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October 1995 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day

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October 1995

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st October 1995Work out (18 x 10^10) / (6 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  2. 2nd October 1995Use v = u + at with u = 11, a = 4 and t = 3. Work out v.
  3. 3rd October 1995Write the ratio 2 : 8 in the form 1 : n.
  4. 4th October 1995A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 8 cm and height 13 cm. The prism is 10 cm long. Work out its volume.
  5. 5th October 1995A bag holds 5 red and 3 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  6. 6th October 1995A line of best fit on a scatter graph has equation y = 8x + 33. Use it to estimate y when x = 3.
  7. 7th October 1995A meal deal has 3 mains, 9 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  8. 8th October 19953 teas and 1 cake cost £9.65. 1 tea and 4 cakes cost £14.95. Find the price of a tea.
  9. 9th October 1995A coach travels 70 km in 1.5 hours, then 90 km in 1 hour. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  10. 10th October 1995Work out the size of one exterior angle of a regular octagon.
  11. 11th October 1995A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.15. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
  12. 12th October 1995Four classes in order have frequencies 4, 3, 3, 4. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  13. 13th October 1995A bill is £672 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  14. 14th October 1995For the curve y = -7/x, work out y when x = -1, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  15. 15th October 1995Erin drives 320 km in 4 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  16. 16th October 1995The bearing of B from A is 136°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  17. 17th October 1995A bag holds 4 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  18. 18th October 199545 voles are marked and released. Later 20 are caught, of which 5 are marked. Estimate the population.
  19. 19th October 1995Work out (56 x 10^10) / (7 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  20. 20th October 1995Factorise x^2 + 5x - 6.
  21. 21st October 1995Red and blue marbles are in the ratio 2 : 7. There are 14 red marbles. How many marbles are there altogether?
  22. 22nd October 1995A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 10 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  23. 23rd October 1995A bag holds 5 red and 7 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  24. 24th October 1995A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 220 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  25. 25th October 1995A meal deal has 7 mains, 7 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  26. 26th October 1995Does the point (5, 9) satisfy y > 2x + 3?
  27. 27th October 1995A map has a scale of 1 : 50000. Two villages are 10.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  28. 28th October 1995A trapezium has parallel sides of 6 cm and 18 cm, 6 cm apart. Work out its area.
  29. 29th October 1995A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
  30. 30th October 1995170 people were surveyed. 60 were adults, of whom 30 said yes. 20 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  31. 31st October 1995A bill is £672 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.

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