Daily Practice · Numeracy
October 1998 - Numeracy 5-a-day
Every Numeracy sheet published in October 1998, with answers. Grades 1-3 - the everyday number work every other tier is built on.
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Every sheet in October 1998
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 1998A bag holds 8 red, 6 blue and 4 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is blue.
- 2nd October 1998A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 2 with the leaves 1, 2, 6, 7, 8. Work out the median of the five values.
- 3rd October 1998Work out 6^3.
- 4th October 1998A function machine multiplies by 2 then adds 12. What comes out when 6 goes in?
- 5th October 1998Write the ratio 30 : 48 in its simplest form.
- 6th October 1998A rectangle measures 5 cm by 4 cm. Work out its area.
- 7th October 1998Using only the digits 5, 8, 7 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
- 8th October 1998In a group of 140 students, 70 are boys. 25 boys and 25 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
- 9th October 1998Work out 174 + 343.
- 10th October 1998Simplify 9a + 8b + 9a - 8b.
- 11th October 1998Write the ratio 21 : 27 in its simplest form.
- 12th October 1998Write 6:50 pm as a 24-hour clock time.
- 13th October 1998Here are 6 numbers: 23, 28, 27, 20, 30, 22. Work out the mean.
- 14th October 1998A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 3 with the leaves 0, 1, 3, 5, 8. Work out the median of the five values.
- 15th October 1998Work out sqrt(14^2 + 2^2), giving your answer to 2 decimal places.
- 16th October 1998A function machine multiplies by 4 then subtracts 5. 3 comes out. What went in?
- 17th October 1998Write the ratio 63 : 81 in its simplest form.
- 18th October 1998Two of the angles in a triangle are 36° and 100°. Work out the third angle.
- 19th October 1998The probability that it rains tomorrow is 1/2. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
- 20th October 1998In a group of 130 students, 40 are boys. 15 boys and 10 girls bring a packed lunch. How many students do not?
- 21st October 1998A length x is 100 cm, rounded to the nearest 10. Write down the error interval for x.
- 22nd October 1998A function machine multiplies by 4 then adds 13. What comes out when 14 goes in?
- 23rd October 1998Write the ratio 24 : 32 in its simplest form.
- 24th October 1998The point (-1, 0) is translated by the column vector (2, -6). Write down the coordinates of the image.
- 25th October 1998A cafe offers 5 sandwich fillings and 5 kinds of bread. How many different sandwiches can be made?
- 26th October 1998A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 5 with the leaves 1, 2, 3, 5, 7. Work out the median of the five values.
- 27th October 1998Estimate 214 x 22 by rounding each number to 1 significant figure.
- 28th October 1998Simplify 2a + 6b + 8a - 7b.
- 29th October 1998Write the ratio 45 : 72 in its simplest form.
- 30th October 1998A is the point (-5, 5) and B is the point (1, 13). Write down the midpoint of AB.
- 31st October 1998A bag holds 3 red, 4 blue and 3 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is blue.