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August 1988

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st August 1988A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 208 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  2. 2nd August 1988A bill is £216 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  3. 3rd August 1988Does the point (-1, 12) satisfy y > -3x + 8?
  4. 4th August 1988A pack of 10 sponges costs £5.50. A pack of 40 costs £20.40. Which pack is better value?
  5. 5th August 1988The bearing of B from A is 246°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  6. 6th August 1988A bag holds 5 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  7. 7th August 1988160 people were surveyed. 80 were adults, of whom 5 said yes. 40 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  8. 8th August 1988Work out (9 x 10^9) / (3 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  9. 9th August 1988A line has gradient 2 and passes through (1, -3). Work out its equation.
  10. 10th August 1988Work out 15% of 360.
  11. 11th August 1988A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 8 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  12. 12th August 1988A bag holds 2 red and 6 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  13. 13th August 1988A box plot has minimum 11, lower quartile 16, median 25, upper quartile 29 and maximum 37. Work out the interquartile range.
  14. 14th August 1988A meal deal has 3 mains, 8 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  15. 15th August 1988Make x the subject of y = 2x^2 - 11.
  16. 16th August 1988Write the ratio 4 : 12 in the form 1 : n.
  17. 17th August 1988A trapezium has parallel sides of 7 cm and 12 cm, 12 cm apart. Work out its area.
  18. 18th August 1988A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
  19. 19th August 1988A scatter graph plots how far a lorry has driven and the fuel left in its tank. What type of correlation would you expect?
  20. 20th August 1988A bill is £504 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  21. 21st August 1988The angles in a triangle are 3x°, 2x° and (x + 66)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  22. 22nd August 1988A coach travels 70 km in 1.5 hours, then 40 km in 1.5 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  23. 23rd August 1988Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 88°, 91° and 88°. Work out the fourth.
  24. 24th August 1988A bag holds 4 red and 6 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  25. 25th August 1988Grouped data has five classes of width 10, the first being 10 < x <= 20. The frequencies in order are 11, 16, 7, 3, 21. Write down the modal class.
  26. 26th August 1988Work out (48 x 10^6) / (8 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
  27. 27th August 1988Expand and simplify 2(8x - 1).
  28. 28th August 1988Zara drives 200 km in 4 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  29. 29th August 1988A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 10 cm and height 12 cm. The prism is 10 cm long. Work out its volume.
  30. 30th August 1988A bag holds 8 red and 3 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  31. 31st August 1988Of 44 students, 20 study French, 30 study German and 10 study both. How many study neither?

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