Foundation Plus
20th October 1980
- 1Expanding and Factorising Quadratics3 marks
Factorise x^2 + 10x + 24.
- 2Repeated Percentage Change3 marks
A town's population is 13000 and grows by 8% each year. Work out the population after 5 years, to the nearest whole number.
- 3Pythagoras2 marks
A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 26 cm and one shorter side of 24 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
- 4Probability Trees3 marks
A bag holds 4 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 5Scatter Graphs2 marks
A scatter graph plots the height of a tree and its age. What type of correlation would you expect?
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