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January 1975

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st January 1975Work out (24 x 10^8) / (4 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
  2. 2nd January 1975For the curve y = -50/x, work out y when x = 5, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  3. 3rd January 1975A map has a scale of 1 : 10000. Two villages are 5.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  4. 4th January 1975A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 7 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  5. 5th January 1975A bag holds 3 red and 4 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  6. 6th January 197545 beetles are marked and released. Later 88 are caught, of which 8 are marked. Estimate the population.
  7. 7th January 1975A meal deal has 8 mains, 7 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  8. 8th January 1975Factorise x^2 + 2x - 63.
  9. 9th January 1975A pack of 8 teabags costs £3.60. A pack of 32 costs £13.12. Which pack is better value?
  10. 10th January 1975A trapezium has parallel sides of 4 cm and 6 cm, 14 cm apart. Work out its area.
  11. 11th January 1975A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  12. 12th January 1975A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 64 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  13. 13th January 1975A bill is £576 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  14. 14th January 1975Does the point (-4, 23) satisfy y > -4x + 5?
  15. 15th January 1975Work out 30% of 100.
  16. 16th January 1975Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 110°, 62° and 68°. Work out the fourth.
  17. 17th January 1975A bag holds 4 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  18. 18th January 1975200 people were surveyed. 70 were adults, of whom 5 said yes. 20 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  19. 19th January 1975Work out (63 x 10^11) / (9 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
  20. 20th January 1975A line has gradient -4 and passes through (4, -14). Work out its equation.
  21. 21st January 1975Write the ratio 8 : 16 in the form 1 : n.
  22. 22nd January 1975A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 18 cm and height 7 cm. The prism is 12 cm long. Work out its volume.
  23. 23rd January 1975A bag holds 5 red and 6 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  24. 24th January 1975A box plot has minimum 7, lower quartile 15, median 19, upper quartile 21 and maximum 29. Work out the interquartile range.
  25. 25th January 1975A meal deal has 5 mains, 7 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  26. 26th January 1975Make x the subject of y = 9x^2 - 9.
  27. 27th January 1975A coach travels 20 km in 0.5 hours, then 30 km in 2 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  28. 28th January 1975Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular pentagon.
  29. 29th January 1975A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
  30. 30th January 1975A scatter graph plots rainfall in a week and the number of umbrellas sold. What type of correlation would you expect?
  31. 31st January 1975A bill is £792 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.

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