Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
May 1956 5-a-day
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Every sheet in May 1956
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- 1st May 1956A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 14 cm and height 8 cm. The prism is 20 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 2nd May 1956A bag holds 7 red and 4 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 3rd May 1956In a survey 2 households own 1 car, 7 own 2 cars and 7 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
- 4th May 1956A meal deal has 9 mains, 9 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 5th May 1956Solve 5(x + 6) = 45.
- 6th May 1956Jacob drives 67.5 km in 1.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 7th May 1956Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular decagon.
- 8th May 1956A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 9th May 1956A box plot has a minimum of 16 and a maximum of 43. Work out the range.
- 10th May 1956A bill is £936 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 11th May 1956Use v = u + at with u = 5, a = 4 and t = 7. Work out v.
- 12th May 1956Red and blue raffle tickets are in the ratio 2 : 9. There are 6 red raffle tickets. How many raffle tickets are there altogether?
- 13th May 1956The bearing of B from A is 127°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 14th May 1956A bag holds 7 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 15th May 1956A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 4x + 8. Use it to estimate y when x = 11.
- 16th May 1956Work out (15 x 10^8) / (3 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
- 17th May 19564 teas and 2 cakes cost £12.70. 2 teas and 5 cakes cost £13.75. Find the price of a tea.
- 18th May 1956A map has a scale of 1 : 10000. Two villages are 13.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 19th May 1956A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 3 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 20th May 1956A bag holds 2 red and 5 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 21st May 1956Four classes in order have frequencies 11, 4, 4, 7. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 22nd May 1956A meal deal has 4 mains, 7 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 23rd May 1956For the curve y = 32/x, work out y when x = -4, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 24th May 1956A pack of 5 sponges costs £1.75. A pack of 10 costs £2.90. Which pack is better value?
- 25th May 1956A trapezium has parallel sides of 13 cm and 17 cm, 10 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 26th May 1956A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 27th May 195645 voles are marked and released. Later 30 are caught, of which 5 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 28th May 1956A bill is £816 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 29th May 1956Factorise x^2 - 15x + 54.
- 30th May 1956Work out 10% of 340.
- 31st May 1956Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 120°, 65° and 51°. Work out the fourth.