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August 1989 5-a-day

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August 1989

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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  1. 1st August 1989A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
  2. 2nd August 1989Of 52 students, 32 study French, 23 study German and 7 study both. How many study neither?
  3. 3rd August 1989Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(52) lie?
  4. 4th August 1989A line has equation y = 2x - 6. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  5. 5th August 1989A recipe for 6 scones uses 132 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 15 scones?
  6. 6th August 1989Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 64°, 118° and 33°. Work out the fourth.
  7. 7th August 1989Musa has 4 scores with a mean of 20. Scores 14, 26, 15 are known. Work out the missing score.
  8. 8th August 1989240 people were surveyed. 90 were adults, of whom 15 said yes. 70 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  9. 9th August 1989Work out 4/5 divided by 1/3. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  10. 10th August 1989The angles in a triangle are 3x°, x° and (x + 55)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  11. 11th August 19898 identical batteries cost £6.80. Work out the cost of 4 of the same batteries.
  12. 12th August 1989A trapezium has parallel sides of 7 cm and 10 cm, 10 cm apart. Work out its area.
  13. 13th August 1989The probability that it rains tomorrow is 2/5. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  14. 14th August 1989In a group of 140 students, 50 are boys. 15 boys and 45 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
  15. 15th August 1989A length x is 32 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  16. 16th August 1989A rectangle is x cm wide and 5 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  17. 17th August 1989A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 25. The real length is 2.75 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  18. 18th August 1989The point (5, 5) is reflected in the x-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  19. 19th August 1989Using only the digits 3, 1, 9, 2 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  20. 20th August 1989In a survey 6 households own 1 car, 2 own 2 cars and 7 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  21. 21st August 1989Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(14) lie?
  22. 22nd August 1989Use v = u + at with u = 11, a = 3 and t = 8. Work out v.
  23. 23rd August 1989A 800 g bag of rice costs £4.00. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  24. 24th August 1989The bearing of B from A is 111°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  25. 25th August 1989Here are 7 numbers: 19, 21, 15, 20, 18, 17, 16. Work out the mean.
  26. 26th August 1989A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 7, 10, 5 and 10. How many values are in the whole data set?
  27. 27th August 1989Work out 5/8 x 1/3. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  28. 28th August 1989A sequence has nth term 7n + 4. Work out the 25th term.
  29. 29th August 1989£1 is worth 1.08 Swiss francs. How many Swiss francs does £540 buy?
  30. 30th August 1989A cuboid measures 4 cm by 12 cm by 9 cm. Work out its volume.
  31. 31st August 1989Here are seven numbers: 14, 13, 7, 2, 11, 4, 5. Work out the median and the range.

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