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September 1979

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st September 1979A bill is £888 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  2. 2nd September 1979Use v = u + at with u = 9, a = 2 and t = 8. Work out v.
  3. 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.
  4. 4th September 1979Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 45°, 66° and 202°. Work out the fourth.
  5. 5th September 1979A bag holds 3 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  6. 6th September 1979A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 2x + 38. Use it to estimate y when x = 2.
  7. 7th September 1979Work out (54 x 10^6) / (9 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
  8. 8th September 19794 teas and 2 cakes cost £11.80. 2 teas and 3 cakes cost £9.70. Find the price of a tea.
  9. 9th September 1979Mia drives 120 km in 2 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 12th September 1979Four classes in order have frequencies 7, 8, 3, 10. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  13. 13th September 1979A meal deal has 5 mains, 4 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  14. 14th September 1979For the curve y = 44/x, work out y when x = 4, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  15. 15th September 1979Red and blue stickers are in the ratio 4 : 9. There are 36 red stickers. How many stickers are there altogether?
  16. 16th September 1979Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular hexagon.
  17. 17th September 1979A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
  18. 18th September 197945 voles are marked and released. Later 77 are caught, of which 7 are marked. Estimate the population.
  19. 19th September 1979A bill is £552 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  20. 20th September 1979Factorise x^2 + 7x + 6.
  21. 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?
  22. 22nd September 1979The bearing of B from A is 027°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  23. 23rd September 1979A bag holds 7 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  24. 24th September 1979A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 48 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  25. 25th September 1979Work out (18 x 10^6) / (3 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  26. 26th September 1979Does the point (4, -20) satisfy y > -2x - 4?
  27. 27th September 1979A pack of 5 pencils costs £3.00. A pack of 10 costs £5.50. Which pack is better value?
  28. 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.
  29. 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.
  30. 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?

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