Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
October 1986 5-a-day
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Every sheet in October 1986
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- 1st October 1986For the curve y = -5/x, work out y when x = -5, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 2nd October 1986A pack of 8 batteries costs £4.00. A pack of 24 costs £10.56. Which pack is better value?
- 3rd October 1986A trapezium has parallel sides of 11 cm and 23 cm, 16 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 4th October 1986A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 5th October 198650 fish are marked and released. Later 8 are caught, of which 2 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 6th October 1986A bill is £936 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 7th October 1986Factorise x^2 - 5x + 6.
- 8th October 1986Work out 25% of 260.
- 9th October 1986Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 113°, 75° and 88°. Work out the fourth.
- 10th October 1986A bag holds 3 red and 7 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 11th October 1986A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 92 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 12th October 1986Work out (24 x 10^9) / (3 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
- 13th October 1986Does the point (-1, -2) satisfy y > 4x - 2?
- 14th October 1986Write the ratio 6 : 54 in the form 1 : n.
- 15th October 1986A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 18 cm and height 13 cm. The prism is 16 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 16th October 1986A bag holds 4 red and 4 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 17th October 198690 people were surveyed. 90 were adults, of whom 15 said yes. 0 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
- 18th October 1986A meal deal has 4 mains, 5 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 19th October 1986A line has gradient 3 and passes through (2, 3). Work out its equation.
- 20th October 1986A coach travels 60 km in 1.5 hours, then 60 km in 1 hour. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 21st October 1986Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular pentagon.
- 22nd October 1986A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 23rd October 1986A box plot has minimum 6, lower quartile 11, median 15, upper quartile 24 and maximum 32. Work out the interquartile range.
- 24th October 1986A bill is £408 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 25th October 1986Make x the subject of y = 5x^2 - 2.
- 26th October 1986Leo drives 160 km in 2 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 27th October 1986The bearing of B from A is 227°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 28th October 1986A bag holds 6 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 29th October 1986A scatter graph plots how far a lorry has driven and the fuel left in its tank. What type of correlation would you expect?
- 30th October 1986Work out (24 x 10^8) / (3 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
- 31st October 1986The angles in a triangle are 3x°, 2x° and (x + 42)°. Form an equation and work out x.