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October 1956 5-a-day
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Every sheet in October 1956
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 1956A bill is £456 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 2nd October 1956For the curve y = 20/x, work out y when x = -2, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 3rd October 1956Work out 20% of 80.
- 4th October 1956The bearing of B from A is 040°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 5th October 1956A bag holds 6 red and 6 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 6th October 195630 beetles are marked and released. Later 14 are caught, of which 2 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 7th October 1956Work out (15 x 10^6) / (3 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
- 8th October 1956Factorise x^2 + 5x - 6.
- 9th October 1956Write the ratio 3 : 27 in the form 1 : n.
- 10th October 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.
- 11th October 1956A bag holds 6 red and 6 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 12th October 1956A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 124 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 13th October 1956A meal deal has 9 mains, 4 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 14th October 1956Does the point (-3, 9) satisfy y > -4x + 1?
- 15th October 1956A coach travels 80 km in 1 hour, then 80 km in 1.5 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 16th October 1956A trapezium has parallel sides of 13 cm and 23 cm, 6 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 17th October 1956A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 18th October 1956180 people were surveyed. 40 were adults, of whom 10 said yes. 45 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
- 19th October 1956A bill is £312 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 20th October 1956A line has gradient -3 and passes through (1, -9). Work out its equation.
- 21st October 1956Zara drives 150 km in 2.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 22nd October 1956Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 112°, 67° and 146°. Work out the fourth.
- 23rd October 1956A bag holds 8 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 24th October 1956A box plot has minimum 7, lower quartile 10, median 14, upper quartile 16 and maximum 24. Work out the interquartile range.
- 25th October 1956Work out (16 x 10^11) / (2 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
- 26th October 1956Make x the subject of y = 5x^2 - 10.
- 27th October 1956Red and blue stickers are in the ratio 2 : 7. There are 28 red stickers. How many stickers are there altogether?
- 28th October 1956A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 24 cm and height 7 cm. The prism is 8 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 29th October 1956A bag holds 5 red and 4 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 30th October 1956A scatter graph plots the height of a tree and its age. What type of correlation would you expect?
- 31st October 1956A meal deal has 6 mains, 3 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?