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August 1991 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day

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August 1991

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st August 1991A pack of 7 batteries costs £3.15. A pack of 14 costs £5.46. Which pack is better value?
  2. 2nd August 1991A trapezium has parallel sides of 11 cm and 22 cm, 4 cm apart. Work out its area.
  3. 3rd August 1991A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 50 times. How many heads would you expect?
  4. 4th August 1991A box plot has a minimum of 17 and a maximum of 72. Work out the range.
  5. 5th August 1991A bill is £240 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  6. 6th August 1991Use v = u + at with u = 14, a = 4 and t = 8. Work out v.
  7. 7th August 1991Work out 75% of 240.
  8. 8th August 1991Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 96°, 119° and 83°. Work out the fourth.
  9. 9th August 1991A bag holds 4 red and 8 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  10. 10th August 1991A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 2x + 23. Use it to estimate y when x = 11.
  11. 11th August 1991Work out (63 x 10^9) / (9 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  12. 12th August 19915 teas and 2 cakes cost £8.10. 4 teas and 4 cakes cost £10.80. Find the price of a tea.
  13. 13th August 1991Write the ratio 3 : 15 in the form 1 : n.
  14. 14th August 1991A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 8 cm and height 4 cm. The prism is 18 cm long. Work out its volume.
  15. 15th August 1991A bag holds 5 red and 3 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  16. 16th August 1991Four classes in order have frequencies 11, 5, 8, 8. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  17. 17th August 1991A meal deal has 7 mains, 9 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  18. 18th August 1991For the curve y = 4/x, work out y when x = -4, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  19. 19th August 1991A coach travels 50 km in 0.5 hours, then 70 km in 1 hour. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  20. 20th August 1991Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular 12-sided polygon.
  21. 21st August 1991A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.4. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
  22. 22nd August 199150 beetles are marked and released. Later 16 are caught, of which 4 are marked. Estimate the population.
  23. 23rd August 1991A bill is £888 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  24. 24th August 1991Factorise x^2 - 7x + 12.
  25. 25th August 1991Tomasz drives 90 km in 1.5 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  26. 26th August 1991The bearing of B from A is 083°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  27. 27th August 1991A bag holds 7 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  28. 28th August 1991A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 72 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  29. 29th August 1991Work out (14 x 10^7) / (7 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  30. 30th August 1991Does the point (-3, 5) satisfy y > 2x + 4?
  31. 31st August 1991Red and blue raffle tickets are in the ratio 2 : 7. There are 20 red raffle tickets. How many raffle tickets are there altogether?

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