Daily Practice · Numeracy
October 1987 5-a-day
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Every sheet in October 1987
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 1987At midnight the temperature in Buxton is -7°C. By noon it has risen by 9°C. What is the temperature at noon?
- 2nd October 1987A function machine multiplies by 3 then subtracts 3. 42 comes out. What went in?
- 3rd October 1987Write the ratio 24 : 56 in its simplest form.
- 4th October 1987A circle has a diameter of 24 cm. Work out its area, to 1 decimal place.
- 5th October 1987Using only the digits 3, 9, 2 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
- 6th October 1987In a group of 50 students, 30 are boys. 15 boys and 5 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
- 7th October 1987Work out 251 divided by 3, giving the remainder.
- 8th October 1987A function machine multiplies by 4 then adds 14. What comes out when 15 goes in?
- 9th October 1987Write the ratio 16 : 36 in its simplest form.
- 10th October 1987A rectangle has an area of 84 cm^2 and a width of 7 cm. Work out its perimeter.
- 11th October 1987Here are 7 numbers: 15, 12, 16, 17, 20, 18, 14. Work out the mean.
- 12th October 1987A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 3 with the leaves 0, 1, 3, 7, 8. Work out the median of the five values.
- 13th October 1987Work out -20 - 25.
- 14th October 1987Simplify 9a + 9b + 6a - 3b.
- 15th October 1987Write the ratio 25 : 35 in its simplest form.
- 16th October 1987Two angles sit next to each other on a straight line. One of them is 58°. Work out the other.
- 17th October 1987The probability that it rains tomorrow is 1/4. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
- 18th October 1987In a group of 50 students, 50 are boys. 25 boys and 0 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
- 19th October 1987Work out 45 - 7.3.
- 20th October 1987A function machine multiplies by 8 then subtracts 15. 89 comes out. What went in?
- 21st October 1987Write the ratio 27 : 72 in its simplest form.
- 22nd October 1987A train leaves at 09:58 and arrives at 10:38. How long is the journey?
- 23rd October 1987A cafe offers 2 sandwich fillings and 4 kinds of bread. How many different sandwiches can be made?
- 24th October 1987A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 6 with the leaves 0, 3, 4, 5, 6. Work out the median of the five values.
- 25th October 1987Work out sqrt(25).
- 26th October 1987A function machine multiplies by 4 then adds 6. What comes out when 6 goes in?
- 27th October 1987Write the ratio 10 : 25 in its simplest form.
- 28th October 1987Change 49 cm into mm.
- 29th October 1987A bag holds 4 red, 4 blue and 4 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is red.
- 30th October 1987In a group of 50 students, 60 are boys. 20 boys and 5 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
- 31st October 1987Work out 2/9 + 1/2. Give your answer in its simplest form.