Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
October 1958 5-a-day
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Every sheet in October 1958
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- 1st October 1958A bag holds 8 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 2nd October 195815 beetles are marked and released. Later 21 are caught, of which 7 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 3rd October 1958A meal deal has 8 mains, 3 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 4th October 1958Factorise x^2 + 7x - 18.
- 5th October 1958Zara drives 120 km in 2 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 6th October 1958A trapezium has parallel sides of 11 cm and 16 cm, 16 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 7th October 1958A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 8th October 1958A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 68 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 9th October 1958A bill is £840 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 10th October 1958Does the point (-3, 6) satisfy y > -3x + 1?
- 11th October 1958Red and blue stickers are in the ratio 4 : 7. There are 48 red stickers. How many stickers are there altogether?
- 12th October 1958Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 64°, 52° and 177°. Work out the fourth.
- 13th October 1958A bag holds 6 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 14th October 1958190 people were surveyed. 50 were adults, of whom 5 said yes. 5 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
- 15th October 1958Work out (49 x 10^7) / (7 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
- 16th October 1958A line has gradient -1 and passes through (1, -6). Work out its equation.
- 17th October 1958A map has a scale of 1 : 50000. Two villages are 9.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 18th October 1958A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 24 cm and height 11 cm. The prism is 8 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 19th October 1958A bag holds 3 red and 6 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 20th October 1958A box plot has minimum 3, lower quartile 7, median 14, upper quartile 16 and maximum 23. Work out the interquartile range.
- 21st October 1958A meal deal has 7 mains, 9 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 22nd October 1958Make x the subject of y = 7x^2 - 10.
- 23rd October 1958A pack of 5 teabags costs £1.00. A pack of 20 costs £2.80. Which pack is better value?
- 24th October 1958Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular decagon.
- 25th October 1958A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 26th October 1958A scatter graph plots how far a lorry has driven and the fuel left in its tank. What type of correlation would you expect?
- 27th October 1958A bill is £864 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 28th October 1958The angles in a triangle are 2x°, 3x° and (x + 120)°. Form an equation and work out x.
- 29th October 1958Work out 15% of 320.
- 30th October 1958The bearing of B from A is 002°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 31st October 1958A bag holds 4 red and 8 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.