Daily Practice · Foundation
May 1987 5-a-day
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- 1st May 1987Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 60°. Work out the other.
- 2nd May 1987Using only the digits 4, 5, 3 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
- 3rd May 1987A pie chart shows 20 people. 12 of them chose maths. Work out the angle of that sector.
- 4th May 1987Work out 1/8 divided by 3/4. Give your answer in its simplest form.
- 5th May 1987Use v = u + at with u = 8, a = 6 and t = 2. Work out v.
- 6th May 1987A 500 g bag of pasta costs £4.50. Work out the cost per 100 g.
- 7th May 1987Two of the angles in a triangle are 41° and 27°. Work out the third angle.
- 8th May 1987Here are 7 numbers: 20, 30, 24, 22, 26, 28, 18. Work out the mean.
- 9th May 1987120 students were asked how they travel. 60 walked, and of those 15 were late. How many walkers were on time?
- 10th May 1987A length x is 460 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
- 11th May 1987A sequence has nth term 3n + 2. Work out the 25th term.
- 12th May 1987£1 is worth 1.85 Australian dollars. How many Australian dollars does £380 buy?
- 13th May 1987A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 4 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 14th May 1987Here are seven numbers: 8, 22, 28, 14, 13, 17, 7. Work out the median and the range.
- 15th May 1987On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 20 people. A bar is 7 squares tall. How many people does it show?
- 16th May 1987Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(187) lie?
- 17th May 1987Solve the inequality 4x - 11 <= 37.
- 18th May 1987A recipe for 4 scones uses 96 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 5 scones?
- 19th May 1987An L-shape is a 20 cm by 12 cm rectangle with a 9 cm by 7 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
- 20th May 1987A bag holds 9 red, 3 blue and 6 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is green.
- 21st May 1987A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 3 with the leaves 0, 1, 6, 7, 8. Work out the median of the five values.
- 22nd May 1987Work out 5/9 divided by 2/3. Give your answer in its simplest form.
- 23rd May 1987Simplify 3a + 4b + 5a - 3b.
- 24th May 19876 identical batteries cost £3.60. Work out the cost of 5 of the same batteries.
- 25th May 1987A cuboid measures 9 cm by 3 cm by 2 cm. Work out its total surface area.
- 26th May 1987A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 27th May 1987A pie chart shows 36 items. One sector has an angle of 40°. How many items does it represent?
- 28th May 1987A length x is 25 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
- 29th May 1987A line has equation y = 2x - 2. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
- 30th May 1987A model of an aircraft is built to a scale of 1 : 25. The real length is 3 m. How long is the model, in cm?
- 31st May 1987The point (7, 3) is rotated 90° anticlockwise about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.