Foundation Plus
12th March 1979
- 1Inequalities on Graphs3 marks
Does the point (3, -2) satisfy y > x - 8?
- 2Repeated Percentage Change3 marks
A town's population is 7000 and grows by 3% each year. Work out the population after 4 years, to the nearest whole number.
- 3Similar Shapes (Area and Volume)3 marks
Two similar shapes have lengths in the ratio 1 : 3. The smaller has an area of 10 cm^2. Work out the area of the larger.
- 4Probability (Higher)3 marks
A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 5Averages from Frequency Tables2 marks
Grouped data has five classes of width 5, the first being 10 < x <= 15. The frequencies in order are 7, 21, 3, 16, 11. Write down the modal class.
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