Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
December 1988 5-a-day
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Every sheet in December 1988
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 1988For the curve y = -80/x, work out y when x = 10, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 2nd December 1988A map has a scale of 1 : 50000. Two villages are 4.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 3rd December 1988A trapezium has parallel sides of 13 cm and 21 cm, 10 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 4th December 1988A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 5th December 198845 voles are marked and released. Later 63 are caught, of which 9 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 6th December 1988A bill is £624 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 7th December 1988Factorise x^2 + 9x + 14.
- 8th December 1988A pack of 6 batteries costs £1.80. A pack of 24 costs £6.24. Which pack is better value?
- 9th December 1988Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 119°, 91° and 74°. Work out the fourth.
- 10th December 1988A bag holds 5 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 11th December 1988A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 228 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 12th December 1988Work out (18 x 10^12) / (2 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
- 13th December 1988Does the point (-1, 4) satisfy y > 2x + 4?
- 14th December 1988Work out 30% of 220.
- 15th December 1988A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 18 cm and height 13 cm. The prism is 18 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 16th December 1988A bag holds 2 red and 10 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 17th December 1988120 people were surveyed. 50 were adults, of whom 10 said yes. 35 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
- 18th December 1988A meal deal has 5 mains, 8 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 19th December 1988A line has gradient 1 and passes through (2, 1). Work out its equation.
- 20th December 1988Write the ratio 2 : 4 in the form 1 : n.
- 21st December 1988Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular 12-sided polygon.
- 22nd December 1988A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 23rd December 1988A box plot has minimum 13, lower quartile 16, median 22, upper quartile 26 and maximum 34. Work out the interquartile range.
- 24th December 1988A bill is £696 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 25th December 1988Make x the subject of y = 8x^2 - 6.
- 26th December 1988A coach travels 30 km in 1.5 hours, then 80 km in 1 hour. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 27th December 1988The bearing of B from A is 120°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 28th December 1988A bag holds 5 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 29th December 1988A scatter graph plots the number of pages in a book and its price. What type of correlation would you expect?
- 30th December 1988Work out (36 x 10^8) / (6 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
- 31st December 1988The angles in a triangle are 3x°, 2x° and (x + 114)°. Form an equation and work out x.