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January 1989 5-a-day

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January 1989

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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  1. 1st January 1989£1 is worth 1.08 Swiss francs. How many Swiss francs does £360 buy?
  2. 2nd January 1989An L-shape is a 13 cm by 16 cm rectangle with a 8 cm by 9 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  3. 3rd January 1989A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
  4. 4th January 1989A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 4 with the leaves 1, 2, 4, 6, 9. Work out the median of the five values.
  5. 5th January 1989Work out 1/2 divided by 1/9. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  6. 6th January 1989A line has equation y = 4x - 20. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  7. 7th January 1989A recipe for 12 scones uses 408 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 20 scones?
  8. 8th January 1989A cuboid measures 7 cm by 5 cm by 4 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  9. 9th January 1989Zara has 4 scores with a mean of 14. Scores 15, 20, 13 are known. Work out the missing score.
  10. 10th January 1989A pie chart shows 36 items. One sector has an angle of 40°. How many items does it represent?
  11. 11th January 1989A length x is 53 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  12. 12th January 1989The angles in a triangle are 3x°, 3x° and (x + 26)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  13. 13th January 19894 identical batteries cost £5.00. Work out the cost of 8 of the same batteries.
  14. 14th January 1989The point (-4, 4) is rotated 180° about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  15. 15th January 1989The probability that it rains tomorrow is 1/2. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  16. 16th January 1989Of 73 students, 29 study French, 42 study German and 13 study both. How many study neither?
  17. 17th January 1989Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(136) lie?
  18. 18th January 1989A rectangle is x cm wide and 9 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  19. 19th January 1989A model of a lorry is built to a scale of 1 : 25. The real length is 0.5 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  20. 20th January 1989Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 86°, 134° and 39°. Work out the fourth.
  21. 21st January 1989Using only the digits 1, 8, 7 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  22. 22nd January 1989170 people were surveyed. 50 were adults, of whom 5 said yes. 15 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  23. 23rd January 1989Work out 2/3 divided by 1/7. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  24. 24th January 1989Use v = u + at with u = 5, a = 7 and t = 2. Work out v.
  25. 25th January 1989A 600 g bag of pasta costs £6.30. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  26. 26th January 1989A trapezium has parallel sides of 5 cm and 17 cm, 10 cm apart. Work out its area.
  27. 27th January 1989Here are 7 numbers: 23, 25, 24, 18, 30, 19, 29. Work out the mean.
  28. 28th January 1989In a group of 60 students, 30 are boys. 15 boys and 15 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
  29. 29th January 1989A length x is 7.5 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  30. 30th January 1989A sequence has nth term 6n - 12. Work out the 100th term.
  31. 31st January 1989£1 is worth 1.15 euros. How many euros does £380 buy?

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