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January 1960

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 8-9

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  1. 1st January 1960On 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?
  2. 2nd January 1960A car covers 830 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.
  3. 3rd January 1960Prove that the sum of 9 consecutive integers is always a multiple of 9. State the simplified sum you would use.
  4. 4th January 1960A train slows steadily from 16 m/s to rest in 10 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  5. 5th January 1960A cuboid measures 8 cm by 7 cm by 5 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
  6. 6th January 1960A bag holds 7 red, 4 blue and 2 green counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given neither is green, what is the probability both are red?
  7. 7th January 1960A 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?
  8. 8th January 1960Rationalise the denominator of 33/sqrt(11), giving your answer in its simplest form.
  9. 9th January 1960f(x) = 4x + 2 and g(x) = 2x + 4. Work out fg(5).
  10. 10th January 1960y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 5, y = 8. Work out y when x = 2.
  11. 11th January 1960The 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.
  12. 12th January 1960A bag holds 6 counters, r of them red. Two are taken without replacement and P(both red) = 1/5. Work out r.
  13. 13th January 1960On a histogram, a 10-wide bar and a 30-wide bar have the same frequency density of 1.5. How many more values are in the wider class?
  14. 14th January 1960Simplify sqrt(72) + sqrt(72), giving your answer in the form a sqrt(b).
  15. 15th January 1960The curve y = cos x° is drawn for 0 <= x <= 360. Write down the value of y when x = 270.
  16. 16th January 1960y is directly proportional to x^3. When x = 4, y = 192. Work out y when x = 5.
  17. 17th January 1960In a circle theorem proof, a step uses the fact that a radius is drawn to the midpoint of a chord. State the reason being quoted.
  18. 18th January 1960The probability of winning a game is 1/4. A player expects 2 wins. How many games did they play?
  19. 19th January 1960A histogram has two bars: one 10 units wide with frequency density 2.5, one 5 units wide with density 3. How many values in total?
  20. 20th January 1960A rectangle is 4 cm by 7 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.
  21. 21st January 1960A quadratic sequence starts 14, 31, 56, 89. Work out the second difference, and the coefficient of n^2.
  22. 22nd January 1960y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 36, y = 12. Work out y when x = 16.
  23. 23rd January 1960In a vector proof you find that vector PQ = a + 4b and vector RS = 3a + 12b. What does this show about PQ and RS?
  24. 24th January 1960A bag holds 5 red and n blue counters. The probability of taking a red is 5/13. Work out n.
  25. 25th January 1960On 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?
  26. 26th January 1960Expand and simplify (2 + sqrt(10))(2 - sqrt(10)).
  27. 27th January 1960Solve x^2 - 9x + 8 > 0.
  28. 28th January 1960A train slows steadily from 12 m/s to rest in 10 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  29. 29th January 1960A cuboid measures 7 cm by 7 cm by 12 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.
  30. 30th January 1960A bag holds 6 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
  31. 31st January 1960A histogram has two bars: one 5 units wide with frequency density 2.5, one 10 units wide with density 0.6. How many values in total?

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