Foundation Plus
8th February 1985
- 1Simultaneous Equations3 marks
5 teas and 2 cakes cost £15.10. 2 teas and 4 cakes cost £12.60. Find the price of a tea.
- 2Proportion2 marks
3 identical notebooks cost £2.85. Work out the cost of 2 of the same notebooks.
- 3Similar Shapes (Area and Volume)3 marks
Two similar shapes have lengths in the ratio 1 : 3. The smaller has an area of 30 cm^2. Work out the area of the larger.
- 4Probability (Higher)3 marks
A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 5Frequency Trees3 marks
200 people were surveyed. 60 were adults, of whom 5 said yes. 35 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
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