Daily Practice · Numeracy
August 1986 5-a-day
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Every sheet in August 1986
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 1986A length x is 7.5 cm, rounded to 1 decimal place. Write down the error interval for x.
- 2nd August 1986A function machine multiplies by 8 then adds 8. What comes out when 6 goes in?
- 3rd August 1986Write the ratio 20 : 45 in its simplest form.
- 4th August 1986A rectangle measures 15 cm by 10 cm. Work out its area.
- 5th August 1986A bag holds 5 red, 6 blue and 3 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is red.
- 6th August 1986A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 6 with the leaves 1, 2, 4, 5, 6. Work out the median of the five values.
- 7th August 1986Estimate 678 x 40 by rounding each number to 1 significant figure.
- 8th August 1986Simplify 2a + 6b + 3a - 9b.
- 9th August 1986Write the ratio 32 : 56 in its simplest form.
- 10th August 1986Write 5:35 pm as a 24-hour clock time.
- 11th August 1986Using only the digits 9, 2, 3 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
- 12th August 1986In a group of 120 students, 40 are boys. 10 boys and 5 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
- 13th August 1986Work out -9 x (-3).
- 14th August 1986A function machine multiplies by 4 then subtracts 4. 8 comes out. What went in?
- 15th August 1986Write the ratio 27 : 63 in its simplest form.
- 16th August 1986Two of the angles in a triangle are 89° and 43°. Work out the third angle.
- 17th August 1986Here are 6 numbers: 22, 18, 14, 12, 16, 20. Work out the mean.
- 18th August 1986A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 3 with the leaves 0, 3, 4, 5, 6. Work out the median of the five values.
- 19th August 1986Write eight hundred and ninety-one in digits.
- 20th August 1986A function machine multiplies by 6 then adds 3. What comes out when 10 goes in?
- 21st August 1986Write the ratio 12 : 30 in its simplest form.
- 22nd August 1986The point (-4, 6) is translated by the column vector (1, 2). Write down the coordinates of the image.
- 23rd August 1986The probability that it rains tomorrow is 1/2. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
- 24th August 1986In a group of 90 students, 70 are boys. 20 boys and 5 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
- 25th August 1986Work out (13 + 9 x 8) / 8, giving your answer to 2 decimal places.
- 26th August 1986Simplify 4a + 5b + 3a - 3b.
- 27th August 1986Write the ratio 4 : 18 in its simplest form.
- 28th August 1986A is the point (-1, 3) and B is the point (11, 11). Write down the midpoint of AB.
- 29th August 1986A cafe offers 6 sandwich fillings and 6 kinds of bread. How many different sandwiches can be made?
- 30th August 1986A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 2 with the leaves 0, 1, 3, 4, 5. Work out the median of the five values.
- 31st August 1986Priya pays with a £5 note for shopping costing £2.23. How much change is given?