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December 1965

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 8-9

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  1. 1st December 1965A rectangle is 6 cm by 30 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.
  2. 2nd December 1965A quadratic sequence starts 8, 19, 36, 59. Work out the second difference, and the coefficient of n^2.
  3. 3rd December 1965A train slows steadily from 37 m/s to rest in 8 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  4. 4th December 1965A cuboid measures 8 cm by 4 cm by 4 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
  5. 5th December 1965A bag holds 4 red, 5 blue and 6 green counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given neither is green, what is the probability both are red?
  6. 6th December 1965A histogram has two bars: one 20 units wide with frequency density 1.2, one 5 units wide with density 1.4. How many values in total?
  7. 7th December 1965Expand and simplify (3 + sqrt(5))(3 - sqrt(5)).
  8. 8th December 1965Solve x^2 + 15x + 56 < 0.
  9. 9th December 1965y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 2, y = 32. Work out y when x = 4.
  10. 10th December 1965The 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.
  11. 11th December 1965A bag holds 9 counters, r of them red. Two are taken without replacement and P(both red) = 5/18. Work out r.
  12. 12th December 1965On a histogram, a 10-wide bar and a 30-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2. How many more values are in the wider class?
  13. 13th December 1965A block has mass 710 g (to the nearest 10 g) and volume 24 cm^3 (to the nearest cm^3). Work out the upper bound of its density, to 2 decimal places.
  14. 14th December 1965Write x^2 - 10x + 14 in the form (x + a)^2 + b.
  15. 15th December 1965y is directly proportional to x^3. When x = 3, y = 108. Work out y when x = 5.
  16. 16th December 1965In a circle theorem proof, a step uses the fact that the alternate segment theorem is being proved. State the reason being quoted.
  17. 17th December 1965The probability of winning a game is 1/4. A player expects 26 wins. How many games did they play?
  18. 18th December 1965A histogram has two bars: one 10 units wide with frequency density 1.2, one 5 units wide with density 3.5. How many values in total?
  19. 19th December 1965x = 47 and y = 33, each correct to the nearest whole number. Work out the upper bound of x - y.
  20. 20th December 1965Work out the coordinates of the turning point of y = x^2 - 2x - 13.
  21. 21st December 1965y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 36, y = 12. Work out y when x = 49.
  22. 22nd December 1965In a vector proof you find that vector PQ = 6a + 6b and vector RS = 18a + 18b. What does this show about PQ and RS?
  23. 23rd December 1965A bag holds 5 red and n blue counters. The probability of taking a red is 5/9. Work out n.
  24. 24th December 1965On a histogram, a 4-wide bar and a 8-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2. How many more values are in the wider class?
  25. 25th December 1965A car covers 770 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.
  26. 26th December 1965Simplify (x^2 + 7x + 6)/(x + 6).
  27. 27th December 1965A train slows steadily from 27 m/s to rest in 8 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  28. 28th December 1965A cuboid measures 9 cm by 7 cm by 13 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.
  29. 29th December 1965A bag holds 5 red and 7 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
  30. 30th December 1965A histogram has two bars: one 10 units wide with frequency density 1.5, one 25 units wide with density 0.6. How many values in total?
  31. 31st December 1965Rationalise the denominator of 33/sqrt(3), giving your answer in its simplest form.

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