Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
August 1978 5-a-day
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Every sheet in August 1978
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- 1st August 1978A bill is £504 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 2nd August 1978Use v = u + at with u = 3, a = 4 and t = 4. Work out v.
- 3rd August 1978A pack of 5 sponges costs £2.00. A pack of 20 costs £7.20. Which pack is better value?
- 4th August 1978Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 139°, 105° and 47°. Work out the fourth.
- 5th August 1978A bag holds 5 red and 7 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 6th August 1978A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 7x + 15. Use it to estimate y when x = 9.
- 7th August 1978Work out (35 x 10^11) / (5 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
- 8th August 19784 teas and 2 cakes cost £11.30. 1 tea and 2 cakes cost £4.70. Find the price of a tea.
- 9th August 1978Work out 30% of 320.
- 10th August 1978A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 14 cm and height 12 cm. The prism is 4 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 11th August 1978A bag holds 4 red and 6 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 12th August 1978Four classes in order have frequencies 10, 4, 7, 7. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 13th August 1978A meal deal has 8 mains, 4 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 14th August 1978For the curve y = -44/x, work out y when x = 4, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 15th August 1978Write the ratio 8 : 64 in the form 1 : n.
- 16th August 1978Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular octagon.
- 17th August 1978A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 18th August 197820 voles are marked and released. Later 40 are caught, of which 5 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 19th August 1978A bill is £168 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 20th August 1978Factorise x^2 + x - 72.
- 21st August 1978A coach travels 60 km in 1.5 hours, then 90 km in 0.5 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 22nd August 1978The bearing of B from A is 090°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 23rd August 1978A bag holds 8 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 24th August 1978A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 132 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 25th August 1978Work out (12 x 10^11) / (6 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
- 26th August 1978Does the point (-2, 3) satisfy y > -2x - 8?
- 27th August 1978Bea drives 90 km in 1.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 28th August 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.
- 29th August 1978A bag holds 5 red and 6 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 30th August 197880 people were surveyed. 30 were adults, of whom 10 said yes. 25 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
- 31st August 1978A meal deal has 3 mains, 3 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?