Foundation Plus
22nd October 1962
- 1Probability (Higher)3 marks
A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 2Box Plots2 marks
A box plot has minimum 7, lower quartile 14, median 19, upper quartile 23 and maximum 27. Work out the interquartile range.
- 3Standard Form2 marks
Write 0.000774 in standard form.
- 4Drawing Other Graphs: Cubic/Reciprocal2 marks
For the curve y = -24/x, work out y when x = 2, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 5Repeated Percentage Change3 marks
A town's population is 28000 and grows by 6% each year. Work out the population after 2 years, to the nearest whole number.
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