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August 1989 5-a-day
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Every sheet in August 1989
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- 1st August 1989A bag holds 7 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 2nd August 1989In a survey 9 households own 1 car, 2 own 2 cars and 9 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
- 3rd August 1989Work out (24 x 10^8) / (6 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
- 4th August 1989Solve 6(x - 9) = 12.
- 5th August 1989Red and blue stickers are in the ratio 3 : 4. There are 33 red stickers. How many stickers are there altogether?
- 6th August 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.
- 7th August 1989A bag holds 6 red and 4 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 8th August 1989A box plot has a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 37. Work out the range.
- 9th August 1989A meal deal has 9 mains, 6 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 10th August 1989Use v = u + at with u = 10, a = 9 and t = 2. Work out v.
- 11th August 1989A map has a scale of 1 : 50000. Two villages are 11 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 12th August 1989A trapezium has parallel sides of 10 cm and 19 cm, 18 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 13th August 1989A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 14th August 1989A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 7x + 24. Use it to estimate y when x = 4.
- 15th August 1989A bill is £720 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 16th August 19895 teas and 4 cakes cost £13.25. 1 tea and 5 cakes cost £8.95. Find the price of a tea.
- 17th August 1989A pack of 12 teabags costs £7.20. A pack of 36 costs £20.16. Which pack is better value?
- 18th August 1989Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 55°, 134° and 45°. Work out the fourth.
- 19th August 1989A bag holds 5 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 20th August 1989Four classes in order have frequencies 4, 9, 12, 12. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 21st August 1989Work out (72 x 10^6) / (9 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
- 22nd August 1989For the curve y = -16/x, work out y when x = -2, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 23rd August 1989Work out 5% of 120.
- 24th August 1989A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 10 cm and height 13 cm. The prism is 9 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 25th August 1989A bag holds 3 red and 5 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 26th August 198920 newts are marked and released. Later 30 are caught, of which 5 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 27th August 1989A meal deal has 7 mains, 7 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 28th August 1989Factorise x^2 - 7x + 6.
- 29th August 1989Write the ratio 7 : 49 in the form 1 : n.
- 30th August 1989Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular nonagon.
- 31st August 1989A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 100 times. How many heads would you expect?