Foundation Plus
19th January 1989
- 1Best Buy Questions3 marks
A pack of 7 sponges costs £3.50. A pack of 28 costs £13.44. Which pack is better value?
- 2Vectors2 marks
a is the column vector (1, -3) and b is (1, 2). Work out a + b as a column vector.
- 3Probability Trees3 marks
3 of 5 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
- 4Frequency Trees3 marks
120 people were surveyed. 90 were adults, of whom 45 said yes. 5 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
- 5Error Intervals2 marks
A number y is 60 when truncated to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for y.
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