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March 1978 5-a-day
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- 1st March 1978A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 9 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 2nd March 1978A bag holds 2 red and 6 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 3rd March 1978Grouped data has five classes of width 10, the first being 20 < x <= 30. The frequencies in order are 16, 21, 11, 7, 3. Write down the modal class.
- 4th March 1978A meal deal has 5 mains, 3 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 5th March 1978Expand and simplify 8(3x - 9).
- 6th March 1978A coach travels 90 km in 1 hour, then 60 km in 0.5 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 7th March 1978A trapezium has parallel sides of 14 cm and 20 cm, 8 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 8th March 1978A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 9th March 1978Of 37 students, 18 study French, 23 study German and 11 study both. How many study neither?
- 10th March 1978A bill is £672 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 11th March 1978A line has equation y = 6x - 12. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
- 12th March 1978Nia drives 140 km in 2 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 13th March 1978Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 109°, 114° and 53°. Work out the fourth.
- 14th March 1978A bag holds 3 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 15th March 1978In a survey 7 households own 1 car, 7 own 2 cars and 4 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
- 16th March 1978Work out (45 x 10^9) / (9 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
- 17th March 1978Solve 3(x + 2) = 30.
- 18th March 1978Red and blue marbles are in the ratio 5 : 9. There are 40 red marbles. How many marbles are there altogether?
- 19th March 1978A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 8 cm and height 8 cm. The prism is 9 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 20th March 1978A bag holds 4 red and 4 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 21st March 1978A box plot has a minimum of 16 and a maximum of 48. Work out the range.
- 22nd March 1978A meal deal has 3 mains, 3 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 23rd March 1978Use v = u + at with u = 3, a = 4 and t = 6. Work out v.
- 24th March 1978A map has a scale of 1 : 25000. Two villages are 7.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 25th March 1978Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular decagon.
- 26th March 1978A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 27th March 1978A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 8x + 28. Use it to estimate y when x = 12.
- 28th March 1978A bill is £792 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 29th March 19782 teas and 4 cakes cost £10.00. 1 tea and 3 cakes cost £6.65. Find the price of a tea.
- 30th March 1978A pack of 7 sponges costs £2.10. A pack of 28 costs £6.72. Which pack is better value?
- 31st March 1978The bearing of B from A is 345°. Work out the bearing of A from B.