Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
September 1989 5-a-day
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Every sheet in September 1989
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- 1st September 1989A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 176 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 2nd September 1989A bill is £312 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 3rd September 1989Does the point (1, -1) satisfy y > x - 4?
- 4th September 1989A coach travels 20 km in 0.5 hours, then 90 km in 2 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 5th September 1989The bearing of B from A is 350°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 6th September 1989A bag holds 7 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 7th September 1989220 people were surveyed. 60 were adults, of whom 25 said yes. 70 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
- 8th September 1989Work out (32 x 10^7) / (8 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
- 9th September 1989A line has gradient -4 and passes through (1, -7). Work out its equation.
- 10th September 1989Chloe drives 240 km in 4 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 11th September 1989A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 6 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 12th September 1989A bag holds 3 red and 8 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 13th September 1989A box plot has minimum 13, lower quartile 20, median 30, upper quartile 40 and maximum 42. Work out the interquartile range.
- 14th September 1989A meal deal has 9 mains, 4 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 15th September 1989Make x the subject of y = 4x^2 - 2.
- 16th September 1989Red and blue marbles are in the ratio 4 : 7. There are 28 red marbles. How many marbles are there altogether?
- 17th September 1989A trapezium has parallel sides of 14 cm and 21 cm, 4 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 18th September 1989A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 19th September 1989A scatter graph plots the temperature outside and the number of ice creams sold. What type of correlation would you expect?
- 20th September 1989A bill is £960 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 21st September 1989The angles in a triangle are 2x°, 2x° and (x + 110)°. Form an equation and work out x.
- 22nd September 1989A map has a scale of 1 : 25000. Two villages are 8 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
- 23rd September 1989Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 93°, 76° and 57°. Work out the fourth.
- 24th September 1989A bag holds 6 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 25th September 1989Grouped data has five classes of width 5, the first being 5 < x <= 10. The frequencies in order are 21, 16, 7, 3, 11. Write down the modal class.
- 26th September 1989Work out (36 x 10^9) / (9 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
- 27th September 1989Expand and simplify 3(4x + 10).
- 28th September 1989A pack of 7 batteries costs £1.05. A pack of 21 costs £2.10. Which pack is better value?
- 29th September 1989A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 4 cm and height 7 cm. The prism is 16 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 30th September 1989A bag holds 4 red and 5 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.