Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
July 1979 5-a-day
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- 1st July 1979A bag holds 2 red and 8 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 2nd July 1979A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 9x + 40. Use it to estimate y when x = 2.
- 3rd July 1979A meal deal has 8 mains, 5 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 4th July 19792 teas and 3 cakes cost £10.95. 3 teas and 5 cakes cost £17.70. Find the price of a tea.
- 5th July 1979A pack of 9 sponges costs £5.40. A pack of 27 costs £14.85. Which pack is better value?
- 6th July 1979Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular 12-sided polygon.
- 7th July 1979A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 8th July 1979Four classes in order have frequencies 4, 9, 9, 8. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 9th July 1979A bill is £408 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 10th July 1979For the curve y = 48/x, work out y when x = -4, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 11th July 1979Work out 15% of 320.
- 12th July 1979The bearing of B from A is 340°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 13th July 1979A bag holds 7 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 14th July 197955 voles are marked and released. Later 63 are caught, of which 9 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 15th July 1979Work out (27 x 10^11) / (3 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
- 16th July 1979Factorise x^2 - 8x - 9.
- 17th July 1979Write the ratio 7 : 42 in the form 1 : n.
- 18th July 1979A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 3 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 19th July 1979A bag holds 2 red and 10 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 20th July 1979A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 184 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 21st July 1979A meal deal has 8 mains, 8 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 22nd July 1979Does the point (3, -5) satisfy y > -x + 6?
- 23rd July 1979A coach travels 70 km in 1 hour, then 20 km in 1 hour. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 24th July 1979A trapezium has parallel sides of 11 cm and 18 cm, 10 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 25th July 1979A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 26th July 197980 people were surveyed. 30 were adults, of whom 15 said yes. 25 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
- 27th July 1979A bill is £840 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 28th July 1979A line has gradient -5 and passes through (2, -16). Work out its equation.
- 29th July 1979Maeve drives 240 km in 4 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 30th July 1979Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 89°, 83° and 114°. Work out the fourth.
- 31st July 1979A bag holds 3 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.