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May 1956

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 4th May 1956A meal deal has 9 mains, 9 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  5. 5th May 1956Solve 5(x + 6) = 45.
  6. 6th May 1956Jacob drives 67.5 km in 1.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  7. 7th May 1956Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular decagon.
  8. 8th May 1956A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
  9. 9th May 1956A box plot has a minimum of 16 and a maximum of 43. Work out the range.
  10. 10th May 1956A bill is £936 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  11. 11th May 1956Use v = u + at with u = 5, a = 4 and t = 7. Work out v.
  12. 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?
  13. 13th May 1956The bearing of B from A is 127°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  14. 14th May 1956A bag holds 7 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  15. 15th May 1956A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 4x + 8. Use it to estimate y when x = 11.
  16. 16th May 1956Work out (15 x 10^8) / (3 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  17. 17th May 19564 teas and 2 cakes cost £12.70. 2 teas and 5 cakes cost £13.75. Find the price of a tea.
  18. 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?
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 21st May 1956Four classes in order have frequencies 11, 4, 4, 7. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  22. 22nd May 1956A meal deal has 4 mains, 7 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  23. 23rd May 1956For the curve y = 32/x, work out y when x = -4, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  24. 24th May 1956A pack of 5 sponges costs £1.75. A pack of 10 costs £2.90. Which pack is better value?
  25. 25th May 1956A trapezium has parallel sides of 13 cm and 17 cm, 10 cm apart. Work out its area.
  26. 26th May 1956A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
  27. 27th May 195645 voles are marked and released. Later 30 are caught, of which 5 are marked. Estimate the population.
  28. 28th May 1956A bill is £816 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  29. 29th May 1956Factorise x^2 - 15x + 54.
  30. 30th May 1956Work out 10% of 340.
  31. 31st May 1956Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 120°, 65° and 51°. Work out the fourth.

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