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September 1989

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 3-4

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  1. 1st September 1989A scatter graph plots the length of a queue and the number of tills open. What type of correlation would you expect?
  2. 2nd September 1989A length x is 870 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  3. 3rd September 1989Solve the inequality 3x - 14 > 31.
  4. 4th September 1989A recipe for 10 flapjacks uses 170 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 24 flapjacks?
  5. 5th September 1989Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 46°. Work out the other.
  6. 6th September 1989A bag holds 2 red, 5 blue and 6 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is red.
  7. 7th September 1989A pie chart shows 24 people. 19 of them chose science. Work out the angle of that sector.
  8. 8th September 1989Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(185) lie?
  9. 9th September 1989Simplify 9a + 8b + 2a - 4b.
  10. 10th September 19896 identical cupcakes cost £13.50. Work out the cost of 5 of the same cupcakes.
  11. 11th September 1989Two of the angles in a triangle are 39° and 31°. Work out the third angle.
  12. 12th September 1989A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
  13. 13th September 198970 students were asked how they travel. 60 walked, and of those 10 were late. How many walkers were on time?
  14. 14th September 1989Work out 1/2 divided by 1/2. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  15. 15th September 1989A line has equation y = 4x - 24. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  16. 16th September 1989A model of a bridge is built to a scale of 1 : 25. The real length is 2 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  17. 17th September 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.
  18. 18th September 1989Leo has 5 scores with a mean of 18. Scores 19, 17, 18, 16 are known. Work out the missing score.
  19. 19th September 1989On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 2 people. A bar is 4 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  20. 20th September 1989A length x is 700 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  21. 21st September 1989The angles in a triangle are 2x°, x° and (x + 104)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  22. 22nd September 1989A 900 g bag of coffee costs £8.10. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  23. 23rd September 1989An L-shape is a 8 cm by 8 cm rectangle with a 5 cm by 2 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  24. 24th September 1989The probability that it rains tomorrow is 3/8. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  25. 25th September 1989A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 5 with the leaves 0, 2, 6, 7, 8. Work out the median of the five values.
  26. 26th September 1989Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(187) lie?
  27. 27th September 1989A rectangle is x cm wide and 4 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  28. 28th September 1989£1 is worth 1.85 Australian dollars. How many Australian dollars does £240 buy?
  29. 29th September 1989A cuboid measures 12 cm by 12 cm by 11 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  30. 30th September 1989Using only the digits 3, 1, 9 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?

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