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May 1995 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day

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May 1995

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st May 1995A trapezium has parallel sides of 13 cm and 25 cm, 12 cm apart. Work out its area.
  2. 2nd May 1995A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
  3. 3rd May 1995Grouped data has five classes of width 5, the first being 15 < x <= 20. The frequencies in order are 7, 16, 11, 21, 3. Write down the modal class.
  4. 4th May 1995A bill is £720 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  5. 5th May 1995Expand and simplify 8(7x - 3).
  6. 6th May 1995Red and blue sweets are in the ratio 3 : 7. There are 39 red sweets. How many sweets are there altogether?
  7. 7th May 1995Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 134°, 98° and 96°. Work out the fourth.
  8. 8th May 1995A bag holds 4 red and 7 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  9. 9th May 1995Of 19 students, 10 study French, 11 study German and 5 study both. How many study neither?
  10. 10th May 1995Work out (40 x 10^12) / (8 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
  11. 11th May 1995A line has equation y = 6x - 24. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  12. 12th May 1995A map has a scale of 1 : 25000. Two villages are 11 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  13. 13th May 1995A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 22 cm and height 7 cm. The prism is 6 cm long. Work out its volume.
  14. 14th May 1995A bag holds 3 red and 4 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  15. 15th May 1995In a survey 7 households own 1 car, 8 own 2 cars and 5 own 3 cars. Work out the mean number of cars, to 2 decimal places.
  16. 16th May 1995A meal deal has 5 mains, 7 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  17. 17th May 1995Solve 3(x + 4) = 33.
  18. 18th May 1995A pack of 11 batteries costs £1.65. A pack of 33 costs £3.30. Which pack is better value?
  19. 19th May 1995Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular nonagon.
  20. 20th May 1995A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  21. 21st May 1995A box plot has a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 19. Work out the range.
  22. 22nd May 1995A bill is £96 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  23. 23rd May 1995Use v = u + at with u = 6, a = 4 and t = 3. Work out v.
  24. 24th May 1995Work out 40% of 120.
  25. 25th May 1995The bearing of B from A is 277°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  26. 26th May 1995A bag holds 3 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  27. 27th May 1995A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 8x + 15. Use it to estimate y when x = 12.
  28. 28th May 1995Work out (35 x 10^11) / (5 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  29. 29th May 19952 teas and 3 cakes cost £8.55. 2 teas and 2 cakes cost £7.20. Find the price of a tea.
  30. 30th May 1995Write the ratio 8 : 72 in the form 1 : n.
  31. 31st May 1995A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 9 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.

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