Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
March 1986 5-a-day
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Every sheet in March 1986
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- 1st March 1986A trapezium has parallel sides of 7 cm and 10 cm, 14 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 2nd March 1986A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 3rd March 1986A box plot has a minimum of 12 and a maximum of 64. Work out the range.
- 4th March 1986A bill is £384 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 5th March 1986Use v = u + at with u = 4, a = 7 and t = 8. Work out v.
- 6th March 1986A pack of 8 sponges costs £3.20. A pack of 24 costs £8.40. Which pack is better value?
- 7th March 1986Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 131°, 73° and 30°. Work out the fourth.
- 8th March 1986A bag holds 4 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 9th March 1986A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 5x + 33. Use it to estimate y when x = 5.
- 10th March 1986Work out (30 x 10^9) / (5 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
- 11th March 19864 teas and 3 cakes cost £10.80. 4 teas and 5 cakes cost £14.80. Find the price of a tea.
- 12th March 1986Work out 60% of 220.
- 13th March 1986A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 16 cm and height 14 cm. The prism is 13 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 14th March 1986A bag holds 4 red and 7 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 15th March 1986Four classes in order have frequencies 7, 12, 5, 8. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 16th March 1986A meal deal has 3 mains, 8 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 17th March 1986For the curve y = 8/x, work out y when x = 4, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 18th March 1986Write the ratio 7 : 14 in the form 1 : n.
- 19th March 1986Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular pentagon.
- 20th March 1986A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 21st March 198625 voles are marked and released. Later 24 are caught, of which 8 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 22nd March 1986A bill is £744 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 23rd March 1986Factorise x^2 - 4x - 12.
- 24th March 1986A coach travels 40 km in 0.5 hours, then 20 km in 2 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 25th March 1986The bearing of B from A is 270°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 26th March 1986A bag holds 6 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 27th March 1986A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 220 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 28th March 1986Work out (24 x 10^8) / (4 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
- 29th March 1986Does the point (4, -7) satisfy y > -x - 1?
- 30th March 1986Noah drives 160 km in 4 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 31st March 1986A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 6 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.