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August 1957

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 8-9

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  1. 1st August 1957The probability of winning a game is 5/8. A player expects 30 wins. How many games did they play?
  2. 2nd August 1957A histogram has two bars: one 10 units wide with frequency density 0.4, one 5 units wide with density 3.5. How many values in total?
  3. 3rd August 1957A car covers 630 m (to the nearest 10 m) in 2 s (to the nearest second). Work out the lower bound of its speed, to 2 decimal places.
  4. 4th August 1957Work out the coordinates of the turning point of y = x^2 + 12x + 5.
  5. 5th August 1957y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 5, y = 16. Work out y when x = 4.
  6. 6th August 1957In a vector proof you find that vector PQ = 4a + 3b and vector RS = 20a + 15b. What does this show about PQ and RS?
  7. 7th August 1957A bag holds 4 red and n blue counters. The probability of taking a red is 2/3. Work out n.
  8. 8th August 1957On a histogram, a 5-wide bar and a 15-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2. How many more values are in the wider class?
  9. 9th August 1957Rationalise the denominator of 72/sqrt(6), giving your answer in its simplest form.
  10. 10th August 1957Simplify (x^2 - 11x + 30)/(x - 6).
  11. 11th August 1957y is directly proportional to x^3. When x = 2, y = 32. Work out y when x = 4.
  12. 12th August 1957A cuboid measures 7 cm by 15 cm by 12 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.
  13. 13th August 1957A bag holds 4 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
  14. 14th August 1957A histogram has two bars: one 20 units wide with frequency density 1.5, one 20 units wide with density 0.6. How many values in total?
  15. 15th August 1957Simplify sqrt(72) + sqrt(2), giving your answer in the form a sqrt(b).
  16. 16th August 1957In an algebraic proof, how would you write the product of two consecutive integers in terms of an integer n?
  17. 17th August 1957y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 4, y = 4. Work out y when x = 49.
  18. 18th August 1957A cuboid measures 8 cm by 5 cm by 8 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
  19. 19th August 1957A bag holds 7 red, 7 blue and 2 green counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given neither is green, what is the probability both are red?
  20. 20th August 1957On a histogram, a 4-wide bar and a 12-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2.5. How many more values are in the wider class?
  21. 21st August 1957A rectangle is 13 cm by 11 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.
  22. 22nd August 1957Make x the subject of 6x + 7 = y(x + 7).
  23. 23rd August 1957A train slows steadily from 33 m/s to rest in 10 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  24. 24th August 1957The point (12, 16) lies on the circle x^2 + y^2 = 400. Work out the gradient of the tangent to the circle at that point.
  25. 25th August 1957A bag holds 7 counters, r of them red. Two are taken without replacement and P(both red) = 1/7. Work out r.
  26. 26th August 1957A histogram has two bars: one 20 units wide with frequency density 1.2, one 25 units wide with density 0.8. How many values in total?
  27. 27th August 1957Expand and simplify (7 + sqrt(5))(7 - sqrt(5)).
  28. 28th August 1957Write 7/(x + 1) + 2/(x - 3) as a single fraction.
  29. 29th August 1957y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 4, y = 9. Work out y when x = 3.
  30. 30th August 1957In a circle theorem proof, a step uses the fact that two angles at the circumference stand on the same arc. State the reason being quoted.
  31. 31st August 1957The probability of winning a game is 3/8. A player expects 45 wins. How many games did they play?

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