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October 1976

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st October 1976Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular nonagon.
  2. 2nd October 1976A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
  3. 3rd October 1976In a survey 9 households own 1 car, 2 own 2 cars and 9 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  4. 4th October 1976A bill is £360 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  5. 5th October 1976Solve 3(x - 3) = 6.
  6. 6th October 1976Work out 5% of 340.
  7. 7th October 1976The bearing of B from A is 297°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  8. 8th October 1976A bag holds 4 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  9. 9th October 1976A box plot has a minimum of 7 and a maximum of 40. Work out the range.
  10. 10th October 1976Work out (27 x 10^10) / (3 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
  11. 11th October 1976Use v = u + at with u = 2, a = 7 and t = 5. Work out v.
  12. 12th October 1976Write the ratio 5 : 15 in the form 1 : n.
  13. 13th October 1976A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 3 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  14. 14th October 1976A bag holds 8 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  15. 15th October 1976A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 6x + 9. Use it to estimate y when x = 11.
  16. 16th October 1976A meal deal has 4 mains, 4 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  17. 17th October 19764 teas and 1 cake cost £12.55. 3 teas and 5 cakes cost £20.25. Find the price of a tea.
  18. 18th October 1976A coach travels 50 km in 0.5 hours, then 90 km in 2 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  19. 19th October 1976A trapezium has parallel sides of 14 cm and 22 cm, 14 cm apart. Work out its area.
  20. 20th October 1976A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
  21. 21st October 1976Four classes in order have frequencies 6, 10, 10, 10. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  22. 22nd October 1976A bill is £576 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  23. 23rd October 1976For the curve y = -100/x, work out y when x = 10, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  24. 24th October 1976Bea drives 90 km in 2 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  25. 25th October 1976Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 75°, 53° and 153°. Work out the fourth.
  26. 26th October 1976A bag holds 6 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  27. 27th October 197610 fish are marked and released. Later 24 are caught, of which 3 are marked. Estimate the population.
  28. 28th October 1976Work out (36 x 10^6) / (6 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  29. 29th October 1976Factorise x^2 - 7x - 18.
  30. 30th October 1976Red and blue marbles are in the ratio 3 : 8. There are 33 red marbles. How many marbles are there altogether?
  31. 31st October 1976A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 16 cm and height 4 cm. The prism is 7 cm long. Work out its volume.

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