Daily Practice · Numeracy
August 1985 5-a-day
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Every sheet in August 1985
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- 1st August 1985A function machine multiplies by 5 then subtracts 4. 11 comes out. What went in?
- 2nd August 1985Write the ratio 28 : 36 in its simplest form.
- 3rd August 1985A is the point (-4, -2) and B is the point (8, 6). Write down the midpoint of AB.
- 4th August 1985A cafe offers 4 sandwich fillings and 3 kinds of bread. How many different sandwiches can be made?
- 5th August 1985In a group of 130 students, 50 are boys. 5 boys and 30 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
- 6th August 1985Work out -8 x (-3).
- 7th August 1985A function machine multiplies by 6 then adds 8. What comes out when 10 goes in?
- 8th August 1985Write the ratio 6 : 9 in its simplest form.
- 9th August 1985Change 6900 ml into litres.
- 10th August 1985A bag holds 7 red, 4 blue and 6 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is green.
- 11th August 1985A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 6 with the leaves 0, 1, 2, 5, 8. Work out the median of the five values.
- 12th August 1985Write six hundred and eighty-four in digits.
- 13th August 1985Simplify 6a + 5b + 4a - 2b.
- 14th August 1985Write the ratio 14 : 18 in its simplest form.
- 15th August 1985A circle has a diameter of 16 cm. Work out its area, to 1 decimal place.
- 16th August 1985Using only the digits 6, 5, 2 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
- 17th August 1985In a group of 140 students, 30 are boys. 10 boys and 35 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
- 18th August 1985Work out (17 + 4 x 3) / 3, giving your answer to 2 decimal places.
- 19th August 1985A function machine multiplies by 2 then subtracts 12. 0 comes out. What went in?
- 20th August 1985Write the ratio 12 : 32 in its simplest form.
- 21st August 1985A rectangle has an area of 20 cm^2 and a width of 4 cm. Work out its perimeter.
- 22nd August 1985Here are 6 numbers: 14, 17, 15, 12, 9, 11. Work out the mean.
- 23rd August 1985A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 3 with the leaves 1, 2, 3, 5, 9. Work out the median of the five values.
- 24th August 1985Freya pays with a £5 note for shopping costing £4.20. How much change is given?
- 25th August 1985A function machine multiplies by 2 then adds 7. What comes out when 8 goes in?
- 26th August 1985Write the ratio 12 : 42 in its simplest form.
- 27th August 1985Two angles sit next to each other on a straight line. One of them is 52°. Work out the other.
- 28th August 1985The probability that it rains tomorrow is 3/10. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
- 29th August 1985In a group of 150 students, 50 are boys. 25 boys and 15 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
- 30th August 1985Put these in order, smallest first: 12/24, 4/24, 9/24.
- 31st August 1985Simplify 7a + 6b + 9a - 4b.