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May 1974 5-a-day

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May 1974

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st May 1974A line has gradient 5 and passes through (2, 5). Work out its equation.
  2. 2nd May 1974A pack of 8 batteries costs £4.40. A pack of 32 costs £16.00. Which pack is better value?
  3. 3rd May 1974A trapezium has parallel sides of 12 cm and 16 cm, 14 cm apart. Work out its area.
  4. 4th May 1974A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  5. 5th May 1974A box plot has minimum 2, lower quartile 5, median 8, upper quartile 15 and maximum 22. Work out the interquartile range.
  6. 6th May 1974A bill is £216 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  7. 7th May 1974Make x the subject of y = 3x^2 - 5.
  8. 8th May 1974Work out 20% of 360.
  9. 9th May 1974Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 100°, 47° and 108°. Work out the fourth.
  10. 10th May 1974A bag holds 4 red and 6 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  11. 11th May 1974A scatter graph plots the age of a car and its value. What type of correlation would you expect?
  12. 12th May 1974Work out (64 x 10^10) / (8 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  13. 13th May 1974The angles in a triangle are 3x°, 3x° and (x + 75)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  14. 14th May 1974Write the ratio 5 : 15 in the form 1 : n.
  15. 15th May 1974A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 24 cm and height 13 cm. The prism is 16 cm long. Work out its volume.
  16. 16th May 1974A bag holds 9 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  17. 17th May 1974Grouped data has five classes of width 5, the first being 20 < x <= 25. The frequencies in order are 7, 3, 16, 21, 11. Write down the modal class.
  18. 18th May 1974A meal deal has 6 mains, 3 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  19. 19th May 1974Expand and simplify 8(6x - 6).
  20. 20th May 1974A coach travels 90 km in 1.5 hours, then 40 km in 0.5 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  21. 21st May 1974Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular decagon.
  22. 22nd May 1974A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
  23. 23rd May 1974Of 58 students, 35 study French, 20 study German and 11 study both. How many study neither?
  24. 24th May 1974A bill is £888 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  25. 25th May 1974A line has equation y = 2x - 4. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  26. 26th May 1974Priya drives 160 km in 4 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  27. 27th May 1974The bearing of B from A is 049°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  28. 28th May 1974A bag holds 5 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  29. 29th May 1974In a survey 5 households own 1 car, 2 own 2 cars and 5 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  30. 30th May 1974Work out (42 x 10^11) / (7 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  31. 31st May 1974Solve 4(x + 1) = 48.

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