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August 1973

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st August 1973A bag holds 6 red and 3 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  2. 2nd August 1973A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 56 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  3. 3rd August 1973A meal deal has 7 mains, 3 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  4. 4th August 1973Does the point (1, -5) satisfy y > x - 4?
  5. 5th August 1973Noah drives 90 km in 1.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  6. 6th August 1973Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular octagon.
  7. 7th August 1973A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
  8. 8th August 197390 people were surveyed. 40 were adults, of whom 20 said yes. 10 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  9. 9th August 1973A bill is £408 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  10. 10th August 1973A line has gradient 3 and passes through (1, 1). Work out its equation.
  11. 11th August 1973Red and blue sweets are in the ratio 5 : 7. There are 40 red sweets. How many sweets are there altogether?
  12. 12th August 1973The bearing of B from A is 162°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  13. 13th August 1973A bag holds 8 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  14. 14th August 1973A box plot has minimum 4, lower quartile 6, median 8, upper quartile 18 and maximum 24. Work out the interquartile range.
  15. 15th August 1973Work out (35 x 10^7) / (7 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
  16. 16th August 1973Make x the subject of y = 3x^2 - 9.
  17. 17th August 1973A map has a scale of 1 : 10000. Two villages are 13 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  18. 18th August 1973A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 5 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  19. 19th August 1973A bag holds 7 red and 5 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  20. 20th August 1973A scatter graph plots the temperature outside and the number of hot drinks sold. What type of correlation would you expect?
  21. 21st August 1973A meal deal has 8 mains, 3 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  22. 22nd August 1973The angles in a triangle are 2x°, x° and (x + 60)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  23. 23rd August 1973A pack of 6 batteries costs £3.30. A pack of 12 costs £5.88. Which pack is better value?
  24. 24th August 1973A trapezium has parallel sides of 4 cm and 7 cm, 18 cm apart. Work out its area.
  25. 25th August 1973A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  26. 26th August 1973Grouped data has five classes of width 10, the first being 20 < x <= 30. The frequencies in order are 21, 3, 11, 7, 16. Write down the modal class.
  27. 27th August 1973A bill is £144 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  28. 28th August 1973Expand and simplify 6(7x + 11).
  29. 29th August 1973Work out 10% of 140.
  30. 30th August 1973Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 109°, 125° and 86°. Work out the fourth.
  31. 31st August 1973A bag holds 7 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.

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