Foundation Plus
25th December 1979
- 1Expanding and Factorising2 marks
Expand and simplify 5(7x - 10).
- 2Compound Interest and Depreciation3 marks
£5800 is invested at 2.5% compound interest per year. Work out the value after 3 years, to the nearest penny.
- 3Similar Shapes (Area and Volume)3 marks
Two similar shapes have lengths in the ratio 1 : 3. The smaller has an area of 25 cm^2. Work out the area of the larger.
- 4Probability (Higher)3 marks
A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 5Scatter Graphs3 marks
A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 8x + 17. Use it to estimate y when x = 6.
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