Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
March 1988 5-a-day
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Every sheet in March 1988
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 1988Write the ratio 3 : 21 in the form 1 : n.
- 2nd March 1988A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 10 cm and height 11 cm. The prism is 17 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 3rd March 1988A bag holds 9 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 4th March 1988A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 2x + 30. Use it to estimate y when x = 8.
- 5th March 1988A meal deal has 3 mains, 6 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 6th March 19882 teas and 2 cakes cost £9.10. 4 teas and 3 cakes cost £15.90. Find the price of a tea.
- 7th March 1988A coach travels 30 km in 1 hour, then 80 km in 1.5 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 8th March 1988Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular 12-sided polygon.
- 9th March 1988A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 10th March 1988Four classes in order have frequencies 11, 6, 6, 6. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 11th March 1988A bill is £744 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 12th March 1988For the curve y = 35/x, work out y when x = 5, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 13th March 1988Callum drives 100 km in 2 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 14th March 1988The bearing of B from A is 211°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 15th March 1988A bag holds 8 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 16th March 198855 voles are marked and released. Later 55 are caught, of which 5 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 17th March 1988Work out (28 x 10^12) / (4 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
- 18th March 1988Factorise x^2 + 11x + 18.
- 19th March 1988Red and blue raffle tickets are in the ratio 3 : 5. There are 30 red raffle tickets. How many raffle tickets are there altogether?
- 20th March 1988A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 10 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 21st March 1988A bag holds 5 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 22nd March 1988A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 48 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 23rd March 1988A meal deal has 6 mains, 4 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 24th March 1988Does the point (1, -4) satisfy y > -x - 8?
- 25th March 1988A map has a scale of 1 : 25000. Two villages are 15 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 26th March 1988A trapezium has parallel sides of 8 cm and 17 cm, 10 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 27th March 1988A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 28th March 1988200 people were surveyed. 70 were adults, of whom 25 said yes. 65 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
- 29th March 1988A bill is £288 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 30th March 1988A line has gradient -4 and passes through (2, -10). Work out its equation.
- 31st March 1988A pack of 6 teabags costs £2.10. A pack of 18 costs £5.94. Which pack is better value?