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October 1977

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st October 1977Red and blue marbles are in the ratio 3 : 5. There are 36 red marbles. How many marbles are there altogether?
  2. 2nd October 1977The bearing of B from A is 226°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  3. 3rd October 1977A bag holds 5 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  4. 4th October 1977200 people were surveyed. 90 were adults, of whom 5 said yes. 50 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  5. 5th October 1977Work out (18 x 10^10) / (9 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  6. 6th October 1977A line has gradient -5 and passes through (5, -21). Work out its equation.
  7. 7th October 1977A map has a scale of 1 : 10000. Two villages are 9.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  8. 8th October 1977A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 3 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  9. 9th October 1977A bag holds 8 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  10. 10th October 1977A box plot has minimum 3, lower quartile 13, median 17, upper quartile 21 and maximum 28. Work out the interquartile range.
  11. 11th October 1977A meal deal has 4 mains, 6 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  12. 12th October 1977Make x the subject of y = 3x^2 - 2.
  13. 13th October 1977A pack of 9 sponges costs £3.60. A pack of 18 costs £6.48. Which pack is better value?
  14. 14th October 1977A trapezium has parallel sides of 6 cm and 10 cm, 16 cm apart. Work out its area.
  15. 15th October 1977A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
  16. 16th October 1977A scatter graph plots a pupil's height and their score in a spelling test. What type of correlation would you expect?
  17. 17th October 1977A bill is £672 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  18. 18th October 1977The angles in a triangle are 3x°, 2x° and (x + 12)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  19. 19th October 1977Work out 25% of 260.
  20. 20th October 1977Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 105°, 61° and 79°. Work out the fourth.
  21. 21st October 1977A bag holds 5 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  22. 22nd October 1977Grouped data has five classes of width 10, the first being 10 < x <= 20. The frequencies in order are 16, 11, 21, 7, 3. Write down the modal class.
  23. 23rd October 1977Work out (4 x 10^11) / (2 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
  24. 24th October 1977Expand and simplify 2(3x - 6).
  25. 25th October 1977Write the ratio 4 : 16 in the form 1 : n.
  26. 26th October 1977A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 24 cm and height 10 cm. The prism is 8 cm long. Work out its volume.
  27. 27th October 1977A bag holds 5 red and 4 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  28. 28th October 1977Of 64 students, 32 study French, 28 study German and 9 study both. How many study neither?
  29. 29th October 1977A meal deal has 4 mains, 4 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  30. 30th October 1977A line has equation y = 2x - 4. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  31. 31st October 1977A coach travels 90 km in 0.5 hours, then 30 km in 1.5 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.

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