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March 1979

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st March 1979A pack of 8 pencils costs £1.60. A pack of 32 costs £5.76. Which pack is better value?
  2. 2nd March 1979A trapezium has parallel sides of 11 cm and 15 cm, 8 cm apart. Work out its area.
  3. 3rd March 1979A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
  4. 4th March 197955 fish are marked and released. Later 36 are caught, of which 9 are marked. Estimate the population.
  5. 5th March 1979A bill is £600 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  6. 6th March 1979Factorise x^2 + 8x + 16.
  7. 7th March 1979Work out 10% of 320.
  8. 8th March 1979Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 101°, 79° and 106°. Work out the fourth.
  9. 9th March 1979A bag holds 5 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  10. 10th March 1979A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 84 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  11. 11th March 1979Work out (63 x 10^10) / (9 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  12. 12th March 1979Does the point (3, -2) satisfy y > x - 8?
  13. 13th March 1979Write the ratio 4 : 24 in the form 1 : n.
  14. 14th March 1979A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 18 cm and height 9 cm. The prism is 17 cm long. Work out its volume.
  15. 15th March 1979A bag holds 2 red and 7 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  16. 16th March 197990 people were surveyed. 30 were adults, of whom 5 said yes. 10 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  17. 17th March 1979A meal deal has 7 mains, 8 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  18. 18th March 1979A line has gradient -2 and passes through (4, -2). Work out its equation.
  19. 19th March 1979A coach travels 20 km in 1 hour, then 80 km in 1.5 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  20. 20th March 1979Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular 12-sided polygon.
  21. 21st March 1979A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
  22. 22nd March 1979A box plot has minimum 3, lower quartile 6, median 14, upper quartile 20 and maximum 23. Work out the interquartile range.
  23. 23rd March 1979A bill is £552 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  24. 24th March 1979Make x the subject of y = 7x^2 - 11.
  25. 25th March 1979Rohan drives 280 km in 4 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  26. 26th March 1979The bearing of B from A is 069°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  27. 27th March 1979A bag holds 7 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  28. 28th March 1979A scatter graph plots the temperature outside and the number of ice creams sold. What type of correlation would you expect?
  29. 29th March 1979Work out (81 x 10^8) / (9 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  30. 30th March 1979The angles in a triangle are 2x°, x° and (x + 72)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  31. 31st March 1979Red and blue stickers are in the ratio 2 : 9. There are 28 red stickers. How many stickers are there altogether?

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