Foundation Plus
3rd December 1990
- 1Expanding and Factorising Quadratics3 marks
Factorise x^2 + 3x - 10.
- 2Repeated Percentage Change3 marks
A town's population is 31000 and grows by 8% each year. Work out the population after 3 years, to the nearest whole number.
- 3Similar Shapes (Area and Volume)3 marks
Two similar shapes have lengths in the ratio 1 : 5. The smaller has an area of 15 cm^2. Work out the area of the larger.
- 4Probability (Higher)3 marks
A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 5Scatter Graphs2 marks
A scatter graph plots the height of a tree and its age. What type of correlation would you expect?
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