Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
September 1981 5-a-day
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Every sheet in September 1981
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- 1st September 1981A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 8x + 19. Use it to estimate y when x = 3.
- 2nd September 1981A meal deal has 7 mains, 5 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 3rd September 19815 teas and 2 cakes cost £17.30. 2 teas and 5 cakes cost £19.10. Find the price of a tea.
- 4th September 1981A map has a scale of 1 : 50000. Two villages are 6 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 5th September 1981Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular 12-sided polygon.
- 6th September 1981A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 7th September 1981Four classes in order have frequencies 3, 12, 8, 7. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 8th September 1981A bill is £288 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 9th September 1981For the curve y = 5/x, work out y when x = 1, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 10th September 1981A pack of 11 teabags costs £1.65. A pack of 44 costs £5.72. Which pack is better value?
- 11th September 1981The bearing of B from A is 141°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 12th September 1981A bag holds 6 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 13th September 198145 fish are marked and released. Later 32 are caught, of which 4 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 14th September 1981Work out (18 x 10^6) / (3 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
- 15th September 1981Factorise x^2 + 5x - 36.
- 16th September 1981Work out 75% of 100.
- 17th September 1981A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 3 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 18th September 1981A bag holds 10 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 19th September 1981A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 216 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 20th September 1981A meal deal has 7 mains, 4 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 21st September 1981Does the point (5, -12) satisfy y > -x + 1?
- 22nd September 1981Write the ratio 3 : 9 in the form 1 : n.
- 23rd September 1981A trapezium has parallel sides of 10 cm and 15 cm, 6 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 24th September 1981A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 25th September 1981240 people were surveyed. 40 were adults, of whom 15 said yes. 15 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
- 26th September 1981A bill is £528 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 27th September 1981A line has gradient 4 and passes through (5, 13). Work out its equation.
- 28th September 1981A coach travels 40 km in 1.5 hours, then 40 km in 2 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 29th September 1981Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 66°, 119° and 96°. Work out the fourth.
- 30th September 1981A bag holds 9 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.