Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
October 1987 5-a-day
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- 1st October 1987A bill is £816 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 2nd October 1987Expand and simplify 6(2x - 9).
- 3rd October 1987Red and blue raffle tickets are in the ratio 3 : 5. There are 33 red raffle tickets. How many raffle tickets are there altogether?
- 4th October 1987Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 114°, 94° and 87°. Work out the fourth.
- 5th October 1987A bag holds 6 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 6th October 1987Of 69 students, 44 study French, 25 study German and 14 study both. How many study neither?
- 7th October 1987Work out (27 x 10^10) / (9 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
- 8th October 1987A line has equation y = 4x - 20. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
- 9th October 1987A map has a scale of 1 : 25000. Two villages are 5.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 10th October 1987A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 20 cm and height 3 cm. The prism is 7 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 11th October 1987A bag holds 6 red and 5 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 12th October 1987In a survey 9 households own 1 car, 6 own 2 cars and 4 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
- 13th October 1987A meal deal has 6 mains, 4 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 14th October 1987Solve 2(x - 7) = -4.
- 15th October 1987A pack of 9 batteries costs £5.40. A pack of 27 costs £15.93. Which pack is better value?
- 16th October 1987Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular pentagon.
- 17th October 1987A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 18th October 1987A box plot has a minimum of 11 and a maximum of 59. Work out the range.
- 19th October 1987A bill is £288 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 20th October 1987Use v = u + at with u = 2, a = 2 and t = 7. Work out v.
- 21st October 1987Work out 5% of 340.
- 22nd October 1987The bearing of B from A is 019°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 23rd October 1987A bag holds 4 red and 6 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 24th October 1987A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 6x + 16. Use it to estimate y when x = 7.
- 25th October 1987Work out (81 x 10^10) / (9 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
- 26th October 19875 teas and 1 cake cost £14.35. 1 tea and 5 cakes cost £18.95. Find the price of a tea.
- 27th October 1987Write the ratio 3 : 24 in the form 1 : n.
- 28th October 1987A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 5 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 29th October 1987A bag holds 4 red and 5 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 30th October 1987Four classes in order have frequencies 3, 4, 6, 10. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 31st October 1987A meal deal has 7 mains, 6 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?