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September 1958

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 8-9

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  1. 1st September 1958A bag holds 8 red and n blue counters. The probability of taking a red is 8/11. Work out n.
  2. 2nd September 1958A histogram has two bars: one 10 units wide with frequency density 0.4, one 25 units wide with density 3. How many values in total?
  3. 3rd September 1958A rectangle is 16 cm by 30 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.
  4. 4th September 1958Solve x^2 + 10x + 21 > 0.
  5. 5th September 1958y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 25, y = 15. Work out y when x = 36.
  6. 6th September 1958A cuboid measures 14 cm by 6 cm by 11 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.
  7. 7th September 1958A bag holds 9 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
  8. 8th September 1958On a histogram, a 4-wide bar and a 8-wide bar have the same frequency density of 3. How many more values are in the wider class?
  9. 9th September 1958Expand and simplify (6 + sqrt(5))(6 - sqrt(5)).
  10. 10th September 1958Write x^2 - 12x - 6 in the form (x + a)^2 + b.
  11. 11th September 1958A train slows steadily from 24 m/s to rest in 5 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  12. 12th September 1958A cuboid measures 12 cm by 8 cm by 9 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
  13. 13th September 1958A bag holds 7 red, 5 blue and 3 green counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given neither is green, what is the probability both are red?
  14. 14th September 1958A histogram has two bars: one 20 units wide with frequency density 0.4, one 25 units wide with density 1.4. How many values in total?
  15. 15th September 1958A block has mass 200 g (to the nearest 10 g) and volume 11 cm^3 (to the nearest cm^3). Work out the upper bound of its density, to 2 decimal places.
  16. 16th September 1958Work out the coordinates of the turning point of y = x^2 - 16x - 14.
  17. 17th September 1958y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 5, y = 27. Work out y when x = 3.
  18. 18th September 1958The 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.
  19. 19th September 1958A bag holds 12 counters, r of them red. Two are taken without replacement and P(both red) = 1/66. Work out r.
  20. 20th September 1958On a histogram, a 4-wide bar and a 12-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2. How many more values are in the wider class?
  21. 21st September 1958x = 57 and y = 45, each correct to the nearest whole number. Work out the upper bound of x - y.
  22. 22nd September 1958Simplify (x^2 - 13x + 42)/(x - 7).
  23. 23rd September 1958y is directly proportional to x^3. When x = 2, y = 24. Work out y when x = 5.
  24. 24th September 1958In a circle theorem proof, a step uses the fact that the angle in a semicircle is being proved. State the reason being quoted.
  25. 25th September 1958The probability of winning a game is 3/4. A player expects 12 wins. How many games did they play?
  26. 26th September 1958A histogram has two bars: one 5 units wide with frequency density 2, one 20 units wide with density 1.4. How many values in total?
  27. 27th September 1958A car covers 180 m (to the nearest 10 m) in 8 s (to the nearest second). Work out the lower bound of its speed, to 2 decimal places.
  28. 28th September 1958In an algebraic proof, how would you write an odd number in terms of an integer n?
  29. 29th September 1958y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 25, y = 45. Work out y when x = 16.
  30. 30th September 1958In a vector proof you find that vector PQ = 4a + 2b and vector RS = 8a + 4b. What does this show about PQ and RS?

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