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May 1954 5-a-day
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Every sheet in May 1954
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- 1st May 1954A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 2nd May 1954Of 59 students, 34 study French, 19 study German and 4 study both. How many study neither?
- 3rd May 1954A bill is £144 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 4th May 1954A line has equation y = 3x - 18. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
- 5th May 1954Work out 75% of 80.
- 6th May 1954Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 98°, 85° and 34°. Work out the fourth.
- 7th May 1954A bag holds 8 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 8th May 1954In a survey 3 households own 1 car, 4 own 2 cars and 6 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
- 9th May 1954Work out (72 x 10^10) / (9 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
- 10th May 1954Solve 5(x + 6) = 80.
- 11th May 1954Write the ratio 5 : 25 in the form 1 : n.
- 12th May 1954A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 22 cm and height 10 cm. The prism is 20 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 13th May 1954A bag holds 2 red and 6 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 14th May 1954A box plot has a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 38. Work out the range.
- 15th May 1954A meal deal has 5 mains, 4 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 16th May 1954Use v = u + at with u = 6, a = 9 and t = 8. Work out v.
- 17th May 1954A coach travels 50 km in 1 hour, then 50 km in 1.5 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 18th May 1954Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular 12-sided polygon.
- 19th May 1954A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 20th May 1954A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 2x + 5. Use it to estimate y when x = 9.
- 21st May 1954A bill is £840 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 22nd May 19543 teas and 2 cakes cost £9.70. 2 teas and 3 cakes cost £9.30. Find the price of a tea.
- 23rd May 1954Hassan drives 60 km in 1.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 24th May 1954The bearing of B from A is 126°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 25th May 1954A bag holds 6 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 26th May 1954Four classes in order have frequencies 5, 9, 6, 6. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 27th May 1954Work out (16 x 10^8) / (4 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
- 28th May 1954For the curve y = -30/x, work out y when x = -5, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 29th May 1954Red and blue marbles are in the ratio 2 : 5. There are 8 red marbles. How many marbles are there altogether?
- 30th May 1954A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 6 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 31st May 1954A bag holds 7 red and 4 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.