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July 1958

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 8-9

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  1. 1st July 1958A train slows steadily from 35 m/s to rest in 8 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  2. 2nd July 1958In a vector proof you find that vector PQ = a + 3b and vector RS = 4a + 12b. What does this show about PQ and RS?
  3. 3rd July 1958A bag holds 2 red and n blue counters. The probability of taking a red is 1/4. Work out n.
  4. 4th July 1958A histogram has two bars: one 5 units wide with frequency density 1.5, one 20 units wide with density 0.8. How many values in total?
  5. 5th July 1958A car covers 150 m (to the nearest 10 m) in 4 s (to the nearest second). Work out the lower bound of its speed, to 2 decimal places.
  6. 6th July 1958Solve 20x^2 - 29x + 6 = 0.
  7. 7th July 1958y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 4, y = 72. Work out y when x = 6.
  8. 8th July 1958A cuboid measures 15 cm by 14 cm by 15 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.
  9. 9th July 1958A bag holds 3 red and 8 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
  10. 10th July 1958On a histogram, a 5-wide bar and a 20-wide bar have the same frequency density of 1.5. How many more values are in the wider class?
  11. 11th July 1958Rationalise the denominator of 44/sqrt(11), giving your answer in its simplest form.
  12. 12th July 1958f(x) = 6x + 8. Work out the inverse function f^-1(x).
  13. 13th July 1958y is directly proportional to x^3. When x = 4, y = 256. Work out y when x = 3.
  14. 14th July 1958A cuboid measures 6 cm by 14 cm by 8 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
  15. 15th July 1958A bag holds 7 red, 4 blue and 5 green counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given neither is green, what is the probability both are red?
  16. 16th July 1958A histogram has two bars: one 5 units wide with frequency density 2.5, one 5 units wide with density 0.6. How many values in total?
  17. 17th July 1958Simplify sqrt(32) + sqrt(8), giving your answer in the form a sqrt(b).
  18. 18th July 1958Solve x^2 + y^2 = 100 and y = x - 2 simultaneously.
  19. 19th July 1958y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 16, y = 32. Work out y when x = 81.
  20. 20th July 1958The point (5, 12) lies on the circle x^2 + y^2 = 169. Work out the gradient of the tangent to the circle at that point.
  21. 21st July 1958A bag holds 7 counters, r of them red. Two are taken without replacement and P(both red) = 1/7. Work out r.
  22. 22nd July 1958On a histogram, a 4-wide bar and a 8-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2.5. How many more values are in the wider class?
  23. 23rd July 1958A rectangle is 25 cm by 22 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.
  24. 24th July 1958Use the iteration x(n+1) = cube root of (6x(n) + 3) with x(0) = 5. Work out x(1) to 3 decimal places.
  25. 25th July 1958A train slows steadily from 33 m/s to rest in 8 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  26. 26th July 1958In a circle theorem proof, a step uses the fact that the three angles of triangle OAB are being summed. State the reason being quoted.
  27. 27th July 1958The probability of winning a game is 1/5. A player expects 4 wins. How many games did they play?
  28. 28th July 1958A histogram has two bars: one 10 units wide with frequency density 2.5, one 25 units wide with density 3.5. How many values in total?
  29. 29th July 1958Expand and simplify (2 + sqrt(3))(2 - sqrt(3)).
  30. 30th July 1958Work out the nth term of the quadratic sequence 9, 17, 27, 39, ...
  31. 31st July 1958y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 5, y = 36. Work out y when x = 3.

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