Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
May 1966 5-a-day
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Every sheet in May 1966
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 1966For the curve y = -12/x, work out y when x = -4, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 2nd May 1966A coach travels 80 km in 1 hour, then 50 km in 1 hour. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 3rd May 1966A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 5 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 4th May 1966A bag holds 7 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 5th May 196620 newts are marked and released. Later 14 are caught, of which 2 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 6th May 1966A meal deal has 4 mains, 4 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 7th May 1966Factorise x^2 - 5x - 24.
- 8th May 1966Freya drives 280 km in 4 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 9th May 1966A trapezium has parallel sides of 3 cm and 5 cm, 16 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 10th May 1966A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 11th May 1966A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 176 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 12th May 1966A bill is £672 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 13th May 1966Does the point (-4, -9) satisfy y > x - 8?
- 14th May 1966Red and blue marbles are in the ratio 2 : 3. There are 26 red marbles. How many marbles are there altogether?
- 15th May 1966Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 123°, 109° and 86°. Work out the fourth.
- 16th May 1966A bag holds 5 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 17th May 1966120 people were surveyed. 60 were adults, of whom 25 said yes. 5 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
- 18th May 1966Work out (16 x 10^7) / (2 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
- 19th May 1966A line has gradient -4 and passes through (4, -22). Work out its equation.
- 20th May 1966A map has a scale of 1 : 10000. Two villages are 3 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 21st May 1966A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 22 cm and height 12 cm. The prism is 7 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 22nd May 1966A bag holds 5 red and 6 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 23rd May 1966A box plot has minimum 10, lower quartile 16, median 23, upper quartile 31 and maximum 35. Work out the interquartile range.
- 24th May 1966A meal deal has 6 mains, 8 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 25th May 1966Make x the subject of y = 4x^2 - 9.
- 26th May 1966A pack of 9 batteries costs £4.05. A pack of 27 costs £11.34. Which pack is better value?
- 27th May 1966Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular pentagon.
- 28th May 1966A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 29th May 1966A scatter graph plots a house's floor area and its asking price. What type of correlation would you expect?
- 30th May 1966A bill is £744 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 31st May 1966The angles in a triangle are 2x°, 3x° and (x + 120)°. Form an equation and work out x.