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September 1985

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st September 1985Hassan drives 180 km in 4 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  2. 2nd September 1985A trapezium has parallel sides of 12 cm and 23 cm, 8 cm apart. Work out its area.
  3. 3rd September 1985A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
  4. 4th September 198525 voles are marked and released. Later 36 are caught, of which 3 are marked. Estimate the population.
  5. 5th September 1985A bill is £168 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  6. 6th September 1985Factorise x^2 - 13x + 42.
  7. 7th September 1985Red and blue raffle tickets are in the ratio 4 : 9. There are 28 red raffle tickets. How many raffle tickets are there altogether?
  8. 8th September 1985Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 80°, 58° and 64°. Work out the fourth.
  9. 9th September 1985A bag holds 9 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  10. 10th September 1985A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 208 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  11. 11th September 1985Work out (6 x 10^12) / (2 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  12. 12th September 1985Does the point (5, 1) satisfy y > -x + 8?
  13. 13th September 1985A map has a scale of 1 : 25000. Two villages are 4.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  14. 14th September 1985A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 10 cm and height 4 cm. The prism is 16 cm long. Work out its volume.
  15. 15th September 1985A bag holds 4 red and 4 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  16. 16th September 1985240 people were surveyed. 50 were adults, of whom 10 said yes. 85 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  17. 17th September 1985A meal deal has 3 mains, 3 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  18. 18th September 1985A line has gradient 5 and passes through (5, 21). Work out its equation.
  19. 19th September 1985A pack of 9 pencils costs £4.05. A pack of 36 costs £14.04. Which pack is better value?
  20. 20th September 1985Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular hexagon.
  21. 21st September 1985A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  22. 22nd September 1985A box plot has minimum 7, lower quartile 17, median 19, upper quartile 26 and maximum 30. Work out the interquartile range.
  23. 23rd September 1985A bill is £720 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  24. 24th September 1985Make x the subject of y = 9x^2 - 9.
  25. 25th September 1985Work out 10% of 380.
  26. 26th September 1985The bearing of B from A is 243°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  27. 27th September 1985A bag holds 6 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  28. 28th September 1985A scatter graph plots the number of hours revised and the test mark. What type of correlation would you expect?
  29. 29th September 1985Work out (63 x 10^9) / (9 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
  30. 30th September 1985The angles in a triangle are 2x°, x° and (x + 76)°. Form an equation and work out x.

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