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March 1977

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st March 1977A bag holds 8 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  2. 2nd March 1977Four classes in order have frequencies 11, 11, 9, 4. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  3. 3rd March 1977Work out (24 x 10^9) / (4 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
  4. 4th March 1977For the curve y = 10/x, work out y when x = -2, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  5. 5th March 1977Red and blue sweets are in the ratio 5 : 8. There are 35 red sweets. How many sweets are there altogether?
  6. 6th March 1977A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 6 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  7. 7th March 1977A bag holds 4 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  8. 8th March 197755 voles are marked and released. Later 40 are caught, of which 8 are marked. Estimate the population.
  9. 9th March 1977A meal deal has 6 mains, 4 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  10. 10th March 1977Factorise x^2 + 5x - 36.
  11. 11th March 1977A map has a scale of 1 : 50000. Two villages are 10.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  12. 12th March 1977A trapezium has parallel sides of 5 cm and 8 cm, 16 cm apart. Work out its area.
  13. 13th March 1977A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
  14. 14th March 1977A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 80 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  15. 15th March 1977A bill is £288 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  16. 16th March 1977Does the point (-2, -18) satisfy y > 4x - 4?
  17. 17th March 1977A pack of 11 teabags costs £3.30. A pack of 44 costs £11.88. Which pack is better value?
  18. 18th March 1977Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 58°, 112° and 35°. Work out the fourth.
  19. 19th March 1977A bag holds 3 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  20. 20th March 1977110 people were surveyed. 50 were adults, of whom 15 said yes. 30 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  21. 21st March 1977Work out (72 x 10^8) / (9 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  22. 22nd March 1977A line has gradient -5 and passes through (6, -24). Work out its equation.
  23. 23rd March 1977Work out 15% of 100.
  24. 24th March 1977A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 12 cm and height 3 cm. The prism is 8 cm long. Work out its volume.
  25. 25th March 1977A bag holds 5 red and 5 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  26. 26th March 1977A box plot has minimum 1, lower quartile 9, median 12, upper quartile 18 and maximum 22. Work out the interquartile range.
  27. 27th March 1977A meal deal has 7 mains, 5 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  28. 28th March 1977Make x the subject of y = 5x^2 - 10.
  29. 29th March 1977Write the ratio 7 : 28 in the form 1 : n.
  30. 30th March 1977Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular 12-sided polygon.
  31. 31st March 1977A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?

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