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October 1968

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st October 1968A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 12 cm and height 14 cm. The prism is 5 cm long. Work out its volume.
  2. 2nd October 1968A bag holds 4 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  3. 3rd October 1968A scatter graph plots the number of pages in a book and its price. What type of correlation would you expect?
  4. 4th October 1968A meal deal has 9 mains, 4 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  5. 5th October 1968The angles in a triangle are 2x°, x° and (x + 104)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  6. 6th October 1968Finlay drives 175 km in 2.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  7. 7th October 1968Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular 12-sided polygon.
  8. 8th October 1968A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
  9. 9th October 1968Grouped data has five classes of width 5, the first being 5 < x <= 10. The frequencies in order are 3, 11, 16, 21, 7. Write down the modal class.
  10. 10th October 1968A bill is £288 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  11. 11th October 1968Expand and simplify 6(8x - 11).
  12. 12th October 1968Red and blue sweets are in the ratio 5 : 7. There are 55 red sweets. How many sweets are there altogether?
  13. 13th October 1968The bearing of B from A is 296°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  14. 14th October 1968A bag holds 7 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  15. 15th October 1968Of 25 students, 15 study French, 16 study German and 10 study both. How many study neither?
  16. 16th October 1968Work out (16 x 10^7) / (2 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  17. 17th October 1968A line has equation y = 5x - 25. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  18. 18th October 1968A map has a scale of 1 : 25000. Two villages are 3 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  19. 19th October 1968A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 10 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  20. 20th October 1968A bag holds 7 red and 3 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  21. 21st October 1968In a survey 8 households own 1 car, 4 own 2 cars and 3 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  22. 22nd October 1968A meal deal has 6 mains, 4 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  23. 23rd October 1968Solve 7(x + 6) = 105.
  24. 24th October 1968A pack of 10 sponges costs £6.00. A pack of 40 costs £23.60. Which pack is better value?
  25. 25th October 1968A trapezium has parallel sides of 9 cm and 13 cm, 12 cm apart. Work out its area.
  26. 26th October 1968A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
  27. 27th October 1968A box plot has a minimum of 17 and a maximum of 58. Work out the range.
  28. 28th October 1968A bill is £48 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  29. 29th October 1968Use v = u + at with u = 15, a = 5 and t = 8. Work out v.
  30. 30th October 1968Work out 5% of 80.
  31. 31st October 1968Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 103°, 58° and 61°. Work out the fourth.

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