Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
October 1980 5-a-day
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Every sheet in October 1980
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- 1st October 1980A bill is £528 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 2nd October 1980Use v = u + at with u = 14, a = 7 and t = 3. Work out v.
- 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?
- 4th October 1980Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 62°, 95° and 143°. Work out the fourth.
- 5th October 1980A bag holds 6 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 6th October 1980A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 2x + 7. Use it to estimate y when x = 8.
- 7th October 1980Work out (21 x 10^8) / (7 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
- 8th October 19803 teas and 2 cakes cost £8.45. 3 teas and 5 cakes cost £16.40. Find the price of a tea.
- 9th October 1980A pack of 4 batteries costs £2.00. A pack of 16 costs £7.36. Which pack is better value?
- 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.
- 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.
- 12th October 1980Four classes in order have frequencies 7, 12, 5, 3. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 13th October 1980A meal deal has 7 mains, 4 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 14th October 1980For the curve y = 22/x, work out y when x = -2, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 15th October 1980Work out 5% of 80.
- 16th October 1980Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular hexagon.
- 17th October 1980A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 18th October 198040 voles are marked and released. Later 96 are caught, of which 8 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 19th October 1980A bill is £696 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 20th October 1980Factorise x^2 + 10x + 24.
- 21st October 1980Write the ratio 8 : 56 in the form 1 : n.
- 22nd October 1980The bearing of B from A is 357°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 23rd October 1980A bag holds 3 red and 8 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 24th October 1980A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 76 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 25th October 1980Work out (9 x 10^8) / (3 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
- 26th October 1980Does the point (2, 10) satisfy y > 2x + 5?
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?
- 31st October 1980A meal deal has 6 mains, 8 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?