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August 1963

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 8-9

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  1. 1st August 1963On a histogram, a 4-wide bar and a 16-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2. How many more values are in the wider class?
  2. 2nd August 1963Rationalise the denominator of 60/sqrt(5), giving your answer in its simplest form.
  3. 3rd August 1963Use the iteration x(n+1) = cube root of (8x(n) + 6) with x(0) = 4. Work out x(1) to 3 decimal places.
  4. 4th August 1963y is directly proportional to x^3. When x = 3, y = 108. Work out y when x = 4.
  5. 5th August 1963In a vector proof you find that vector PQ = 2a + 6b and vector RS = 10a + 30b. What does this show about PQ and RS?
  6. 6th August 1963A bag holds 3 red and n blue counters. The probability of taking a red is 3/7. Work out n.
  7. 7th August 1963A histogram has two bars: one 20 units wide with frequency density 0.4, one 20 units wide with density 3.5. How many values in total?
  8. 8th August 1963Simplify sqrt(50) + sqrt(72), giving your answer in the form a sqrt(b).
  9. 9th August 1963Work out the nth term of the quadratic sequence 8, 25, 50, 83, ...
  10. 10th August 1963y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 36, y = 54. Work out y when x = 4.
  11. 11th August 1963A cuboid measures 6 cm by 8 cm by 6 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.
  12. 12th August 1963A 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?
  13. 13th August 1963On 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?
  14. 14th August 1963A rectangle is 4 cm by 27 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.
  15. 15th August 1963The point (6, -3) lies on y = f(x). Write down its image on y = f(x) - 1.
  16. 16th August 1963A train slows steadily from 25 m/s to rest in 10 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  17. 17th August 1963A cuboid measures 11 cm by 9 cm by 11 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
  18. 18th August 1963A bag holds 5 red, 4 blue and 5 green counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given neither is green, what is the probability both are red?
  19. 19th August 1963A histogram has two bars: one 10 units wide with frequency density 0.4, one 5 units wide with density 0.6. How many values in total?
  20. 20th August 1963Expand and simplify (9 + sqrt(7))(9 - sqrt(7)).
  21. 21st August 1963Prove that the sum of 4 consecutive integers is always a multiple of 2. State the simplified sum you would use.
  22. 22nd August 1963y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 3, y = 4. Work out y when x = 2.
  23. 23rd August 1963The point (3, 4) lies on the circle x^2 + y^2 = 25. Work out the gradient of the tangent to the circle at that point.
  24. 24th August 1963A bag holds 7 counters, r of them red. Two are taken without replacement and P(both red) = 2/7. Work out r.
  25. 25th August 1963On 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?
  26. 26th August 1963A block has mass 730 g (to the nearest 10 g) and volume 15 cm^3 (to the nearest cm^3). Work out the upper bound of its density, to 2 decimal places.
  27. 27th August 1963f(x) = 4x - 6 and g(x) = 3x + 8. Work out fg(6).
  28. 28th August 1963y is directly proportional to x^3. When x = 2, y = 40. Work out y when x = 3.
  29. 29th August 1963In a circle theorem proof, a step uses the fact that a triangle is drawn from the ends of a diameter to a point on the circle. State the reason being quoted.
  30. 30th August 1963The probability of winning a game is 3/4. A player expects 42 wins. How many games did they play?
  31. 31st August 1963A histogram has two bars: one 10 units wide with frequency density 2.5, one 25 units wide with density 0.8. How many values in total?

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