Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
September 1979 5-a-day
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Every sheet in September 1979
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- 1st September 1979A bill is £888 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 2nd September 1979Use v = u + at with u = 9, a = 2 and t = 8. Work out v.
- 3rd September 1979A coach travels 80 km in 0.5 hours, then 70 km in 1 hour. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 4th September 1979Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 45°, 66° and 202°. Work out the fourth.
- 5th September 1979A bag holds 3 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 6th September 1979A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 2x + 38. Use it to estimate y when x = 2.
- 7th September 1979Work out (54 x 10^6) / (9 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
- 8th September 19794 teas and 2 cakes cost £11.80. 2 teas and 3 cakes cost £9.70. Find the price of a tea.
- 9th September 1979Mia drives 120 km in 2 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 10th September 1979A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 8 cm and height 10 cm. The prism is 13 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 11th September 1979A bag holds 2 red and 5 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 12th September 1979Four classes in order have frequencies 7, 8, 3, 10. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 13th September 1979A meal deal has 5 mains, 4 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 14th September 1979For the curve y = 44/x, work out y when x = 4, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 15th September 1979Red and blue stickers are in the ratio 4 : 9. There are 36 red stickers. How many stickers are there altogether?
- 16th September 1979Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular hexagon.
- 17th September 1979A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 18th September 197945 voles are marked and released. Later 77 are caught, of which 7 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 19th September 1979A bill is £552 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 20th September 1979Factorise x^2 + 7x + 6.
- 21st September 1979A map has a scale of 1 : 10000. Two villages are 5.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 22nd September 1979The bearing of B from A is 027°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 23rd September 1979A bag holds 7 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 24th September 1979A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 48 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 25th September 1979Work out (18 x 10^6) / (3 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
- 26th September 1979Does the point (4, -20) satisfy y > -2x - 4?
- 27th September 1979A pack of 5 pencils costs £3.00. A pack of 10 costs £5.50. Which pack is better value?
- 28th September 1979A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 10 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 29th September 1979A bag holds 4 red and 3 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 30th September 1979120 people were surveyed. 30 were adults, of whom 5 said yes. 20 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?