Foundation Plus
23rd March 1970
- 1Expanding and Factorising2 marks
Expand and simplify 8(4x - 8).
- 2Repeated Percentage Change3 marks
A town's population is 35000 and grows by 8% each year. Work out the population after 2 years, to the nearest whole number.
- 3Similar Shapes (Area and Volume)3 marks
Two similar shapes have lengths in the ratio 1 : 4. The smaller has an area of 11 cm^2. Work out the area of the larger.
- 4Probability (Higher)3 marks
A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 5Scatter Graphs3 marks
A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 5x + 16. Use it to estimate y when x = 7.
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