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April 1959 5-a-day

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April 1959

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 8-9

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  1. 1st April 1959A rectangle is 19 cm by 26 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.
  2. 2nd April 1959Write x^2 + 2x - 4 in the form (x + a)^2 + b.
  3. 3rd April 1959y is directly proportional to x^3. When x = 2, y = 48. Work out y when x = 4.
  4. 4th April 1959A cuboid measures 11 cm by 3 cm by 6 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.
  5. 5th April 1959A bag holds 7 red and 6 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
  6. 6th April 1959A histogram has two bars: one 10 units wide with frequency density 2, one 20 units wide with density 0.8. How many values in total?
  7. 7th April 1959Expand and simplify (2 + sqrt(3))(2 - sqrt(3)).
  8. 8th April 1959Work out the coordinates of the turning point of y = x^2 + 12x + 9.
  9. 9th April 1959y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 25, y = 40. Work out y when x = 9.
  10. 10th April 1959A cuboid measures 10 cm by 9 cm by 13 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
  11. 11th April 1959A bag holds 6 red, 3 blue and 6 green counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given neither is green, what is the probability both are red?
  12. 12th April 1959On a histogram, a 5-wide bar and a 20-wide bar have the same frequency density of 3. How many more values are in the wider class?
  13. 13th April 1959A block has mass 260 g (to the nearest 10 g) and volume 12 cm^3 (to the nearest cm^3). Work out the upper bound of its density, to 2 decimal places.
  14. 14th April 1959Simplify (x^2 + 13x + 42)/(x + 6).
  15. 15th April 1959A train slows steadily from 21 m/s to rest in 10 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  16. 16th April 1959The point (8, 15) lies on the circle x^2 + y^2 = 289. Work out the gradient of the tangent to the circle at that point.
  17. 17th April 1959A bag holds 7 counters, r of them red. Two are taken without replacement and P(both red) = 10/21. Work out r.
  18. 18th April 1959A histogram has two bars: one 20 units wide with frequency density 1.5, one 20 units wide with density 1.4. How many values in total?
  19. 19th April 1959x = 99 and y = 32, each correct to the nearest whole number. Work out the upper bound of x - y.
  20. 20th April 1959In an algebraic proof, how would you write the number two more than an even number in terms of an integer n?
  21. 21st April 1959y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 5, y = 48. Work out y when x = 4.
  22. 22nd April 1959In a circle theorem proof, a step uses the fact that the three angles of triangle OAB are being summed. State the reason being quoted.
  23. 23rd April 1959The probability of winning a game is 1/5. A player expects 4 wins. How many games did they play?
  24. 24th April 1959On a histogram, a 10-wide bar and a 30-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2.5. How many more values are in the wider class?
  25. 25th April 1959A car covers 220 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.
  26. 26th April 1959Make x the subject of 6x + 2 = y(x + 2).
  27. 27th April 1959y is directly proportional to x^3. When x = 2, y = 48. Work out y when x = 5.
  28. 28th April 1959In a vector proof you find that vector PQ = a + b and vector RS = 2a + 2b. What does this show about PQ and RS?
  29. 29th April 1959A bag holds 4 red and n blue counters. The probability of taking a red is 4/11. Work out n.
  30. 30th April 1959A histogram has two bars: one 10 units wide with frequency density 2.5, one 10 units wide with density 0.8. How many values in total?

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