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March 1981 5-a-day
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Every sheet in March 1981
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 1981Factorise x^2 + 10x + 9.
- 2nd March 1981A coach travels 60 km in 1 hour, then 70 km in 0.5 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 3rd March 1981A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 22 cm and height 5 cm. The prism is 14 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 4th March 1981A bag holds 4 red and 5 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 5th March 1981A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 220 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 6th March 1981A meal deal has 3 mains, 6 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 7th March 1981Does the point (0, -7) satisfy y > -4x - 2?
- 8th March 1981Zara drives 180 km in 3 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 9th March 1981Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular octagon.
- 10th March 1981A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 11th March 1981180 people were surveyed. 80 were adults, of whom 25 said yes. 45 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
- 12th March 1981A bill is £216 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 13th March 1981A line has gradient 1 and passes through (1, 9). Work out its equation.
- 14th March 1981Red and blue marbles are in the ratio 2 : 3. There are 22 red marbles. How many marbles are there altogether?
- 15th March 1981The bearing of B from A is 127°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 16th March 1981A bag holds 8 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 17th March 1981A box plot has minimum 6, lower quartile 16, median 18, upper quartile 24 and maximum 32. Work out the interquartile range.
- 18th March 1981Work out (8 x 10^8) / (4 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
- 19th March 1981Make x the subject of y = 5x^2 - 4.
- 20th March 1981A map has a scale of 1 : 25000. Two villages are 14 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 21st March 1981A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 5 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 22nd March 1981A bag holds 5 red and 4 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 23rd March 1981A scatter graph plots the number of pages in a book and its price. What type of correlation would you expect?
- 24th March 1981A meal deal has 3 mains, 7 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 25th March 1981The angles in a triangle are 3x°, 3x° and (x + 26)°. Form an equation and work out x.
- 26th March 1981A pack of 12 batteries costs £7.20. A pack of 36 costs £20.16. Which pack is better value?
- 27th March 1981A trapezium has parallel sides of 13 cm and 21 cm, 8 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 28th March 1981A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 29th March 1981Grouped data has five classes of width 5, the first being 0 < x <= 5. The frequencies in order are 3, 21, 16, 7, 11. Write down the modal class.
- 30th March 1981A bill is £96 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 31st March 1981Expand and simplify 2(8x - 9).