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March 1990

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st March 1990A bill is £768 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  2. 2nd March 19905 teas and 3 cakes cost £8.65. 1 tea and 4 cakes cost £6.15. Find the price of a tea.
  3. 3rd March 1990Red and blue stickers are in the ratio 5 : 8. There are 35 red stickers. How many stickers are there altogether?
  4. 4th March 1990The bearing of B from A is 319°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  5. 5th March 1990A bag holds 6 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  6. 6th March 1990Four classes in order have frequencies 8, 8, 3, 6. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  7. 7th March 1990Work out (18 x 10^10) / (3 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  8. 8th March 1990For the curve y = -40/x, work out y when x = -4, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  9. 9th March 1990A map has a scale of 1 : 10000. Two villages are 11 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  10. 10th March 1990A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 9 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  11. 11th March 1990A bag holds 4 red and 7 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  12. 12th March 199045 fish are marked and released. Later 48 are caught, of which 6 are marked. Estimate the population.
  13. 13th March 1990A meal deal has 5 mains, 6 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  14. 14th March 1990Factorise x^2 + 10x + 24.
  15. 15th March 1990A pack of 4 batteries costs 80p. A pack of 12 costs £2.16. Which pack is better value?
  16. 16th March 1990A trapezium has parallel sides of 7 cm and 15 cm, 16 cm apart. Work out its area.
  17. 17th March 1990A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  18. 18th March 1990A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 156 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  19. 19th March 1990A bill is £288 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  20. 20th March 1990Does the point (1, -3) satisfy y > -x + 6?
  21. 21st March 1990Work out 60% of 260.
  22. 22nd March 1990Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 119°, 100° and 105°. Work out the fourth.
  23. 23rd March 1990A bag holds 5 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  24. 24th March 1990130 people were surveyed. 70 were adults, of whom 25 said yes. 30 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  25. 25th March 1990Work out (56 x 10^7) / (7 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  26. 26th March 1990A line has gradient 1 and passes through (1, -3). Work out its equation.
  27. 27th March 1990Write the ratio 7 : 21 in the form 1 : n.
  28. 28th March 1990A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 18 cm and height 13 cm. The prism is 20 cm long. Work out its volume.
  29. 29th March 1990A bag holds 2 red and 9 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  30. 30th March 1990A box plot has minimum 9, lower quartile 16, median 26, upper quartile 30 and maximum 35. Work out the interquartile range.
  31. 31st March 1990A meal deal has 8 mains, 3 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?

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