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August 1955

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st August 1955Grouped data has five classes of width 10, the first being 10 < x <= 20. The frequencies in order are 21, 16, 3, 7, 11. Write down the modal class.
  2. 2nd August 1955Work out (15 x 10^11) / (5 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  3. 3rd August 1955Expand and simplify 5(5x - 7).
  4. 4th August 1955A pack of 8 sponges costs £4.40. A pack of 24 costs £12.48. Which pack is better value?
  5. 5th August 1955A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 6 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  6. 6th August 1955A bag holds 3 red and 4 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  7. 7th August 1955Of 66 students, 25 study French, 38 study German and 12 study both. How many study neither?
  8. 8th August 1955A meal deal has 4 mains, 3 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  9. 9th August 1955A line has equation y = 6x - 6. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  10. 10th August 1955Work out 25% of 240.
  11. 11th August 1955A trapezium has parallel sides of 6 cm and 16 cm, 8 cm apart. Work out its area.
  12. 12th August 1955A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
  13. 13th August 1955In a survey 9 households own 1 car, 8 own 2 cars and 8 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  14. 14th August 1955A bill is £552 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  15. 15th August 1955Solve 2(x - 6) = 10.
  16. 16th August 1955Write the ratio 6 : 48 in the form 1 : n.
  17. 17th August 1955Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 125°, 121° and 31°. Work out the fourth.
  18. 18th August 1955A bag holds 5 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  19. 19th August 1955A box plot has a minimum of 12 and a maximum of 72. Work out the range.
  20. 20th August 1955Work out (81 x 10^10) / (9 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  21. 21st August 1955Use v = u + at with u = 4, a = 8 and t = 5. Work out v.
  22. 22nd August 1955A coach travels 40 km in 1 hour, then 80 km in 1.5 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  23. 23rd August 1955A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 18 cm and height 8 cm. The prism is 9 cm long. Work out its volume.
  24. 24th August 1955A bag holds 7 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  25. 25th August 1955A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 4x + 24. Use it to estimate y when x = 4.
  26. 26th August 1955A meal deal has 5 mains, 4 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  27. 27th August 19552 teas and 1 cake cost £4.60. 1 tea and 2 cakes cost £6.80. Find the price of a tea.
  28. 28th August 1955Aisha drives 120 km in 3 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  29. 29th August 1955Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular decagon.
  30. 30th August 1955A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
  31. 31st August 1955Four classes in order have frequencies 12, 9, 12, 10. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.

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