Foundation Plus
21st March 1955
- 1Probability (Higher)3 marks
A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 2Box Plots2 marks
A box plot has minimum 13, lower quartile 20, median 24, upper quartile 31 and maximum 36. Work out the interquartile range.
- 3Standard Form2 marks
Write 49300 in standard form.
- 4Drawing Other Graphs: Cubic/Reciprocal2 marks
For the curve y = 14/x, work out y when x = 2, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 5Repeated Percentage Change3 marks
A town's population is 23500 and grows by 3% each year. Work out the population after 3 years, to the nearest whole number.
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