Daily Practice · Foundation
October 1987 5-a-day
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Every sheet in October 1987
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 1987A length x is 77 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
- 2nd October 1987A line has equation y = 3x - 15. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
- 3rd October 1987A 300 g bag of rice costs £2.55. Work out the cost per 100 g.
- 4th October 1987A cuboid measures 6 cm by 9 cm by 3 cm. Work out its total surface area.
- 5th October 1987Rohan has 4 scores with a mean of 13. Scores 8, 18, 7 are known. Work out the missing score.
- 6th October 1987A pie chart shows 90 items. One sector has an angle of 32°. How many items does it represent?
- 7th October 1987Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(120) lie?
- 8th October 1987The angles in a triangle are 2x°, 2x° and (x + 15)°. Form an equation and work out x.
- 9th October 1987£1 is worth 1.08 Swiss francs. How many Swiss francs does £380 buy?
- 10th October 1987The point (4, -2) is rotated 90° anticlockwise about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
- 11th October 1987The probability that it rains tomorrow is 2/5. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
- 12th October 1987Of 38 students, 16 study French, 14 study German and 9 study both. How many study neither?
- 13th October 1987Work out 1/2 divided by 5/8. Give your answer in its simplest form.
- 14th October 1987A rectangle is x cm wide and 3 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
- 15th October 1987A recipe for 10 scones uses 420 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 9 scones?
- 16th October 1987Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 124°, 82° and 101°. Work out the fourth.
- 17th October 1987Using only the digits 3, 5, 8, 9 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
- 18th October 1987130 people were surveyed. 90 were adults, of whom 40 said yes. 15 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
- 19th October 1987A length x is 7.6 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
- 20th October 1987Use v = u + at with u = 8, a = 7 and t = 3. Work out v.
- 21st October 19875 identical pens cost £4.50. Work out the cost of 2 of the same pens.
- 22nd October 1987A trapezium has parallel sides of 8 cm and 11 cm, 14 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 23rd October 1987Here are 6 numbers: 15, 17, 20, 12, 20, 12. Work out the mean.
- 24th October 1987In a group of 100 students, 50 are boys. 5 boys and 20 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
- 25th October 1987Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(193) lie?
- 26th October 1987A sequence has nth term 4n + 4. Work out the 50th term.
- 27th October 1987A model of a bridge is built to a scale of 1 : 100. The real length is 10 m. How long is the model, in cm?
- 28th October 1987The point (0, -5) is reflected in the x-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.
- 29th October 1987Here are seven numbers: 7, 28, 17, 11, 5, 8, 13. Work out the median and the range.
- 30th October 1987In a survey 5 households own 1 car, 8 own 2 cars and 4 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
- 31st October 1987Work out 2/5 divided by 2/3. Give your answer in its simplest form.