Daily Practice

Foundation Plus

19th November 1979

5 questions · 13 marks · Grades 4-6 · 128 question types in this band

1
Drawing Other Graphs: Cubic/Reciprocal2 marks
For the curve y = 5/x, work out y when x = 1, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
2
Repeated Percentage Change3 marks
A town's population is 32500 and grows by 8% each year. Work out the population after 2 years, to the nearest whole number.
3
Similar Shapes (Area and Volume)3 marks
Two similar shapes have lengths in the ratio 1 : 2. The smaller has an area of 5 cm^2. Work out the area of the larger.
4
Probability (Higher)3 marks
A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
5
Box Plots2 marks
A box plot has minimum 10, lower quartile 20, median 25, upper quartile 35 and maximum 44. Work out the interquartile range.

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