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March 1989

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st March 1989Make x the subject of y = 3x^2 - 12.
  2. 2nd March 1989A pack of 9 sponges costs £2.25. A pack of 18 costs £4.32. Which pack is better value?
  3. 3rd March 1989Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular 12-sided polygon.
  4. 4th March 1989A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  5. 5th March 1989A scatter graph plots a person's shoe size and their height. What type of correlation would you expect?
  6. 6th March 1989A bill is £576 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  7. 7th March 1989The angles in a triangle are 2x°, 2x° and (x + 95)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  8. 8th March 1989Work out 10% of 320.
  9. 9th March 1989The bearing of B from A is 102°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  10. 10th March 1989A bag holds 4 red and 8 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  11. 11th March 1989Grouped data has five classes of width 5, the first being 0 < x <= 5. The frequencies in order are 7, 16, 21, 11, 3. Write down the modal class.
  12. 12th March 1989Work out (56 x 10^12) / (7 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
  13. 13th March 1989Expand and simplify 7(4x + 7).
  14. 14th March 1989Write the ratio 3 : 15 in the form 1 : n.
  15. 15th March 1989A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 3 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  16. 16th March 1989A bag holds 5 red and 3 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  17. 17th March 1989Of 61 students, 31 study French, 40 study German and 15 study both. How many study neither?
  18. 18th March 1989A meal deal has 8 mains, 4 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  19. 19th March 1989A line has equation y = 5x - 5. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  20. 20th March 1989A coach travels 20 km in 1 hour, then 50 km in 2 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  21. 21st March 1989A trapezium has parallel sides of 10 cm and 16 cm, 6 cm apart. Work out its area.
  22. 22nd March 1989A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
  23. 23rd March 1989In a survey 4 households own 1 car, 3 own 2 cars and 9 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  24. 24th March 1989A bill is £480 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  25. 25th March 1989Solve 6(x - 8) = -30.
  26. 26th March 1989Isla drives 150 km in 2.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  27. 27th March 1989Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 42°, 107° and 95°. Work out the fourth.
  28. 28th March 1989A bag holds 5 red and 6 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  29. 29th March 1989A box plot has a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 38. Work out the range.
  30. 30th March 1989Work out (24 x 10^10) / (3 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  31. 31st March 1989Use v = u + at with u = 5, a = 9 and t = 8. Work out v.

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