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January 1990 5-a-day

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January 1990

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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  1. 1st January 1990A sequence has nth term 8n + 6. Work out the 10th term.
  2. 2nd January 1990A recipe for 10 flapjacks uses 430 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 5 flapjacks?
  3. 3rd January 1990The bearing of B from A is 185°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  4. 4th January 1990Here are seven numbers: 8, 7, 13, 14, 17, 11, 22. Work out the median and the range.
  5. 5th January 1990A frequency polygon has plotted frequencies of 2, 3, 7 and 10. How many values are in the whole data set?
  6. 6th January 1990A length x is 8.2 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
  7. 7th January 1990Solve the inequality 3x + 5 > 47.
  8. 8th January 19906 identical cupcakes cost £6.90. Work out the cost of 2 of the same cupcakes.
  9. 9th January 1990A cuboid measures 4 cm by 6 cm by 8 cm. Work out its volume.
  10. 10th January 1990A bag holds 6 red, 3 blue and 6 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is green.
  11. 11th January 1990A scatter graph plots a phone's age and its resale value. What type of correlation would you expect?
  12. 12th January 1990Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(202) lie?
  13. 13th January 1990Simplify 8a + 8b + 6a - 8b.
  14. 14th January 1990A model of a narrowboat is built to a scale of 1 : 50. The real length is 5 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  15. 15th January 1990Two parallel lines are crossed by a straight line. One of a pair of co-interior (allied) angles is 142°. Work out the other.
  16. 16th January 1990A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
  17. 17th January 1990A pie chart shows 45 people. 34 of them chose science. Work out the angle of that sector.
  18. 18th January 1990Work out 1/6 x 6/9. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  19. 19th January 1990A line has equation y = 6x - 12. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  20. 20th January 1990A 400 g bag of pasta costs £4.00. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  21. 21st January 1990Two of the angles in a triangle are 28° and 50°. Work out the third angle.
  22. 22nd January 1990Musa has 4 scores with a mean of 7. Scores 13, 12, 2 are known. Work out the missing score.
  23. 23rd January 199060 students were asked how they travel. 30 walked, and of those 5 were late. How many walkers were on time?
  24. 24th January 1990A length x is 170 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
  25. 25th January 1990The angles in a triangle are 4x°, x° and (x + 96)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  26. 26th January 1990£1 is worth 1.15 euros. How many euros does £320 buy?
  27. 27th January 1990A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 12 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  28. 28th January 1990The probability that it rains tomorrow is 3/5. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  29. 29th January 1990On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 4 people. A bar is 8 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  30. 30th January 1990Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(37) lie?
  31. 31st January 1990A rectangle is x cm wide and 2 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.

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