Foundation Plus
13th October 1986
- 1Inequalities on Graphs3 marks
Does the point (-1, -2) satisfy y > 4x - 2?
- 2Repeated Percentage Change3 marks
A town's population is 40000 and grows by 5% each year. Work out the population after 3 years, to the nearest whole number.
- 3Similar Shapes (Area and Volume)3 marks
Two similar shapes have lengths in the ratio 1 : 5. The smaller has an area of 19 cm^2. Work out the area of the larger.
- 4Probability (Higher)3 marks
A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 5Averages from Frequency Tables2 marks
Grouped data has five classes of width 10, the first being 0 < x <= 10. The frequencies in order are 3, 11, 16, 21, 7. Write down the modal class.
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