Daily Practice

Foundation Plus

11th August 1986

5 questions · 14 marks · Grades 4-6 · 128 question types in this band

1
Probability (Higher)3 marks
A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
2
Capture Recapture3 marks
50 beetles are marked and released. Later 66 are caught, of which 6 are marked. Estimate the population.
3
Standard Form2 marks
Write 392000 in standard form.
4
Solving Equations3 marks
Solve 2(x + 5) = 32.
5
Repeated Percentage Change3 marks
A town's population is 35500 and grows by 3% each year. Work out the population after 4 years, to the nearest whole number.

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