Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
August 1980 5-a-day
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- 1st August 1980A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 3x + 23. Use it to estimate y when x = 2.
- 2nd August 1980A meal deal has 9 mains, 7 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 3rd August 19805 teas and 1 cake cost £11.50. 4 teas and 4 cakes cost £17.20. Find the price of a tea.
- 4th August 1980A coach travels 20 km in 0.5 hours, then 40 km in 1 hour. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 5th August 1980Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular decagon.
- 6th August 1980A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 7th August 1980Four classes in order have frequencies 6, 8, 8, 11. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 8th August 1980A bill is £648 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 9th August 1980For the curve y = 15/x, work out y when x = -5, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 10th August 1980Sanjay drives 120 km in 3 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 11th August 1980The bearing of B from A is 083°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 12th August 1980A bag holds 4 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 13th August 198050 beetles are marked and released. Later 40 are caught, of which 5 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 14th August 1980Work out (72 x 10^10) / (9 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
- 15th August 1980Factorise x^2 - 9x + 14.
- 16th August 1980Red and blue marbles are in the ratio 4 : 9. There are 60 red marbles. How many marbles are there altogether?
- 17th August 1980A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 4 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 18th August 1980A bag holds 6 red and 5 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 19th August 1980A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 108 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 20th August 1980A meal deal has 3 mains, 6 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 21st August 1980Does the point (5, -25) satisfy y > -3x - 4?
- 22nd August 1980A map has a scale of 1 : 10000. Two villages are 11 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 23rd August 1980A trapezium has parallel sides of 4 cm and 15 cm, 8 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 24th August 1980A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 25th August 1980200 people were surveyed. 50 were adults, of whom 25 said yes. 5 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
- 26th August 1980A bill is £528 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 27th August 1980A line has gradient 3 and passes through (2, 9). Work out its equation.
- 28th August 1980A pack of 7 sponges costs £3.50. A pack of 14 costs £6.44. Which pack is better value?
- 29th August 1980Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 134°, 52° and 130°. Work out the fourth.
- 30th August 1980A bag holds 3 red and 8 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 31st August 1980A box plot has minimum 11, lower quartile 21, median 23, upper quartile 27 and maximum 35. Work out the interquartile range.