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September 1990 5-a-day

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September 1990

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st September 1990A bag holds 9 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  2. 2nd September 1990In a survey 9 households own 1 car, 7 own 2 cars and 2 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  3. 3rd September 1990Work out (45 x 10^12) / (9 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
  4. 4th September 1990Solve 2(x + 8) = 26.
  5. 5th September 1990Work out 20% of 340.
  6. 6th September 1990A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 7 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  7. 7th September 1990A bag holds 5 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  8. 8th September 1990A box plot has a minimum of 15 and a maximum of 59. Work out the range.
  9. 9th September 1990A meal deal has 5 mains, 3 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  10. 10th September 1990Use v = u + at with u = 12, a = 8 and t = 4. Work out v.
  11. 11th September 1990Write the ratio 4 : 8 in the form 1 : n.
  12. 12th September 1990A trapezium has parallel sides of 3 cm and 11 cm, 18 cm apart. Work out its area.
  13. 13th September 1990A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
  14. 14th September 1990A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 9x + 37. Use it to estimate y when x = 6.
  15. 15th September 1990A bill is £864 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  16. 16th September 19902 teas and 2 cakes cost £8.50. 3 teas and 4 cakes cost £14.50. Find the price of a tea.
  17. 17th September 1990A coach travels 20 km in 1 hour, then 70 km in 1.5 hours. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  18. 18th September 1990Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 114°, 76° and 121°. Work out the fourth.
  19. 19th September 1990A bag holds 5 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  20. 20th September 1990Four classes in order have frequencies 4, 7, 3, 12. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  21. 21st September 1990Work out (49 x 10^12) / (7 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  22. 22nd September 1990For the curve y = -1/x, work out y when x = 1, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  23. 23rd September 1990Hassan drives 160 km in 2 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  24. 24th September 1990A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 10 cm and height 8 cm. The prism is 18 cm long. Work out its volume.
  25. 25th September 1990A bag holds 2 red and 5 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  26. 26th September 199050 beetles are marked and released. Later 80 are caught, of which 8 are marked. Estimate the population.
  27. 27th September 1990A meal deal has 5 mains, 9 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  28. 28th September 1990Factorise x^2 + 15x + 56.
  29. 29th September 1990Red and blue sweets are in the ratio 2 : 5. There are 10 red sweets. How many sweets are there altogether?
  30. 30th September 1990Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular hexagon.

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