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August 1995 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day

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August 1995

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st August 1995A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 4x + 14. Use it to estimate y when x = 11.
  2. 2nd August 1995A bill is £264 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  3. 3rd August 19955 teas and 2 cakes cost £15.80. 3 teas and 4 cakes cost £16.90. Find the price of a tea.
  4. 4th August 1995A map has a scale of 1 : 10000. Two villages are 2.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  5. 5th August 1995The bearing of B from A is 171°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  6. 6th August 1995A bag holds 5 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  7. 7th August 1995Four classes in order have frequencies 7, 6, 11, 3. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  8. 8th August 1995Work out (21 x 10^12) / (7 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  9. 9th August 1995For the curve y = 16/x, work out y when x = -2, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  10. 10th August 1995A pack of 5 teabags costs £1.25. A pack of 15 costs £2.85. Which pack is better value?
  11. 11th August 1995A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 3 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  12. 12th August 1995A bag holds 3 red and 3 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  13. 13th August 199520 voles are marked and released. Later 8 are caught, of which 2 are marked. Estimate the population.
  14. 14th August 1995A meal deal has 5 mains, 3 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  15. 15th August 1995Factorise x^2 + 9x + 20.
  16. 16th August 1995Work out 25% of 280.
  17. 17th August 1995A trapezium has parallel sides of 13 cm and 17 cm, 16 cm apart. Work out its area.
  18. 18th August 1995A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.1. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  19. 19th August 1995A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 84 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  20. 20th August 1995A bill is £504 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  21. 21st August 1995Does the point (4, -28) satisfy y > -4x - 8?
  22. 22nd August 1995Write the ratio 3 : 18 in the form 1 : n.
  23. 23rd August 1995Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 73°, 54° and 95°. Work out the fourth.
  24. 24th August 1995A bag holds 7 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  25. 25th August 1995160 people were surveyed. 60 were adults, of whom 5 said yes. 25 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  26. 26th August 1995Work out (32 x 10^7) / (4 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  27. 27th August 1995A line has gradient -5 and passes through (3, -14). Work out its equation.
  28. 28th August 1995A coach travels 60 km in 1 hour, then 90 km in 1 hour. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  29. 29th August 1995A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 10 cm and height 9 cm. The prism is 16 cm long. Work out its volume.
  30. 30th August 1995A bag holds 6 red and 4 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  31. 31st August 1995A box plot has minimum 14, lower quartile 23, median 27, upper quartile 33 and maximum 42. Work out the interquartile range.

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