Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
February 1978 5-a-day
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Every sheet in February 1978
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- 1st February 197835 voles are marked and released. Later 6 are caught, of which 2 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 2nd February 1978A bill is £360 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 3rd February 1978Factorise x^2 - 8x + 15.
- 4th February 1978Red and blue raffle tickets are in the ratio 5 : 6. There are 20 red raffle tickets. How many raffle tickets are there altogether?
- 5th February 1978Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 103°, 77° and 118°. Work out the fourth.
- 6th February 1978A bag holds 7 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 7th February 1978A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 240 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 8th February 1978Work out (16 x 10^7) / (4 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
- 9th February 1978Does the point (3, 8) satisfy y > -x + 4?
- 10th February 1978A map has a scale of 1 : 50000. Two villages are 7 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 11th February 1978A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 18 cm and height 6 cm. The prism is 11 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 12th February 1978A bag holds 2 red and 8 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 13th February 1978180 people were surveyed. 30 were adults, of whom 10 said yes. 45 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
- 14th February 1978A meal deal has 9 mains, 9 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 15th February 1978A line has gradient -2 and passes through (1, 5). Work out its equation.
- 16th February 1978A pack of 11 pencils costs £6.05. A pack of 33 costs £16.83. Which pack is better value?
- 17th February 1978Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular octagon.
- 18th February 1978A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 19th February 1978A box plot has minimum 4, lower quartile 14, median 22, upper quartile 30 and maximum 38. Work out the interquartile range.
- 20th February 1978A bill is £480 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 21st February 1978Make x the subject of y = 4x^2 - 12.
- 22nd February 1978Work out 10% of 60.
- 23rd February 1978The bearing of B from A is 133°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 24th February 1978A bag holds 7 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 25th February 1978A scatter graph plots the number of hours revised and the test mark. What type of correlation would you expect?
- 26th February 1978Work out (9 x 10^6) / (3 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
- 27th February 1978The angles in a triangle are 2x°, 2x° and (x + 25)°. Form an equation and work out x.
- 28th February 1978Write the ratio 6 : 48 in the form 1 : n.