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August 1959

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st August 1959Red and blue raffle tickets are in the ratio 2 : 9. There are 6 red raffle tickets. How many raffle tickets are there altogether?
  2. 2nd August 1959A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 18 cm and height 9 cm. The prism is 4 cm long. Work out its volume.
  3. 3rd August 1959A bag holds 5 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  4. 4th August 1959In a survey 4 households own 1 car, 2 own 2 cars and 6 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  5. 5th August 1959A meal deal has 3 mains, 3 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  6. 6th August 1959Solve 3(x + 8) = 36.
  7. 7th August 1959A map has a scale of 1 : 25000. Two villages are 2 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  8. 8th August 1959Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular hexagon.
  9. 9th August 1959A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  10. 10th August 1959A box plot has a minimum of 19 and a maximum of 68. Work out the range.
  11. 11th August 1959A bill is £408 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  12. 12th August 1959Use v = u + at with u = 3, a = 5 and t = 5. Work out v.
  13. 13th August 1959A pack of 9 sponges costs £3.60. A pack of 18 costs £6.84. Which pack is better value?
  14. 14th August 1959The bearing of B from A is 022°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  15. 15th August 1959A bag holds 6 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  16. 16th August 1959A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 4x + 23. Use it to estimate y when x = 3.
  17. 17th August 1959Work out (12 x 10^6) / (3 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
  18. 18th August 19594 teas and 1 cake cost £10.90. 4 teas and 3 cakes cost £16.30. Find the price of a tea.
  19. 19th August 1959Work out 60% of 200.
  20. 20th August 1959A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 5 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  21. 21st August 1959A bag holds 4 red and 3 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  22. 22nd August 1959Four classes in order have frequencies 12, 4, 10, 10. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  23. 23rd August 1959A meal deal has 5 mains, 8 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  24. 24th August 1959For the curve y = -35/x, work out y when x = -5, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  25. 25th August 1959Write the ratio 6 : 36 in the form 1 : n.
  26. 26th August 1959A trapezium has parallel sides of 5 cm and 16 cm, 16 cm apart. Work out its area.
  27. 27th August 1959A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
  28. 28th August 195910 beetles are marked and released. Later 32 are caught, of which 4 are marked. Estimate the population.
  29. 29th August 1959A bill is £504 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  30. 30th August 1959Factorise x^2 - 5x - 24.
  31. 31st August 1959A coach travels 90 km in 1.5 hours, then 70 km in 1 hour. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.

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