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September 1996 - Foundation Plus 5-a-day

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September 1996

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 4-6

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  1. 1st September 1996A bill is £264 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  2. 2nd September 19965 teas and 1 cake cost £11.75. 3 teas and 2 cakes cost £9.85. Find the price of a tea.
  3. 3rd September 1996Write the ratio 6 : 24 in the form 1 : n.
  4. 4th September 1996The bearing of B from A is 342°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
  5. 5th September 1996A bag holds 3 red and 6 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  6. 6th September 1996Four classes in order have frequencies 6, 8, 9, 11. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  7. 7th September 1996Work out (48 x 10^7) / (6 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
  8. 8th September 1996For the curve y = -30/x, work out y when x = -5, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  9. 9th September 1996A coach travels 30 km in 0.5 hours, then 20 km in 1 hour. Work out the average speed for the whole journey, to 1 decimal place.
  10. 10th September 1996A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 8 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  11. 11th September 1996A bag holds 2 red and 6 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  12. 12th September 199660 voles are marked and released. Later 56 are caught, of which 8 are marked. Estimate the population.
  13. 13th September 1996A meal deal has 4 mains, 8 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  14. 14th September 1996Factorise x^2 + 3x + 2.
  15. 15th September 1996Priya drives 160 km in 4 hours. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  16. 16th September 1996A trapezium has parallel sides of 11 cm and 23 cm, 6 cm apart. Work out its area.
  17. 17th September 1996A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 200 times. How many heads would you expect?
  18. 18th September 1996A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 64 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  19. 19th September 1996A bill is £816 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  20. 20th September 1996Does the point (-2, 14) satisfy y > -4x + 5?
  21. 21st September 1996Red and blue sweets are in the ratio 5 : 8. There are 65 red sweets. How many sweets are there altogether?
  22. 22nd September 1996Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 45°, 116° and 119°. Work out the fourth.
  23. 23rd September 1996A bag holds 8 red and 2 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
  24. 24th September 1996130 people were surveyed. 50 were adults, of whom 10 said yes. 35 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  25. 25th September 1996Work out (28 x 10^7) / (4 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
  26. 26th September 1996A line has gradient 3 and passes through (6, 16). Work out its equation.
  27. 27th September 1996A map has a scale of 1 : 25000. Two villages are 13.5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, in km?
  28. 28th September 1996A prism has a triangular cross-section with base 20 cm and height 8 cm. The prism is 7 cm long. Work out its volume.
  29. 29th September 1996A bag holds 4 red and 2 blue counters. One is taken, replaced, then another is taken. Work out the probability both are red.
  30. 30th September 1996A box plot has minimum 12, lower quartile 20, median 23, upper quartile 27 and maximum 34. Work out the interquartile range.

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