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May 1978 5-a-day
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- 1st May 1978A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 2nd May 1978A scatter graph plots rainfall in a week and the number of umbrellas sold. What type of correlation would you expect?
- 3rd May 1978A bill is £720 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 4th May 1978The angles in a triangle are 2x°, 3x° and (x + 12)°. Form an equation and work out x.
- 5th May 1978A map has a scale of 1 : 25000. Two villages are 2.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 6th May 1978The bearing of B from A is 032°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 7th May 1978A bag holds 5 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 8th May 1978Grouped data has five classes of width 5, the first being 15 < x <= 20. The frequencies in order are 11, 21, 7, 16, 3. Write down the modal class.
- 9th May 1978Work out (81 x 10^6) / (9 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
- 10th May 1978Expand and simplify 5(5x - 10).
- 11th May 1978A pack of 11 teabags costs £6.60. A pack of 44 costs £25.96. Which pack is better value?
- 12th May 1978A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 4 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 13th May 1978A bag holds 2 red and 4 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 14th May 1978Of 51 students, 24 study French, 19 study German and 6 study both. How many study neither?
- 15th May 1978A meal deal has 4 mains, 3 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 16th May 1978A line has equation y = 2x - 12. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
- 17th May 1978Work out 20% of 260.
- 18th May 1978A trapezium has parallel sides of 11 cm and 18 cm, 8 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 19th May 1978A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 20th May 1978In a survey 6 households own 1 car, 2 own 2 cars and 9 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
- 21st May 1978A bill is £192 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 22nd May 1978Solve 6(x - 8) = -36.
- 23rd May 1978Write the ratio 4 : 20 in the form 1 : n.
- 24th May 1978Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 90°, 127° and 91°. Work out the fourth.
- 25th May 1978A bag holds 3 red and 8 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 26th May 1978A box plot has a minimum of 19 and a maximum of 54. Work out the range.
- 27th May 1978Work out (10 x 10^7) / (5 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
- 28th May 1978Use v = u + at with u = 4, a = 4 and t = 2. Work out v.
- 29th May 1978A coach travels 60 km in 1.5 hours, then 90 km in 2 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 30th May 1978A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 6 cm and height 7 cm. The prism is 15 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 31st May 1978A bag holds 5 red and 6 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.