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January 1953

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st January 1953170 people were surveyed. 40 were adults, of whom 15 said yes. 25 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  2. 2nd January 1953A bill is £768 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  3. 3rd January 1953A line has gradient -5 and passes through (4, -17). Work out its equation.
  4. 4th January 1953Noah drives 180 km in 3 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  5. 5th January 1953The bearing of B from A is 198°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  6. 6th January 1953A bag holds 6 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  7. 7th January 1953A box plot has minimum 12, lower quartile 20, median 23, upper quartile 31 and maximum 34. Work out the interquartile range.
  8. 8th January 1953Work out (12 x 10^6) / (6 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  9. 9th January 1953Make x the subject of y = 3x^2 - 8.
  10. 10th January 1953Red and blue stickers are in the ratio 7 : 9. There are 42 red stickers. How many stickers are there altogether?
  11. 11th January 1953A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 8 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  12. 12th January 1953A bag holds 4 red and 3 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  13. 13th January 1953A scatter graph plots the temperature outside and the number of hot drinks sold. What type of correlation would you expect?
  14. 14th January 1953A meal deal has 7 mains, 6 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  15. 15th January 1953The angles in a triangle are 4x°, 2x° and (x + 40)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  16. 16th January 1953A map has a scale of 1 : 50000. Two villages are 6 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  17. 17th January 1953A trapezium has parallel sides of 12 cm and 18 cm, 6 cm apart. Work out its area.
  18. 18th January 1953A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
  19. 19th January 1953Grouped data has five classes of width 5, the first being 0 < x <= 5. The frequencies in order are 7, 11, 16, 3, 21. Write down the modal class.
  20. 20th January 1953A bill is £240 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  21. 21st January 1953Expand and simplify 3(3x + 6).
  22. 22nd January 1953A pack of 7 batteries costs £3.85. A pack of 14 costs £7.42. Which pack is better value?
  23. 23rd January 1953Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 73°, 121° and 70°. Work out the fourth.
  24. 24th January 1953A bag holds 7 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  25. 25th January 1953Of 46 students, 21 study French, 21 study German and 4 study both. How many study neither?
  26. 26th January 1953Work out (54 x 10^11) / (9 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  27. 27th January 1953A line has equation y = 2x - 6. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  28. 28th January 1953Work out 15% of 200.
  29. 29th January 1953A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 14 cm and height 6 cm. The prism is 9 cm long. Work out its volume.
  30. 30th January 1953A bag holds 3 red and 9 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  31. 31st January 1953In a survey 3 households own 1 car, 4 own 2 cars and 4 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.

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