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August 1988 5-a-day
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- 1st August 1988A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 208 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 2nd August 1988A bill is £216 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 3rd August 1988Does the point (-1, 12) satisfy y > -3x + 8?
- 4th August 1988A pack of 10 sponges costs £5.50. A pack of 40 costs £20.40. Which pack is better value?
- 5th August 1988The bearing of B from A is 246°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 6th August 1988A bag holds 5 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 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?
- 8th August 1988Work out (9 x 10^9) / (3 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
- 9th August 1988A line has gradient 2 and passes through (1, -3). Work out its equation.
- 10th August 1988Work out 15% of 360.
- 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.
- 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.
- 13th August 1988A box plot has minimum 11, lower quartile 16, median 25, upper quartile 29 and maximum 37. Work out the interquartile range.
- 14th August 1988A meal deal has 3 mains, 8 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 15th August 1988Make x the subject of y = 2x^2 - 11.
- 16th August 1988Write the ratio 4 : 12 in the form 1 : n.
- 17th August 1988A trapezium has parallel sides of 7 cm and 12 cm, 12 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 18th August 1988A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 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?
- 20th August 1988A bill is £504 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 21st August 1988The angles in a triangle are 3x°, 2x° and (x + 66)°. Form an equation and work out x.
- 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.
- 23rd August 1988Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 88°, 91° and 88°. Work out the fourth.
- 24th August 1988A bag holds 4 red and 6 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 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.
- 26th August 1988Work out (48 x 10^6) / (8 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
- 27th August 1988Expand and simplify 2(8x - 1).
- 28th August 1988Zara drives 200 km in 4 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 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.
- 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.
- 31st August 1988Of 44 students, 20 study French, 30 study German and 10 study both. How many study neither?