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September 1961

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st September 1961A map has a scale of 1 : 25000. Two villages are 12.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  2. 2nd September 1961Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular hexagon.
  3. 3rd September 1961A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
  4. 4th September 1961120 people were surveyed. 80 were adults, of whom 25 said yes. 5 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  5. 5th September 1961A bill is £648 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  6. 6th September 1961A line has gradient -3 and passes through (5, -11). Work out its equation.
  7. 7th September 1961A pack of 10 batteries costs £6.00. A pack of 20 costs £11.40. Which pack is better value?
  8. 8th September 1961The bearing of B from A is 244°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  9. 9th September 1961A bag holds 5 red and 7 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  10. 10th September 1961A box plot has minimum 11, lower quartile 18, median 20, upper quartile 25 and maximum 29. Work out the interquartile range.
  11. 11th September 1961Work out (48 x 10^8) / (8 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  12. 12th September 1961Make x the subject of y = 8x^2 - 6.
  13. 13th September 1961Work out 25% of 140.
  14. 14th September 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.
  15. 15th September 1961A bag holds 7 red and 3 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  16. 16th September 1961A scatter graph plots the age of a car and its value. What type of correlation would you expect?
  17. 17th September 1961A meal deal has 9 mains, 7 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  18. 18th September 1961The angles in a triangle are 4x°, 3x° and (x + 68)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  19. 19th September 1961Write the ratio 2 : 6 in the form 1 : n.
  20. 20th September 1961A trapezium has parallel sides of 4 cm and 9 cm, 6 cm apart. Work out its area.
  21. 21st September 1961A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
  22. 22nd September 1961Grouped data has five classes of width 5, the first being 15 < x <= 20. The frequencies in order are 21, 7, 3, 11, 16. Write down the modal class.
  23. 23rd September 1961A bill is £384 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  24. 24th September 1961Expand and simplify 7(8x + 10).
  25. 25th September 1961A coach travels 40 km in 1 hour, then 60 km in 2 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  26. 26th September 1961Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 136°, 140° and 54°. Work out the fourth.
  27. 27th September 1961A bag holds 6 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  28. 28th September 1961Of 42 students, 12 study French, 20 study German and 6 study both. How many study neither?
  29. 29th September 1961Work out (4 x 10^7) / (2 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  30. 30th September 1961A line has equation y = 6x - 36. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.

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