Daily Practice · Numeracy
October 1996 - Numeracy 5-a-day
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Every sheet in October 1996
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 1996Work out sqrt(4^2 + 6^2), giving your answer to 2 decimal places.
- 2nd October 1996Simplify 8a + 3b + 4a - 1b.
- 3rd October 1996Write the ratio 9 : 12 in its simplest form.
- 4th October 1996Two angles sit next to each other on a straight line. One of them is 71°. Work out the other.
- 5th October 1996A cafe offers 6 sandwich fillings and 2 kinds of bread. How many different sandwiches can be made?
- 6th October 1996In a group of 70 students, 70 are boys. 30 boys and 5 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
- 7th October 1996A length x is 900 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
- 8th October 1996A function machine multiplies by 7 then subtracts 3. 88 comes out. What went in?
- 9th October 1996Write the ratio 10 : 35 in its simplest form.
- 10th October 1996A train leaves at 09:48 and arrives at 12:53. How long is the journey?
- 11th October 1996A bag holds 8 red, 2 blue and 7 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is green.
- 12th October 1996A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 2 with the leaves 0, 1, 3, 6, 7. Work out the median of the five values.
- 13th October 1996Estimate 951 x 19 by rounding each number to 1 significant figure.
- 14th October 1996A function machine multiplies by 2 then adds 9. What comes out when 7 goes in?
- 15th October 1996Write the ratio 20 : 32 in its simplest form.
- 16th October 1996Change 4 m into cm.
- 17th October 1996Using only the digits 8, 7, 5, 2 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
- 18th October 1996In a group of 120 students, 30 are boys. 10 boys and 45 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
- 19th October 1996Work out -3 x 11.
- 20th October 1996Simplify 6a + 9b + 4a - 1b.
- 21st October 1996Write the ratio 36 : 45 in its simplest form.
- 22nd October 1996The point (0, 2) is reflected in the y-axis. Write down the coordinates of the image.
- 23rd October 1996Here are 6 numbers: 23, 29, 25, 20, 27, 32. Work out the mean.
- 24th October 1996A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 4 with the leaves 0, 2, 4, 7, 9. Work out the median of the five values.
- 25th October 1996Write four hundred and twenty-five in digits.
- 26th October 1996A function machine multiplies by 8 then subtracts 6. 18 comes out. What went in?
- 27th October 1996Write the ratio 36 : 63 in its simplest form.
- 28th October 1996The point (2, -4) is moved 5 left and 3 up. Write down its new coordinates.
- 29th October 1996The probability that it rains tomorrow is 9/10. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
- 30th October 1996In a group of 70 students, 40 are boys. 20 boys and 5 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
- 31st October 1996Work out (12 + 2 x 3) / 3, giving your answer to 2 decimal places.