Daily Practice - Foundation Plus
Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.
22nd January 2002
- 1Solving Equations3 marks
Solve 5(x - 3) = 5.
- 2Compound Interest and Depreciation3 marks
£3300 is invested at 2% compound interest per year. Work out the value after 5 years, to the nearest penny.
- 3Similar Shapes (Area and Volume)3 marks
Two similar shapes have lengths in the ratio 1 : 5. The smaller has an area of 21 cm^2. Work out the area of the larger.
- 4Probability (Higher)3 marks
A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.2. It is thrown 250 times. How many heads would you expect?
- 5Capture Recapture3 marks
55 newts are marked and released. Later 18 are caught, of which 2 are marked. Estimate the population.
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