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October 1988

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st October 1988Work out (24 x 10^10) / (8 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  2. 2nd October 1988Factorise x^2 - 49.
  3. 3rd October 1988A coach travels 60 km in 1 hour, then 50 km in 2 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  4. 4th October 1988A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 14 cm and height 3 cm. The prism is 20 cm long. Work out its volume.
  5. 5th October 1988A bag holds 4 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  6. 6th October 1988A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 128 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  7. 7th October 1988A meal deal has 8 mains, 5 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  8. 8th October 1988Does the point (3, -15) satisfy y > -3x - 1?
  9. 9th October 1988Maeve drives 112.5 km in 2.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  10. 10th October 1988Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular octagon.
  11. 11th October 1988A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?
  12. 12th October 1988120 people were surveyed. 50 were adults, of whom 10 said yes. 20 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  13. 13th October 1988A bill is £168 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  14. 14th October 1988A line has gradient 5 and passes through (1, -4). Work out its equation.
  15. 15th October 1988Red and blue raffle tickets are in the ratio 3 : 4. There are 24 red raffle tickets. How many raffle tickets are there altogether?
  16. 16th October 1988The bearing of B from A is 168°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  17. 17th October 1988A bag holds 4 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  18. 18th October 1988A box plot has minimum 2, lower quartile 10, median 17, upper quartile 26 and maximum 31. Work out the interquartile range.
  19. 19th October 1988Work out (45 x 10^7) / (5 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
  20. 20th October 1988Make x the subject of y = 8x^2 - 6.
  21. 21st October 1988A map has a scale of 1 : 10000. Two villages are 7.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  22. 22nd October 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.
  23. 23rd October 1988A bag holds 3 red and 6 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  24. 24th October 1988A scatter graph plots the temperature outside and the number of ice creams sold. What type of correlation would you expect?
  25. 25th October 1988A meal deal has 3 mains, 5 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  26. 26th October 1988The angles in a triangle are 4x°, 3x° and (x + 36)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  27. 27th October 1988A pack of 11 pencils costs £5.50. A pack of 33 costs £14.52. Which pack is better value?
  28. 28th October 1988A trapezium has parallel sides of 12 cm and 19 cm, 8 cm apart. Work out its area.
  29. 29th October 1988A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
  30. 30th October 1988Grouped data has five classes of width 10, the first being 40 < x <= 50. The frequencies in order are 21, 7, 11, 16, 3. Write down the modal class.
  31. 31st October 1988A bill is £360 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.

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