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September 1955

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st September 1955A bill is £168 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  2. 2nd September 1955For the curve y = -8/x, work out y when x = 1, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  3. 3rd September 1955Red and blue raffle tickets are in the ratio 3 : 8. There are 36 red raffle tickets. How many raffle tickets are there altogether?
  4. 4th September 1955The bearing of B from A is 317°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  5. 5th September 1955A bag holds 5 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  6. 6th September 195535 voles are marked and released. Later 24 are caught, of which 4 are marked. Estimate the population.
  7. 7th September 1955Work out (9 x 10^9) / (3 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  8. 8th September 1955Factorise x^2 - 36.
  9. 9th September 1955A map has a scale of 1 : 25000. Two villages are 5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  10. 10th September 1955A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 12 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  11. 11th September 1955A bag holds 4 red and 4 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  12. 12th September 1955A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 236 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  13. 13th September 1955A meal deal has 8 mains, 8 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  14. 14th September 1955Does the point (1, 11) satisfy y > 2x + 6?
  15. 15th September 1955A pack of 12 sponges costs £6.00. A pack of 48 costs £23.04. Which pack is better value?
  16. 16th September 1955A trapezium has parallel sides of 13 cm and 16 cm, 8 cm apart. Work out its area.
  17. 17th September 1955A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
  18. 18th September 1955180 people were surveyed. 70 were adults, of whom 30 said yes. 35 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  19. 19th September 1955A bill is £528 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  20. 20th September 1955A line has gradient -5 and passes through (5, -27). Work out its equation.
  21. 21st September 1955Work out 25% of 360.
  22. 22nd September 1955Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 97°, 84° and 37°. Work out the fourth.
  23. 23rd September 1955A bag holds 4 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  24. 24th September 1955A box plot has minimum 6, lower quartile 12, median 18, upper quartile 26 and maximum 28. Work out the interquartile range.
  25. 25th September 1955Work out (10 x 10^7) / (5 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  26. 26th September 1955Make x the subject of y = 4x^2 - 6.
  27. 27th September 1955Write the ratio 5 : 30 in the form 1 : n.
  28. 28th September 1955A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 18 cm and height 12 cm. The prism is 10 cm long. Work out its volume.
  29. 29th September 1955A bag holds 3 red and 6 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  30. 30th September 1955A scatter graph plots the length of a queue and the number of tills open. What type of correlation would you expect?

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