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January 1988 5-a-day

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January 1988

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st January 1988A map has a scale of 1 : 25000. Two villages are 12 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  2. 2nd January 1988The bearing of B from A is 130°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  3. 3rd January 1988A bag holds 5 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  4. 4th January 1988Four classes in order have frequencies 6, 10, 11, 3. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  5. 5th January 1988Work out (32 x 10^9) / (8 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  6. 6th January 1988For the curve y = -20/x, work out y when x = 5, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  7. 7th January 1988A pack of 9 sponges costs £4.50. A pack of 18 costs £8.28. Which pack is better value?
  8. 8th January 1988A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 4 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  9. 9th January 1988A bag holds 9 red and 3 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  10. 10th January 198810 voles are marked and released. Later 60 are caught, of which 5 are marked. Estimate the population.
  11. 11th January 1988A meal deal has 5 mains, 8 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  12. 12th January 1988Factorise x^2 + 2x + 1.
  13. 13th January 1988Work out 15% of 360.
  14. 14th January 1988A trapezium has parallel sides of 10 cm and 18 cm, 18 cm apart. Work out its area.
  15. 15th January 1988A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
  16. 16th January 1988A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 104 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  17. 17th January 1988A bill is £552 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  18. 18th January 1988Does the point (-1, -4) satisfy y > 4x + 6?
  19. 19th January 1988Write the ratio 5 : 40 in the form 1 : n.
  20. 20th January 1988Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 53°, 120° and 126°. Work out the fourth.
  21. 21st January 1988A bag holds 5 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  22. 22nd January 1988130 people were surveyed. 90 were adults, of whom 20 said yes. 20 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  23. 23rd January 1988Work out (14 x 10^9) / (7 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  24. 24th January 1988A line has gradient 3 and passes through (4, 9). Work out its equation.
  25. 25th January 1988A coach travels 40 km in 0.5 hours, then 70 km in 2 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  26. 26th January 1988A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 20 cm and height 7 cm. The prism is 14 cm long. Work out its volume.
  27. 27th January 1988A bag holds 3 red and 5 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  28. 28th January 1988A box plot has minimum 10, lower quartile 20, median 24, upper quartile 29 and maximum 39. Work out the interquartile range.
  29. 29th January 1988A meal deal has 3 mains, 6 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  30. 30th January 1988Make x the subject of y = 2x^2 - 11.
  31. 31st January 1988Priya drives 75 km in 1.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.

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