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March 1971 5-a-day
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- 1st March 1971A coach travels 50 km in 0.5 hours, then 20 km in 0.5 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 2nd March 1971A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 7 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 3rd March 1971A bag holds 2 red and 6 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 4th March 1971A box plot has a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 50. Work out the range.
- 5th March 1971A meal deal has 3 mains, 6 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 6th March 1971Use v = u + at with u = 13, a = 8 and t = 6. Work out v.
- 7th March 1971Hassan drives 112.5 km in 2.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 8th March 1971A trapezium has parallel sides of 14 cm and 17 cm, 10 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 9th March 1971A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 10th March 1971A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 7x + 12. Use it to estimate y when x = 12.
- 11th March 1971A bill is £456 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 12th March 19712 teas and 1 cake cost £5.65. 4 teas and 3 cakes cost £12.95. Find the price of a tea.
- 13th March 1971Red and blue raffle tickets are in the ratio 4 : 7. There are 56 red raffle tickets. How many raffle tickets are there altogether?
- 14th March 1971Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 68°, 130° and 113°. Work out the fourth.
- 15th March 1971A bag holds 4 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 16th March 1971Four classes in order have frequencies 5, 12, 8, 4. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 17th March 1971Work out (24 x 10^9) / (6 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
- 18th March 1971For the curve y = -110/x, work out y when x = -10, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 19th March 1971A map has a scale of 1 : 50000. Two villages are 10 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 20th March 1971A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 16 cm and height 9 cm. The prism is 4 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 21st March 1971A bag holds 2 red and 4 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 22nd March 197140 fish are marked and released. Later 48 are caught, of which 4 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 23rd March 1971A meal deal has 9 mains, 3 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 24th March 1971Factorise x^2 + x - 56.
- 25th March 1971A pack of 10 pencils costs £1.50. A pack of 30 costs £3.90. Which pack is better value?
- 26th March 1971Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular decagon.
- 27th March 1971A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 28th March 1971A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 164 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 29th March 1971A bill is £576 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 30th March 1971Does the point (-2, -10) satisfy y > x - 7?
- 31st March 1971Work out 15% of 280.