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December 1970

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 8-9

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  1. 1st December 1970A train slows steadily from 15 m/s to rest in 4 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  2. 2nd December 1970A cuboid measures 5 cm by 6 cm by 11 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.
  3. 3rd December 1970A bag holds 8 red and 6 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
  4. 4th December 1970A histogram has two bars: one 10 units wide with frequency density 2.5, one 5 units wide with density 0.8. How many values in total?
  5. 5th December 1970A car covers 650 m (to the nearest 10 m) in 3 s (to the nearest second). Work out the lower bound of its speed, to 2 decimal places.
  6. 6th December 1970The curve y = sin x° is drawn for 0 <= x <= 360. Write down the value of y when x = 90.
  7. 7th December 1970y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 4, y = 27. Work out y when x = 3.
  8. 8th December 1970A cuboid measures 4 cm by 14 cm by 14 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
  9. 9th December 1970A bag holds 3 red, 6 blue and 3 green counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given neither is green, what is the probability both are red?
  10. 10th December 1970On a histogram, a 5-wide bar and a 10-wide bar have the same frequency density of 1.5. How many more values are in the wider class?
  11. 11th December 1970Rationalise the denominator of 42/sqrt(6), giving your answer in its simplest form.
  12. 12th December 1970A quadratic sequence starts 3, 8, 19, 36. Work out the second difference, and the coefficient of n^2.
  13. 13th December 1970y is directly proportional to x^3. When x = 2, y = 48. Work out y when x = 4.
  14. 14th December 1970The 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.
  15. 15th December 1970A bag holds 12 counters, r of them red. Two are taken without replacement and P(both red) = 5/33. Work out r.
  16. 16th December 1970A histogram has two bars: one 10 units wide with frequency density 0.4, one 25 units wide with density 1.4. How many values in total?
  17. 17th December 1970Simplify sqrt(18) + sqrt(50), giving your answer in the form a sqrt(b).
  18. 18th December 1970Solve x^2 - 11x + 18 > 0.
  19. 19th December 1970y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 16, y = 16. Work out y when x = 25.
  20. 20th December 1970In a circle theorem proof, a step uses the fact that the alternate segment theorem is being proved. State the reason being quoted.
  21. 21st December 1970The probability of winning a game is 1/5. A player expects 4 wins. How many games did they play?
  22. 22nd December 1970On 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?
  23. 23rd December 1970A rectangle is 24 cm by 12 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.
  24. 24th December 1970Write x^2 - 16x - 7 in the form (x + a)^2 + b.
  25. 25th December 1970A train slows steadily from 19 m/s to rest in 4 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  26. 26th December 1970In a vector proof you find that vector PQ = 2a + 3b and vector RS = 6a + 9b. What does this show about PQ and RS?
  27. 27th December 1970A bag holds 2 red and n blue counters. The probability of taking a red is 2/7. Work out n.
  28. 28th December 1970A histogram has two bars: one 5 units wide with frequency density 2, one 20 units wide with density 0.8. How many values in total?
  29. 29th December 1970Expand and simplify (9 + sqrt(5))(9 - sqrt(5)).
  30. 30th December 1970Work out the coordinates of the turning point of y = x^2 + 16x - 14.
  31. 31st December 1970y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 3, y = 16. Work out y when x = 2.

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