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August 1985 5-a-day
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Every sheet in August 1985
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- 1st August 1985Expand and simplify 7(9x + 2).
- 2nd August 1985A map has a scale of 1 : 10000. Two villages are 11.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 3rd August 1985Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 102°, 80° and 144°. Work out the fourth.
- 4th August 1985A bag holds 3 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 5th August 1985Of 65 students, 37 study French, 38 study German and 12 study both. How many study neither?
- 6th August 1985Work out (8 x 10^11) / (2 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
- 7th August 1985A line has equation y = 6x - 24. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
- 8th August 1985A pack of 6 pencils costs £2.10. A pack of 24 costs £7.20. Which pack is better value?
- 9th August 1985A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 6 cm and height 10 cm. The prism is 19 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 10th August 1985A bag holds 5 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 11th August 1985In a survey 6 households own 1 car, 5 own 2 cars and 8 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
- 12th August 1985A meal deal has 7 mains, 3 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 13th August 1985Solve 3(x + 6) = 33.
- 14th August 1985Work out 30% of 120.
- 15th August 1985Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular octagon.
- 16th August 1985A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 17th August 1985A box plot has a minimum of 14 and a maximum of 69. Work out the range.
- 18th August 1985A bill is £888 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 19th August 1985Use v = u + at with u = 10, a = 9 and t = 3. Work out v.
- 20th August 1985Write the ratio 4 : 8 in the form 1 : n.
- 21st August 1985The bearing of B from A is 274°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 22nd August 1985A bag holds 9 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 23rd August 1985A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 8x + 25. Use it to estimate y when x = 5.
- 24th August 1985Work out (4 x 10^7) / (2 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
- 25th August 19853 teas and 1 cake cost £9.45. 3 teas and 2 cakes cost £12.15. Find the price of a tea.
- 26th August 1985A coach travels 60 km in 1 hour, then 20 km in 0.5 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 27th August 1985A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 3 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 28th August 1985A bag holds 3 red and 5 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 29th August 1985Four classes in order have frequencies 6, 12, 11, 11. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 30th August 1985A meal deal has 8 mains, 5 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 31st August 1985For the curve y = -24/x, work out y when x = 4, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.