Daily Practice · Foundation Plus

Daily Practice - Foundation Plus

12th November 1996

5 questions · 14 marks · Grades 4-6 · 128 question types in this band

1
Reverse Percentages3 marks
A bill is £336 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
2
Solving Quadratics3 marks
Solve x^2 + 4x - 45 = 0.
3
Ratio2 marks
Jacob and Kwame share £143 in the ratio 5 : 6. How much does Jacob get?
4
Vectors3 marks
a is the column vector (3, -3) and b is (-3, 4). Work out 5a - 5b as a column vector.
5
Probability (Higher)3 marks
Two independent events have probabilities 1/4 and 1/2. Work out the probability that both happen.

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