Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
May 1962 5-a-day
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- 1st May 1962A bag holds 6 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 2nd May 1962A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 4x + 11. Use it to estimate y when x = 12.
- 3rd May 1962Work out (21 x 10^8) / (3 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
- 4th May 19625 teas and 3 cakes cost £15.25. 1 tea and 2 cakes cost £7.25. Find the price of a tea.
- 5th May 1962Red and blue stickers are in the ratio 4 : 7. There are 12 red stickers. How many stickers are there altogether?
- 6th May 1962A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 20 cm and height 4 cm. The prism is 4 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 7th May 1962A bag holds 2 red and 7 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 8th May 1962Four classes in order have frequencies 3, 7, 12, 12. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 9th May 1962A meal deal has 6 mains, 5 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 10th May 1962For the curve y = -9/x, work out y when x = 1, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 11th May 1962A map has a scale of 1 : 25000. Two villages are 6 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 12th May 1962Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular 12-sided polygon.
- 13th May 1962A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 14th May 196250 newts are marked and released. Later 49 are caught, of which 7 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 15th May 1962A bill is £384 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 16th May 1962Factorise x^2 - 6x - 16.
- 17th May 1962A pack of 7 teabags costs £2.10. A pack of 14 costs £3.64. Which pack is better value?
- 18th May 1962The bearing of B from A is 182°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 19th May 1962A bag holds 8 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 20th May 1962A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 216 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 21st May 1962Work out (15 x 10^9) / (5 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
- 22nd May 1962Does the point (4, -2) satisfy y > 2x - 2?
- 23rd May 1962Work out 15% of 160.
- 24th May 1962A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 8 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 25th May 1962A bag holds 5 red and 3 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 26th May 1962200 people were surveyed. 60 were adults, of whom 25 said yes. 40 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
- 27th May 1962A meal deal has 5 mains, 4 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 28th May 1962A line has gradient -1 and passes through (2, 1). Work out its equation.
- 29th May 1962Write the ratio 2 : 10 in the form 1 : n.
- 30th May 1962A trapezium has parallel sides of 14 cm and 16 cm, 4 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 31st May 1962A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?