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December 1985

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st December 1985Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular hexagon.
  2. 2nd December 1985A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
  3. 3rd December 1985A scatter graph plots a runner's time for 100 m and the distance they can throw a ball. What type of correlation would you expect?
  4. 4th December 1985A bill is £912 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  5. 5th December 1985The angles in a triangle are 3x°, 2x° and (x + 84)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  6. 6th December 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?
  7. 7th December 1985The bearing of B from A is 282°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  8. 8th December 1985A bag holds 10 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  9. 9th December 1985Grouped data has five classes of width 5, the first being 10 < x <= 15. The frequencies in order are 16, 11, 7, 3, 21. Write down the modal class.
  10. 10th December 1985Work out (54 x 10^12) / (6 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  11. 11th December 1985Expand and simplify 2(5x - 12).
  12. 12th December 1985A pack of 5 sponges costs £2.50. A pack of 20 costs £8.80. Which pack is better value?
  13. 13th December 1985A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 12 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  14. 14th December 1985A bag holds 3 red and 5 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  15. 15th December 1985Of 54 students, 37 study French, 25 study German and 14 study both. How many study neither?
  16. 16th December 1985A meal deal has 9 mains, 5 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  17. 17th December 1985A line has equation y = 3x - 12. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  18. 18th December 1985Work out 5% of 260.
  19. 19th December 1985A trapezium has parallel sides of 7 cm and 15 cm, 18 cm apart. Work out its area.
  20. 20th December 1985A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  21. 21st December 1985In a survey 3 households own 1 car, 2 own 2 cars and 2 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  22. 22nd December 1985A bill is £624 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  23. 23rd December 1985Solve 2(x - 1) = 18.
  24. 24th December 1985Write the ratio 3 : 21 in the form 1 : n.
  25. 25th December 1985Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 105°, 98° and 83°. Work out the fourth.
  26. 26th December 1985A bag holds 4 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  27. 27th December 1985A box plot has a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 41. Work out the range.
  28. 28th December 1985Work out (54 x 10^10) / (6 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  29. 29th December 1985Use v = u + at with u = 7, a = 4 and t = 5. Work out v.
  30. 30th December 1985A coach travels 70 km in 1 hour, then 60 km in 1.5 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  31. 31st December 1985A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 8 cm and height 10 cm. The prism is 6 cm long. Work out its volume.

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