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February 1961

28 sheets · 140 questions · Grades 8-9

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  1. 1st February 1961A rectangle is 17 cm by 5 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.
  2. 2nd February 1961Work out the nth term of the quadratic sequence 2, 13, 30, 53, ...
  3. 3rd February 1961y is directly proportional to x^3. When x = 2, y = 32. Work out y when x = 3.
  4. 4th February 1961The point (10, 24) lies on the circle x^2 + y^2 = 676. Work out the gradient of the tangent to the circle at that point.
  5. 5th February 1961A bag holds 10 counters, r of them red. Two are taken without replacement and P(both red) = 2/15. Work out r.
  6. 6th February 1961A histogram has two bars: one 10 units wide with frequency density 0.4, one 5 units wide with density 3.5. How many values in total?
  7. 7th February 1961Expand and simplify (7 + sqrt(7))(7 - sqrt(7)).
  8. 8th February 1961The point (-3, -6) lies on y = f(x). Write down its image on y = f(x) + 5.
  9. 9th February 1961y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 4, y = 12. Work out y when x = 81.
  10. 10th February 1961In a circle theorem proof, a step uses the fact that opposite angles of a cyclic quadrilateral are being proved. State the reason being quoted.
  11. 11th February 1961The probability of winning a game is 1/10. A player expects 9 wins. How many games did they play?
  12. 12th February 1961On 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?
  13. 13th February 1961A block has mass 880 g (to the nearest 10 g) and volume 22 cm^3 (to the nearest cm^3). Work out the upper bound of its density, to 2 decimal places.
  14. 14th February 1961Prove that the sum of 7 consecutive integers is always a multiple of 7. State the simplified sum you would use.
  15. 15th February 1961A train slows steadily from 18 m/s to rest in 5 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  16. 16th February 1961In a vector proof you find that vector PQ = 3a - b and vector RS = 15a - 5b. What does this show about PQ and RS?
  17. 17th February 1961A bag holds 2 red and n blue counters. The probability of taking a red is 1/4. Work out n.
  18. 18th February 1961A histogram has two bars: one 20 units wide with frequency density 1.2, one 25 units wide with density 1.4. How many values in total?
  19. 19th February 1961x = 39 and y = 18, each correct to the nearest whole number. Work out the upper bound of x - y.
  20. 20th February 1961f(x) = 3x + 6 and g(x) = 4x - 3. Work out fg(-1).
  21. 21st February 1961y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 5, y = 36. Work out y when x = 6.
  22. 22nd February 1961A cuboid measures 11 cm by 3 cm by 5 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.
  23. 23rd February 1961A bag holds 5 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
  24. 24th February 1961On a histogram, a 10-wide bar and a 20-wide bar have the same frequency density of 1.5. How many more values are in the wider class?
  25. 25th February 1961A car covers 340 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 February 1961The curve y = sin x° is drawn for 0 <= x <= 360. Write down the value of y when x = 0.
  27. 27th February 1961y is directly proportional to x^3. When x = 3, y = 81. Work out y when x = 4.
  28. 28th February 1961A cuboid measures 7 cm by 9 cm by 6 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.

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