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March 1983 5-a-day

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March 1983

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in March 1983

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st March 1983Express 60 as a product of its prime factors, then use this to find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 60 and 24.
  2. 2nd March 1983Write 0.00042 in standard form.
  3. 3rd March 1983A cafe sells 3 coffees at 2.40 pounds each and 2 teas at 1.60 pounds each. Work out the total cost, without a calculator.
  4. 4th March 1983y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 3, y = 45. Work out y when x = 5.
  5. 5th March 1983A survey asked 30 people how many siblings they have: 9 have 0, 12 have 1, 6 have 2, 3 have 3. Work out the mean number of siblings.
  6. 6th March 1983A machine produces 480 items in a day that lasts 7.5 hours. Work out the number of items produced per hour.
  7. 7th March 1983Work out 6^2 - sqrt(49).
  8. 8th March 1983Write 0.6 as a fraction in its simplest form.
  9. 9th March 1983Two fair coins are tossed together. Find the probability of getting at least one tail.
  10. 10th March 1983Which of the seven life processes describes an organism getting rid of waste products made inside its body?
  11. 11th March 1983State the name of the change of state when a solid changes directly into a liquid.
  12. 12th March 1983A trolley of mass 20 kg is pushed with a resultant force of 60 N. Use force = mass x acceleration to calculate its acceleration.
  13. 13th March 1983A cyclist travels 300 m in 25 s. Calculate her average speed.
  14. 14th March 1983Name the gas produced when a reactive metal reacts with a dilute acid.
  15. 15th March 1983A wave has a wavelength of 2 m and a frequency of 5 Hz. Use wave speed = frequency x wavelength to calculate its speed.
  16. 16th March 1983A pupil measures the mass of a metal washer five times using a balance and gets: 14.2 g, 14.5 g, 14.1 g, 14.6 g, 14.1 g. Calculate the mean mass, giving your answer to 3 significant figures.
  17. 17th March 1983Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the map in the drawer."
  18. 18th March 1983Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The fog rolled in from the sea.'
  19. 19th March 1983A character 'checked her watch for the third time in a minute and sighed.' What does this suggest about how she is feeling?
  20. 20th March 1983Which word class is 'cautiously' in the sentence 'She cautiously ran her glove along the rusted rail'?
  21. 21st March 1983A question asks you to "compare how the two poets present the sea." What is the best way to structure your answer?
  22. 22nd March 1983Give one example of emotive language a writer might use to persuade pupils that reading is enjoyable rather than a chore.
  23. 23rd March 1983In the line "Icicles hang like daggers from the eaves", which technique is used?
  24. 24th March 1983An L-shaped room is made from a 6 m by 4 m rectangle with a 2 m by 3 m rectangle removed from one corner. Calculate the area of the room.
  25. 25th March 1983Find 30% of 150.
  26. 26th March 1983Work out 13^2.
  27. 27th March 1983Find 5/6 of 72.
  28. 28th March 1983A recipe for 4 people uses 200g of butter. How much butter is needed for 10 people?
  29. 29th March 1983A tap fills a bucket at a constant rate of 3 litres every 2 minutes. Work out how many litres it fills in 10 minutes.
  30. 30th March 1983Calculate 74 - 38.
  31. 31st March 1983Work out -7 + 15.