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May 1961

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st May 1961A box plot has minimum 13, lower quartile 23, median 25, upper quartile 34 and maximum 38. Work out the interquartile range.
  2. 2nd May 1961A bill is £648 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  3. 3rd May 1961Make x the subject of y = 4x^2 - 12.
  4. 4th May 1961A pack of 8 sponges costs £1.60. A pack of 16 costs £2.56. Which pack is better value?
  5. 5th May 1961Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 95°, 107° and 36°. Work out the fourth.
  6. 6th May 1961A bag holds 4 red and 8 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  7. 7th May 1961A scatter graph plots the age of a car and its value. What type of correlation would you expect?
  8. 8th May 1961Work out (28 x 10^8) / (4 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  9. 9th May 1961The angles in a triangle are 2x°, x° and (x + 88)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  10. 10th May 1961Work out 10% of 60.
  11. 11th May 1961A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 16 cm and height 3 cm. The prism is 5 cm long. Work out its volume.
  12. 12th May 1961A bag holds 2 red and 5 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  13. 13th May 1961Grouped data has five classes of width 10, the first being 20 < x <= 30. The frequencies in order are 3, 7, 21, 11, 16. Write down the modal class.
  14. 14th May 1961A meal deal has 6 mains, 3 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  15. 15th May 1961Expand and simplify 7(2x - 2).
  16. 16th May 1961Write the ratio 8 : 24 in the form 1 : n.
  17. 17th May 1961Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular nonagon.
  18. 18th May 1961A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  19. 19th May 1961Of 41 students, 22 study French, 12 study German and 7 study both. How many study neither?
  20. 20th May 1961A bill is £504 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  21. 21st May 1961A line has equation y = 3x - 12. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  22. 22nd May 1961A coach travels 50 km in 0.5 hours, then 90 km in 2 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  23. 23rd May 1961The bearing of B from A is 009°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  24. 24th May 1961A bag holds 3 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  25. 25th May 1961In a survey 5 households own 1 car, 8 own 2 cars and 9 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  26. 26th May 1961Work out (24 x 10^6) / (6 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  27. 27th May 1961Solve 4(x - 7) = 0.
  28. 28th May 1961Rhys drives 160 km in 2 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  29. 29th May 1961A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 8 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  30. 30th May 1961A bag holds 2 red and 8 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  31. 31st May 1961A box plot has a minimum of 7 and a maximum of 42. Work out the range.

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