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December 1975

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st December 1975A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
  2. 2nd December 197525 fish are marked and released. Later 12 are caught, of which 3 are marked. Estimate the population.
  3. 3rd December 1975A bill is £144 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  4. 4th December 1975Factorise x^2 + 5x - 14.
  5. 5th December 1975A map has a scale of 1 : 50000. Two villages are 6 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  6. 6th December 1975Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 55°, 112° and 114°. Work out the fourth.
  7. 7th December 1975A bag holds 4 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  8. 8th December 1975A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 196 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  9. 9th December 1975Work out (4 x 10^8) / (2 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  10. 10th December 1975Does the point (-2, -3) satisfy y > 3x - 1?
  11. 11th December 1975A pack of 7 pencils costs £4.20. A pack of 28 costs £15.40. Which pack is better value?
  12. 12th December 1975A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 22 cm and height 8 cm. The prism is 6 cm long. Work out its volume.
  13. 13th December 1975A bag holds 3 red and 5 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  14. 14th December 1975220 people were surveyed. 40 were adults, of whom 15 said yes. 65 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  15. 15th December 1975A meal deal has 9 mains, 8 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  16. 16th December 1975A line has gradient 5 and passes through (5, 26). Work out its equation.
  17. 17th December 1975Work out 5% of 320.
  18. 18th December 1975Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular hexagon.
  19. 19th December 1975A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  20. 20th December 1975A box plot has minimum 8, lower quartile 18, median 20, upper quartile 27 and maximum 36. Work out the interquartile range.
  21. 21st December 1975A bill is £96 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  22. 22nd December 1975Make x the subject of y = 5x^2 - 2.
  23. 23rd December 1975Write the ratio 4 : 28 in the form 1 : n.
  24. 24th December 1975The bearing of B from A is 303°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  25. 25th December 1975A bag holds 6 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  26. 26th December 1975A scatter graph plots the temperature outside and the number of hot drinks sold. What type of correlation would you expect?
  27. 27th December 1975Work out (36 x 10^12) / (4 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  28. 28th December 1975The angles in a triangle are 3x°, x° and (x + 50)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  29. 29th December 1975A coach travels 20 km in 0.5 hours, then 70 km in 1.5 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  30. 30th December 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.
  31. 31st December 1975A bag holds 10 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.

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