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May 1975

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st May 1975A bill is £480 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  2. 2nd May 1975Use v = u + at with u = 15, a = 3 and t = 5. Work out v.
  3. 3rd May 1975Red and blue raffle tickets are in the ratio 5 : 6. There are 40 red raffle tickets. How many raffle tickets are there altogether?
  4. 4th May 1975Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 69°, 62° and 89°. Work out the fourth.
  5. 5th May 1975A bag holds 6 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  6. 6th May 1975A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 2x + 12. Use it to estimate y when x = 8.
  7. 7th May 1975Work out (42 x 10^12) / (7 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
  8. 8th May 19755 teas and 4 cakes cost £18.95. 1 tea and 2 cakes cost £6.85. Find the price of a tea.
  9. 9th May 1975A map has a scale of 1 : 25000. Two villages are 5.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  10. 10th May 1975A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 8 cm and height 6 cm. The prism is 19 cm long. Work out its volume.
  11. 11th May 1975A bag holds 2 red and 5 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  12. 12th May 1975Four classes in order have frequencies 11, 3, 4, 12. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  13. 13th May 1975A meal deal has 6 mains, 6 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  14. 14th May 1975For the curve y = 5/x, work out y when x = 1, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  15. 15th May 1975A pack of 11 batteries costs £4.95. A pack of 33 costs £12.87. Which pack is better value?
  16. 16th May 1975Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular octagon.
  17. 17th May 1975A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
  18. 18th May 197550 voles are marked and released. Later 20 are caught, of which 4 are marked. Estimate the population.
  19. 19th May 1975A bill is £312 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  20. 20th May 1975Factorise x^2 - x - 30.
  21. 21st May 1975Work out 60% of 280.
  22. 22nd May 1975The bearing of B from A is 126°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  23. 23rd May 1975A bag holds 6 red and 6 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  24. 24th May 1975A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 116 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  25. 25th May 1975Work out (64 x 10^6) / (8 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  26. 26th May 1975Does the point (1, 8) satisfy y > -3x + 5?
  27. 27th May 1975Write the ratio 3 : 15 in the form 1 : n.
  28. 28th May 1975A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 6 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  29. 29th May 1975A bag holds 3 red and 7 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  30. 30th May 1975130 people were surveyed. 30 were adults, of whom 5 said yes. 35 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  31. 31st May 1975A meal deal has 7 mains, 6 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?

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