29th October 1986On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 20 people. A bar is 5 squares tall. How many people does it show?
- 30th October 1986Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(17) lie?
- 31st October 1986A line has equation y = 2x - 2. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.