Daily Practice · Foundation Plus

Daily Practice - Foundation Plus

Grades 4-6 - the Foundation / Higher crossover zone.

22nd February 2012

5 questions · 15 marks · Grades 4-6 · 128 question types in this band

1
Reverse Percentages3 marks
A bill is £480 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
2
Expanding Triple Brackets3 marks
Expand and simplify (x - 4)(x + 1)(x + 1).
3
Ratio3 marks
Yusuf and Idris share some money in the ratio 2 : 5. Idris gets £27 more than Yusuf. How much was shared?
4
Vectors3 marks
a is the column vector (6, 4) and b is (1, 0). Work out 4a - 2b 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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