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March 1961

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st March 1961A bag holds 3 red and 4 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  2. 2nd March 1961A scatter graph plots the temperature outside and the number of hot drinks sold. What type of correlation would you expect?
  3. 3rd March 1961A meal deal has 5 mains, 5 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  4. 4th March 1961The angles in a triangle are 3x°, 3x° and (x + 47)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  5. 5th March 1961Yusuf drives 160 km in 4 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  6. 6th March 1961Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular decagon.
  7. 7th March 1961A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  8. 8th March 1961Grouped data has five classes of width 10, the first being 40 < x <= 50. The frequencies in order are 21, 7, 16, 11, 3. Write down the modal class.
  9. 9th March 1961A bill is £936 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  10. 10th March 1961Expand and simplify 6(8x + 6).
  11. 11th March 1961Red and blue stickers are in the ratio 5 : 8. There are 75 red stickers. How many stickers are there altogether?
  12. 12th March 1961The bearing of B from A is 070°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  13. 13th March 1961A bag holds 8 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  14. 14th March 1961Of 63 students, 33 study French, 20 study German and 7 study both. How many study neither?
  15. 15th March 1961Work out (10 x 10^11) / (2 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  16. 16th March 1961A line has equation y = 6x - 30. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  17. 17th March 1961A 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?
  18. 18th March 1961A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 12 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  19. 19th March 1961A bag holds 3 red and 6 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  20. 20th March 1961In a survey 7 households own 1 car, 9 own 2 cars and 2 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  21. 21st March 1961A meal deal has 8 mains, 4 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  22. 22nd March 1961Solve 6(x + 3) = 60.
  23. 23rd March 1961A pack of 9 batteries costs £2.70. A pack of 36 costs £9.00. Which pack is better value?
  24. 24th March 1961A trapezium has parallel sides of 11 cm and 17 cm, 4 cm apart. Work out its area.
  25. 25th March 1961A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
  26. 26th March 1961A box plot has a minimum of 17 and a maximum of 72. Work out the range.
  27. 27th March 1961A bill is £600 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  28. 28th March 1961Use v = u + at with u = 13, a = 6 and t = 7. Work out v.
  29. 29th March 1961Work out 75% of 220.
  30. 30th March 1961Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 63°, 127° and 73°. Work out the fourth.
  31. 31st March 1961A bag holds 5 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.

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