Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
May 1988 5-a-day
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Every sheet in May 1988
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- 1st May 1988A trapezium has parallel sides of 10 cm and 15 cm, 10 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 2nd May 1988A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 3rd May 1988A box plot has a minimum of 17 and a maximum of 73. Work out the range.
- 4th May 1988A bill is £432 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 5th May 1988Use v = u + at with u = 11, a = 6 and t = 8. Work out v.
- 6th May 1988A map has a scale of 1 : 50000. Two villages are 11 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 7th May 1988Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 96°, 43° and 169°. Work out the fourth.
- 8th May 1988A bag holds 9 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 9th May 1988A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 4x + 10. Use it to estimate y when x = 8.
- 10th May 1988Work out (56 x 10^6) / (8 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
- 11th May 19883 teas and 1 cake cost £4.15. 3 teas and 5 cakes cost £9.95. Find the price of a tea.
- 12th May 1988A pack of 8 sponges costs £4.80. A pack of 32 costs £17.28. Which pack is better value?
- 13th May 1988A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 10 cm and height 7 cm. The prism is 17 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 14th May 1988A bag holds 4 red and 5 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 15th May 1988Four classes in order have frequencies 8, 3, 10, 5. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 16th May 1988A meal deal has 7 mains, 4 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 17th May 1988For the curve y = -12/x, work out y when x = -1, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 18th May 1988Work out 10% of 280.
- 19th May 1988Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular octagon.
- 20th May 1988A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 21st May 198850 newts are marked and released. Later 64 are caught, of which 8 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 22nd May 1988A bill is £960 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 23rd May 1988Factorise x^2 - 10x + 21.
- 24th May 1988Write the ratio 3 : 27 in the form 1 : n.
- 25th May 1988The bearing of B from A is 119°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 26th May 1988A bag holds 3 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 27th May 1988A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 192 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 28th May 1988Work out (42 x 10^10) / (7 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
- 29th May 1988Does the point (4, 29) satisfy y > 4x + 5?
- 30th May 1988A coach travels 30 km in 1.5 hours, then 50 km in 1.5 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 31st May 1988A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 6 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.