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May 1960

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st May 1960A meal deal has 7 mains, 4 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  2. 2nd May 1960Use v = u + at with u = 6, a = 2 and t = 8. Work out v.
  3. 3rd May 1960Write the ratio 8 : 64 in the form 1 : n.
  4. 4th May 1960A trapezium has parallel sides of 3 cm and 10 cm, 14 cm apart. Work out its area.
  5. 5th May 1960A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  6. 6th May 1960A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 7x + 21. Use it to estimate y when x = 5.
  7. 7th May 1960A bill is £456 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  8. 8th May 19604 teas and 1 cake cost £9.65. 2 teas and 4 cakes cost £10.60. Find the price of a tea.
  9. 9th May 1960A coach travels 60 km in 1.5 hours, then 60 km in 1 hour. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  10. 10th May 1960Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 109°, 121° and 76°. Work out the fourth.
  11. 11th May 1960A bag holds 7 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  12. 12th May 1960Four classes in order have frequencies 3, 3, 6, 10. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  13. 13th May 1960Work out (36 x 10^8) / (6 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  14. 14th May 1960For the curve y = 2/x, work out y when x = -1, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  15. 15th May 1960Oliwia drives 150 km in 2.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  16. 16th May 1960A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 12 cm and height 7 cm. The prism is 19 cm long. Work out its volume.
  17. 17th May 1960A bag holds 7 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  18. 18th May 196060 fish are marked and released. Later 6 are caught, of which 2 are marked. Estimate the population.
  19. 19th May 1960A meal deal has 3 mains, 3 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  20. 20th May 1960Factorise x^2 - 5x - 14.
  21. 21st May 1960Red and blue marbles are in the ratio 2 : 3. There are 18 red marbles. How many marbles are there altogether?
  22. 22nd May 1960Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular pentagon.
  23. 23rd May 1960A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  24. 24th May 1960A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 72 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  25. 25th May 1960A bill is £384 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  26. 26th May 1960Does the point (3, -1) satisfy y > 4x - 6?
  27. 27th May 1960A map has a scale of 1 : 25000. Two villages are 11.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  28. 28th May 1960The bearing of B from A is 298°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  29. 29th May 1960A bag holds 4 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  30. 30th May 1960120 people were surveyed. 40 were adults, of whom 15 said yes. 5 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  31. 31st May 1960Work out (24 x 10^12) / (8 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.

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