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October 1985 5-a-day
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Every sheet in October 1985
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- 1st October 1985Write the ratio 2 : 18 in the form 1 : n.
- 2nd October 1985A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 7 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 3rd October 1985A bag holds 4 red and 8 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 4th October 1985Grouped data has five classes of width 10, the first being 30 < x <= 40. The frequencies in order are 16, 7, 21, 11, 3. Write down the modal class.
- 5th October 1985A meal deal has 6 mains, 7 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 6th October 1985Expand and simplify 4(7x + 6).
- 7th October 1985A coach travels 30 km in 0.5 hours, then 30 km in 2 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 8th October 1985A trapezium has parallel sides of 10 cm and 22 cm, 6 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 9th October 1985A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 10th October 1985Of 45 students, 22 study French, 25 study German and 4 study both. How many study neither?
- 11th October 1985A bill is £744 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 12th October 1985A line has equation y = 6x - 6. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
- 13th October 1985Chloe drives 112.5 km in 2.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 14th October 1985Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 62°, 62° and 125°. Work out the fourth.
- 15th October 1985A bag holds 3 red and 6 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 16th October 1985In a survey 8 households own 1 car, 5 own 2 cars and 7 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
- 17th October 1985Work out (14 x 10^9) / (7 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
- 18th October 1985Solve 2(x + 4) = 16.
- 19th October 1985Red and blue raffle tickets are in the ratio 5 : 7. There are 15 red raffle tickets. How many raffle tickets are there altogether?
- 20th October 1985A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 24 cm and height 14 cm. The prism is 12 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 21st October 1985A bag holds 4 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 22nd October 1985A box plot has a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 45. Work out the range.
- 23rd October 1985A meal deal has 6 mains, 7 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 24th October 1985Use v = u + at with u = 15, a = 2 and t = 7. Work out v.
- 25th October 1985A map has a scale of 1 : 10000. Two villages are 7 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 26th October 1985Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular nonagon.
- 27th October 1985A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 28th October 1985A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 2x + 30. Use it to estimate y when x = 11.
- 29th October 1985A bill is £240 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 30th October 19852 teas and 4 cakes cost £9.80. 3 teas and 5 cakes cost £13.25. Find the price of a tea.
- 31st October 1985A pack of 6 pencils costs £3.30. A pack of 18 costs £9.72. Which pack is better value?