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September 1977

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st September 1977A pack of 4 pencils costs £2.00. A pack of 12 costs £5.52. Which pack is better value?
  2. 2nd September 1977A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 4 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  3. 3rd September 1977A bag holds 2 red and 5 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  4. 4th September 1977A box plot has a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 56. Work out the range.
  5. 5th September 1977A meal deal has 7 mains, 9 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  6. 6th September 1977Use v = u + at with u = 4, a = 4 and t = 8. Work out v.
  7. 7th September 1977Work out 30% of 400.
  8. 8th September 1977A trapezium has parallel sides of 7 cm and 9 cm, 16 cm apart. Work out its area.
  9. 9th September 1977A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  10. 10th September 1977A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 8x + 35. Use it to estimate y when x = 10.
  11. 11th September 1977A bill is £744 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  12. 12th September 19775 teas and 1 cake cost £13.70. 4 teas and 2 cakes cost £13.90. Find the price of a tea.
  13. 13th September 1977Write the ratio 4 : 20 in the form 1 : n.
  14. 14th September 1977Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 88°, 44° and 43°. Work out the fourth.
  15. 15th September 1977A bag holds 3 red and 6 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  16. 16th September 1977Four classes in order have frequencies 3, 6, 8, 6. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  17. 17th September 1977Work out (81 x 10^8) / (9 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
  18. 18th September 1977For the curve y = 35/x, work out y when x = 5, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  19. 19th September 1977A coach travels 60 km in 1.5 hours, then 50 km in 1 hour. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  20. 20th September 1977A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 8 cm and height 12 cm. The prism is 17 cm long. Work out its volume.
  21. 21st September 1977A bag holds 3 red and 8 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  22. 22nd September 197740 beetles are marked and released. Later 63 are caught, of which 9 are marked. Estimate the population.
  23. 23rd September 1977A meal deal has 3 mains, 8 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  24. 24th September 1977Factorise x^2 + 8x + 15.
  25. 25th September 1977Hassan drives 150 km in 3 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  26. 26th September 1977Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular 12-sided polygon.
  27. 27th September 1977A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
  28. 28th September 1977A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 200 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  29. 29th September 1977A bill is £744 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  30. 30th September 1977Does the point (4, -9) satisfy y > -2x + 2?

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