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October 1980

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st October 1980A bill is £528 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  2. 2nd October 1980Use v = u + at with u = 14, a = 7 and t = 3. Work out v.
  3. 3rd October 1980A map has a scale of 1 : 50000. Two villages are 7.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  4. 4th October 1980Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 62°, 95° and 143°. Work out the fourth.
  5. 5th October 1980A bag holds 6 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  6. 6th October 1980A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 2x + 7. Use it to estimate y when x = 8.
  7. 7th October 1980Work out (21 x 10^8) / (7 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
  8. 8th October 19803 teas and 2 cakes cost £8.45. 3 teas and 5 cakes cost £16.40. Find the price of a tea.
  9. 9th October 1980A pack of 4 batteries costs £2.00. A pack of 16 costs £7.36. Which pack is better value?
  10. 10th October 1980A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 8 cm and height 14 cm. The prism is 4 cm long. Work out its volume.
  11. 11th October 1980A bag holds 5 red and 6 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  12. 12th October 1980Four classes in order have frequencies 7, 12, 5, 3. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  13. 13th October 1980A meal deal has 7 mains, 4 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  14. 14th October 1980For the curve y = 22/x, work out y when x = -2, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  15. 15th October 1980Work out 5% of 80.
  16. 16th October 1980Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular hexagon.
  17. 17th October 1980A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  18. 18th October 198040 voles are marked and released. Later 96 are caught, of which 8 are marked. Estimate the population.
  19. 19th October 1980A bill is £696 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  20. 20th October 1980Factorise x^2 + 10x + 24.
  21. 21st October 1980Write the ratio 8 : 56 in the form 1 : n.
  22. 22nd October 1980The bearing of B from A is 357°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  23. 23rd October 1980A bag holds 3 red and 8 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  24. 24th October 1980A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 76 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  25. 25th October 1980Work out (9 x 10^8) / (3 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
  26. 26th October 1980Does the point (2, 10) satisfy y > 2x + 5?
  27. 27th October 1980A coach travels 60 km in 0.5 hours, then 70 km in 2 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  28. 28th October 1980A 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 October 1980A bag holds 4 red and 4 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  30. 30th October 198080 people were surveyed. 80 were adults, of whom 30 said yes. 0 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  31. 31st October 1980A meal deal has 6 mains, 8 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?

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