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September 1981

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st September 1981A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 8x + 19. Use it to estimate y when x = 3.
  2. 2nd September 1981A meal deal has 7 mains, 5 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  3. 3rd September 19815 teas and 2 cakes cost £17.30. 2 teas and 5 cakes cost £19.10. Find the price of a tea.
  4. 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?
  5. 5th September 1981Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular 12-sided polygon.
  6. 6th September 1981A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
  7. 7th September 1981Four classes in order have frequencies 3, 12, 8, 7. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  8. 8th September 1981A bill is £288 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  9. 9th September 1981For the curve y = 5/x, work out y when x = 1, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  10. 10th September 1981A pack of 11 teabags costs £1.65. A pack of 44 costs £5.72. Which pack is better value?
  11. 11th September 1981The bearing of B from A is 141°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  12. 12th September 1981A bag holds 6 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  13. 13th September 198145 fish are marked and released. Later 32 are caught, of which 4 are marked. Estimate the population.
  14. 14th September 1981Work out (18 x 10^6) / (3 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  15. 15th September 1981Factorise x^2 + 5x - 36.
  16. 16th September 1981Work out 75% of 100.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 19th September 1981A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 216 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  20. 20th September 1981A meal deal has 7 mains, 4 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  21. 21st September 1981Does the point (5, -12) satisfy y > -x + 1?
  22. 22nd September 1981Write the ratio 3 : 9 in the form 1 : n.
  23. 23rd September 1981A trapezium has parallel sides of 10 cm and 15 cm, 6 cm apart. Work out its area.
  24. 24th September 1981A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
  25. 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?
  26. 26th September 1981A bill is £528 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  27. 27th September 1981A line has gradient 4 and passes through (5, 13). Work out its equation.
  28. 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.
  29. 29th September 1981Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 66°, 119° and 96°. Work out the fourth.
  30. 30th September 1981A bag holds 9 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.

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