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May 1989 5-a-day

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May 1989

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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  1. 1st May 1989£1 is worth 1.08 Swiss francs. How many Swiss francs does £260 buy?
  2. 2nd May 1989Two of the angles in a triangle are 86° and 39°. Work out the third angle.
  3. 3rd May 1989A bag holds 3 red, 7 blue and 6 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is blue.
  4. 4th May 1989150 students were asked how they travel. 70 walked, and of those 5 were late. How many walkers were on time?
  5. 5th May 1989Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(35) lie?
  6. 6th May 1989Simplify 2a + 4b + 2a - 4b.
  7. 7th May 1989A recipe for 8 pancakes uses 232 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 15 pancakes?
  8. 8th May 1989A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 3 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  9. 9th May 1989A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  10. 10th May 1989On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 50 people. A bar is 3 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  11. 11th May 1989Work out 2/6 x 1/4. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  12. 12th May 1989A line has equation y = 2x - 12. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  13. 13th May 19894 identical notebooks cost £5.60. Work out the cost of 6 of the same notebooks.
  14. 14th May 1989An L-shape is a 10 cm by 12 cm rectangle with a 2 cm by 7 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  15. 15th May 1989Priya has 5 scores with a mean of 20. Scores 25, 15, 15, 25 are known. Work out the missing score.
  16. 16th May 1989A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 2 with the leaves 3, 5, 6, 7, 9. Work out the median of the five values.
  17. 17th May 1989A length x is 33 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  18. 18th May 1989The angles in a triangle are 3x°, 3x° and (x + 110)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  19. 19th May 1989A 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?
  20. 20th May 1989A cuboid measures 12 cm by 10 cm by 6 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  21. 21st May 1989The probability that it rains tomorrow is 1/2. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  22. 22nd May 1989A pie chart shows 24 items. One sector has an angle of 135°. How many items does it represent?
  23. 23rd May 1989Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(219) lie?
  24. 24th May 1989A rectangle is x cm wide and 4 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  25. 25th May 1989A 500 g bag of rice costs £2.50. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  26. 26th May 1989The point (-8, 7) is rotated 90° clockwise about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  27. 27th May 1989Using only the digits 1, 9, 5, 4 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  28. 28th May 1989Of 62 students, 31 study French, 36 study German and 7 study both. How many study neither?
  29. 29th May 1989Work out 2/7 divided by 2/8. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  30. 30th May 1989Use v = u + at with u = 14, a = 7 and t = 3. Work out v.
  31. 31st May 1989£1 is worth 1.85 Australian dollars. How many Australian dollars does £240 buy?

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