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July 1988

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st July 1988A bag holds 7 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  2. 2nd July 1988In a survey 2 households own 1 car, 8 own 2 cars and 5 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  3. 3rd July 1988Work out (18 x 10^10) / (3 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
  4. 4th July 1988Solve 6(x - 4) = 42.
  5. 5th July 1988Write the ratio 6 : 42 in the form 1 : n.
  6. 6th July 1988A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 11 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  7. 7th July 1988A bag holds 3 red and 6 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  8. 8th July 1988A box plot has a minimum of 12 and a maximum of 33. Work out the range.
  9. 9th July 1988A meal deal has 9 mains, 6 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  10. 10th July 1988Use v = u + at with u = 8, a = 5 and t = 7. Work out v.
  11. 11th July 1988A coach travels 60 km in 0.5 hours, then 70 km in 0.5 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  12. 12th July 1988A trapezium has parallel sides of 9 cm and 18 cm, 4 cm apart. Work out its area.
  13. 13th July 1988A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
  14. 14th July 1988A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 8x + 27. Use it to estimate y when x = 9.
  15. 15th July 1988A bill is £672 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  16. 16th July 19884 teas and 4 cakes cost £15.80. 1 tea and 5 cakes cost £15.15. Find the price of a tea.
  17. 17th July 1988Finlay drives 320 km in 4 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  18. 18th July 1988Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 107°, 95° and 32°. Work out the fourth.
  19. 19th July 1988A bag holds 6 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  20. 20th July 1988Four classes in order have frequencies 6, 7, 3, 4. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  21. 21st July 1988Work out (72 x 10^12) / (8 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  22. 22nd July 1988For the curve y = 2/x, work out y when x = -1, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  23. 23rd July 1988Red and blue raffle tickets are in the ratio 7 : 9. There are 91 red raffle tickets. How many raffle tickets are there altogether?
  24. 24th July 1988A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 8 cm and height 12 cm. The prism is 20 cm long. Work out its volume.
  25. 25th July 1988A bag holds 4 red and 7 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  26. 26th July 198840 fish are marked and released. Later 30 are caught, of which 5 are marked. Estimate the population.
  27. 27th July 1988A meal deal has 8 mains, 6 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  28. 28th July 1988Factorise x^2 - 4x - 12.
  29. 29th July 1988A map has a scale of 1 : 10000. Two villages are 6.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  30. 30th July 1988Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular hexagon.
  31. 31st July 1988A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?

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