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October 1958

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 8-9

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  1. 1st October 1958A bag holds 4 red and n blue counters. The probability of taking a red is 2/5. Work out n.
  2. 2nd October 1958On 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?
  3. 3rd October 1958Rationalise the denominator of 12/sqrt(3), giving your answer in its simplest form.
  4. 4th October 1958Make x the subject of 2x + 2 = y(x + 2).
  5. 5th October 1958A train slows steadily from 18 m/s to rest in 5 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  6. 6th October 1958A cuboid measures 13 cm by 5 cm by 3 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.
  7. 7th October 1958A bag holds 7 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
  8. 8th October 1958A histogram has two bars: one 10 units wide with frequency density 0.4, one 20 units wide with density 1.4. How many values in total?
  9. 9th October 1958Simplify sqrt(75) + sqrt(12), giving your answer in the form a sqrt(b).
  10. 10th October 1958Write 2/(x + 6) + 3/(x - 1) as a single fraction.
  11. 11th October 1958y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 4, y = 36. Work out y when x = 6.
  12. 12th October 1958A cuboid measures 7 cm by 6 cm by 11 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
  13. 13th October 1958A bag holds 3 red, 4 blue and 6 green counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given neither is green, what is the probability both are red?
  14. 14th October 1958On a histogram, a 4-wide bar and a 12-wide bar have the same frequency density of 3. How many more values are in the wider class?
  15. 15th October 1958A rectangle is 18 cm by 20 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.
  16. 16th October 1958Solve 20x^2 - x - 12 = 0.
  17. 17th October 1958y is directly proportional to x^3. When x = 3, y = 108. Work out y when x = 5.
  18. 18th October 1958The point (6, 8) lies on the circle x^2 + y^2 = 100. Work out the gradient of the tangent to the circle at that point.
  19. 19th October 1958A bag holds 6 counters, r of them red. Two are taken without replacement and P(both red) = 2/5. Work out r.
  20. 20th October 1958A histogram has two bars: one 10 units wide with frequency density 0.4, one 20 units wide with density 1.4. How many values in total?
  21. 21st October 1958Expand and simplify (2 + sqrt(7))(2 - sqrt(7)).
  22. 22nd October 1958f(x) = 8x + 8. Work out the inverse function f^-1(x).
  23. 23rd October 1958y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 9, y = 18. Work out y when x = 81.
  24. 24th October 1958In a circle theorem proof, a step uses the fact that opposite angles of a cyclic quadrilateral are being proved. State the reason being quoted.
  25. 25th October 1958The probability of winning a game is 1/4. A player expects 8 wins. How many games did they play?
  26. 26th October 1958On a histogram, a 5-wide bar and a 20-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2.5. How many more values are in the wider class?
  27. 27th October 1958A block has mass 360 g (to the nearest 10 g) and volume 20 cm^3 (to the nearest cm^3). Work out the upper bound of its density, to 2 decimal places.
  28. 28th October 1958Solve x^2 + y^2 = 225 and y = x + 3 simultaneously.
  29. 29th October 1958A train slows steadily from 37 m/s to rest in 10 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  30. 30th October 1958In a vector proof you find that vector PQ = 3a + 3b and vector RS = 15a + 15b. What does this show about PQ and RS?
  31. 31st October 1958A bag holds 6 red and n blue counters. The probability of taking a red is 1/2. Work out n.

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