Daily Practice · Foundation Plus
May 1990 5-a-day
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Every sheet in May 1990
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 1990Use v = u + at with u = 10, a = 5 and t = 5. Work out v.
- 2nd May 1990Work out 10% of 180.
- 3rd May 1990A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 24 cm and height 14 cm. The prism is 13 cm long. Work out its volume.
- 4th May 1990A bag holds 2 red and 4 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 5th May 1990A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 5x + 18. Use it to estimate y when x = 12.
- 6th May 1990A meal deal has 7 mains, 9 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 7th May 19903 teas and 3 cakes cost £12.30. 2 teas and 3 cakes cost £10.65. Find the price of a tea.
- 8th May 1990Write the ratio 7 : 14 in the form 1 : n.
- 9th May 1990Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular decagon.
- 10th May 1990A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 11th May 1990Four classes in order have frequencies 10, 5, 9, 12. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 12th May 1990A bill is £792 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 13th May 1990For the curve y = 28/x, work out y when x = -4, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 14th May 1990A coach travels 60 km in 1.5 hours, then 40 km in 1 hour. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
- 15th May 1990The bearing of B from A is 206°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
- 16th May 1990A bag holds 5 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 17th May 199045 beetles are marked and released. Later 32 are caught, of which 8 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 18th May 1990Work out (16 x 10^9) / (4 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
- 19th May 1990Factorise x^2 - 5x - 14.
- 20th May 1990Musa drives 200 km in 2.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 21st May 1990A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 6 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
- 22nd May 1990A bag holds 6 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
- 23rd May 1990A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 136 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 24th May 1990A meal deal has 9 mains, 5 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 25th May 1990Does the point (1, -9) satisfy y > 3x - 4?
- 26th May 1990Red and blue marbles are in the ratio 7 : 9. There are 49 red marbles. How many marbles are there altogether?
- 27th May 1990A trapezium has parallel sides of 13 cm and 19 cm, 8 cm apart. Work out its area.
- 28th May 1990A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 29th May 1990190 people were surveyed. 40 were adults, of whom 20 said yes. 25 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
- 30th May 1990A bill is £72 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 31st May 1990A line has gradient -4 and passes through (2, -5). Work out its equation.